Ever since the climax of The Raid II back in 2014, I have been desperately waiting for Gareth Evans to get his hands bloody once
Tag: Action
Enter The Ninja (1981) – Review
While the 80s where hardly a fortress of restraint, surely one of the most amusing tropes of the decade was Cannon Films’ insistence that action
Vanishing Point (1971) – Review
Once upon a time, car chase movies were a different breed other than purely flashy, partially CGI glitz-fests. They were gritty, they were real and
Tarzan And The Great River (1967) – Review
If there was a noticable flaw with Mike Henry’s tenure as Edgar Rice Burroughs’ lion grappling, vine travelling adventurer, is that his trio of Tarzan
The Marine 2 (2009) – Review
In 2006, John Cena quit being the Doctor of Thuganomics temporarily in order to become the latest WWE wrestler to leap from the top turnbuckle
xXx (2002) – Review
The year is 2002 and as we await the rather dismal Die Another Day – Pierce Brosnan’s fourth and final turn as super spy James
Novocaine (2025) – Review
2025 so far seems to be the year of the loved-up action movie. Not a few months prior, we watched Ke Huy Quan perform all
A Working Man (2025) – Review
Does anyone else think that David Ayer is going through some elaborate form of mid-life crisis? I only bring it up because after a career
No Escape (2015) – Review
Not to be confused with the Ray Liotta sci-fi action film directed by Martin Campbell (“Ray Liotta sci-fi action film” will never not be a
The Marine (2006) – Review
From the days of watching El Santo and his Luchador buddies bodyslamming martians and vampires, to watching Hulk Hogan make a chauffeur literally shit himself
Fight Or Flight (2024) – Review
Remember the days when all you had to do to describe certain action movies was to finish the sentence “Die Hard in/on a (insert final
Demon City (2025) – Review
Some plots are as immortal as gods, resurfacing time and time again to tell the same story so many times, you’d be forgiven for suffering
Behind Enemy Lines (2001) – Review
Hey, remember that period of time when Owen Wilson was an action hero? I’m not just talking about him playing spacey sidekick to Jackie Chan
U.S. Marshals (1998) – Review
Hey, remember The Fugitive? That was a good film, wasn’t it? Harrison Ford unjustly fingered for the murder of his wife and going on the
The Accountant (2016) – Review
The relationship between autism and cinema as always been a little awkward. Sure, Dustin Hoffman may have nabbed an Oscar for his work in Rain
The 6th Day (2000) – Review
In one of the more interesting rabbit holes of moviedom is something I like to call The 6th Day conundrum. Picture this: The 90s have
The Karate Kid Part II (1986) – Review
While I’ve always found The Karate Kid to be too twee for my personal tastes, I have to say I do get why the high-kicking
Wild Geese II (1985) – Review
When it comes to well formulated plans of grizzled dudes going wildly awry, the story behind Wild Geese II manages to somehow match the rather
Air Force One (1997) – Review
Die Hard rip offs were all the rage in the nineties as every conceivable alternate forms of setting were thrown at us with reckless abandon.
Love Hurts (2025) – Review
Possibly one of the most heartwarming phenomenons to come out of movies over the last few years is the adorable comeback of Ke Huy Quan,
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