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Hard Times (1975) – Review

July 19, 2026 greigzilla

Sometimes it’s weirdly comforting when things don’t change – take Walter Hill for example. Famous for gritty, minimalist thrillers where talk is cheap and the

The Mechanic (1972) – Review

December 8, 2024 greigzilla

When you pair up the names Charles Bronson and Michael Winner, your brain should instantly drift towards conflicting memories – not unlike an unsettling ‘Nam

The Great Escape (1963) – Review

December 1, 2024 greigzilla

You can hear it right now, can’t you? The very second you read that title, I’m willing to bet folding money that Elmer Bernstein’s transcendent

Death Wish V: The Face Of Death (1994) – Review

February 10, 2024 greigzilla

The year is 1994 and action cinema has exploded. James Cameron, let loose with the biggest budget ever at the time has delivered the spy/action/comedy,

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) – Review

January 29, 2024 greigzilla

After a first instalment that raised some pertinent questions about the law and justice (albeit in a very exploitative way) and a third instalment that

Death Wish 3 (1985) – Review

January 9, 2024 greigzilla

There always seems to be that telling moment in any long running franchise where it morphs into something so far removed from its original concept,

Death Wish II (1982) – Review

January 1, 2024 greigzilla

There’s not many genres I have trouble stomaching. Slashers? No problem. Italian cannibal movies? Sure, why not? Torture porn? A cakewalk. However, if there’s something

Death Wish (1974) – Review

December 15, 2023 greigzilla

It’s strange how the progression of a franchise can colour your perception of the original movie. Take Michael Winner’s Death Wish for example; a 1970s

The Magnificent Seven (1960) – Review

December 30, 2022 greigzilla

Expertly panel beating the plot of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai into a shape that could comfortably sustain cowpokes instead of sword swingers, The Magnificent Seven