Tag: Crime

Revolver (2005) – Review

It’s not easy to break out of a box you’ve put yourself in, but after Guy Ritchie’s third film – Madonna/Ritchie vanity project Swept Away

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Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (2025) – Review

I have to be honest, while the Now You See Me movies may walk that perilous tightrope between flashy and obnoxiously smug, I’ve kind of

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Now You See Me 2 (2016) – Review

When it came to glossy, enjoyable and utterly ludicrous nonsense that still, inexplicably made you want to punch the air with glee, the 2013 heist

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Innocent Blood (1992) – Review

When it comes to the all time king of spectacular movie concepts that didn’t quite come off, surely squatting awfully close to the throne has

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The General’s Daughter (1999) – Review

Where do you go after crafting ludicrously entertaining action romp Con Air? Well, for director Simon West you apparently shoot for the complete tonal opposite

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Righteous Kill (2008) – Review

It’s an inescapable fact that nobody’s perfect. Think of your most cherished cinematic idol and chances are they screwed the pooch at least one time

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The Nice Guys (2016) – Review

Films come and films go, and while some that barely seem worthy of attention get franchises that seemingly twirl off into infinity, other, more worthy

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The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974) – Review

There’s something about a 70s thriller that just hits different. Maybe because it was a decade so utterly berefted of sanded down edges that just

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Caught Stealing (2025) – Review

Surely I can’t have been the only one to notice that there’s been a clutch of modest thrillers popping up that’s hoping to bring the

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The Thursday Murder Club (2025) – Review

We all love a whodunit now it seems, and whether it’s Kenneth Branagh’s version of Hercule Poirot, or Daniel Craig’s lusciously accented Benoit Blanc, there

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Hell Or High Water (2016) – Review

Back in the days of the classic western, the division between the black and white hats who would clash over the law were as clearly

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Man On Fire (2004) – Review

Thanks to movies like Taken, the subgenre of formerly dramatic actors suddenly becoming indestructible avenging angels have become a regular sight when someone wants to

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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994) – Review

Depending on where you sit on the rise/fall of the spoof comedy in American cinema, the third and final cinematic outing of Leslie Nielsen’s Frank

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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell Of Fear (1991) – Review

If you ever needed evidence that writing spoof comedy is like walking a razor, all you have to do is look and the microscopic differences

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The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad! (1988) – Review

There’s an old adage that reads “at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” and despite the comedic team of ZAZ (Zucker, Abrahams, Zucker) nailing

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Dick Tracy (1990) – Review

Passion projects, especially ones set in a more fantastical realm, rarely ever go well, but even so, Dick Tracy must have looked like a sure

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Drive (2011) – Review

It’s always a fascinating thing when a director with a more elusive style makes something that accessible enough to be embraced by the general audience.

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Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025) – Review

Not to come down too hard on Christian Gudegast’s gritty, 2018 crime flick, but possibly the most overwhelming twist that came out of that film

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Casino (1995) – Review

During the 1990s, Martin Scorsese crafted a gangster movie that became embraced as one of – if not the – greatest mob movie ever made.

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Triple 9 (2016) – Review

Heist films tend to mostly  be either unfeasibly well oiled machines of slick, technical expertise or zippy quirk-fests that see an ensemble banter just as

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