So, to put it mildly, I’ve never been a fan of the original xXx. Oh hey, I’m fully on board with filmmakers trying to come
Tag: Spy
The Amateur (2025) – Review
Revenge movies that see a bereaved lead switch to a life of murder can usually burn one of two ways. The first is, naturally, hot
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
Black Bag (2025) – Review
Hey, remember back when spy movies were sexy? Steven Soderbergh sure does and with his latest post retirement film, Black Bag, he and screenwriter David
The Tailor Of Panama (2001) – Review
The responsibility of playing James Bond comes with far more dangers and pitfalls than just having to talk your way out of having your penis
Casino Royale (1967) – Review
Outside of the monopoly that EON Studios has on all things James Bond, there are two, pesky variants that lurk just outside of the realms
Never Say Never Again (1983) – Review
While the story of the tangled movie rights of Ian Flemming’s Bond novel, Thunderball, would probably be best left explained by someone who remotely understood
Argylle (2024) – Review
Just what is it with Matthew Vaughn and spy movies? I mean in a career that started off very firmly in the British gangster movie
Heart Of Stone (2023) – Review
Yep, another day, seemingly means yet another Netflix action/spy thriller led by a superhero actor lands on the streaming site only a short time after
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) – Review
Since the ascension of the Mission: Impossibe series made the switch from Tom Cruise Vanity Project to legitimate contender for action franchise alpha (around about
Anna (2019) – Review
It seems that once again Luc Besson is exercising that particular fetish of having a woman with the 14-year-old-boy proportions of a professional model indulge
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) – Review
The M:I series has always prided itself on staying fresh. Well… Tonally fresh at least, considering that story wise, a Mission: Impossible movie usually contains
Atomic Blonde (2017) – Review
Charlize Theron climbed the action mountain with her superlative role in the sublime Mad Max: Fury road and now she’s returned to the genre with
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) – Review
After dipping Bond’s manicured pinky into a different exploitation genre with Live And Let Die, the filmmakers at Eon Productions figured that if dumping 007
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