By the early nineties, the stock of Jean Claude Van Damme had risen to the point where he now was an acceptable draw at the
Tag: Thriller
Escape From Alcatraz
Over four collaborations that had started in 1968 with Coogan’s Bluff and ended in 1971 with the seminal Dirty Harry, the team of Don Siegel
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Could it be that we’re entering a new, golden age of slasher movies – there’s certainly enough proof to suggest it as 2022 has already
Spontaneous Combustion
As the imaginative excesses of the 80’s drew to a close, the established, iconic horror directors of the era that had seen their careers flourish
Paycheck
If I’m being honest, John Woo’s big move from making home grown, Hong Kong, action bangers to adjusting to a career blowing shit up in
Beast
I’m currently wracking my brain to come up with a genre that Idris Elba hasn’t yet imposed his iron will upon and I’m struggling to
Pulp Fiction
What would you consider to be the ultimate Quentin Tarantino movie – not necessarily the best, but the one movie from the auteur’s filmography that
Jason Bourne
After an intriguing spin-off that eventually went utterly nowhere, the powers that be decided that instead of offering up Jeremy Renner-shaped alternatives, maybe it was
Fear
Sometimes a film ages so badly, rewatching them years later almost shifts the thing into a completely different genre – take the generically named Fear
Frequency
It’s nice to spare a thought every now and then for those movies that never really found the audiences that they were hoping for during
Marathon Man
There’s something about a thriller that leeches off the anxiety and unrest of whatever traumatised decade it originated from that you just can’t beat. In
The Bourne Legacy
Usually when the lead character opts out of a franchise, it usually means that the writing is on the wall for that particular series, but
Signs
Is there anyone working in cinema today that risks an entire movie on its final ten minutes more than M. Night Shyamalan?Making a name for
Alligator II: The Mutation
These days, when a sequel appears after a long time after the original graced the screen, the chances are it’s being hailed as legacy sequel
Prey
It turns out that the path to a perfect Predator sequel was in front of us this entire time.Way back in 1990’s Predator 2, once
The Bourne Ultimatum
There are many problems that Jason Bourne seems to deal with on a semi-regular basis, but who would have thought that the amnesiac super-spy’s biggest
The Bourne Supremacy
Most of the time, when filmmakers tackle a sequel to a sleeper hit, there’s an overriding urge to make things exponentially bigger and crazier than
The Bourne Identity
On a long enough timeline, James Bond will always be the premier name in cinematic spydom simply because he’s lasted the longest and that’s given
Elysium
Sometimes it’s tough to capitalize on a debut movie no matter how many innovative ideas a young filmmaker has whizzing around on the inside of
Angel Heart
Film noir has had some radical variations over the years; from Ridley Scott’s moody, future shock, extravaganza, Blade Runner, to Rian Johnson’s Raymond Chandler inspired
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