By 1999, movies involving the Persian Gulf war were usually ramrod straight dramas that treated the still-fresh struggle against Saddam Hussein with a grave respect
Tag: War
Inglorious Basterds (2009) – Review
After Tarantino ditched the suited, gangster goings on of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Bell for the super stylized shenanigans of the Kill Bill
The Inglorious Bastards (1978) – Review
Not to be confused with Quentin Tarantino’s masterful slice of wartime lunacy (although he did steal and misspell the title as a tribute to this
The King’s Man (2021) – Review
While I consider the first movie a work of subversive genius (yes, even the joke about anal), was anyone really clamouring for a Kingsman prequel
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) – Review
The sub-genre (pun not intended) of the submarine based war movie seems to only have a handful of tropes. Watch a couple in a row
Invisible Agent (1942) – Review
Much like the various invisible men and women of the H.G. Wells inspired series of films, once 1940’s The Invisible Woman took the franchise into
Bullet In The Head (1990) – Review
Those of you familiar with the Hong Kong output of action maestro John Woo – before he moved to the States and gave us Broken
Cross Of Iron (1977) – Review
What with lunatic/maverick filmmaker Sam Peckenpah’s proclivity for fashioning incredibly brutal adventures featuring unfeasibly grizzled men trying to find a sliver of decency in horrific
The Dirty Dozen (1967) – Review
You know what most of those war time movies featuring men on a desperate mission have in common – apart from usually having big Hollywood
The Guns Of Navarone (1961) – Review
When you amass the titans of the men on a mission sub-genre of the movies made about the Second World War, more often than not
Where Eagles Dare (1968) – Review
The “men on a mission” movie has had some cracking entries over the years with everything from most of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible movies to
Outside The Wire (2021) – Review
Another month and it yet another sci-fi action film materializes on Netflix with barely a week of fanfare to precede it. I’m not sure if
Fury (2014) – Review
David Ayer is a filmmaker that doesn’t deal in half measures. Responsible for either writing or directing a string of absurdly hard edged street thrillers,
The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot (2018) – Review
Genre mashing is one of the greatest things there is about genre cinema – a cinematic practice of squishing different types of movie together to
Midway (2019) – Review
There’s a saying that goes: those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. It’s a wise saying as sayings go and
Battle: Los Angeles (2011) – Review
In the years since Independence Day cornered the market on crowd pleasing, flag waving alien invasion movies it seems that Hollywood has been trying to
Dunkirk (2017) – Review
Before we get things started, I’ve a quick point to make: can we stop describing every movie with a sizable budget that goes for a
1917 (2019) – Review
The war film has been getting some esoteric entries over the past couple of years what with Christopher Nolan’s time twisting Dunkirk doing the rounds
Jojo Rabbit (2019) – Review
The final days of World War II seem like an odd stomping ground for broad humour, I mean even Life Is Beautiful was crammed with
Starship Troopers (1997) – Review
After giving deleriously bullet drenched, 80’s face lifts to cyberpunk (Robocop, Total Recall), Paul Verhoeven’s third highly satirical, stunningly violent science fiction epic may just
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