War – Page 5 – We Have Issues

The Tomorrow War (2021) – Review

July 27, 2022 greigzilla

And so it was written that the wars between the streaming services would escalate and as a result, vast resources would be spent on movies

Platoon (1986) – Review

July 1, 2022 greigzilla

I can’t speak for anybody else, but in my mind, common wisdom decrees that there is an unholy trinity of quintessential Vietnam movies that’s made

Strike Commando 2 (1988) – Review

June 10, 2022 greigzilla

We’ve encountered Bruno Mattei on this page before, but for those unfamiliar with possibly Italian cinema’s most blatant rip off artist, here’s a quick run

Strike Commando (1987) – Review

May 30, 2022 greigzilla

Many, many years ago, back in the age of the reassuring clunkiness of the VCR, I owned an ex-rental copy of Michele Soavi’s poetically camp,

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) – Review

May 27, 2022 greigzilla

“I have to say, I wasnt expecting to be invited back.” Confesses a slightly more humbled version of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, the fighter pilot blessed/cursed

The Delta Force (1986) – Review

May 23, 2022 greigzilla

Say what you will about First Blood Part II’s bombastic attempts at catharsis in the wake of the Vietnam war, at least it never contained

Tears Of The Sun (2003) – Review

May 9, 2022 greigzilla

Whenever Hollywood decides to poke its nose into actual conflicts that rage around the globe, things can often get a little awkward. Sometimes we get

Top Gun (1986) – Review

April 12, 2022 greigzilla

Anyone familiar with the comedy stylings of stoney faced, stand-up Rich Hall must be familiar with his bit about how Tom Cruise movies are all

Too Late The Hero (1970) – Review

March 10, 2022 greigzilla

If you were feeling in a highly generalizing kind of mood you could argue that there’s usually only two types of Second World War movie

Between Heaven And Hell (1956) – Review

February 28, 2022 greigzilla

Whether you’ve heard of him or not, Richard Fleischer had pretty much done it all and chances are you’ve experienced part of his robust filmography

Three Kings (1999) – Review

January 30, 2022 greigzilla

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

Inglorious Basterds (2009) – Review

January 9, 2022 greigzilla

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

January 4, 2022 greigzilla

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

December 28, 2021 greigzilla

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

December 2, 2021 greigzilla

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

November 25, 2021 greigzilla

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

September 1, 2021 greigzilla

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

July 27, 2021 greigzilla

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

July 23, 2021 greigzilla

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

June 18, 2021 greigzilla

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

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