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Review in Brief: Tomb Raider (2018)
The quest for the great, even good video game movie (as opposed to a few decent examples of movies about video gaming) continues. The latest TOMB RAIDER is unengaging, lifeless and features a depressing amount of obviously fake jungle sets. … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Alicia Vikander, Daniel Wu, Kristen Scott Thomas, Tomb Raider
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Review in Brief: Manhunt (2017/18)
Surprise, surprise, John Woo’s latest is very John Woo. MANHUNT’s action may take a while to really ramp up, but once it does you’ve got more people flying through the air, sliding along surfaces and rapidly expending and replacing guns … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Hanyu Zhang, John Woo, Manhunt, Martial Arts, Masaharu Fukuyama, Netflix, World Cinema
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Review: The Predator (2018)
THE PREDATOR is frustrating for a number of reasons. That said, it’s also (damning with faint praise) the best Predator sequel we’ve had so far. The extraterrestrial Predator species returns to Earth in the form of a fleeing renegade carrying … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Alien vs Predator, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, Predator, Sci-fi, Shane Black, Sterling K Brown, The Predator, Thomas Jayne, Thriller
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Review: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)
JUMANJ was one of those 90s films. At the risk of being pilloried, I’m going to say it: it wasn’t great. It hasn’t aged well either, but there was definitely something about it, something that means a lot of people … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Bright (2017)
“Only a Bright can control the power of the wand”. That’s really how BRIGHT opens. Then we see “Curse the police” on a wall. Whatever its intention, Bright comes across as a massive piss-take of Black Lives Matter. Just in … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Bright, Fantasy, Joel Edgerton, Netflix, Will Smith
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Review in Brief: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Guy Ritchie can’t do the fast-slow-fast-slow thing in every film. Like everything else he’s done, KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD is grey and self-serious but with breaks for “banter”. There are modern street clothes, dialect and hairstyles in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Charlie Hunnam, Fantasy, Guy Ritchie, Jude Law, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Warcraft
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Review in Brief: Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
At least the first one had momentum. RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER represents a tired franchise thankfully put to bed (until the reboot). The competent action is made far less enjoyable by Paul WS Anderson’s usual janky editing and tendency … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Eoin Macken, Guy Ritchie, Horror, Iain Glen, Milla Jovovich, Paul WS Anderson, Resident Evil, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
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Review: Fast & Furious 7 (2015)
Well this one’s just shot straight to the top of the list of movies it’s OK for guys to cry at. The untimely death of Paul Walker in 2013 has cast a shadow over the latest instalment of Universal’s ever-revving … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Blockbuster, Fast & Furious 7, Gina Carano, Jason Statham, Kurt Russell, Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Ronda Rousey, Tyrese Gibson, Universal, Vin Diesel
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Review: After Earth (2013)
Wow. After the STAR WARS prequels and being subjected to four-and-a-half hours of Hayden Christensen, I didn’t think it was possible for another actor to make him look charismatic by comparison, by Jaden Smith manages it. In AFTER EARTH’S first … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, After Earth, Film, Hayden Christensen, Jaden Smith, M Night Shyamalan, Movies, Sci-fi, Star Wars, Will Smith
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