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Sam Sewell-Peterson
Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.
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Tag Archives: The Raid
Review in Brief: The Night Comes for Us (2018)
I never thought I’d say this about any martial arts movie, but THE NIGHT COMES FOR US makes THE RAID films look tame. It’s not just the lead who’s a mostly unstoppable killing machine but his friends as well. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Martial Arts, The Night Comes for Us, The Raid, The Raid 2, Thriller, Timo Tjahjanto
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Review in Brief: Apostle (2018)
Gareth Evans’s APOSTLE has three things going for it: another killer propulsive soundtrack from Aria Prayogi and Fajar Yuskemal (THE RAID), the director’s usual grisly visual panache, and Michael Sheen. The rest of it is a misstep for the previously … Continue reading
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Tagged Apostle, Aria Prayogi, Dan Stevens, Fajar Yuskemal, Gareth Evans, Horror, The Raid, The Wicker Man
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Review in Brief: The Villainess (2017)
Creative fight choreography and full-on violence is one thing, but what really blew me away about THE VILLAINESS was the cinematography. I can’t even begin to imagine how they achieved some of these impossible shots. For once a POV action … Continue reading
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Tagged Kim Ok-bin, Martial Arts, The Raid, The Villainess, Thriller, World Cinema
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Review: The Raid (2011)
THE RAID, or: the Fine Art of Ultraviolence, as it really should be subtitled (subtitled REDEMPTION in the USA, which is sort-of a spoiler) was the finest martial arts film for a decade when it was rolled out over 2011-12 … Continue reading
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Tagged Gareth Evans, Iko Uwais, Martial Arts, Matt Flannery, Ray Sahetapy, The Raid, The Raid 2, Thriller, Yayan Ruhian
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Review: High-Rise (2015/16)
Like all of Brit Wunderkind Ben Wheatley’s films, HIGH RISE is a fascinating concoction. Bold in tone and extremely stylish, it also ends up being his most inconsistent work to date. In a dystopian 1975, Dr Robert Laing (Tom Hiddleston) … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Jump, BBC, Ben Wheatley, Clint Mansell, David Cameron, Film, High-Rise, Jeremy Irons, JG Ballard, Louis Suc, Luke Evans, Margaret Thatcher, Movies, Reece Shearsmith, Sci-fi, Space Station 76, The Frost Report, The Raid, Tom Hiddleston
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Review: The Expendables 3 (2014)
The opening sequence of THE EXPENDABLES 3 sees Wesley Snipes kill a military despot-type baddie by running an armoured train into him. This sets the tone for the film, that basically if this franchise ever took itself remotely seriously, then … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Antonio Banderas, Arnold Swarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Film, Harrison Ford, Jason Statham, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jet Li, Mel Gibson, Movies, Patrick Hughes, Ronda Rousey, Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables 3, The Raid, Wesley Snipes
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2014
Well, it’s been an interesting year on the Big Screen. Last year, I said that 2014 would be the cinematic pits. I’ll admit that I wasn’t entirely correct. Some of the films I dreaded did indeed turn out a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Feature
Tagged Adam Wingard, Bill Nighy, Birdman, Brendan Gleeson, Calvary, Chris O'Dowd, Dan Stevens, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Disney, Dylan Moran, Film, Foxcatcher, Frank, Gareth Edwards, Gareth Evans, Gladiator, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy, How to Train Your Dragon 2, I Frankenstein, John Michael McDonagh, Kelly Reilly, Life Itself, Marion Cotillard, Marvel, Michael Bond, Michael Fassbender, Movies, Paddington, Paul Verhoeven, Paul W S Anderson, Pompeii, Resident Evil, RoboCop, Roger Ebert, Sony, Steve James, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Guest, The Raid, The Raid 2, Toby Kebbell, Two Days One Night
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Jakarta Calling…
Today saw the debut of the teaser trailer for THE RAID 2: BERANDAL. If you never saw Gareth Evans’ first slice of martial arty Indonesian awesomeness, then why the hell not? It was stunning. The trailer doesn’t reveal much, it’s … Continue reading →