They just don’t make big, high-concept action movies, starring A-list Hollywood stars like they did in the 90s. Air Force One sits alongside Face/Off, Con-Air and Bad Boys for all-out action, fantastic stunts, great villains and a hero you can … Continue reading Air Force One (1997) Review
Face/Off is a quintessential 90s action movie. Its directed by a classic 90s action director in John Woo. It stars two actors at the height of their action hero credentials in John Travolta and Nicholas Cage. It is also a … Continue reading Face/Off (1997) Review
This month we review a selection of movies from Empire’s 100 Greatest Movies list. Today is Number 87: Predator. Considering Predator is a movie about an alien hunting soldiers in a jungle, it is surprisingly well written. Predator takes it’s time. It … Continue reading 100 Greatest Movies Month: Predator (1987) Review
20 films in and after the extravagant success that was Infinity War, Marvel Studios have to keep offering something fresh. Origin stories can do this to some extent, particularly if the superhero is one we have never seen the likes of before, … Continue reading Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018) Review
I love trailers. I think there is a special skill to putting together a good trailer. It must capture the attention and entice an audience but give very little away so that the viewer doesn’t feel like they’ve already seen the … Continue reading Dwayne Johnson Month: Trailer of the Week – Skyscraper
There are two very different films with Escape Plan. There is a clever plotted movie, with at least two well-constructed twists and some tense drama. The second movie is the one which stars Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and requires guns, … Continue reading Escape Plan (2013) Review
I have been craving the “classic” 80s and 90s action movies. Hollywood seems so determined to make their movies as universal as possible in an attempt to place more bums on seats that action movies have lost that violent edge or … Continue reading Olympus Has Fallen (2013) Review
There is one major issue with Con Air: Nicolas Cage’s accent. Once you get past that hurdle (and it is a big hurdle) what you are left with is a fantastic action movie that demonstrates everything that is missing from modern … Continue reading Con Air (1997) Review
You’d never guess that Jesse Eisenberg could be an effective action hero but the moment he begins to dispatch enemies, you won’t help but smile. It is actually quite impressive how Eisenberg convincingly takes out faceless henchman after faceless henchman. It … Continue reading American Ultra (2015) Review
The second movie in the Mission: Impossible franchise couldn’t feel more different to it’s predecessor. The first was a focused, intelligent spy thriller with a plot that kept you guessing and action scenes that worked for the story and … Continue reading Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) Review
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