If Mission Impossible was a focused spy thriller and Mission Impossible 2 was a mind-less, popcorn action movie then Mission Impossible 3 sits comfortably in the middle. It takes the more spy focused, thriller style from the first movie and mixes … Continue reading Mission: Impossible 3 (2006) Review
San Andreas won’t be for everyone. There are people who will view this movie in the way it wasn’t intended. They will see the huge plot holes, the incredulous events, the ridiculous decisions and the often very cheesy moments and be … Continue reading San Andreas (2015) Review
Some films perfectly deliver what they promise. If you are going to Mad Max: Fury Road looking for high drama or a deep, emotional tale which will make you contemplate, life, love and your general outlook on existence then you are … Continue reading Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Review
Die Hard 5 was not a Die Hard film. There are loads of reasons for this but the one that stuck out the most for me, particularly in Die Hard 5, was the lack of John McClane. I’m not a … Continue reading How I would improve Die Hard 5
There is only one, key, core ingredient to a Die Hard film. Only one thing a Die Hard film needs to be a Die Hard film and it’s not violence, action, small, claustrophobic setting or even the words “Yippee-Ki-Yay.” It’s the … Continue reading A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) Review
I used to resent the Bourne series. As a huge James Bond fan, when the series I loved was beginning to become a silly parody of itself, the Bourne films were showing it up and doing a spy film properly. There are no gadgets, silly quips, ridiculous action set-pieces and best of all, the series had freedom that Bond didn’t have. There were no “catchphrases” or scenes that had to be played out, like the gadget scene with Q. There were no “Bourne girls” and best of all, the story was simple and not drawn out. Nobody is trying to take over the world in … Continue reading The Bourne Identity (2002) Review
We need a female action star. Not necessarily the actress but a new, kick-ass female action character. Someone to carry a series of films that have the same excitement around them as Bond and Bourne. The closest we have so far is Milla Jovovich’s Alice from the Resident Evil series and I avoid those films like the plague after they took a clear, amazing game and film concept and ruined it beyond belief. Angelina Jolie has had a go at this before with Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider movies. They weren’t bad but they fall into the same pit as the Resident Evil movies, … Continue reading Salt (2010) Review
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