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Posted by
Ali at 17:30 on 18 May 2012
An exclusive clip from The Raid might convince you. Full review.
Posted by
Ali at 07:00 on 14 May 2012
The Raid is a martial arts movie of such ferocious pace, you'll swear you're watching it on the wrong speed. A shaken-up energy drink of a movie, once unleashed it fizzes out of the can, leaving you adrenalized – and sticky. It's the kind of unapologetic action movie – shorn neatly of any unnecessarily frills – that knows its strengths, has a clear goal and homes in on it with laser precision. Entertainment, truly thy name is an Indonesian guy killing a bunch of criminals with a fridge.
Posted by
Rob at 22:25 on 01 May 2012
An entire week passed between me watching Jason Statham's newest addition to his one-man sub-genre and writing up this review. No matter though, because Safe fits nicely into The Stath's typical movie mould. It has guns, punching, car chases, a suit and another odd Cockney/American hybrid accent. Hell, I could've copied and pasted my
Transporter 3 review, changed around a few words and no one would've been any the wiser.
Posted by
Rob at 23:30 on 29 Sep 2009
Movies based on computer games are usually complete balls - it's a well known cinematic fact. But it seems that finally, some powerful people have realised this. The solution: Films inspired by the gaming world but not based upon anything in particular.
Posted by
Matt at 13:01 on 04 Sep 2009
The post-kill pun is the ultimate kiss-off in any cheesy action flick. It defined the entire career of a certain Governator of California and became a cliché so quickly that it has now long been seen as a source of ridicule and parody.
This is probably best demonstrated by Arnie himself in Last Action Hero when, after an ice cream truck explodes causing a cornetto to shoot out and stab a guy in the back of the head, his character Jack Slater says: "I iced that guy... to cone a phrase."
Posted by
Matt at 21:48 on 26 Jul 2009
So here we have the next in line for the Hasbro toy-to-movie treatment, following on from the Transformers films and then probably exhausting all other brands until we get a live-action trilogy of My Little Pony Vs Hungry Hungry Hippos. Like the Transformers movies, G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra is pitched as a fun, action-packed,...
Posted by
Ali at 23:54 on 12 Jun 2009
It doesn't take a genius to figure out why, out of all the big ass summer blockbusters this year, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen was the one I was least worried about performing. Camp-as-Christmas Hugh Jackman trying and failing to unleash his inner animal? Cringe. Christian Bale's CHAN CANNAR trying to avoid termination at...
Posted by
Rob at 21:31 on 02 Jun 2009
The WWE has produced many icons over the years, from Hulk Hogan to The Rock, and in a roundabout way, Randy 'The Ram' Robinson. Few of them, however, have managed to translate success in the ring to the big screen. Just look at the Hulkster - a pants-wearing legend in the ring, reduced to Mr. Nanny, Suburban Commando and *shudde...
Posted by
Ali at 00:20 on 21 May 2009
Terminator Salvation is explosive - not in the sense that it'll blow your mind, more in the sense that it'll burst your eardrums. Pound for pound, it features more explosions than any other movie I've seen - there's literally something detonating or collapsing or being shot or catching fire every 30 seconds. Even in quiet scenes...
Posted by
Mark at 22:52 on 09 May 2009
Let's play a little game of word association. If I said 'majestic', 'enjoyable' and 'meaningful', you wouldn't think Star Trek, right? No. But if I said 'lazy', 'predictable' and 'dull'.... well, that's Star Trek down to a tee - at least, that's how it's been for the past decade and a half.
Of late, Star Trek has been a poten...