Dec
07
Werewolves
I love the idea of taking werewolves up a notch and giving us an army of dog soldiers on the attack. I’m not the first person to note it’s like The Purge with werewolves (Frank Grillo said it in an … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Action
Dec
07
Weekend in Taipei
Weekend in Taipei is a perfectly ok one of these. An ok to enjoyable fairly generic action flick with a decent one-on-many fight, a pretty good car chase, and maybe a little too much family drama. Given I expected very … Continue reading
Nov
28
Armor
Well, time for a dad movie. After good turkey and bad beans, what else am I gonna do? Watch a football game? Spoiler alert: I should have watched a football game. Or, really, any game with balls and feet. Armor … Continue reading
Nov
21
Gladiator II
While less quotable than the original Gladiator, I was far more impressed by everything else in this sequel. Keeping in mind that I like Gladiator and give it 4 stars, but I’ve never loved it. I’m not sure “love” is … Continue reading
Nov
02
Canary Black
Canary Black is a spy thriller. And… hmm… I can’t think of anything clever or interesting to say about it in my intro paragraph. That’s not a good sign. It stars Kate Beckinsale as one of those super spies whose … Continue reading
Nov
01
Shadow Strays, The
The Shadow Strays is the kind of mindless, repetitive action film that can fill the screen with so many clashing swords and yet leave me deeply, deeply bored. But that’s largely a me thing… action junkies will probably love it. It’s … Continue reading
Sep
16
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Kowloon Walled City in China is such a fascinating place it’s almost unbelievable it actually existed. It’s borderline sci-fi to the point sci-fi has borrowed from it to build their own overcrowded worlds. I was primed to be curious about … Continue reading
Sep
13
Killer’s Game, The
The Killer’s Game is very proud of its hyper-stylized action, though perhaps its reach is beyond its grasp. It’s very proud of its wacky characters but it feels like it’s trying too hard. It’s excited to be funny, but it … Continue reading
Aug
25
Nice Girls
Literally the only thing I found amusing about this action/comedy buddy-cop film was the title. At first, I was thinking it was a reference to the buddy-cop film The Nice Guys… and later I realized it was actually a play … Continue reading
Aug
22
Crow, The (2024)
I thought the original graphic novel and the Brandon Lee adaptation of The Crow from the 90s were perfectly fine. They also feel like a property best suited for the goth era they came from. But they went and made … Continue reading