I don’t think I’ve ever seen a film start out so scattered and be able to pull out just in time to turn in a pretty great film. But make no mistake, I found the first half pretty mediocre. I … Continue reading
Kill is an Indian action film with an economy of storytelling, screen-time, and even action. Its a quick hour and forty minutes and gets to the point very quickly with some gnarly, brutal action scenes. And even some surprising story … Continue reading
Take my rating of the fourth Beverly Hills Cop based on its backstory. I was a little too young for the original Beverly Hills Cop but all the older kids talked about it endlessly. I never saw it nor its … Continue reading
About all I knew about this film is that it was the most expensive Indian film ever produced… and, after watching it, that’s still about all I know. Which isn’t to say it doesn’t have a plot that I followed… … Continue reading
Trigger Warning reminds of the halcyon days of better Netflix action flicks like The Grey Man and Red Notice. Call it The Beige Project… just a blah bag of beige boredom bothering my beleaguered eyes. Jessica Alba came out of … Continue reading
Reading my review of Bad Boys for Life, I was surprised at how nearly everything I said applied to this new movie too. And yet I gave that film 3 stars because there was apparently something in it that worked … Continue reading
Welcome to a new kind of Mad Max… not the pure action rumpus of Road Warrior or Fury Road or the heroism storyline of Beyond Thunderdome or the… whatever the original film was. This is more of a lengthy epic … Continue reading
While I’m highly lukewarm on this action flick, I genuinely would understand if its someone’s favorite. It’s well-executed, technically impressive, and I guess the moment-to-moment gun and fist fights are well executed. But I found it tiresome, repetitive, and was … Continue reading
The action comedy The Fall Guy is a remake of a “classic” early 80s tv show… which apparently comes as a surprise to many. They both share the same premise, the same character name, and even the same truck, but … Continue reading
Watching Boy Kills World was one of the most aggravating experiences I’ve had in a theater in a long time. I didn’t enjoy the movie, but it was more of case of it bugging the hell out of it me … Continue reading