All posts tagged "Action"
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Mark Glass | June 29, 2023
MAN FROM ROME – Review
If you’re craving a DA VINCI CODE sort of movie but don’t want to concentrate quite that hard,...
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Cate Marquis | May 19, 2023
MERCY – Review
There isn’t much mercy in MERCY but there is a lot of action and stunt in this crime...
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Mark Glass | April 27, 2023
YOUNG IP MAN: CRISIS TIME – Review
I’ve enjoyed many of the films based on Ip Man, the eponymous actual Chinese martial arts hero of...
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Mark Glass | January 31, 2023
GRANDMASTER OF KUNG FU – Review
For fans of Chinese martial arts movies, THE GRANDMASTER OF KUNG FU offers a variation on a very...
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Mark Glass | September 27, 2022
PREMAN: SILENT FURY – Review
PREMAN: SILENT FURY is a subtitled Indonesian action film that is a relative novelty among the mostly high-octane...
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Jim Batts | September 15, 2022
THE WOMAN KING – Review
Four years ago, Hollywood was rocked by the surprise success of BLACK PANTHER. Mind you, since it was...
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Mark Glass | August 26, 2022
ALIENOID – Review
ALIENOID is a fairly light-hearted Korean fantasy about an alien race using Earth to house its evil-doers. The...
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Mark Glass | August 5, 2022
BULLET TRAIN – Review
Fans of frenetic, bloody action comedies like SMOKIN’ ACES, SHOOT ‘EM UP, KUNG FU HUSTLE or just about...
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Mark Glass | July 22, 2022
BABY ASSASSINS – Review
Due to a recent Supreme Court decision, one might be oriented towards assuming the BABY ASSASSINS title denotes...
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Mark Glass | June 2, 2022
DOUBLE THREAT – Review
DOUBLE THREAT is an action comedy based on a variation of a familiar theme: a mild-mannered nice guy...
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Mark Glass | May 23, 2022
IP MAN: THE AWAKENING – Review
Ip Man is a historic Chinese martial arts master who inspired a nation in his era, and a...
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Mark Glass | April 29, 2022
MEMORY – Review
Adapting an old comic line: of all the Liam Neeson action/revenge/rescue movies MEMORY is the most … recent....
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Cate Marquis | March 4, 2022
THE BATMAN – Review
Matt Reeves goes noir for THE BATMAN, the latest in a long line of Batman reboots, and this...
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Mark Glass | January 27, 2022
LA SOGA: SALVATION – Review
For a definition of what people mean when they describe a crime drama as “gritty,” look no further...
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Cate Marquis | December 22, 2021
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS – Review
Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss return as Neo and Trinity, or someone like them, in THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS,...
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Mark Glass | November 5, 2021
ONE SHOT – Review
ONE SHOT supports my contention that Scott Adkins is the reliable, taciturn star of low-budget action flicks that...
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Mark Glass | November 5, 2021
THE EMPEROR’S SWORD – Review
THE EMPEROR’S SWORD is a Chinese period action drama opening with a huge battle that results in China...
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Jim Batts | October 20, 2021
THE HARDER THEY FALL (2021) – Review
What say we saddle up and mosey’ down to the ole’ multiplex, pardner’? Or something like that since...