Posts Tagged ‘action’
Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
The second and final part of this live action franchise is just as well-produced and satisfying as the first part (see review here). Its plot, however, is rather more complex. Instead of the weirder aliens, our game contestants are now fighting a tougher enemy, namely the human-disguised versions known...
May 2nd, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More
Gantz (2010)
It is being called the Japanese Harry Potter, and it is based on a best-selling sci-fi manga comic and a subsequent long anime TV show. But here we have the story in glorious live action. Weird aliens, black latex, wild action, interpersonal drama, fighting for dear life; Matrix-inspired spectacle and...
May 2nd, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More
Lockout (2012)
Lockout is like a relic dug up from the ‘90s because the plot is a composite of elements taken from Escape from L.A., Fortress 2 and many other action/Sci-Fi flicks from that era. I can only surmise screen writers James Mather and Stephen St. Leger wanted to make a retro tribute – if that was [...]
May 2nd, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More
Hirokin (2011)
This release seems to be titled Hirokin: The Last Samurai, but I am just going to follow the simpler IMDb.com listed title of Hirokin (which is also the printed title on the DVD screener reviewed here), because the samurai bit makes no sense. This is a low-budget sci-fi/fantasy movie that takes place...
May 1st, 2012 | DVD Reviews | Read More
The Raid: Redemption (2011)
Martial arts movies have been wildly popular in Southeast Asia for decades. First there were the early Shaw Brothers adventures in the ‘50s and ‘60, then came Bruce Lee and his fists of fury, making the genre ten times as big and exporting it to Western audiences, and then, in the ‘80s, Jackie...
April 30th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More
The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2011)
Wow. If you are at all interested in mythologically based fantasy, with plenty of magic, demons, comedy, romance, kung fu and senses-shattering special effects of the highest magnitude, you quite simply gotta see this movie. It is cute and beautiful and full of grand spectacles. Just jaw-dropping. It...
April 29th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More
Poongsan (2011)
One of the most well-regarded South Korean directors is Kim Ki-duk, famous for such titles as The Isle (2000), Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003), Samaritan Girl (2004) and 3-Iron (2004). When he doesn’t direct, he furnishes other directors with screenplays, and that is the case for...
April 29th, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More
Miss Bala (2011)
*contains spoilers* In the frenzy of 3-4 movies a day, my schedule for the CPH PIX film festival is so full that I often do not have time to research a given movie very well before I watch it. I went into Miss Bala largely not knowing what it was about, other than that it [...]
April 23rd, 2012 | Film Reviews | Read More
Avengers Assemble (2012)
Superhero fans of the world, it’s the movie event you’ve been waiting for. The Avengers cometh to make an all mighty good time ruckus, suited and booted without a hair out of place, supercharged for 2 hours of fan boy and girl entertainment. They have taken your faith and patience and turned out...
April 23rd, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More
Lockout (2012)
Lockout, starring the always watchable Guy Pearce, is the sci-fi B-movie guilty pleasure of the year. Produced by Luc Besson and directed and written by a pair of first timers, Irish lads James Mather and Stephen St. Leger, who inject a whole lot of love of 80′s action films into this compact...
April 20th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More
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John Chard: We are lucky to have you watching such crap so we don't have to!...
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Chris Bale: Sad to say I couldn't see the humour Craig, but glad you found some to enjoy. As a huge 'Evil Dead' fan I think the fran... -
Kevin Matthews: I guess I'd sort of agree with that quote, Chris. As for the video, I will look for a clip of it available here in the U...
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Chris Knipp: People have been talking about a famous 1975 Saturday Night Live skit, "The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise," t...
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Chris Knipp: Anthony Lane of 'The New Yorker', calls this "A great, thundering cudgel of a movie, set to stun." I guess you'd agree,...
