Okay, now this one is just bad. The trailers made it out to be a sort of comedy action film along the lines of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. It’s true that the beginning tries to be funny, but mostly fails, and then it turns into a sadistic revenge drama with almost no redeeming [...]
Selene the vampire deathdealer and Michael the hybrid vampire/werewolf are back, this time with more backstory about how the whole vampire vs. lycan war got started in the first place like 800 years ago. That backstory is pretty silly, as is some of the vampire mythology, and honestly, could Michael be more annoying? While we’re [...]
This tale of African political turmoil, genocide, and diamond smuggling is beautiful to look at, and highlighting the plight of African refugees is certainly a noble goal, but overall, Blood Diamond is heavy-handed and overwrought. And I’m sorry, Leo, I think you’re a really good actor, but that South African accent was painful. Really, diCaprio’s [...]
A man gets captured and put into a room for fifteen years (undergoing physical, but mostly psychological, torture) without ever being told why he’s been put there. When he’s suddenly let out, he devotes himself to finding out who put him there and why, and exacting revenge. This got put on a lot of top [...]
The Bourne series is quickly jumping to the top of the “best action series ever” list. Each entry has been both smart and action-packed, which are two adjectives that most Hollywood filmmakers apparently think are mutually exclusive. Jason gets drawn back into his past by flashing memories of his initiation into the black ops program, [...]
