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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol [ Hits:49 ]
Review: As an instantaneous fan of almost everything that Tom Cruise touches (except the horrible ‘Knight and Day’), it didn’t take much effort to get me terribly excited for the release of the latest Mission Impossible film. What I was expecting was thrilling action sequences, dazzling set pieces and a few cheesy action one-liners – I got all of this, with a little touch of ‘awesome’ added that sweetens this fantastic popcorn spectacle even further! Of course, Tom Cruise is back in full ...

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows [ Hits:178 ]
Review: Here’s a mystery for you, Arthur Conan Doyle is dead. He’s been dead for 81 years, but still gets “posthumourous” writing credits for the title action man and his sidekick in the latest “Sherlock Holmes” on steroids movie adaptation starring Robert Downey Jr. and directed by Guy Ritchie. As a fan of the charismatic Robert Downey Jr., the action revolution that is Guy Ritchie and the enigmatic character of Sherlock Holmes it just makes this Sherlock Holmes sequel difficult to watch. ...

Real Steel [ Hits:187 ]
Review: If you can adapt a theme park ride into a billion dollar blockbuster franchise about a drunken pirate holidaying in the Caribbean, you can adapt just about anything. That's how we got Real Steel, a film producers will vehemently defend against anyone claiming it's an adaptation of the iconic tabletop boxing game, Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em. Robot Jox was the original robot fighting adaptation and while slightly more complex than Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em... came at a time when the advances of CGI were very 19...

The Three Musketeers [ Hits:300 ]
Review: All for one, one for all. The same catchphrase that united Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting in song has come around as The Three Musketeers swash their buckles again. They were okay when Charlie Sheen could pull off a moustache, they weren't too bad in The Man with the Iron Mask, however, this may just be their most flaccid outing to date in a borderline farce with not three, but three-and-a-half musketeers!?The legendary three musketeers: Athos (MacFadyen), Aramis (Evans) and Porthos (Steven...

Conan: The Barbarian [3D] [ Hits:169 ]
Review: I have quite fond childhood memories of Conan, the very ruthless, but soft-hearted Barbarian. The latest version of the Cimmerians’ legend however disappoints in a few big ways and to be honest, there's not a lot I can applaud director Marcus Nispel’s attempt for. The first major flaw (and the most unforgiveable one for an action adventure) is the really stupid and unoriginal fight scenes: Sure you get treated to some grotesque samples of barbaric violence, but they don't really manage to...

Captain America: The First Avenger [3D] [ Hits:273 ]
Review: If you had to choose an iconic Marvel superhero that best resembles the characteristics of DC Comics' Superman, Captain America should definitely be on the shortlist. With director Joe Johnston’s (Hidalgo, Jurassic Park 3, Jumanji) admirable take on the ultimate freedom fighters' origins, the excitement for the inevitable Avengers movie has reached fever pitch. But how does Captain America's story compare to other Marvel heavyweights like Ironman, Thor and Spiderman?The first thing you come ...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes [ Hits:417 ]
Review: When you heard that they were releasing a prequel to Planet of the Apes you probably slapped your hand to your forehead. Not only was Tim Burton's attempt at a reboot to the Planet of the Apes franchise a misfire, the movie title is laughable as if Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans never happened!?In science-fiction, it's usually robots doing the uprising. Planet of the Apes takes an evolu...

Transformers: Dark of the Moon [ Hits:346 ]
Review: Flight of the Conchords were right on the money when they sang Robots. The Robot, The Robo Boogie, global robo-depression, the robotic uprising of the '90s... it's actually scary how many parallels there are with Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the third film in the series based on the popular '80s cartoon series - directed by Michael Bay. Okay, there are one or two discrepancies... they didn't "poison our asses" and the humans are not dead, but hey... it's still eerie. Now if you don't believe ...

Priest [ Hits:324 ]
Review: Love or hate them, priests have always been contentious public figures. Fire and brimstone sermons, dipping into the church coffers or abusing children... the stigma of being a priest almost overshadows the religious and sacred duties associated with the holy role. Although, any mediator between mortal man and a deity is going to be subjected to a witch hunt and there's bound to be some hypocrisy... they're only human. So when the trial by fire has been called off and the priest has proved worth...

Thor [ Hits:507 ]
Review: Thor is a joke. Who in their right minds would believe that a blonde muscular caped Scandinavian would possess super strength, the power of flight and run amok with a big old hammer whenever the sound of battle filled the air? It's funny to say that he's the odd one out, because the whole lot of underpants and lycra-clad superpower boys don't fit in. Not fitting in is a universal theme when it comes to being a superhero... even if you can swat cars and see through walls.Well, Thor - the movie ch...

Fast and Furious 5: Rio Heist [ Hits:427 ]
Review: On your marks... get set... GO! Just like the Need for Speed video game brand, The Fast and the Furious has built its own empire out of man's desire to win, conquer and defy death. Fast and Furious 5: Rio Heist is Fast and Furious in fifth gear and they've made a few modifications... powering the same dopamine-infused head rush that generally comes after the chequered flag or "The Brazilian Job" in this case.In the fifth installment of The Fast and the Furious, Dominic Torretto (Diesel) and his ...

Battle: Los Angeles [ Hits:1734 ]
Review: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Superman? It's Wednesday - so it must be an alien invasion. Alien invasions have become even more commonplace than UFO sightings in Hollywood. Just over the last few years, there's been a resurgence in alien interest - spurred on by the success of movies like Cloverfield, Transformers, District 9 and Avatar. Although some would also say that the phenomenon never left pop culture with TV series like The X-Files, 4400, Invasion, Roswell and Stargate dotting the t...

Drive Angry 3D [ Hits:456 ]
Review: Drive Angry 3D is a Nicolas Cage movie. Born Nicholas Kim Coppola, nephew to Francis Ford Coppola, the actor decided to go by Cage instead of falling back on "the family" to earn his place in Hollywood. He's racked up quite the reputation, earning a Best Actor Oscar for his role in Leaving Las Vegas and then a nomination for Adaptation. Frankly, it was the worst best thing that could have happened to his film career. It's rare that the Academy Awards hand out a second Oscar and once you've got t...

Red [ 2010 ] [ Hits:531 ]
Review: Stallone surprised us when he resurrected Rocky with Rocky Balboa, stunned us when he tied the red hair band on for John Rambo and nearly killed himself trying to make The Expendables. Broken neck aside... Stallone pulled it off - he made us believe with that sixty-something-year-old-six-pack, the big knives and ultra-violent action set pieces. Personally, I blame Harrison Ford for sparking the vicious trend that 60-something-year-olds can do their own stunts as he donned the fedora and whip onc...

Machete [ Hits:449 ]
Review: Grindhouse, a double bill featuring Deathproof and Planet Terror, was created as a tribute to the lost genre of exploitation films as made famous by single screen theatres across America in the '70s. Sleaze, porn, slashers and kung fu flicks were the rage back then and this was the era that directors like Grindhouse directors and collaborators, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez grew up in. The homage to grindhouse cinemas made its mark... violent, sexual, deviant and overtly over-the-top wi...

The Expendables [ 2010 ] [ Hits:382 ]
Review: The Expendables is not your average action movie. For starters, Sylvester Stallone is credited as director... It may not seem like that big a deal, but he hasn't taken the director's chair for anything other than a Rambo or Rocky sequel, with his last non-character film being Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta. The '80s action hero has assembled the biggest ensemble of action heroes since G.I. Joe, all stars in their own right: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric...

Resident Evil: Afterlife [3D] [ 2010 ] [ Hits:435 ]
Review: Resident Evil... Milla Jovovich... zombies... in Real 3D, it's any gamer's dream come true. The fourth installation of arguably the most successful video game film adaptation of all-time is delivered in true style courtesy of Death Race writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson. These days, trilogies just aren't enough for franchises and it seems like a good time to resurrect just about any popular character from the past. The difference with Resident Evil is that it's following in the wake of the game...

Salt [ 2010 ] [ Hits:423 ]
Review: Salt was originally written with the intention of being an espionage action-thriller with Tom Cruise as the lead. However, when Cruise backed out of the production... Jolie replaced the big name star and the script was rewritten for a female lead. Salt's loosely modeled on the Bourne series with short, sharp bursts of action with a rogue agent on the loose. This is your typical man-on-the-run actioner with a hot pursuit from government authorities in an attempt to dispatch the "traitor" with as ...

The A Team [ 2010 ] [ Hits:485 ]
Review: Screw G.I. Joe, The A-Team are the quintessential All-American action heroes from the '80s... destined to be everybody's favourite crack commando squad of mercenaries from now until the end of time. I can tell... I had a Murdock action figure (don't judge me). Action, adventure, comedy and mild peril... The A-Team had it all and who can forget Hannibal Smith's wise-cracks, disguises and cigar-champing, B.A.'s ingenuity, mohawk and bling, Murdock's voices, madcap antics and crazy eyes or Faceman'...

Predators [ 2010 ] [ Hits:409 ]
Review: Predators is a sequel to Predator and Predator 2. Since it's no longer cool to add a number to denote how many times a blockbuster has been exploited, unless you're going straight to video or you're a superhero... it gets the imaginative reworking, Predators. Now it's been a good 23 years since Arnie busted a Predator's chops in the original and in that time we've also seen a spin-off, AVP: Alien vs. Predator with its own sequel. Predator has become a Hollywood icon thanks to the late special ef...

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