Category: Action
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These Predators hardly take anyone out like chumps…
Predators Directed by Nimród Antal Starring Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Topher Grace, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Louis Ozawa Changchien Screenplay story by Robert Rodriguez adapted by Michael Finch and Alex Litvak When I heard that Robert Rodriguez was involved with the making of the new Predators movie, I was thrilled.…
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Chan makes a fine Karate Kid out of Jaden Smith
The Karate Kid (2010) Directed By Harald Zwart Starring Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Taraji P. Hensen, Wen Wen Han, Zhenwei Wang, Michelle Yeoh Screenplay adapted by Christopher Murphey from the original Robert Mark Kamen script Jaden Smith is a star who has nowhere to go but up. Jackie Chan is a star who’s been up so…
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Gyllenhaal Brings The Wacky Pain in Prince of Persia The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia – The Sands of Time Directed by Mike Newell Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina At first, I thought that this movie was trying to outdo Brokeback Mountain in the homo-erotic delights. Having seen more of Jake Gyllenhaal’s chest hair than I ever wanted to see in the first 15 minutes,…
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Downey Jr. grows into the IRON MAN 2 suit
Iron Man 2 Directed by John Favreau Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johanssen Written by Justin Theroux, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, Jack Kirby The thing that irritates me about reading reviews is when you see an unlikely critical darling of a summer…
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Travolta and Rhys Meyers Not So Lovable in From Paris With Love
From Paris With Love Directed By Pierre Morel Starring John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and no one else worth mentioning Wow, this movie stinks. I was first introduced to this movie’s driving force, co-producer and co-writer Luc Besson in the 90’s with the incredible Leon: The Professional. That movie is a standard by which many action…
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Jude Law is one of the self-loathing Repo Men
Repo Men Directed by Miguel Sapochnik Starring Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga, Liev Schreiber, John Leguizamo From the opening scene, when Law as Remy easily “collects” on a man who is past due on an organ of some kind, you can tell where this movie is going. He is good at what he does,…
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Matt Damon’s The Green Zone plays like a hippie dream
The Green Zone Directed by Paul Greengrass Written by Brian Helgeland Starring Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Khalid Abdalla Jason Isaacs was in a movie earlier in the decade called Black Hawk Down. This movie, even with its dramatic flourishes and cliches, Ridley Scott got this right; the military always…
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Clash of the Titans is an interesting, if incomplete take
Clash of the Titans (2010) Directed by Louis Leterrier Starring Sam Worthington, Gemma Aterton, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Danny Huston, Mads Mikkelson Not since Nancy Kerrigan was knocked in the knee has there been such a hubub over something so unimportant as the late stage 3 D conversion of Clash of the Titans. There was…
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Bruce Willis’ and Tracy Morgan’s Cop Out Gives a Plea to End Kevin Smith’s directing career
Cop Out Directed by Kevin Smith Starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Rashida Jones, Sean William Scott, Jason Lee, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz, Michele Trachtenberg At first, they were going to call this movie A Couple of Dicks, then the movie worked under or was considered for 3 other names. They ended up with, Cop Out.…
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: Big, Dumb, Fun
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Directed by Stephen Sommers Starring Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Marlon Wayans, Ray Park, Lee Byung-hun, Dennis Quaid Screenplay Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett The first real cognitive activity I experienced while watching G.I. Joe occurred when the President of the United States makes an appearance…
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