All posts tagged "Action"
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Mark Glass | May 19, 2025
HUNT THE WICKED – Review
HUNT THE WICKED is a Chinese action flick in a contemporary crime setting that packs considerable punch in...
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Mark Glass | April 15, 2025
STRIKING RESCUE – Review
Tony Jaa is essentially the Bruce Lee of Thailand. He’s a gifted martial artist with black belts in...
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Mark Glass | March 27, 2025
A WORKING MAN Review
I’m always excited about the opening of a new Jason Statham action flick. A WORKING MAN is directed...
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Mark Glass | February 21, 2025
INVASION – Review
I can’t recall any military or other action flicks coming here from the Netherlands. But back in the...
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Cate Marquis | February 14, 2025
THE GORGE – Review
Two elite sharpshooters-turned-assassins are hired separately for a secret mission to guard either side of a gorge that...
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Cate Marquis | September 27, 2024
WOLFS – Review
Brad Pitt and George Clooney team up as a couple of lone wolf professional “fixers” for clients who...
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Mark Glass | July 19, 2024
CUSTOMS FRONTLINE – Review
In CUSTOMS FRONTLINE, Hong Kong delivers plenty of high-octane, large-scale action in this subtitled contemporary cop adventure. The...
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Cate Marquis | July 19, 2024
TWISTERS – Review
It’s summer, and tornadoes might be on the news and on your mind, so if a studio is...
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Cate Marquis | May 3, 2024
THE FALL GUY – Review
A love letter to Hollywood and stunt men, THE FALL GUY is an entertaining, stunt-packed action/comedy film wrapped...
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Jim Batts | April 5, 2024
MONKEY MAN (2024) – Review
Since we’re now into the slow slide from Easter/Spring Break into the Summer cinema season, how about an...
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Jim Batts | March 20, 2024
ROAD HOUSE (2024) – Review
So, last weekend saw the release of a sequel, the fourth in a franchise concerning the powerful Po,...
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Mark Glass | February 8, 2024
AIR FORCE ONE DOWN – Review
How many times have you seen this plot: terrorists take over a big (fill in the blank); they...
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Mark Glass | February 6, 2024
FOGGY MOUNTAIN – Review
Regular readers will know I’ve praised a slew of East Asian martial arts and action flicks in the...
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Mark Glass | January 30, 2024
RANSOMED – Review
South Korea has exported a slew of first-rate action flicks in the past few years, and RANSOMED counts...
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Mark Glass | January 25, 2024
BAD HOMBRES (2024) – Review
BAD HOMBRES is a gritty little action drama based in the drug trade and illegal immigration along the...
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Mark Glass | January 24, 2024
WOLF PACK – Review
WOLF PACK is a fast-paced, subtitled action flick from China that’s well worth having to read the dialog...
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Mark Glass | January 12, 2024
THE BEEKEEPER – Review
By now, Jason Statham’s fans expect his movies to have a generous dose of over-the-top action sequences, with...
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Mark Glass | December 3, 2023
SILENT NIGHT – Review
For years, film buffs have enjoyed arguing about whether DIE HARD is a Christmas movie. The “yeas” emphasize...