Big Al Reviews
Movie reviews and more by Albert DeSantis
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The Creator
5 outta 5 The Creator is an excellent sci-fi film that has epic scope, emotionally and visually. Director and co-writer Gareth Edwards is remixing some thematic moments from his previous film, Rogue One, but that’s fine. It is sort of a Rogue One 2.0 war film combined with a different version of his first film,…
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Expend4bles
2 outta 5 Expend4bles is the fourth movie in the franchise, as if the annoyingly nonsensically placed number 4 in the middle of the world Expendables wasn’t enough to clue you in. The series has always been about over the hill action stars going for one final ride, with scattershot results. The 2nd movie is…
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The Expendables 3 (’14 review)
2 outta 5 If measuring by combined weight of the cast, The Expendables 3 is the biggest entry in the franchise, however bigger does not mean better. The first Expendables is a decent ’80s throwback men on a mission flick and the second is an excellently paced, self-aware piece of pop action cinema. Unfortunately, this…
