Tag: action
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Masters of the Universe
4 outta 5 Masters of the Universe is intentionally corny and camp adaptation of the toy line and animated series, which itself was pretty campy. The show and comics was primarily a venue to sell toys, a sci-fi action line that Mattel made up after kicking themselves for passing on Star Wars. There’s a decent…
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Mortal Kombat (2021 Review)
3 outta 5 While there have been a few attempts at adapting the ‘90s bloody fighter videogame phenomenon Mortal Kombat, it hasn’t taken off. The latest reboot/remake of Mortal Kombat doesn’t sanitize the game’s goofy, gory goodness and goes for full carnage. This makes it one of the more faithful and decent videogame adaptations. Sure,…
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
4 outta 5 As far as buddy gangster time travel movies go, Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is unique. The time travel aspect is kooky and nonsensical, but works for the characters’ story. There are a lot of quips from everyone that keeps things light, and yet the emotional bits hit hard. But…
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Sisu: Road to Revenge
4 outta 5 Sisu: Road to Revenge is fun theatrical counter-programing to Wicked for Good. It is probably accurate that Sisu features more bloody mutilations and gunfire. Sisu: Road to Revenge isn’t a film with much depth as this is basically just action and mayhem hung together. But the first Sisu film was basically that…
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One Battle After Another
5 outta 5 One Battle After Another by writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson is a visceral action thriller that delivers PTA’s distinctive quirky style. There are fun asides, drawn out moments and unexpected random bits of weirdness. There’s also tension, some chases and a few big explosions and some good gunfire. It’s also incredibly…
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Nobody 2
4 outta 5 Nobody 2 is a fun return to the world of Hutch Mansell and family. It may be missing the shock of the new that jolted the first one (even if it was inherently just sort of a riff on John Wick) but there is some great action here, and the lead performances…
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Nobody (2021 review)
4 outta 5 Nobody is forged from the John Wick mold. Maybe a bit too closely, considering the screenwriter also penned the original Wick film. A couple of moments seem a bit too easily copied and pasted from that modern masterpiece with some fringe changes. However, just because a movie is clearly based off something…
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Heads of State
3 outta 5 As far as action buddy comedies go, Heads of State is one of the more unique ones as it’s amusingly involving the action-comedy antics of particularly bulky President of the United States and the Prime Minister of the UK. What gives this film a pass is the entertainingly shouty dynamic of the…
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Mission: Impossible -The Final Reckoning
4 outta 5 The 8th, and potentially final, Mission: Impossible film, The Final Reckoning is a fairly bombastic finale for a series that has always been fairly bombastic. Probably a bit too much at a very long 2 hours and 50 minutes running time. It’s as if Tom Cruise saw that all these blockbusters are…
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Novocaine
4 outta 5 Novocaine is actually a sweet love story wrapped in ultraviolence. The chemistry between the leads is very electric and then that turns into a ton of crazy action scenes. With a weird high concept hook, it gives the movie free license to have some very over the top action as the hero…
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