Blending a disaster movie with a heist plot is nothing new – though the latest one being The Hurricane Heist was god awful – and having it star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is definitely going to put more bums in the seats, but sadly the filmmakers never thought further than the premise of The Towering…
Tag: action
American Assassin (2017) – Review
When Matt Damon took on the role of Robert Ludlum’s titular hero Jason Bourne way back in 2002, it created a shift in the action-spy genre that radically changed audience expectations. Thus, when a movie based on a book from popular action/thriller author Stephen Flynn was released, a certain level of balls-to-the-wall audacity was expected….
Death Wish (2018) – Review
Bruce Willis became an iconic action hero with his portrayal of police officer John McClean in the film Die Hard which spawned four sequels; so, casting Willis in the Charles Bronson role of Eli Roth’s remake of the 1974 film, Death Wish – which spawned four sequels as well – must have seemed like a good idea…
Condorman (1981) – Review
Bondmania was still a fairly big thing throughout the 70s and 80s, with Roger Moore taking the character in a broader more comedic direction, and even though by the end of the decade entries like Moonraker got a bit too ridiculous, they still managed to bring in some serious box office returns. So it’s no…
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018) – Review
What if Batman was on the trail of Jack the Ripper? This was the idea that writer Brain Augustyn and artist Mike Mignola brought forth back in 1989 in what was to be DC’s first Elseworlds book (stories that take place outside the DC canon) as it placed everyone’s favorite caped crusader in the Victorian…