In 1988 the world was treated to duelling Bonds as Warner Brothers released Never Say Never Again, with Sean Connery returning for a remake of Thunderball, while Eon Productions gave us their thirteen entry in the form of Octopussy, which had a reluctant Roger Moore once more donning a tux and his license to kill,…
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) – Review
There is a point in Mission: Impossible – Fallout where a character brings up a question that audience members have been asking themselves for over two decades, “How many times has Hunt’s government betrayed him, disavowed him, cast him aside? How long before a man like that has had enough?” Clearly, if it took this long…
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….
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) – Review
Two years ago Matthew Vaughn brought to the screen another surprisingly good adaptation of a Mark Millar comic book called Kingsman: The Secret Service where we saw a street kid being groomed to be a gentleman spy so that he could save the world.
Atomic Blonde (2017) – Review
Its possible way may never get a female James Bond, and we’re still waiting for them to give Idris Elba a shot at Bond, but until they do we at least have this atomic-fueled spy thriller by director David Leitch to hold us over.