100 Words or Less – Edge of Tomorrow

Title – Edge of Tomorrow (or ‘Live Die Repeat’ I can’t keep track) Released – 2014 Director – Doug Liman Starring – Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton Review – Edge of Tomorrow captures the feeling of playing video games, you fail, die and respawn. It probably speaks to a certain group of people, and it is excellent. Tom Cruise […]

100 Word or Less – The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course

Title – The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course Released – 2002 Director – John Stainton Starring – Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, David Wenham Review- The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course is a weird movie. Half wildlife documentary (basically Steve Irwin’s show from the early 2000’s) and half zany spy thriller. And y’know what? It sort of works. Steve Irwin plays a fictional […]

100 Words or Less – Walking Tall

Title – Walking Tall Released – 2004 Director – Kevin Bray Starring – Dwayne Johnson, Johnny Knoxville, Michael Bowen. Review – Do you smell what the Rock is cooking? Something awesome apparently as he beats up a whole group of guys armed with nothing more than a bit of wood. Walking Tall is a surprisingly well-made action/revenge film that […]

100 Words or Less – Safe

Title – Safe Released – 2012 Director – Boaz Yakin Starring – Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Chris Sarandon Review – Jason Statham goes up against the Russian mafia, Triads and dirty cops in order to save a super clever little girl, Mei, in this surprisingly good action thriller. Full of awesome shootouts and some really brutal fistfights, Safe reminds us that Statham […]

100 Words or Less – Hitman

Title – Hitman Released – 2007 Director – Xavier Gens Starring – Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko. Review – By far the best video game adaptation, though that’s not saying much, Hitman has a great cast and some really kickass shootouts. Based on the amazing game series it’s fun seeing Agent 47 on film (though movie 47 lacks the stealth of […]

100 Words or Less – Once a Thief

Title – Once a Thief Released – 1991 Director – John Woo Starring – Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Kenneth Tsang. Review – A ‘crime caper’ by John Woo. Like The Killer or Hard Boiled but with more comedy. Comedy which often fails to translate. But even the failed jokes are hilarious in their own way. Seeing Chow Yun-Fat throwing a baby is funny […]

100 Words or Less – Predator 2

Title – Predator 2 Released – 1990 Director – Stephen Hopkins Starring – Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Bill Paxton, Maria Conchita Alonso, Ruben Blades Review – After the brilliant and highly regarded Predator, it was always going to be difficult to make a follow up film. And while Predator 2 does fail in some respects, it is mostly very successful. The film follows a group […]

100 Words or Less – Lord of War

Title – Lord of War Released – 2005 Director – Andrew Niccol Starring – Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Jared Leto, Ian Holm Review – Lord of War follows arms dealer Yuri Orlov from the beginning of his career running guns throughout his life. The always amazing Nicolas Cage plays Orlov, a not-so-evil man doing an evil job. As he wrestles with his […]

100 Words or Less – Public Enemies

Title – Public Enemies Released – 2009 Director – Michael Mann Starring – Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Jason Clake, Marion Cotillard, Review – Michael Mann takes what made him famous with films like the brilliant Heat and puts it in the 1930’s. Depp plays John Dillinger and Bale plays the law man taking him down. The film contains some brilliant bank robberies […]

100 Words or Less – Assassins

Title – Assassins Released – 1995 Director – Richard Donner Starring – Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore. Review – Assassins is awesome. It’s a classic, Stallone action film with the added bonus of a camp, over-the-top Antonio Banderas. They play rival assassins both out to kill 90’s computer whiz Julianne Moore. It’s a classier film than you first think, thanks […]