The Top Ten Manliest Movies Of 2016
4) The Siege of Jadotville
Although this movie is making a statement, it’s primarily a battle movie. And we like that kind of thing, so there are no complaints here. After some opening cliches settle us in, it’s not long before the Irish troops are enduring their Zulu Dawn, repulsing what are essentially human waves and government-ordered airstrikes. And here’s a cool thing about this, before I watched this movie and even after it had finished, I had completely forgotten about HESC (Hyper Edited Shaking Camera) syndrome. Are we entering the post-HESC era? Are directors finally afraid to cheat us with this bullshit?
Because in this movie, although the camera vibrates here and there, like you might have seen in Saving Private Ryan, everything is quite lucid and clear, the action really gets you going. With good pacing too, the movie is savvy enough to slow things down every now and again, lest we become exhausted. In war and action movies, I’m also a big fan of good gun reports and I really like the job they’ve done here — different calibres present different bass thuds, it’s a small kind of thing that helps draw you in.
3) The Mechanic: Resurrection
Jason Statham came out with an inferior remake in 2011 of Charles Bronson’s The Mechanic. Remember that movie? It also starred Jan Michael Vincent as Bronson’s protege.
And honestly, my hopes weren’t too high for The Mechanic: Resurrection, the sequel to the Statham remake. Heading towards the halfway point of the movie my fears were approaching confirmation. Then it simply says ‘fuck it’ and engages in an orgy of 1980’s style mass murder action.
The one man army returned in 2016, the type who used to arm himself with automatic weapons and violently wipe out waves of enemies. Fuck man, if the second half of this movie isn’t a riot! I would also suggest that you hit the bottle when watching this movie, it’s perfect 3:30am drinking material.
It has Tommy Lee Jones as a super villain arms dealer, for Christ’s sake! With his own submarines!
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