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REVIEW: Broken Arrow (1996)
When I look back to the blockbusters of yesteryear, I sit back and wonder to myself “what the hell happened, Hollywood?” The recent influx of...
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REVIEW: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
‘His brain has not only been washed, as they say… It has been dry cleaned.’ *spoilers below* Frank Sinatra gives his most vulnerable and realistic...
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REVIEW: Train to Busan (2016)
Opening with an ominous shot of roadkill twisting back to life, the film then centers around fund manager Seok-Woo (Gong Yoo), a divorced workaholic dad...
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REVIEW: A Better Tomorrow (1986)
In Hong Kong circa 1986, gangsters Sung Tse-Ho (Ti Lung) and Mark (Chow Yun-Fat) are best friends. Ho’s younger brother Sung Tse-Kit (Leslie Cheung), to...
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REVIEW: Call Of Heroes (2016)
I was not expecting much for this film, particularly because this really did not have anything going for it, judging from the marketing material. The...
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REVIEW: The Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
I didn’t have much time for the first Mechanic, the 2011 version that is. It didn’t live up to the Charles Bronson and Jan Michael...
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REVIEW: Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)
I noticed some very early ‘mainstream’ reviews of this movie, some weren’t positive. I didn’t read them, but I wasn’t surprised, because I had low...
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REVIEW: London Has Fallen (2016) Blu-Ray
You know this could well be the manliest movie of 2016 unless I’m strongly forgetting something else here. London Has Fallen comes in like a sorely needed...
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REVIEW: Nice Guys (2016)
I’ve watched this one with two expectations, can I get a fucking decent movie this year ? And beyond that, if Shane Black still has...
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REVIEW: Airwolf: The Complete Series (2016) Blu-Ray
I reviewed this a year or two back when it had somewhat of a stealth release in Europe. A smaller distribution company sent the Blu-Ray...
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REVIEW: Licence To Kill (1989)
I’ve had a string of negative reviews on here lately, too much VODmit bringing down the tone. So I’m going to delve back into everyone’s...
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REVIEW: The Seasoning House (2012)
Review: The Seasoning House (2012) Director: Paul Hyett Starring: Sean Pertwee, Rosie Day, Kevin Howarth Following hot on the heels of The Horseman, here’s another...
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REVIEW: London Has Fallen (2016)
In the era of super hero hegemony, where it is mandated that every action hero wear leotards or dress as a toy shelf friendly rodent,...
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REVIEW: The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015)
Sean Bean’s Major Sharpe Gets a Resurrection (Of Sorts) I’m not sure how many readers will have caught The Frankenstein Chronicles which went out on...
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REVIEW: Used Cars (1980)
I haven’t posted a review here in a while. I’ve been sent some of the worst schlock imaginable, some of it with once famous names,...
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REVIEW: Driven To Kill (2009)
2009 was the year that the global economy started to recover. It was the year that Israel invaded Gaza and the year that Michael Jackson...
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REVIEW: Bad Guys Always Die (2015)
Starring: Chen Bolin, Son Yejin, Qiao Zhenyu, Shin Hyunjoon and Jang Gwang Director: Sun Hao Four Chinese friends are all set to enjoy a lads’...
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REVIEW: Sicario (2015) Blu-Ray
This movie was hyped throughout the year through all quarters, I noted that third wave feminists also kept yapping about Emily Blunt having the lead...
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REVIEW: Stalingrad (2003) Blu-Ray Remaster (2015)
We’re going to go off topic a little here for a while because I’m going to review a documentary, although don’t worry, that’s not going...
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Hart’s War (2002) Review
It’s time to get into the Christmas spirit and throw up some good wintry manly movies. It’s sad to say that since this movie Bruce...
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REVIEW: Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
With a career like that, it should’ve been the perfect autobiography. His accomplishments as the greatest bodybuilder ever and one of the greatest action stars...
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REVIEW: Land Of The Dead (2005)
If recent zombie material isn’t cutting it for you, who better to go to than Romero, and a Romero movie that gets less raved about...
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REVIEW: Death Hunt (1981)
This movie has balls of steel, to quote Duke Nukem. And it probably reflects what this site is quintessentially about. Charles Bronson is not like...
