Hobbs and Shaw – Review Carmen Paddock August 6, 2019 Reviews The first Fast and Furious franchise spinoff does exactly what it says on the tin: two fan-favourite characters team up to fight a cybernetically enhanced super-soldier intent on speeding human evolution by...
The Meg – Review Thom Denson August 10, 2018 Reviews Through the annals of time there have been tales of man pitting himself against monster, with fictional clashes of monolithic proportions rife throughout history. Hercules against the Hydra and David versus...
Fast and Furious 8 – Review Kambole Campbell April 15, 2017 Reviews The first in years not to star the late Paul Walker, Fast and Furious 8 continues the franchise’s trend of one-upping itself when it comes to implausible vehicular action – along with some pretty solid...
Scene Stealers: Jason Statham in Fast & Furious 7 Joni Blyth April 12, 2017 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers It's tough to claim one cast member of Fast & Furious 7 as the definitive scene-stealer. The whole franchise is really just a scenery-chewing contest, a metatextual battle of bravado, and the competition...
Spy – Review Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan June 1, 2015 Reviews Despite overusing genre tropes, Spy is an enjoyable romp for those that are after a good bit of stupidity and solid laughs. Melissa McCarthy’s characterisation is concise and well-executed, and she is...
Fast & Furious 7 – Review Phil W. Bayles April 4, 2015 Reviews 1 Comment Fast & Furious 7 feels like it was written by a 13 year-old on a sugar bender, which is entirely a good thing. James Wan directs glorious action sequences with the manic energy of a Saturday morning...
Wild Card – Review Stephen O'Nion March 22, 2015 Reviews Con Air's director, The Princess Bride's writer, and Jason Statham's everything - Wild Card may have decent odds, but it's a long 40 minutes until the Stath even finds his fists. It all feels like a...
The Citizen Kane of Awful: Crank Tom Bond March 19, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, The Citizen Kane of Awful Oh Jason Statham, with your bonce like an angry deodorant, gritting your teeth as you battle on with your contractually obliged five o’clock shadow,...
The Expendables 3 – Review Stephen O'Nion August 16, 2014 Reviews Much of the dialogue is incomprehensible, the young blood is bland (though ninety seconds of screentime apiece doesn't help), and the acting comes down to a game of smirk or grimace - but The Expendables 3 is...
Have We Seen The Last Of The Action Hero? Patrick Taylor May 26, 2014 Analysis, Features, Opinion Hollywood has not always been synonymous with originality. Nowhere is this more obvious, however, than the return to our screens of some of the greats of the action genre. The genre which made stars of...