Tag: Action
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Robot Jox (1989)
Before Pacific Rim, before CGI, there was Robot Jox (1989). I remember seeing the ad for this on a lot of video rentals as a kid and thinking it looked like the coolest movie ever. Finally watching it now, I marvel at the old school special effects, stop motion puppets and clunky plastic sets to… Read.
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The Night Comes For Us (2018)
If you’re into martial arts action movies, and can handle extreme violence (I was continuously exclaiming out loud at the visceral gore) then The Night Comes For Us (2018) is on Netflix for your viewing pleasure. Stars Joe Taslim and Iko Uwais from The Raid movies, this time swapping hero and villain roles as a… Read.
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Hotel Artemis (2018)
Hotel Artemis (2018) was better than I expected. Call it the lowered expectations of a B movie. John Wick comparisons abounded when it came out (as it is about a secret hospital for criminals) but there’s a bit of Blade Runner in there too. All the main action happens in the climax, and it’s mainly… Read.
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White Lightning (1973)
After Burt Reynolds passed away, I realised there was a lot of his movies I hadn’t seen – the ones that were decent, not Rent-A-Cop or anything like that. I watched Smokey and the Bandit for the first time on Netflix and that was fun. But White Lightning (1973) I liked a lot more, which… Read.
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Mandy (2018)
I was really primed with anticipation for Mandy (2028) and yeah, no surprises, but I loved it. Definitely a case of style over substance or that style is the substance here, but I fully bought into director Panos Cosmatos’ desire to create a “1983 A.D.” where lumberjacks, religious cults, biker gangs were all subsumed in… Read.
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