Ong-bak is a grueling exercise in martial arts style. Proudly touting the absence of stunt personnel, special effects, and safety measures, Ong-bak is one of the most convincing martial arts films I have seen. The fights and chases ooze an authenticity that makes up for the lackluster and ridiculously underdeveloped… Continue reading
As long as director Uwe Boll is given money to make films, we are guaranteed at least one unintentionally uproarious gut-buster a year. In the case of this year, good old Mr. Boll will be reigning down a second film on us this fall: Bloodrayne. If it’s somehow twice as… Continue reading
Assault on Precinct 13, loosely based on the 1976 film of the same name written and directed by John Carpenter, is a gritty, violent journey that’s about twice as good as you’d expect it to be. While it is clearly a genre film, it has been nicely updated and includes… Continue reading
Now here is a nasty little piece. In and out of theaters faster than you can say “cheese,” Paparazzi is a surprisingly dark and brooding thriller. Bo Laramie (Hauser) has just become the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. With his film “Adrenaline Force,” he is now at the top of the Hollywood… Continue reading
Recent surveys have shown that many a moviegoer actually like to know what is going to happen in a film prior to viewing it. These results have prompted overly spoiler-ridden trailers that all but qualify as viewing the film in its entirety. Since Flight Of The Phoenix is not only… Continue reading
Hero is the kind of film that often imitated, but never duplicated here in the States. This film is proof positive that it is possible for a film to stand on only style points, with the actual story taking a backseat. To watch Hero is to watch visual poetry, and… Continue reading
Blade: Trinity is the third film in the series, and if things go well this time around it certainly won’t be the last. That’s not to say the film is good, as it is really a pale shadow to the much superior first two films. As the film opens, the… Continue reading
Team America: World Police comes billed with all the usual controversy surround nearly anything done by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the crafty creators of the hit show South Park. From cuts being made to the film involving excessive puppet sex to maintain a R rating to intense allegations that… Continue reading
Anacondas, subtitled The Hunt For The Blood Orchid, is a cataclysmic miscalculation. One may have drawn that conclusion from the equally horrid trailers that have been surfacing, but no, I chose to give it a solid chance because I didn’t find its predecessor, 1997’s Anaconda, to be as bad as… Continue reading
I think we all knew that the grassroots success of last summer’s Freddy Vs. Jason would surely spawn some knockoffs, and combining Alien and Predator was Fox’s answer. Smart choices they were, as the Predator and Alien series have been two of their most successful franchises. When the project was… Continue reading