Tag: action
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LOVE HURTS doesn’t know what it wants to be
There’s a serious crisis of identity with LOVE HURTS and the performances can’t save it.
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Wahlberg makes FLIGHT RISK watchable
A desk agent with the US Marshal Service, Deputy Madelyn Harris (played by Michelle Dockery), is back in the field for the first time in years escorting a key witness in a high profile case. Once she secures Winston (Topher Grace), the informant who’s trying to hide in the Fairbanks area of Alaska, they board…
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DEN OF THIEVES 2 unnecessarily complicated
Los Angeles Sheriff Nick O’Brien (played by Gerard Butler) sees a news report of a diamond heist at the Antwerp airport in Belgium and notices some similarities to unsolved cases in Southern California. After doing some digging, he realizes the burglary was, in fact, led by Donnie Wilson (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), the very man he’s…
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GLADIATOR II expects to be great
GLADIATOR II is a must-see in the theater but, unfortunately, it took it’s laundry list of assets for granted and only gives audiences loads of flavor without much sustenance.
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AMBER ALERT is the perfect horror movie for parents
With a late September release date, AMBER ALERT is a perfect Halloween movie for parents everywhere because the sympathetic horror is undeniable.
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TRANSFORMERS ONE is the spark the franchise needed
TRANSFORMERS ONE might be the best movie of the entire franchise, one that gives future films promise and hope and, quite frankly, that’s a huge improvement.
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THE KILLER’S GAME does not pass Go
A professional assassin Joe Flood (played by Dave Bautista) finds out that he’s been diagnosed with a terminal brain disease right when he begins to settle down with a dancer (Sofia Boutella) that he met immediately following a hit. The doctor tells him that he’ll lose his eyesight, start trembling and become completely dependent on…
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1992 is not to be missed
Director Ariel Vromen and writer Sascha Penn managed to ink a compelling story while successfully navigating the delicate subject of race relations.
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Amazon uses house money for JACKPOT!
The year is 2030 and the state of California offers a lottery where, if you win the jackpot, you have to survive to collect. Between the time of the announcement and sundown, anybody can come after you and, if they kill you, they collect your winnings. The only caveat is, guns aren’t allowed which forces…
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BORDERLANDS wastes an incredible cast
There is zero reason why a film that boasts a lineup featuring Academy Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis, Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett, future Academy Award winner Ariana Greenblatt and Golden Globe nominated Jack Black should be this bad.
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