• May 21, 2014
• Action, At Home, Thriller

The names on the movie poster should make any action-movie fan drool: Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Willis, Li, Lundgren, Statham, Rourke, and on, and on. My god, ALL these ass-kickers in...

• February 16, 2014
• Action, At Home

When making a direct-to-video Steven Seagal film, it’s probably best to have a really simple good vs. evil plot that people can follow. That’s kind of a good rule...

• October 23, 2013
• Action, At Home

Having experienced the legend that is Machete, I was super excited for the sequel, Machete Kills. My boyfriend and I waited for opening day with rising anticipation and then…I...

• March 30, 2013
• Action, At Home, Science Fiction

I’m the first to admit that I had no idea of the context of the G.I. Joe franchise, as envisioned by the 1980s line of toys with the “complex...

• February 13, 2013
• Action, At Home

There is really no reason at all to have an all-American cop like Bruce Willis’ John McClane in Moscow. But the Die Hard series just won’t die easily, after...

• January 17, 2013
• Action, At Home

Ahh-nold Schwarzenegger is getting a bit long in the tooth, despite the resurgence of him and his aged 80’s action movie buddies in the popular Expendables series. His small-town...

• March 23, 2007
• Action, At Home, Drama

Complete the following comparison: Eddie Murphy’s Norbit is to Dreamgirls As Mark Wahlberg’s ________ is to The Departed Yes, Shooter is right up there with Norbit as a shockingly...

• January 29, 2005
• Action, At Home, Thriller

The opening sequence of Assault on Precinct 13 is an assault on the senses. Let me say this: The handheld camera with grainy and contrasty cinematography, combined with MTV-style...

• July 18, 2003
• Action, At Home, Comedy, Crime

Hot women in skimpy clothes? Profanity? More explosions? More gun fights? Lots and lots and lots of initially cool but quickly tiresome and unnecessary slo-mo shots? Then, my friend,...