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TRASH IN THE CAN: ACTION USA This week’s movie is basically Lethal Weapon with a quarter of the budget and 100% more actual risk of death to the cast and crew. Austin Presley joins the boys to marvel at the always bloodshot eyes of our male lead, constantly hard nipples of our female lead, and […]

THE BROTHERS SUN SERIES REVIEW Charles Sun (Justin Chien), the Jade Dragon’s number one assassin, is tasked to stop a rogue group of killers that threaten his family’s Taipei crime organization. He’s quick with his kicks and even faster with a knife but his true passion lies in not chopping faces of fiends but rather […]

THE BEEKEEPER MOVIE REVIEW Jason Statham. Identify Theft. Bees. What do these things have in common? Well, the new David Ayer action movie of course! Jason Statham stars as the titular beekeeper who is living a modest life as a companion of sorts to Eloise (Phylicia Rashad). Once Eloise is scammed out of all her […]

SILENT NIGHT MOVIE REVIEW It’s hard to believe but it’s been 20 years since Hong Kong action maestro John Woo directed a Hollywood film. While Woo retains his taste for melodrama, his latest bullet ballet trades in his usual operatic flair for a grittier, more grounded approach to violence. Shot in Mexico City on a […]

INFESTATION: FANTASTIC FEST 2023 – ONE-PERCENTER Fantastic Fest has become known not only for weird and disturbing films, completely surreal foreign comedies, and insane horror, but for some of the most over-the-top great action as well. One-Percenter is one of this year’s entries in the latter category and it sure doesn’t hurt when Tak Sakaguchi […]

MEG 2: THE TRENCH MOVIE REVIEW It’s hard not to feel bad for the Megs in this film. I mean, what chance do they, or anyone really, have versus Jason Statham? This time though he and his (surviving) team have to deal with an illegal mining operation at the bottom of The Trench (where the […]

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PART 1 MOVIE REVIEW Ethan Hunt and his team is back and this time they’re up against, well, pretty much everyone. An AI developed as a weapon gains sentience and the chase is on for a macguffin that is the only thing that can control it, and thus become the most […]

EXTRACTION 2 MOVIE REVIEW Two brothers forged in streets running red with the blood of their people pitted against each other in civil war. Their life purpose? Burn down the house of freedom and flip it for tyrannical profit! When the leaves of oppression fall on the yard of peace, don’t reach for the hammer. […]

GHOSTED MOVIE REVIEW If you only watched the first 30 minutes of this new romantic Apple+ film starring Ana De Armas and Chris Evans, you might think you’re watching a Lifetime movie. Evans plays Cole, an unlucky-in-love farmer and agricultural historian who has recently been dumped when he crosses paths with Sadie (De Armas), a […]

GUY RITCHIE’S THE COVENANT MOVIE REVIEW In a film so different from everything else he’s made that he had to put his name in front of the title so you’d know it was him, The Covenant takes place during the war in Afghanistan. Jake Gyllenhaal plays sergeant John Kinley. His squad is tasked with uncovering […]

RENFIELD MOVIE REVIEW It’s been a long few centuries for poor Renfield (Nicholas Hoult). Sure, being Count Dracula’s (Nicolas Cage) assistant comes with perks: eternal youth and super-powers (dependant on bug consumption). But Drac ain’t exactly a good boss. And finding the innocent to bring to Dracula as food is starting to wear on him. […]

FURIES MOVIE REVIEW In Greek mythology, the Furies were a trio of very powerful and angry goddesses who punished men who did bad things, particularly to women. They were a force of justice, but also a force to be reckoned with. So, it is a well chosen title for the newest Netflix female driven revenge […]

JOHN WICK CHAPTER 4 MOVIE REVIEW Well, Mr. Wick has himself in a helluva pickle. The high table of assassins has a huge bounty on him, spearheaded by the Marquis Vincent de Gramont (Bill Skarsgård) who has been given carte blanche to take down Wick however possible. Pretty much every assassin in the world (which, […]

VIOLENT NIGHT MOVIE REVIEW What’s a holiday season without a little violent Christmas mayhem? In a bit of inspired casting, David Harbour takes on the role of (actual) Santa Claus in this brutal action comedy from the director of the Dead Snow films. It’s Christmas Eve and Santa is drunk, tired, and kinda about to […]

INFESTATION FANTASTIC FEST 2022: PROJECT WOLF HUNTING This South Korean action horror film begins with a huge cast of extremely dangerous criminals being loaded onto a large freight liner for transport. Although there’s a lot of cops going with them, you know this is gonna turn into Con-Boat at some point. But the thing is, […]

INFESTATION FANTASTIC FEST 2022: HUNT This new South Korean political action thriller is written, directed, and starring film legend Lee Jung-jae (you probably know him as the main character from Squid Game). Set in South Korea’s turbulent 80s when they were led by an increasingly worsening military dictator, the story follows two higher-ups in the […]

THE WOMAN KING MOVIE REVIEW For a film that deals with Africa’s tragic legacy of colonization and slavery, The Woman King is a surprisingly fleet, action packed, crowd pleaser. It is the year 1820, and Nansica (Viola Davis) is the general of the Agojie, an elite force of warrior women who faithfully serve Ghezo, the […]

SALOUM MOVIE REVIEW Coming straight outta West Africa, Saloum starts with a coup d’etat, a drug lord, and 3 mercenaries tasked with with transporting said drug lord back to safety. By the 2nd act, shit flips on its head. Written and directed by Jean Luc Herbulot, Saloum is a horror/thriller that never relents. What should […]

ALIENOID MOVIE REVIEW Do you want a movie about a cyborg alien guard and his robot sidekick assigned to monitoring and capturing extraterrestrial prisoners hiding here on Earth inside human brains? How about one that takes place in the 14th and 21st centuries with characters able to cross time and space in a souped up, […]

CARTER MOVIE REVIEW Okay, we’re going to give you the synopsis of the plot, but let’s be clear here. It doesn’t matter. Seriously, “plot” isn’t why anyone would watch this movie. In the midst of a deadly pandemic caused by a virus which makes the infected patients violent and zombie-like, originating from the Korean DMZ […]

BULLET TRAIN MOVIE REVIEW The co-director of John Wick and director of Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde (David Leitch) helms this new action comedy based on a Japanese novel, Maria Beetle. Now, most action comedies don’t seem like there’s enough plot going on to have been based on a novel, but Bullet Train has so […]

THE GREY MAN MOVIE REVIEW When the Russo Brothers, the directors of the second and fifth highest grossing movies of all-time, come to you with a new movie they’d like to make, you say, “Yes.” You give them $200 million, and you let them do whatever they want. And sure, it’s not another superhero IP. […]

THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT MOVIE REVIEW In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, actor Nicholas Cage, the man, the myth, the meme, plays the role of a lifetime – himself. Sort of. Here he plays the meta-fictional Nic Cage, a once popular movie star whose career has stalled. Nic can’t find work, his […]