Review: Taken 3 (5th Anniversary)

It’s always a terrifying sight to behold when a mediocre movie receives a sequel. Taken 2 looks like the Citizen Kane of action movies compared to the third instalment with the now visibly tired Liam Neeson. The guy can’t catch a break, and this time he’s been framed for the murder of his wife. On the run and with […]
Review: Sicario: Day of the Soldado

The ongoing trend of modern action movies is to focus more on the drama than the violent acts of blowing up baddies and swinging in on one-liners. This shift in focus has been somewhat of a blessing and a curse, producing ample films like Sicario: Day of the Soldado; which, for better or worse, manages to […]
Review: John Wick (Five Year Anniversary)

I’ve got no idea why it took me five years to properly sit down and watch this film. I’ve seen it once prior to this, but only in passing and I wasn’t paying too much attention. I now understand exactly why this is referred to as a modern action classic and some form of career […]
Review: Triple Frontier

The post-Argo world hasn’t been too kind to Ben Affleck. Ever since he stepped up onto that stage and clutched his Best Director Oscar, he’s become somewhat of a villain in the eyes of the Hollywood elite. I’m not saying that’s a problem, as far as I’m aware his only good work comes from the aforementioned Argo and Good […]
FILM REVIEW: American Assassin (2017)

Starring The Maze Runner’s Dylan O’Brien and Birdman’s Michael Keaton, American Assassin is an action packed thriller with a LOT of fighting. If you get easily attached to characters in movies, this might not be the film for you as almost every new character introduced dies within minutes. O’Brien stars as Mitch Rapp, an American who loses his parents in a car accident as a […]
Preview: London Has Fallen
Starring big names such as Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman and Aaron Eckhart, this action movie has a promising trailer to show them off. London Has Fallen is the sequel of Olympus Has Fallen with majority of the cast starring in both movies, with a slight difference – the director for London Has Fallen is Babak Najafi, rather […]