Movie Reviews6.9/10
Tony Jaa’s Bangkok Chase in Ong-Bak Still Lands With Full Force
A Muay Thai expert travels to Bangkok to recover a stolen statue head, fighting through a city that refuses to yield.
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Movie Reviews5.7/10
Jackie Chan and Jet Li Hold Their Own in The Forbidden Kingdom, but the Plot Can’t Keep Up
A teen's staff summons ancient spirits and warriors across China in this ambitious, uneven fantasy adventure.
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Universal Soldier Review: Van Damme and Lundgren’s Sci-Fi Combat Still Packs a Punch
A soldier of old is brought back to life as a machine of war, and memory returns to break the chain of his torment.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
Jet Li Escapes His Master in Unleashed, a Solid but Uneven Besson-Produced Thriller
A chained man breaks his bonds, finds kindness in a blind piano tuner's house, and learns what feeling looks like.
Movie Reviews0.7/10
Vin Diesel Rides Horses Through War Zones in Babylon A.D., and Nothing Else
A mercenary carries a young woman across war and sea in Babylon A.D., a tale of empty fury that fails utterly to satisfy.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
The Karate Kid Part II Returns Daniel to Okinawa, Where the Villain Never Explains Himself
A review of The Karate Kid Part II, a sequel that sends Miyagi and Daniel to Okinawa for a fight that can't settle the past.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Neeson Takes Out the Cartel in Cold Pursuit, a Grim Hunt Anchored by His Own Literate Revenge
A snowplow driver avenges his murdered son in a relentless chain of killings in this grim, violent tale.
Movie Reviews2.7/10
‘The Three Musketeers’: Anderson’s Bloated, Pointless Mess
A tale of three musketeers betrayed, a duke's schemes, and a young man who seeks to restore honor to a disbanded order.
Movie Reviews6.7/10
‘I Saw the Devil’ Review: Revenge Thriller Loses Its Footing in the Back Half
A tale of a man who becomes a monster to avenge his beloved, wherein vengeance and madness reign.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Trades the Open Road for a Desert Madhouse — and Mostly Pulls It Off
A grim tale of a desert trading post, its ruler, and the lone wanderer drawn into its terrible arena.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
‘The Scorpion King’: A Legend’s Origin Story That Never Quite Earns Its Ambition
A peasant of Akkad swears vengeance upon Memnon, and the desert yields neither mercy nor legend.
Movie Reviews3.6/10
Rambo III Review: A Broken Machine Running on Worn Parts
A weary warrior abandons peace to rescue an old commander from a vast mountain base, in a tale that never quite concludes.