Movie Reviews6.6/10
‘Fast Five’: 15 Years On, Still Just a Very Good Time
A tale of thieves, a stolen tank, and a vault in Rio—a loud, fast, hollow victory for the Fast & Furious series.
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Tag: action movie
Movie Reviews6/10
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Review: Spectacle Outweighs Story Eighteen Years On
A chase through South America and the Soviet Union, crystal skulls, and ancient aliens — a spectacle, not a story.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Review — Bigger, Louder, Messier
A sequel of spectacle wherein dinos roam wild, yet the story wavers amid chaos and ruin.
Movie Reviews5.6/10
Fifteen Years On, Real Steel Still Feels Like a Robot Fight Wrapped in a Bland Story
A father, a broken robot, and a ring of steel — a tale of memory, vengeance, and the soul of a machine.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
Tom Cruise’s Running Defines the Chase Structure in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Tom Cruise runs through Venice, Morocco, and London in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, a thrilling chase movie worth seeing on the big screen.
Movie Reviews7.5/10
The Bourne Identity Review: A Memory Wipe That Still Stings
A man wakes upon a vessel with no memory of himself, and his every encounter becomes a hunt for truth in a shadowed conspiracy.
Movie Reviews5.8/10
The Fast and the Furious Review: Cars Are the Stars, People Are Just Along for the Ride
A review of The Fast and the Furious, a car chase picture where the vehicles steal the show from the human drama.
Movie Reviews5.7/10
Sherlock Holmes Review: Downey Jr. and Law Carry the Action, But the Plot Never Explains Itself
A swift, noisy tale of Holmes and his foe Moriarty, wherein wit and fury contend upon the screen.
Movie Reviews7.9/10
Kill Bill Vol. 2 Turns 22: Tarantino’s Revenge Saga Drags Through Its Middle Before Justifying the Wait
A bride of vengeance tracks down those who betrayed her, in a tale dark and personal, wherein revenge is earned at great cost.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Na Hong-jin Returns With ‘Hope,’ a Monster Movie That Refuses to Stay One
A monster tears at a village named Hope, and those sent to look upon it find terror grown from ignorance itself.