Movie Reviews6.7/10
Renny Harlin’s airport sequel delivers the set pieces but not the spark
Die Hard 2 review: Bruce Willis returns as John McClane at Dulles Airport, Christmas 1990. Renny Harlin directs. Score: 6.7/10.
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Tag: action movies
Movie Reviews6.3/10
Atomic Blonde: A Good Action Film Wearing a Great One’s Clothes
Atomic Blonde review: Charlize Theron fights through Cold War Berlin days before the Wall falls, and the stairwell brawl is why the film survives.
Movie Reviews7.8/10
Jan de Bont’s bus thriller still runs on one clean idea, 32 years on.
Speed (1994) review: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock and Dennis Hopper in a bus that can't drop below 50 mph. Casting history, awards, box office, verdict.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Liam Neeson’s Kidnappers Get a Grenade Lesson in a Sequel That Repeats the First Film’s Moves
Taken 2 review: the 2012 sequel moves Bryan Mills to Istanbul, grosses $376M, and squanders a clever grenade trick on choppy action and a hollow villain.
Movie Reviews5.1/10
Ensemble Action Sequel Leans on Nostalgia Over Plot
The Expendables 2 review: Stallone, Statham, Van Damme and Norris in a 2012 sequel that wastes its stacked cast on a thin revenge plot.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
Wanted Review: Curving Bullets and a Loom of Fate
Wanted (2008) review: James McAvoy joins Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman's assassin Fraternity, curving bullets and serving a Loom of Fate.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Stallone’s Expendables gathers action veterans for a throwback mission
Sylvester Stallone's 2010 film The Expendables grossed $274 million but scored just 4.5/10 — a look at the cast, plot, and the gap between money and merit.
Movie Reviews8.5/10
Paul Greengrass turned Bourne’s amnesia into a chase film with no wasted motion
A spoiler-rich review of The Bourne Ultimatum (2007): Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, the Tangier chase, and why it's the best of the Bourne trilogy.
Movie Reviews8.7/10
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Puts Ethan Hunt’s Morality at the Center
Mission: Impossible – Fallout review: Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt faces his hardest choice yet in a 147-minute spy thriller that trades spectacle for morality.
Prime Video’s Top Stars Are Out, and Jason Statham Comes Out on Top
Jason Statham tops Prime Video charts with Mutiny after a lukewarm theatrical run, proving streaming is his true kingdom.