ONE LAST MISSION… THAT I ACCEPT!!! “Our lives are the sum of our choices.” Those words echo throughout the high-octane adventure that is Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (originally titled Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – Part One), the seventh entry in the long-running action spy series. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the film stars Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca
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A CLASSIC (YET IMPERFECT) “ONE MAN ARMY” FLICK Within the action film genre, there lies a storied tradition of narrative storytelling that derives from the classic (yet always beloved) “one man army” yarn. There have been many of these films across the many decades of action cinematic history, yet they all roughly remain the same by having a protagonist
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A LAZY, TASTELESS, AND TOTALLY EXPENDABLE SEQUEL The Expendables film franchise has certainly seen its ups and down throughout the years. First coming out in 2010, the first film, which was directed by Sylvester Stallone and starred him as well as Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, and Terry Crews, tells the story of a team of
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CHAOTIC ACTION RANDOMNESS Director David Letich has bult a special niche career for full-throttle action motion pictures, finding hardcore (and sometimes relentless) chaotic thrills and bloody violence engaging enough for a non-stop cinematic treatment. First appearing in the major mainstream movie realm on the 2014 film John Wick (of which he co-directed with Chad Stahelski), Letich proved that his
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THE BOYS ARE BACK! Back in 1995, director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer release the film Bad Boys; releasing the motion picture during heyday of 90s era action-oriented endeavors. The film, which starred actors Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, followed the characters of Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett, two Miami narcotics police detectives that go undercover in the
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The “bad boys” are back as Sony Pictures / Columbia Pictures releases the second official trailer for the upcoming action sequel film Bad Boys for Life. View trailer below.
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DOUBLE TROUBLE MEDIOCRITY Film director Ang Lee has certainly made a name for himself in Hollywood as a visual storyteller within his various projects. While he had previous helmed theatrical features, Lee’s certainly made his “big splash” (in Hollywood) with the release of 1995’s Sense and Sensibility, which he received critical praise in adapting Jane Austen’s tale to the
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SHALLOW, GORY, AND UNSATISFYING In the action genre, the character of John Rambo (as well as the Rambo movie franchise) has been immortalized as a staple fixture for badassery macho bravado. Deriving from the 1972 novel titled First Blood (by author David Morell), the Rambo series follows the life of John Rambo, a US Army veteran played by actor
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Ride together, die together as Sony Pictures / Columbia Pictures released the official trailer for the upcoming action sequel film Bad Boys for Life. View trailer below.
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Changing the future doesn’t your “our fate” as Paramount Pictures releases the official trailer for the upcoming film Terminator: Dark Fate. View trailer below.
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