‘Mad Max’ is the beginning of the end of the world
Mad Max Written by James McCausland and George Miller Directed by George Miller Australia, 1979 Somewhere in Australia are the first signs of the beginning of the end, the end of civilization as most...
View Article‘The Road Warrior’ rules the road of vehicle-centric cinema
Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior) Written by Terry Hayes, George Miller and Brian Hannant Directed by George Miller Australia, 1981 Mad Max 2, or as it is more commonly recognized in North America, The...
View Article‘Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome’ goes beyond the franchise’s comfort zone
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Written by Terry Hayes and George Miller Directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie Australia, 1985 An undetermined amount of time has elapsed since Max’s (Mel Gibson)...
View Article‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ modernizes the franchise without losing its identity in...
Mad Max: Fury Road Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris Directed by George Miller Australia/United States, 2015 Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) stands atop a sandy, rocky hill...
View Article‘John Wick’ announces that Keanu Reeves is definitely back
John Wick Written by Derek Kolstad Directed by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch U.S.A., 2014 As the film opens, John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is breathing what appear to be his dying breaths. Battered and...
View Article‘Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal’ squanders promise through a poor...
Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal Written by Junli Guo, Raymond Lei Jin, and Huanhuan Zhang Directed by Peter Pau and Zhao Tianyu Hong Kong, 2015 In recent years the Chinese and Hong Kong film...
View Article‘The Transporter’ kicks things into high gear, emphasis on kicking
The Transporter Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Directed by Corey Yuen and Louis Leterrier France, 2002 Former army pilot Frank Martin (a younger, slightly leaner looking Jason Statham),...
View Article‘Transporter 2’, while still fun, takes the crazy level a notch too high
Transporter 2 Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Directed by Louis Leterrier France, 2005 It took three full years for Frank Martin (Jason Statham) to make his return to the silver screen...
View Article‘Transporter 3’ abides by the law of diminishing returns
Transporter 3 Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen Directed by Olivier Megaton France, 2008 Following another three year hiatus during which time star Jason Statham saw his international stardom...
View Article‘The Transporter: Refueled’ reinjects some of the series’ lost adrenaline
The Transporter: Refueled Written by Luc Besson, Bill Collage and Adam Cooper Directed by Camille Delamare France/China, 2015 Whereas each of the first three Transporter vehicles were released at...
View Article‘Dog Soldiers’ is a horror-action mashup made in heaven
Dog Soldiers Written and directed by Neil Marshall U.K., 2002 English writer-director Neil Marshall’s value as a commodity in the filmmaking business as cooled off somewhat in the wake of an...
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