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Police Story 2 [Ging chaat goo si juk jaap] **** (1988, Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam) – Classic Movie Review 11,350

Jackie Chan stars in Police Story 2: ‘Dynamite is a controlled substance. There’s only two ways you can get it; legally for industrial use, or, it has to be smuggled in.’ Director Jackie Chan’s 1988 […]

Jun, 27

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ** (2017, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Alex Wolff, Nick Jonas) – Movie Review

Director Jake Kasdan’s harmless but lame, laborious and empty-headed reboot of Jumanji (1995) cost a lot – $90 million – but has taken a fortune – $254 million in the US. It goes for the old downhome […]

Jan, 12

Last Action Hero *** (1993, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, F Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance) – Classic Movie Review 2582

Producer-director John McTiernan’s comedy sci-fi action adventure thriller was supposed to be the 1993 summer blockbuster but Jurassic Park stole much of its thunder and its business. Unfairly, and unexpectedly, it severely damaged Arnold Schwarzenegger’s box-office […]

Jun, 10

The Getaway ***** (1972, Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Sally Struthers, Jack Dodson, Slim Pickens, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Richard Bright) – Classic Movie Review 1355

Director Sam Peckinpah’s 1972 action crime thriller The Getaway is one of this great director’s greatest movies, and most successful. Peckinpah and screenwriter Walter Hill turn esteemed pulp-fiction writer Jim Thompson’s novel into a sweaty-palmed, […]

Jun, 25

Hercules [Le fatiche di Ercole] *** (1958, Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni, Ivo Garrani, Gianna Maria Canale) – Classic Movie Review 922

Director-producer Pietro Francisci’s 1957 film Hercules [Le fatiche di Ercole], inspired by the Greek legend and the epic poem Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius [Apollonius of Rhodes], is the first in an international hit series of Italian […]

Mar, 16

Quantum of Solace *** (2008, Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright) – Classic Movie Review 844

Daniel Craig returns for his second turn as James Bond in the direct sequel to the 2006 Casino Royale, concluding its story. In the 22nd 007 film, directed by Marc Forster in 2008, Bond seeks revenge […]

Feb, 19

Parker ***½ (2013, Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte, Patti LuPone, Clifton Collins Jr, Bobby Cannavale, Emma Booth) – Movie Review

Jason Statham completely nails the role of ruthless, ultra-resourceful crook Parker in director Taylor Hackford’s pounding, pacy 2013 epic action thriller, based on ace crime writer Donald Westlake’s story. It delivers exactly what it says […]

Jun, 17

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