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New Jack City *** (1991, Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Bill Cobbs) – Classic Movie Review 11,367

Director Mario Van Peebles’s 1991 American independent film New Jack City stars the young and charismatic Wesley Snipes, who gives an impressive tough guy role performance as the arrogant, smart Nino Brown, a stereotypical New […]

Jul, 04

Marked for Death * (1990, Steven Seagal, Joanna Pacula, Basil Wallace) – Classic Movie Review 10,192

Director Dwight H Little’s plodding 1990 violence-by-numbers crime ‘thriller’ Marked for Death [Screwface] stars the era’s hot action man Steven Seagal as Chicago DEA agent John Hatcher, a retired drug-busting operative marked for death by […]

Aug, 18

Red Heat *** (1988, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O’Ross, Larry Fishburne, Gina Gershon) – Classic Movie Review 8249

Director Walter Hill’s 1988 action thriller Red Heat stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Russian lawman Captain Ivan Danko of the Soviet State Police, who is sent to Chicago to pick up a drug dealer, dangerous Georgian […]

Mar, 15

Extreme Prejudice ** (1987, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside) – Classic Movie Review 5460

Director Walter Hill’s disappointing 1987 movie kind of works as a basic action thriller but tells an extremely scrappy, violent and confused story. It reunites Hill with Powers Boothe after Southern Comfort (1981). Nick Nolte stars […]

May, 15

Rapid Fire **½ (1992, Brandon Lee, Powers Booth, Nick Mancuso) – Classic Movie Review 5459

Bruce Lee’s son Brandon Lee shows considerable charisma and acting talent in director Dwight H Little’s fair 1992 martial arts action thriller that turned him into a star just before his death on the set […]

May, 15

Fast & Furious 5 [Fast Five] ***½ (2011, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Gal Gadot, Joaquim de Almeida, Ludacris) – Classic Movie Review 4537

Justin Lin and Chris Morgan, the director and writer of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), return for the thrilling, hard-revving 2011 American action film fifth instalment in the franchise. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Jordana Brewster (all reprising […]

Oct, 26

Darkman III: Die Darkman Die ** (1996, Jeff Fahey, Arnold Vosloo, Darlanne Fluegel, Roxann Dawson, Nigel Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 3487

A less entertaining, rather slightly tired grand guignol horror comic second sequel to Darkman (1990) from director Bradford May, who also made Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995). This time Jeff Fahey stars as […]

Mar, 20

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