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Posts Tagged "John McTiernan"

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Rollerball * (2002, Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Naveen Andrews) – Classic Movie Review 2963

In a future world of 2005 with neither war nor crime, the public’s aggression is channelled into the ultra-violent sport of rollerball, a kind of basketball played on spiked motorbikes and deadly skates. Director John McTiernan’s […]

Oct, 06

Basic * (2003, John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L Jackson, Giovanni Ribisi, Brian Van Holt) – Classic Movie Review 2961

Director John McTiernan’s all-too-basic 2003 thriller stars John Travolta and Connie Nielsen as DEA drug agents who investigate deaths in the American army. The deaths seem to involve a sadistic sergeant, played by Samuel L Jackson. […]

Oct, 06

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 Thomas Crown Affair **** (1999, Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Faye Dunaway, Ben Gazzara, Frankie Faison, Fritz Weaver) – Classic Movie Review 2230

Two incredibly well-preserved middle-aged people, one a billionaire art-thief (Pierce Brosnan), the rich and successful playboy Thomas Crown, the other a brilliant and seductive insurance investigator (Rene Russo), play a high-stakes game of cat and […]

Mar, 02

Die Hard 3: Die Hard with a Vengeance *** (1995, Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 1681

This time British Oscar winner Jeremy Irons is the guest star villain as the German terrorist and mad bomber who terrorises New York while tormenting Bruce Willis’s boozed-out cop John McClane with a teasing series of false […]

Sep, 16

The Hunt for Red October **** (1990, Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn) – Classic Movie Review 728

From brilliant action director John McTiernan, the maker of Predator and Die Hard, this 1990 cheeky and exciting action thriller blockbuster is one of the best of its kind. A commanding Sean Connery is on […]

Jan, 21

Predator ***** (1987, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 561

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1987 sci-fi action thriller film Predator has a masterly build-up and then explodes half way with a nerve-shredding all-out attack that lasts the entire rest of the movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Rambo-versus-the-monster sci-fi fantasy […]

Dec, 22

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