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Posts Tagged "action thriller"
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Getaway – Film Review
Ethan Hawke stars as a former racing superstar called Brent Magna, who’s ordered by a mystery villain to steal a state-of-the-art car and complete a series of crazy, high-speed, dangerous daredevil stunts against the clock […]
Killer’s Kiss ***½ (1955, Frank Silvera, Irene Kane, Jamie Smith) – Classic Movie Review 360
Stanley Kubrick’s short second feature film from 1955 is only 67 minutes long, but Killer’s Kiss provides plenty of evidence of the budding director’s talent. A punchy, stylish, inventively made, film noir action thriller, it […]
Escape Plan *** (2013, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Vinnie Jones, Sam Neill, Jim Caviezel) – Film Review
It’s great to have Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger back on screen together and it’s good that this is old-fashioned bruiser stuff. Highly appropriately, it’s a very 80s-style vehicle with a very B-movie feel, tailored […]
The Fast and the Furious **** (2001, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Rick Yune) – Classic Movie Review 311
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker take the fast track to stardom in the heart-pounding 2001 action thriller The Fast and the Furious, a fine example of a high-octane thrill-ride of a movie totally exceeding a […]
Captain Phillips **** (2013, Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener) – Movie Review
Tom Hanks finds a perfect part as the real-life Captain Richard Phillips, a canny and experienced American seaman, who is sent to command the US-flagged container ship MV Maersk Alabama, in 2009. He has to steer […]
Die Hard ***** (1988, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Alexander Godunov, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, William Atherton, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta) – Classic Movie Review 281
The monster 1988 blockbuster hit Die Hard is sometimes named as the greatest action thriller of all time. Based on Roderick Thorp’s novel Nothing Lasts Forever, it finely balances funny laconic humour with thrilling wholesale […]
A Good Day to Die Hard ** (2013, Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch) – Movie Review
Yippee ky-nothing. The fifth instalment of the Die Hard franchise is a bit of a dud but it does get a lift from an epic car chase across Moscow and your residual sympathy for its […]