“I’m just a civil service engineer!”
Yes, Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is just a civil service engineer, but he’s also capable of chasing down a villain through the crowded streets of New York because the police were unable to. Good for him.
The Taking of Pelham 123 is directed by Tony Scott, and comes with all of [...]

Face/Off is a monumentally stupid movie. It followed another John Woo and John Travolta monumentally stupid movie, Broken Arrow. At least Broken Arrow stuck to the basics to set up its action. Face/Off is famous for the idiotic concept of face swapping, admittedly original yet completely absurd.
Travolta and Nicolas Cage face off (heh) without any [...]

With a likeable cast and generic road trip narrative, Wild Hogs had enough in the tank to pull in a massive box office draw of nearly $170 million. It’s a shame audiences weren’t treated to something worthwhile for their money. While it does offer up some mild fun and amusement, Wild Hogs is a lazy, [...]

It’s not Pixar, but Bolt carries many of the same charms and laughs the latter premier CG animation studio in the world provides. First-time directors Byron Howard and Chris Williams have created a film with lively characters, enjoyable action, fun plotting, and admittedly the usual round of animated clichés. Bolt is fast-paced fun throughout.
Bolt is [...]

Broken Arrow is simple to describe - it’s a grade-Z action movie with loads of money behind it and a director with an eye for extremes. John Woo followed up 1993’s Hard Target with this fiasco, a brain-dead actioner involving nuclear weapons, an evil John Travolta, and non-star Christian Slater in the hero role. It doesn’t [...]