Tag: arnold schwarzenegger

While whiffing its message, Last Action Hero has a blast sending up action movie tropes and Schwarzenegger runs with the material that mocks his own career.

Total Recall sells a wild, space-faring fantasy, but makes its star almost secondary to the heroics as he saves the world.

The dueling action stars face off some 20 years (or more) too late, and Iron Mask never settles on where it goes when they're not around.

Made for the now, this sequel smartly updates the lore, but Terminator: Dark Fate succumbs to action overload - both in quantity and scale.

But what about Taco? Terminator: Dark Fate’s worst moments happen during the action. Either the ceaseless digital effects tire, the explosions become routine, or the countless beatings sustained by …

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Ocean Documentary Captivating underwater footage from Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, explores the awesome variety of marine life from Fiji to the Bahamas in …

The Heat is On Step back for a moment. Ignore Tim Buron’s Batman. Let the shenanigans of Batman & Robin live on their own. Batman crashes through the roof …

Not Really the Last Last Action Hero’s message is a modest one: What movie action doesn’t work in real life. Where Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character Jack Slater painlessly smashes windows …

Jungle Thumpin’ Draped in a muggy jungle against an unknown adversary, Predator’s strength lies in taking the experiences of Vietnam and exposing them for the PTSD-enduring nightmare they are. …

Clunking and Sputtering Metal Providng a nostalgia stew of the Terminator series, Genisys plunges through franchise lore with wanton recklessness. How cool it should be to watch old Arnold …

No Fate Part of Terminator 2’s lasting appreciation and success is in its subversion. It’s a killer-robot-from-the-future movie, slapped with the title of a direct-to-video exploitation flick. The synth …

The Genisys of a Debacle Terminator Genisys has nukes. Shame it doesn’t use them on itself. An embarrassment to once a proud and intelligent sci-fi series, Genisys has few …