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Drive Angry 3-D (2011) Review: Never Disrobe Before Gunplay!

After watching Drive Angry 3D, I’ve come to realize that Nicolas Cage’s character, Milton, is really a metaphor for Nicolas Cage. It doesn’t matter what you do to kill Milton, he just keeps coming. It doesn’t matter how hard his film bombs or what critics say about it, Cage will keep making funny and ridiculous, sometimes horrible, films, and by golly, I just can’t get enough. Continue reading

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Road House (1989): Skinny Dipping and Throat Ripping

When I heard about the Road House remake hitting the small screens, I was inspired to revisit the original cult classic to see how it strikes me now, decades after I first saw it. And, on rewatching it, what was the first thing I was struck by? Patrick Swayze’s buns. Continue reading

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Salt (2010) Review: Salty, Tasty Goodness

If there is one thing you can learn from Salt is that Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is a freakin’ kleptomaniac! How many outfits does one highly-skilled CIA operative need to steal? Don’t you have any morals?! Oh wait, Salt’s a highly skilled CIA operative- of course she doesn’t have morals. Continue reading

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Ong-Bak (2003): Who Needs a Budget When You’re This Good?

Certain situations call for certain action heroes. Daughter kidnapped by human traffickers? You call Bryan Mills. Office building taken over by terrorists? You call John McClane. The village statue of Ong-Bak gets defaced, decapitated, and deported off with a band of ruffians?

You call Ting. Continue reading

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Commando (1985) Review: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Top Form for this Action Classic

In Commando, we have John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) single handedly taking down a metric butt-ton of people. How much is a metric butt-ton you ask? Oh, you’ll know when you see it. There’ll be a point in the movie where you’ll say to yourself “Man! He sure has killed a lot of people!” That, my friends, is a metric butt-ton moment. Continue reading

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The One (2001): Jet Li in the Multiverse of Mediocrity

Way before everyone and their gramma and their alt-universe gramma were doing multiverse movies, Jet Li co-starred alongside himself in The One. As it turns out, the only person who could really challenge Jet Li… is Jet Li.

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Film Review: Daylight (1996)!

The Hudson tunnel is exacting revenge for tunnels everywhere! They are tired of being driven through and are taking a stand! In Daylight, the Hudson tunnel collapses, killing a ton of people and trapping many more. There’s no way out … Continue reading

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Film Review: Colombiana (2011)

Have all the stories in the world been told already? Is there really nothing out there that is a new and original plot anymore? It feels like there isn’t with Hollywood putting out remake after remake and formulaic movies such … Continue reading

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