Action-Adventure

Malibu Rescue Season 1 Review: Life’s A Beach

June 3 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

If, like me, you had the distinct displeasure of watching the prequel movie to this new teen-focused Netflix Original series, creatively titled Malibu Rescue: The Movie,...

Avengement Review: Brutal And Brilliant Adkins Action

May 28 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

For those in the know, the Scott Adkins actioner is a very specific, very beautiful thing, and his recent collaborations with the reliably demented Jesse...

Game of Thrones Finale Recap: None Of That Made Any Sense Whatsoever

May 20 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

This Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 6 recap for the episode titled “The Iron Throne” contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on...

Maria Review: Is Christine Reyes The Next Big Action Star?

May 17 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Pedring Lopez’s actioner Maria, which arrived on Netflix today directly from the Philippines, understands the single most fundamental rule of balls-to-the-wall genre filmmaking: Clarity. Say what...

Revisions Review: Mechas and Monsters

May 14 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Revisions feel like fairly standard fare that somehow manages to be inventive but incredibly familiar at the same time. It has some interesting ideas but some...

Into the Badlands Series Finale Recap: The End. Or Is It?

May 7 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

This Into the Badlands Season 3 Episode 16 recap for the episode titled “Seven Strike as One” contains spoilers. Farewell, Into the Badlands. You were bizarre and...

‘Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back’ Film Review

May 4 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Dead in a Week: Or Your Money Back is the directorial debut of Tom Edmunds and stars Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk), Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton), Christopher...

‘Baki’ Season 1, Part 2 Netflix Review

April 30 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

This Baki Season 1 Part 2 review is spoiler free. You can check out our thoughts on the first half of the season by clicking...

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Film Review

April 27 2019, by M.N. Miller

There have been very few immersive experiences of pure Hollywood joy like Avengers: Endgame. What Marvel has accomplished in the past decade-plus of films is...

‘Backfire’ (2017) | Film Review

April 24 2019, by M.N. Miller

Oh boy, when it comes to B-movie bliss, Netflix is the place to be. That, of course, is their penchant for obtaining thousands of films...

‘Hellboy’ (2019) Film Review

April 17 2019, by M.N. Miller

Legendary director Guillermo Del Toro’s vision of Hellboy, came when many had grown tired of the superhero genre. Studios were churning these films out with...

‘Alien Warfare’ Film Review

April 7 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

You’d be forgiven for thinking that everything about Alien Warfare is a joke. Alas, it isn’t, and so its earnest all-American seriousness turns what might have been...

‘Triple Threat’ Film Review

March 26 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Rarely do I wish that I liked a film more than I like Triple Threat. As a longtime enthusiast of dumb action cinema and a longtime adversary...

‘Paskal’ Netflix Film Review

March 15 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Paskal, the new Malaysian action movie from Adrian Teh that debuts globally on Netflix today, opens with an insistence that the following is based (however...

‘Burn Out’ Netflix Film Review

March 15 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Yann Gozlan‘s Burn Out, about a speed-demon motorcycle racer forced to moonlight as a drug courier, is nothing new. In fact, it’s everything old; a well-worn...

‘Welcome to Acapulco’ | Film Review

March 12 2019, by Daniel Hart

Welcome to Acapulco follows Matt Booth (Michael Kingsbaker), a video game programmer who is about to seal the most momentous deal of his life after putting...

‘The Glorious Seven’ Film Review

March 11 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

The Glorious Seven tells the story of a man who is hired by a suspicious millionaire (Fernando Carrera) to rescue his anguished wife (Julia Mulligan)....

‘The Hard Way’ Netflix Review

March 6 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

A Michael Jai White film is a very particular thing, and The Hard Way is a Michael Jai White movie through and through. It’s a...

‘Atone’ | Film Review

February 26 2019, by Daniel Hart

On the surface, Wes Miller’s movie Atone is about a pastor receiving backlash from taking everything from the community and not giving back. The film is also...

‘Departures’ (‘Then Came You’) | Film Review

February 11 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Departures is directed by Peter Hutchings (The Outcasts), stars Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) and Nina Dobrev (Fam) and is an...