6 January 2011
Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde
Script: Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis
Genre: sff
Setting: future, virtual reality
5 Stars
4 Comments
As a person who has never seen Tron I may be the wrong person to review this film. But then again, I’m sure I’m not alone, so here goes :) Some twenty years ago Sam Flynn’s father went to work … Continue reading
23 April 2007
Cast: Jay Chou, Junjie Qin, Li Gong, Ye Liu, Yun-Fat Chow
Script: Yimou Zhang, Yu Cao
Genre: Action
Setting: C10th, China
5 Stars
5 Comments
or Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia Set in the Tang dynasty in the 10th Century, this film tells the tale of the Emperor Ping and his cold war with his wife, Empress Phoenix, as well as both of … Continue reading
9 July 2006
Cast: Betty Sun, Dong Yong, Jet Li, Shido Nakamura
Script: Chris Chow
Genre: Action
Setting: China
6 Stars
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Billed as Jet Li’s final martial arts epic, you should know to expect plenty of fight scenes in this film. But there is also a plot and a storyline too. One that revolves around the historical figure of Huo Yuanjia, … Continue reading
6 May 2006
Cast: Alexa Davalos, Colm Feore, Judi Dench, Karl Urban, Thandie Newton, Vin Diesel
Script: Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat
Genre: Action, sff
Setting: alien
7 Stars
9 Comments
I’m a big fan of Pitch Black, that low budget horror in space. And I used to be a big fan of Vin Diesel’s but recent film-roles have made me all a bit meh. Still, I’m surprised it took me … Continue reading
7 June 2005
Cast: Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Elijah Wood, Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourk, Nick Stahl
Genre: Action, sff
8 Stars
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It is hard to know how to describe this film, I suppose I could say that Sin City has three stories, each based on a different graphic novel by Miller. Or that it is just an experiment in style and … Continue reading
28 September 2004
Cast: Jet Li, Kim Coates
Genre: Action
Setting: China
9 Stars
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If you’ve seen any trailers for this film you might be tempted to think of it as this year’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It isn’t. First of all it isn’t quite as good, but secondly the story is very different. … Continue reading
10 September 2004
Cast: Bruno Ganz, John Hurt, Karel Roden, Ron Perlman, Rupert Evans, Selma Blair
Genre: Action, sff
9 Stars
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Before I had heard about this film I had never heard of the comics, never really heard of the character of Hellboy at all, so I wasn’t “mad fer it.” But, after hearing a few positive reviews I decided I’d … Continue reading
22 July 2003
Call no: 8 Stars
Cast: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott
Script: James Schamus, John Turman, Michael France
Genre: Action, sff
1 Comment
I was pleasantly surprised with this film. I presume most people know the story of Hulk, guy gets radiated, then finds out that when he gets angry he turns green & monster-like (or grey in the early comics). Well I … Continue reading