21 May 2012
Cast: Donny Alamsyah, Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Ray Sahetapy, Yayan Ruhian
Script: Gareth Evans
Genre: Action
Setting: Jakarta
7 Stars
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The Indonesian version of SWAT are going into battle. An apartment block has become home to the bad and the violent. A no go area that the police never visit. But now they are going in, intending to get through … Continue reading
28 September 2008
Cast: Alice Braga, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Joe Mantegna, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Tim Allen
Script: David Mamet
Genre: Action
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IMDb ; Other reviews When is a martial arts film not a film about martial arts? When it is a David Mamet film of course. Redbelt tells the story of Mike Terry[1] who is a struggling[2] Jiu-jitsu instructor. His wife, … Continue reading
8 October 2007
Cast: Devon Aoki, Jason Statham, Jet Li, John Lone, Luis Guzmán
Script: Gregory J. Bradley, Lee Anthony Smith
Genre: Action
3 Stars
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Supposedly this is a martial-arts action film about an FBI agent hunting down an assassin because he killed the cop’s partner. But in reality there isn’t enough plot for that. Which is very surprising because there is a LOT of story and very little martial arts. There is a fair amount of action, but it is all things we’ve seen before.
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
4 July 2005
Cast: Christian Bale, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine
Script: Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer
Genre: Action
Setting: Gotham city
9 Stars
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Ignore all the previous films, this is new Batman origin film. And we get it all, from the fall down the well to the parents being gunned down in an alley. There is the training, the gadgets, and a batmobile … 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
25 April 2004
Cast: Chia Hui Liu, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Michael Parks, Uma Thurman
Genre: Action
7 Stars
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Bang bang, my baby shot me down You know there isn’t really all that much for me to say about this film. Did I enjoy it? Yes, but it isn’t great, although I do think it is better than Vol. … Continue reading