"All our lives we've been bad boys. Now it's time to be good men." And with that line of dialogue - one of many groan-inducing but perfectly on-brand nuggets that the Chris Bremner/Peter Craig/Joe Carnahan-penned script drops throughout - Bad Boys For Life very much presents itself as exactly the type of movie you expect it to be. It's something that the ageing Marcus … [Read more...] about Bad Boys For Life – Film Review
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My Spy – Film Review
When the most interesting thing about a film is the behind-the-scenes drama regarding a release date and multiple trips to the classification board, you know you're in trouble. Such is the case with My Spy, a once planned mid-2019 family friendly actioner headlined by wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista that, rather mysteriously, saw its release yanked out a month ahead of its … [Read more...] about My Spy – Film Review
21 Bridges – Film Review
Everything presented in 21 Bridges is suitably fine for the undemanding audience that will likely lap this up (before forgetting about it entirely) but as passable as the ingredients are, there's never enough of them to deem Brian Kirk's cop thriller as a fully rounded product. The plot? Well, it's got some holes to fill. The staple car chases? They're here, just not that … [Read more...] about 21 Bridges – Film Review
Gemini Man – Film Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykm0wWnzFY8 Originally conceived in 1997, the concept for Gemini Man has been languishing in development hell for the better part of 20 years, with a who's who of top-tier (at the time, at least) Hollywood leading men being attached at one point or another; Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sean … [Read more...] about Gemini Man – Film Review
Rambo: Last Blood – Film Review
Operating less as a Rambo movie and more a generic actioner molded in a similar manner to Liam Neeson's surprisingly fruitful Taken, Last Blood is far from the operatic swan song a character of this ilk deserves. There's an unfortunate irony here that Sylvester Stallone's once high-and-mighty John Rambo has been subjected to headlining a low-rent title such as this, one that … [Read more...] about Rambo: Last Blood – Film Review