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Soldiers of Fortune

Director Maxim Korostyshevsky Staring Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames & James Cromwell Rated MA Score 1.5/6 Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don’t go exactly to plan. If there was movie that I really have to wonder why I brought it, Soldiers of Fortune…

Bounty Killer

Director Henry Saine Staring Matthew Marsden, Kristanna Loken, Christian Pitre Rated R Score 6/6 Bounty killers compete for body count, fame and a fat stack of cash. They’re ending the plague of corporate greed and providing the survivors of the apocalypse with retribution. This is the age of the BOUNTY KILLER. On the face of…

2 Guns

Director Baltasar Kormákur Starring Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton Rated MA Score 3.5/6 A DEA agent and a naval intelligence officer find themselves on the run after a botched attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. While fleeing, they learn the secret of their shaky alliance: Neither knew that the other was an undercover agent.…

12 Rounds Reloaded

Director Roel Reiné Staring Randy Orton, Tom Stevens, Brian Markinson Rated M Score 2.5/6 Nick Malloy, an Emergency Medical Technician finds himself caught in a deadly 12-round game of cat and mouse with a vigilante tied to the paramedic’s past. With little time to spare and his wife’s life hanging in the balance, the EMT…

Rush

Director Ron Howard Staring Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde Rated MA Score 5/6 The story follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error:…

R.I.P.D

Director Robert Schwentke Staring Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Mary-Louise Parker Rated M Score 2/6 A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. If you have plans to go see this one, wait. You should wait till…

Riddick

Director David Twohy Staring Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff & Matt Nable Rated MA Score 4/6 Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from…

White House Down

Director Roland Emmerich Staring Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal Rated M Score 3/6 While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. This is the second white house being…

District 9

Director Neil Blomkamp Staring Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope Rated MA Score 6/6 An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology. Yes, I watched this one because Neil Blomkamp also directed the recently released Elysium, which…

Elysium

Director Neil Blomkamp Staring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley Rating MA Score 5/6 Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. Ok,…