Director Ryûhei Kitamura Stars Ruby Rose, Jean Reno, Aksel Hennie Rated MA Score 1/6 A woman returns from combat and befriends a family in NYC. A gang of thieves plot to take the family’s valuables, and she is all that stands between them and their lives. When it comes to leading an Action movie I…
Drama
Drama Movie Reviews
Gone in sixty seconds – 1974
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Director H.B. Halicki Stars H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda Rate PG Score 2/6 When a South American drug lord pays Pace to steal 48 cars for him, all but one is in the bag – thereby, the police precipitate in a desperate car chase against Pace and his Eleanor across Southern California. A total…
Mulan
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Director Niki Caro Starring Liu Yife, Donnie Yen & Gong Li Rated PG Score 2/6 To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China. For the record at the time this was released, I think I was making…
Breaking Bounds
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Director Mark Harris Starring Kenneth Okolie, Dawn Halfkenny & Corey Hendrix Score 3.5/6 A young gay man from an affluent Ugandan family faces deportation after a brush with the law. If returned to his homeland, he’ll face the consequences of strict anti-homosexual persecution. As the case is taken to the courts, his Nigerian attorney also…
Retribution
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Director Nimród Antal Stars Liam Neeson, Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell Rated M Score 3/6 A bank executive receives a bomb threat while driving his children to school that his car will explode if they stop and get out. For those of you who might be interested, Retribution is the third remake of Spain’s Retribution (…
Blade of the 47 Ronin
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Director Ron Yuan Starring Anna Akana, Mark Dacascos, Teresa Ting, Dustin Nguyen, Mike Moh, Chris Pang Rated MA Score 0/6 Ancient Japanese Ronin warriors set 300 years after 47 Ronin, in a modern-day world where Samurai clans exist in complete secrecy. For those of you playing along at home Blade of the 47 Ronin is…
Wargames
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Director John Badham Starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy & John Wood Rated PG Score 6/6 A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. First things first, when i sat down to watch WarGames, Ally Sheedy’s line about 41 being…
In Pursuit of Honor
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Director Ken Olin Starring Don Johnson, Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar Rated M Score 3.5/6 In 1932, a modernizing U.S. Army orders the Cavalry to destroy its horses but some sympathetic cavalrymen, defying orders, steal the horses in order to save them from destruction, to the dismay of the top Army-brass. The movie is not actually…
American Sicario
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Director RJ Collins Starring Philippe A. Haddad, Maurice Compte, Maya Stojan Rated MA Score 1.5/6 American gangster Erik Vasquez is scheming to become the top dog in the Mexican underworld, only to find himself making enemies out of both the powerful cartels and his own allies. I stumbled across American Sicario because I stumbled across…
Die In a Gunfight
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Director Collin Schiffli Starring Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario & Justin Chatwin Rated MA Score 4.5/6 In New York City, a young guy falls for the daughter of his father’s nemesis. Okay, I’ll admit this movie has been sitting on my to-watch list for a long time. Not as long as some movies but it was…