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Rampage 2: Capital Punishment

Director Uwe Boll Staring Brendan Fletcher, Lochlyn Munro, Mike Dopud Rated NR (USA) Score 6/6 A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money. I remember watching Rampage a few years ago and was blown away because it was the first…

Godzilla – 2014

Director Gareth Edwards Staring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston Rated M Score 0/6 The world’s most famous monster is pitted against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence. To all of the Hollywood directors, producers and everybody else involved in the filmmaking process out there who have the goal…

Odd Thomas

Director Stephen Sommers Staring Anton Yelchin, Addison Timlin, Willem Dafoe Rated M Score 3.5/6 In a California desert town, a short-order cook with clairvoyant abilities encounters a mysterious man with a link to dark, threatening forces. For those of you who are wondering this was adapted from the Odd Thomas novel series written by Dean…

The Equalizer

Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz Rated MA Score 5/6 A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by…

Predestination

Directed by The Spierig Brothers Starring Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor, Sarah Snook Rated MA Score 6/6 The life of a time-traveling Temporal Agent. On his final assignment, he must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. Predestination marks the second time that Ethan Hawke has worked with The Spierig Brothers Michael and…

The Expendables 3

Director Patrick Hughes Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews Rated M Score 2/6 Barney augments his team with new blood for a personal battle: to take down Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables co-founder and notorious arms trader who is hell bent on wiping out Barney and every single one of his…

Boys of Abu Ghraib

Director Luke Moran Starring Luke Moran, Sean Astin & Sara Paxton Rated MA Score 5/6 An American soldier deployed at Abu Ghraib finds himself behind the walls of the infamous Hard Site, where he develops a secret friendship with an Iraqi detainee. One thing that I have always wondered about movies that are real life…

In the Blood

Director John Stockwell Starring Gina Carano, Cam Gigandet, Danny Trejo Rated MA Score 4/6 When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible. Whoever compared this to Taken shouldn’t have especially considering that Taken went on to humiliate itself…

3 Days to Kill

Director McG Starring Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen Score 3.5/6 Rated M A dying CIA agent trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter is offered an experimental drug that could save his life in exchange for one last assignment. My interest was perked when I saw the trailer for this a couple of months…

Tokarev

Director Paco Cabezas Starring Nicolas Cage, Rachel Nichols, Max Ryan Rated MA Score 4/6 When the daughter of a reformed criminal is kidnapped, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice. For those of you out there who might go looking for this at your friendly local DVD store and…