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Thriller Movie Reviews

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…

Now you see me

Director Louis Leterrier Staring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher & Dave Franco Rated M Score 5.5/6 An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money. There is always something cool about watching a heist…

Rise of the Zombies

Director Nick Lyon Starring Danny Trejo, Mariel Hemingway, Ethan Suplee, LeVar Burton Rated R Score 0/6 During a zombie apocalypse, a group of survivors hide on Alcatraz Island to escape from rising zombie hordes. When their refuge is overrun, and upon hearing that a scientist may have discovered a cure, they leave the island to…

Fast & Furious 6

Director Justin Lin Staring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker & Dwayne Johnson Rated M Score 3.5/6 Hobbs has Dom and Brian reassemble their crew in order to take down a mastermind who commands an organization of mercenary drivers across 12 countries. Payment? Full pardons for them all. Okay, the sixth film of the franchise is finally…

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

Director Kathrine Windfeld Staring Mikael Persbrandt, Seba Mubarak, Pernilla August Score 4/6 Rated MA Special agent Hamilton goes undercover and joins a Russian mafia organization that smuggles swedish weapons to terrorists. Suddenly they are attacked by unknown group of heavily armed men who kill everybody except Hamilton and take the weapons. It seems that the…

Olympus has Fallen

Director Antoine Fuqua Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman Rated MA Score 3.5/6 Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers. Given the current tension with…

Alex Cross

Director Rob Cohen Starring Tyler Perry, Edward Burns, Matthew Fox Rating M Score 2.5/6 Dr. Alex Cross is on his last police duty to track down an assassin called Picasso, who’s been torturing and killing rich businessmen in Detroit. Soon when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and…

A Good Day to Die Hard

Director John Moore Starring Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney & Sebastian Koch Rated M Score 2.5/6 John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces. It…

Death Race: Inferno

Director Roel Reiné Staring Luke Goss, Tanit Phoenix, Danny Trejo Rated MA Score 2/6 Convicted cop-killer Carl Lucas, aka Frankenstein, is a superstar driver in the brutal prison yard demolition derby known as Death Race. Only one victory away from winning freedom for himself and his pit crew. You would be forgiven if you had…