Tag Archive for Luc Besson

Lockout – Revisited

Directors James Mather & Stephen St. Leger Staring Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace and Peter Stormare Rated MA Score 3/6 A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates. For those of…

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Director Luc Besson Starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen Rated M Score 4.5/6 A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe. Valerian and…

Lucy

Director Luc Besson Starring Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi Rated MA Score 5/6 A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic. The last science fiction movie that I remember that Luc Besson was involved in was the District…

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…

Taken 2

Directed by Olivier Megaton Staring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace Rated M Score 1/6 In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter. Taken 2 actually had the pedigree to be something good and despite the trailer…