When Extraction debuted on the Netflix platform three years ago, it had all the earmarks of being a calling card for its director, top-level stunt performer Sam Hargrave, and star, actor Chris Hemsworth. Within the film’s simple narrative of a disillusioned mercenary (Hemsworth) tasked with saving a young kidnapping victim from being used as a bargaining chip in a turf war, Hargrave delivered a true maximalist action spectacle. The film is loaded with intense gun battles, brutal brawls, and wild…
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Day Shift 2022
As films like Red Notice and The Gray Man seemingly become the standard for big-budget, action-oriented “Netflix Originals,” the streaming giant’s recent output is frequently criticized as not much more than “movies by algorithm.” Netflix’s feature films have often been homogenized, four-quadrant content, specifically engineered to garner clicks based on a few recognizable stars, plus just enough CGI-smeared thrills to distract audiences from how bloated and uninspired nearly every aspect of these massive productions has been. Netflix’s vampire battling action…
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Gladiator II 2024
Anyone who calls this film awful is nuts. But it’s not great either. Its biggest sins are that Paul Mescal is no Russell Crowe and it’s easily 20 years too late for all this. That being said, I’d rather watch a mid-tier Ridley Scott film over most of the big budget dreck that Hollywood pushes out. At least this has a real energy to it.
It’ll be positively reappraised in less than 10 years.
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Broken Rage 2024
They say hell is repetition but so is comedy.
If this is Kitano’s last film, and at nearly 80 years old that is a definite possibility, what a hell of a coda it would be.
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Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday 2022
Here’s something that a lot of people don’t know. When critics are given screeners, usually they are low video quality and watermarked. My review copy of this one was that way (360p video resolution, painful). So, I wanted to watch it the way the filmmakers intended. I still think it’s great but I am a bit regretful that I didn’t mention the cartoony cgi blood and gun fire that appears briefly in the Karaoke hall fight scene. It was not…
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Castle Falls 2021
When looking at the current state of mid to low-budget action films, it’s obvious that Scott Adkins is the king of that particular mountain. The British martial artist has claimed that title by not only being an elite-level screen fighter but also by taking roles that allow him the opportunity to turn in nuanced performances as an actor. His commitment to being a well-rounded performer has not always been showcased well but unquestionably the strongest films of Adkins’ career are…
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