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The 8th Night is a supernatural action flick. If this confluence of genres appeals to you, there is a lot to like in this Netflix movie from South Korean writer-director Kim Tae-Hyung. He does not bring anything new to the table, but his…

Michael Bay is the best political tool the American war machine has. Forget ticker tape parades or Uncle Sam or ‘Mission Accomplished’ speeches, Bayhem is what funnels young men into death valley. But Bay uses a camera instead of a gun or…

The character of John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) has been a beloved icon within the action genre since 1982 with First Blood. The classic painted him as a broken man tormented by PTSD and thrust him headfirst into violent conflict after the…

Avengement is a terrible name; I don’t think it’s even a word. Maybe it was a placeholder on Jesse V. Johnson and Stu Small’s script or maybe it was designed as an algorithm cheater for when people searched for the recent home media release…

If you are a die-hard fan of action cinema, you definitely had an action hero you watched religiously throughout your youth. For most, it was Bruce Lee, Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger and understandably so, as Lee, Stallone and…

Bayonetta is prog rock. When you listen to a classic album like Fragile by Yes, each track takes multiple ideas that could individually power an entire song, only to completely abandon them for the next motif twenty seconds later.…

First Olympus fell, then London fell. Now Angel has fallen. As naming conventions go this franchise sure likes to think outside the box. In all other respects these films have traditionally thought as much and as hard as a sleepwalker. …

The Mule has a number of moments where a 90-year-old stares at a computer or smartphone and grumbles 'Internet' and yet is still great. Clint Eastwood directs and stars (his first leading role since 2012) as Earl Stone, a 90-year-old…

Not many people outside military or medical personnel know of the devastating effects a grenade can have on the body. We may imagine it or read about it or even see it in a bloodless explosion in a Captain America movie but still its…

The leg break in action films used to be one of the ultimate shockers in a fight scene. There’s a grisly rush in seeing a person’s leg bend and break the other way. The same goes for necks, arms and backs. It’s not quite as shocking as it…