I was still in primary school when Ivan Reitman’s hit comedy Twins (1988) opened in cinemas. I remember not enjoying it at all. I thought Schwarzenegger was not as good doing comedy as he was being Conan the Barbarian, and that co-star … Continue reading REVIEW: Twins (1988)
Among Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pantheon of 1980s action characters, Russian police detective Ivan Danko is undoubtedly one of the more obscure. Paired up with James Belushi’s jaded American cop Art Ridzik in Walter Hill’s Red Heat (1988), he did not resonate with … Continue reading REVIEW: Red Heat (1988)
The 1980s was a decade dominated by popular high concept action films, heavy on muscular stars who were short on refined talent but huge on screen presence. More than anything it was the decade of Sylvester Stallone versus Arnold Schwarzenegger, … Continue reading REVIEW: Commando (1985)
Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) breaks out of prisons for a living, using his unique skills set to find the weaknesses in America’s maximum security facilities. When he is hired by the CIA to undertake the same task on an international … Continue reading REVIEW: Escape Plan (2013)
Decades after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a young Mexican woman (Natalia Reyes) comes under attack from an advanced killer robot from the future, with her only protection coming from a time-travelling guardian (Mackenzie Davis) and Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) … Continue reading REVIEW: Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
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