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REVIEW: Wrath of Man (2021)

March 30, 2022 Grant Watson

Quiet loner Patrick Hill (Jason Statham) takes up a job as a security guard riding armoured trucks. The first time his truck is attacked by armed robbers, Hill unexpectedly shoots and kills all assailants, without suffering so much as a … Continue reading REVIEW: Wrath of Man (2021)

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REVIEW: The Expendables 2 (2012)

February 17, 2021 Grant Watson

The requirements for a good sequel are fairly clear. The audience wants more of the same, but they also want something different. A change of tone, a progression of the characters, a raise in stake, or whatever transformation a filmmaker … Continue reading REVIEW: The Expendables 2 (2012)

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REVIEW: The Expendables (2010)

November 30, 2020 Grant Watson

The Expendables is a classic example of a film giving an audience exactly what it wants – whether that is a good thing or not. In its defence, for the large part that does seem a good thing: Sylvester Stallone’s deliberately generic film … Continue reading REVIEW: The Expendables (2010)

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REVIEW: The Fate of the Furious (2017)

April 23, 2017June 29, 2021 Grant Watson

While undertaking a secret government mission, Dominic Torretto (Vin Diesel) abruptly betrays his loose family of high-speed racers and goes rogue with a EMP generator. While his friends reel from his betrayal, they are forced to track him down and … Continue reading REVIEW: The Fate of the Furious (2017)

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