Blade II
June 7, 2003
In 1998 Blade became something of a surprise hit. Originally with Ice Cube down to play Blade, it was going to be a mediocre sized release with little in the way of expectations. Then Wesley Snipes became interested and the scale of the project rose. Blade...
Black Hawk Down
May 25, 2003
For the sake of uncle Sam, baseball and all things American Daz unfolds his Stars and Stripes flag, cuts himself a large slice of apple pie and settles down with Black Hawk Down. God bless America. With a film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer (The Rock,...
Cop on the Edge IX: Prelude to Justice
May 21, 2003
When it comes to director’s first films you need to give a little leeway. Robert Rodriguez’ El Mariachi had great sequences and stylish direction but as a film was rather dull and plodding. The dialogue too was as derivative as it comes. Peter...
Army of Darkness
May 15, 2003
As a self confessed Evil Dead fan with an eight inch figurine of Ash towering over my PC I jumped at the chance to review the Army of Darkness Collectors Edition. But then I have a lot of toys on top my machine, including a He-Man, Jar-Jar Binks, Mr....
Superman 1 & 2 Box Set
May 8, 2003
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s Superman and he’s here on DVD in one glorious set. In these heady times when heroes are needed, America’s greatest hero of them all steps up to the plate and smacks a home run for Uncle Sam. The man...
Ticker
May 7, 2003
Steven Seagal makes his triumphant return to the DVD arena and this time he swaps his trademark ponytail, black outfit and Zen preachings for a ponytail, black outfit and some, erm, Zen preachings. Yes, once again he’s playing a cop as well. This...
Die Hard 5 Star Collection
May 1, 2003
The greatest action movie of all time. To give Die Hard to the general action movie watching public is something of a waste. You might as well give them cheap wine instead of Don Perignon, a shops own brand cheese instead of French Brie and Lazenby instead...
Torque
April 21, 2003
Torque (2004) is the debut film of music video director Joseph Kahn. It’s no surprise that the entire film is shot like a music video—everyone looks perfect, everything looks beautiful and no shot lasts longer than five seconds. A film like this is...
The Wild Geese
April 21, 2003
The unmistakable voice of Joan Armatrading is heard over Maurice Binder’s opening credits as classic British movie The Wild Geese begins. Based on the book by Daniel Carney it concerns a bunch of middle-aged mercenaries hired by a suspicious businessman...
S.W.A.T.
April 3, 2003
S.W.A.T., Special Weapons and Tactics, or Script Weak, Action Terrible as it could also be known. Quite why Samuel L. Jackson persists in choosing these roles is beyond me, but here he is once again playing a wafer thin character, which seems based only...
