District B13
September 28, 2006
Paris 2010. Crime has gotten so bad that certain neighbourhoods have been walled off a la Escape from New York (1981). We are quickly introduced to Leito (Belle) who it seems has ripped off Taha (Naceri), a local crime lord, of a lot of his drugs and...
X:Men: The Last Stand
September 21, 2006
After two impressive outings, The X-Men franchise was handed over to Brett Ratner when Bryan Singer was unavailable due to his commitment with Superman Returns (2006). This caused fans to grumble due to Ratner’s less than stellar track record and reputation...
Romancing the Stone: Special Edition
September 6, 2006
Out of all of the movies in the 1980s that were influenced by Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Romancing the Stone (1984) was arguably the best of the bunch (even if it was written before Raiders) because it managed to successfully blend action and adventure...
Miami Vice
August 1, 2006
It has been 17 years since Miami Vice ended its successful run on television. It became a cultural phenomenon and has since become one of the iconic shows of the 1980s. Michael Mann executive produced and acted as its guiding force in terms of look and...
A Better Tomorrow: Ultimate Edition
July 24, 2006
Some call him the “Mozart of Mayhem,” some, the “greatest action director of all time,” others, “the most popular director from the east,” but he’s simply, John Woo. That’s what this Ultimate Edition 2 disc set is really about, not...
Road House: Deluxe Edition
July 18, 2006
After the success of Dirty Dancing (1987) made Patrick Swayze a household name, he followed it up with two unimpressive movies and then came Road House (1989) which was a modest success commercially and savaged by critics as he unsuccessfully tried to...
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: The Complete Series
July 17, 2006
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. was a short-lived television program that attempted to resurrect westerns like The Wild Wild West and Maverick complete with lots of two-fisted action and adventure and a good dose of humour supplied by its star, Bruce...
Annapolis
June 29, 2006
Annapolis (2006) is a clumsy mash-up of the rah-rah jingoism of Top Gun (1986) with the soapy melodrama of An Officer and A Gentleman (1982) (although, this film tweaks it so that the story plays more like An Officer and An Officer). Jake Huard (Franco)...
Ultraviolet: Unrated Extended Cut
June 28, 2006
The film presents a future ravaged by a disease known as hemophagia that mutates its victims giving them enhanced speed, strength and intelligence but with a drastically shortened life-span of 12 years. The government tried to eliminate all of the diseased...
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: The Ultimate Collector’s Edition
June 12, 2006
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) marked the first time that legendary actors Paul Newman and Robert Redford teamed up on the big screen together and the results were one of the classic buddy action movies of all time. Chemistry is crucial in...
