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The Wolfman
While some werewolf movies act like they have the authority to summon a full moon at their whim, The Wolfman actually allows such phenomena to happen at their natural time, bothering to fill the weeks in between with plausible plot developments.
If the body count of The Wolfman doesn’t break 100, it’s got to be close, especially if you count each of the pieces most of the bodies wind up in. Think When Animals Attack on steroids. Then again, I doubt lupine predation was ever a tidy affair.
Predator
Action junkies know “Predator,” and know it well. The film stands as my favorite among all guilty pleasures. Its talented director John McTiernan went on to direct to action classics (Die Hard, The Hunt For Red October) before descending into faded career oblivion (Rollerball, Basic) and curious legal issues. Its ripped-to-shreds stars shined in their […]
Olympus Has Fallen
The first of two ‘White House-taken-over-by-terrorists’ flicks this year, Olympus Has Fallen, looks, sounds, and feels exactly like an action-picture relic from 1995, right down to the obvious dialogue and dated special effects. It borrows heavily from genre staples like Die Hard and Air Force One, without ever providing a winning homage to either. Olympus, […]
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