Action Juice

The remake of Road House is the movie version of the Ryan Reynolds “But why?” gif. From its first scene to its last, this movie will constantly perplex anyone who’s... Read More

A couple of weeks ago, I went and saw Michael Mann’s first movie in nearly nine years, Ferrari. Prior to that film, the last one Mann had directed was Blackhat,... Read More

Making a so-bad-it’s-good action movie isn’t rocket science. For starters, you have to find a screenplay that’s simple but intelligible, and most importantly, that leans into the bombast with humor... Read More

I’m in the midst of a disheartening streak. The last three movies I’ve reviewed have been, to varying degrees, pretty disappointing. That’s because each one was directed by a renowned... Read More

Fast Charlie is a peculiar movie, blending high-end elements with low-end ones in a manner I’ve scarcely seen before. On the high-end, it’s directed by Phillip Noyce, the guy who... Read More

Why do I keep watching Liam Neeson movies? Maybe it’s the tradition of watching nearly every one for fifteen years, or maybe it’s simply cinematic masochism. Whatever the reason, it’s... Read More

Sometimes, I really hate how my brain thinks. For instance, when I read that season four of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan was releasing only six months after its third installment,... Read More

In a manner that’s akin to last year’s Top Gun: Maverick, Extraction 2 allays my worry that Hollywood is losing the ability to produce old school action movie thrills. Sure,... Read More

The worst thing about Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant is its title. Not only does it remind me of Renny Harlin’s witch-boy disaster from 2006, but it also includes a possessive,... Read More

It’s rather appropriate that for a review of a series called Rabbit Hole, I have no idea where to begin. I suppose the first thing I’d say is that I... Read More

For a multitude of reasons, I’ve become a connoisseur of French cinema, specifically action thrillers. If I had to pin down why, I’d say it’s because their movies tend to... Read More

When Idris Elba last donned his character’s iconic tweed coat four years ago, I had already concluded that the series had pretty much run its course. Don’t get me wrong,... Read More

When action filmmaking legend John Woo finally decided to head to Hollywood, he chose Hard Target (1993) as his first English-language project. Then he was paired with another icon of... Read More

I’m not going to lie, I was tempted to start this review with a line like, “Plane is anything but plain,” or something of that ilk. Thinking about it now,... Read More

Within the last 15 years, screenwriter Mark Boal has written three first-rate military/political thrillers: The Hurt Locker (2008), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and Triple Frontier (2019). There’s no denying that... Read More