Action Juice

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

Frankly, I never thought we’d see another season of Warrior. When HBO mothballed Cinemax’s original programming, I assumed that would doom this show for sure. Of course, there was also... 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

When I saw John Wick: Chapter 4, everyone in the theater cracked up for a single standout trailer, and it was the one for Sisu. I was certainly one of... Read More

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre is one of several movies that was heavily delayed within the past few years. However, unlike those COVID-related ones, its postponement apparently came down to... 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

In our final podcast episode of 2022, Isaac and Will take on the simple yet daunting task of comparing Point Break (1991), an all-time action classic, to its unsuccessful 2015... Read More

While many others have already seen Violent Night, I chose to wait until Christmas night to watch it. There’s just something about watching a Christmas flick on the actual day... Read More

Every once in a while, Hollywood remembers that people tend to like romantic adventures suffused with comedy. Romancing the Stone set the contemporary standard back in 1984, though one might... Read More

Liam Neeson’s most recent action thrillers have been, for lack of a better word, dogshit. Okay, The Ice Road was passable, but Blacklight was an unmitigated train wreck that ranks... Read More

A few weeks ago, Isaac and Will did a deep dive into The Mummy Trilogy (1999-2008), aiming to illuminate how and why the sequels failed to live up to the... Read More