Action Juice

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

Words cannot adequately describe how ecstatic I was to watch Ferrari, the first film in eight years from my favorite filmmaker, Michael Mann. Yet, I knew going in that this... 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

Reptile is one of those films that receives mixed-to-bad reviews, and yet, I have a hard time understanding why. For one, critics’ tendency to disproportionately trash Netflix movies seems to... Read More

The last decade of action flicks has been dominated by superhero franchises and gun-fu blockbusters like John Wick. Yet, The Equalizer trilogy has somehow managed to secure a small but... 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

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

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

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

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