Director Tim Burstall Starring John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill Rated M Score 3/6 A group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II. For those of you who might be interested the producers of Attack Force Z went on to make another movie about Z Special Unit…
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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Director Luc Besson Starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen Rated M Score 4.5/6 A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe. Valerian and…
American Made
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Director Doug Liman Starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright Rated MA Score 4.5/6 The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair. When approaching a movie like this it’s a good idea to…
Star Wars The Last Jedi
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Director Rian Johnson Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill Rated M Score 3/6 (Originally 5/6 2 points have been deducted because of the constant defending and explaining of various plot points by the Rian Johnson and for the use movie novelization to cover his arse) Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world,…
The Hitman’s Bodyguard
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Director Patrick Hughes Starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman Rated MA Score 3.5/6 The world’s top bodyguard gets a new client, a hit man who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time. Okay, when my accountant…
Justice League
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Director Zack Snyder Starring Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa Rated M Score 3.5/6 Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy. Sorry for procrastinating so long on writing the review for this…
The 13th Warrior
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Director John McTiernan Starring Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Dennis Storhøi Rated MA Score 4/6 A man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly…
Streets of Fire
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Director Walter Hill Starring Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis Rated M Score 6/6 A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang. Okay, time to revisit a movie that I have already reviewed. For the record my files showed that I first reviewed Streets of…
Mondo Yakuza
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Director Addison Heath Starring Kenji Shimada, Skye Medusa, Saya Minami, Glen Maynard, Cris Cochrane & Rob Stanfield Rated R Score 5/6 Ichiro Kataki, a violent Yakuza gang member travels to Melbourne, Australia after his beloved sister Yuko is brutally murdered by a group of criminals. Hell bent on vengeance he teams up with Cassidy Arizona,…
Geostorm
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Director Dean Devlin Starring Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish Rated M Score 2/6 When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts to attack Earth, it’s a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out everything and everyone. Even though this was Dean Devlin’s…