Movie Reviews

Guns, Girls & Gambling

Directed by Michael Winnick Staring Gary Oldman, Christian Slater and Megan Park Rated MA Score 6/6 The story throws Elvis impersonators, Indians, modern cowboys, a 6-foot-tall blond assassin, a frat boy, a corrupt sheriff and a prostitute into a chase for a priceless American Indian artifact stolen during a poker game at an Indian casino.…

Dawn Rider

Directed by Terry Miles Staring Christian Slater, Jill Hennessy and Donald Sutherland Rated M Score 2/6 After his father is killed, John Mason is willing to turn the world inside out to find the man responsible. What he does not know is the killer might be in his own house. I will never hide the…

Merantau

Directed by Gareth Evans Staring Iko Uwais, Sisca Jessica and Christine Hakim Rated MA Score 6/6 Yuda is a skilled practitioner of Silat – a very deadly Indonesian martial art. It’s now time for him to make the time-honoured pilgrimage from his farming village to the bustling city of Jakarta – a journey known as…

The Last Legion

Director Doug Lefler Staring Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Rating M Score 3.5/6 As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters. Another interpretation of the legend surrounding Excalibur, fans of the 2004 movie King…

The Lucky One

Directed by Scott Hicks Staring Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling and Blythe Danner Rated M Score 4/6 A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war. Of the novels written by Nicholas Sparks that have been turned into…

The Expendables 2

The Expendables Review Directed by Simon West Staring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Terry Crews, Nan Yu & Randy Couture Rated MA Score 5/6 Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job; their quest for revenge…

Bitch Slap

Director Rick Jacobson Staring Julia Voth, Erin Cummings and America Olivo Rated MA Score 1/6 Three bad girls travel to a remote desert hideaway to steal $200 million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin. The liberal use of green screen gave bitch slap a slight comic book feel to it, fans of 2006 movie…

Total Recall

Director Len Wiseman Staring Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine, Kate Beckinsale and Bryan Cranston Rated M Score 1.5/6 A factory worker, Douglas Quaid, begins to suspect that he is a spy after visiting Rekall – a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led – goes…

The Raid Redemption

Directed by Gareth Evans Staring Iko Uwais, Ananda George and Ray Sahetapy Rating MA Score 6/6 A SWAT team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs. I hope that The Raid got a cinematic release in Australia, though I am glad that I picked this…

The Devil’s Double

Director Lee Tamahori Staring Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier and Raad Rawi Rated MA Score 6/6 Army Lieutenant Latif Yahia is summoned to Saddam’s palace, he is faced with an impossible request – to be Uday’s ‘fiday’ – his body double, or have his family condemned to death. In a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption,…