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Trailer: COLD PURSUIT With Liam Neeson Ain’t What You Think

On paper Liam Neeson’s Cold Pursuit (formerly titled Hard Powder) sounds like every generic Liam Neeson film since Taken hit screens a decade ago in 2008. However, if you watch the below trailer then you’ll see that it might actually be [...]

October 25, 2018

He Should Have TAKEN The Bus: Liam Neeson Flexes His Action Skills Again In The COMMUTER

Liam Neeson recently said that he was going to stop making action films – but don’t worry, he’s got a few bullets already in the chamber and set for release. The first of these is The Commuter (the second is Hard Powder), a new [...]

September 16, 2017

I’ll Admit That This Trailer For The Bruce Willis Starring DEATH WISH Has My Interest

Many are saying that this trailer for the Bruce Willis starring Death Wish is an alt-right fantasy and a racist Donald Trump-era action film for tigger-happy Americans. I see it was a good looking, old-school action thriller. Did Taken get slammed [...]

August 5, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Keanu Reeves Kicks Ass And Looks Cool In JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2

Keanu Reeves has had a strange career. Every time you think he’s finally cashed in his chips as a viable leading man comes a movie that re-establishes his credentials. Over the last 25 years we’ve seen Speed, The Matrix and John Wick rejuvenate [...]

June 13, 2017

Blu-ray Review: Revenge Tale I AM WRATH Is John Travolta’s Taken

John Travolta gets his own Taken with I Am Wrath. Chuck Russell’s film is a hard-edged action thriller that keeps things simple over the course of its lean 90 minute running time. Travolta is Stanley Hill, a family man with a dark past who springs [...]

April 10, 2016

Kevin Costner Plays The Antihero In The New Trailer For CRIMINAL

I don’t know what I expected from the first trailer for Criminal – but it wasn’t this. Kevin Costner in bad guy mode is always great value for money and the supporting cast for this is wonderful. Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Ryan Reynolds [...]

February 13, 2016

Blu-ray Review: THE TRANSPORTER REFUELLED Is Stupid, Loud And Fun

The Transporter Refuelled is incredibly stupid – but it’s also pretty good fun. This reboot of Luc Besson’s Jason Statham action franchise sees Ed Skrein slip into the role of Frank Martin, a bad-ass courier who gets caught-up in one [...]

December 6, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Sean Penn Misses The Target With THE GUNMAN

Sean Penn is an intense actor but you’d think he’d lighten up in his first foray into the action genre. However, he never cracks a smile in this well made but rather dour actioner. Taken director Pierre Morel once again takes a dramatic actor [...]

June 27, 2015

Do The Time Warp: Ten Time Travel Movies

The latest film in a long line of time travel classics, Project Almanac follows a brilliant high school student and his friends who discover blueprints for a machine that can send them back in time. This latest foray into the popular [...]

June 8, 2015

The First Official Look At Mel Gibson In Jean-Francois Richet’s Revenge Thriller BLOOD FATHER

Jean-Francois Richet’s Blood Father should be a blistering revenge thriller with Mel Gibson. It’s being pitched as a Taken-like actioner – but that’s only because people have short memories and they fail to remember that Gibson is the [...]

March 7, 2015

Trailer For The Unnecessary HITMAN: AGENT 47

I never saw the first Hitman. That was partly because I never played the video game it was based on and partly because it didn’t look very good. I get the feeling I won’t be seeing Hitman: Agent 47 either. This appears to be generic action fare [...]

February 12, 2015

Taken By Liam Neeson? Then Enjoy This Trailer For RUN ALL NIGHT

Fans of Liam Neeson’s particular set of action skills will get a kick out of this trailer for Run All Night. The thriller marks Neeson’s third teaming with Jaume Collet-Serra, who directed the Irish star in Unknown and Non-Stop. Those films [...]

January 10, 2015

Visit The ‘Rabbit Hole’ With Liam Neeson In This New TAKEN 3 Clip

Liam Neeson‘s Bryan Mills hits screens for the last time this month in Taken 3. Nobody gets taken this time – Neeson’s character is on the run, blamed for the his wife (Famke Janssen). Expect shooting and action galore when Taken 3 [...]

January 1, 2015

TAKEN 3: Learn Liam Neeson’s 12 Skills Of Christmas And Watch The ‘Bryan Mills Briefing’ Featurette

Taken 3 opens on 8 January – and that means there’s plenty of time to get in the mood by watching Liam Neeson’s Bryan Mills do his thing. Watch his ‘briefing’ featurette and learn his ’12 Skills of Christmas’. Ho Ho Ho. Liam Neeson [...]

December 19, 2014

Liam Neeson Says ‘Good Luck’ In TAKEN 3 Poster And Clip

Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills in Taken 3 (or Tak3n as the marketing will let you know). The Luc Besson produced actioner gets 2015 off to a bang (it opens on 8 January), enough to dust-off any cobwebs you may have after Christmas. Say what you [...]

December 12, 2014

Blu-ray Review: Luc Besson’s TAXI Delivers Huge Dollops Of High Octane Action

Luc Besson is a mind-bogglingly prolific writer (as well as a director and producer), having scripted in excess of 40 films in the last 30 years. Recent times have seen him score with the Taken series, but he also hit franchise gold with Taxi. This [...]

November 8, 2014