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The film follows D’Leh (Steven Strait), a young mammoth hunter who is the son of a hunter that abandoned the village. Growing up, his only friends were Tic’ Tic and Evolet, with whom he falls in love. In one day during the mammoth herds, D’Leh accidentally kills one mammoth and is hailed a hero until [...]
As a adolescent, David Rice (Max Thieriot) lived with his father William (Michael Rooker). Due to her status as a Paladin, David’s mother Mary (Diane Lane) left him because she knew he was a Jumper. When David falls through the ice covering on a river, he discovers that he is a Jumper. Using this ability [...]
The film opens with our hero, still a young brave vying with his brother Nashoba for the affections of Catori. A rival tribe attacks, prompting Turok to fly into what can only be described as a “berserker rage!” At this point it becomes obvious that this new ‘Turok’ is inspired more by modern Anime than [...]
Vietnam veteran John Rambo has survived many harrowing ordeals in his lifetime and has since withdrawn into a simple and secluded existence in Bangkok, where he spends his time salvaging old PT boats and tanks for scrap metal. Even though he is looking to avoid trouble, trouble has a way of finding him. A group [...]
Hitman
Posted in Action, Game Adaption on Jan 31st, 2008
Here is another video game adapted to the movie screen… Synopsis: Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) has been educated to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work. 47 is both the last two digits of the barcode tattooed on the nape of his [...]
At the heart of this take on the epic are the bookended battles fought by the Geat warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone), the first against Grendel (and his mother), the second against a dragon. Beowulf visits the Danish kingdom, where he eyeballs the queen (Robin Wright Penn) and promises to fight Grendel for the king (Anthony [...]
Dragon Wars also known as “D-War” is a fantasy drama based on a popular Korean legend. Hmmm, exposition. O.K. Centuries ago in Korea there were giant serpents called Imoogi. A bad one, Buraki, had armored troops. A girl, Narin, had this glowing bubble, the Yuh Yi Joo, which turns Imoogi into dragons. But she and [...]
The Bourne Ultimatium
Posted in Action on Aug 20th, 2007
I saw Bourne Utimatium last night and I can tell you that it’s one for the books. This is one of the few time where I can really say that I enjoyed the trilogy of the Bourne each movie equally. If movie trilogies followed in it’s foot steps people would say that Hollywood is out [...]
The Last Legion
Posted in Action on Aug 16th, 2007
The Last legion is a movie that shows how a fresh new outtake on the a classic story should be done etc…If more writers understood that fresh means the same but different in the same sentence, there would better remakes of movies out there. The Last Legion, based on Valerio Massimo Mandredi’s novel of the same name, is an action packed [...]
Die Hard 4 Live Free Or Die Hard
Posted in Action on Jul 23rd, 2007
OK, I have one thing to say about die hard 4 “Live Free or Die Hard” and that is John McClain is back in all his glory. This movie is an example on how to make a sequel to a franchise that has marked it’s way into the history books as one of the most [...]
