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It's difficult to pinpoint how R.I.P.D. fell into the rat-hole in which it exists. Is the problem the director? The screenwriters? Did the studio step in and sabotage the production team's creative vision? Regardless, in R.I.P.D., we have a legitim...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-07-19
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION/HORROR
Director: Robert Schwentke
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon, ...
Race to Witch Mountain is the latest Disney "made for kids only" effort. It takes all the usual Disney hooks - cute children, a likeable protagonist, lame action and lamer jokes, some special effects, poker-faced bad guys, and an animal - and thro...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-03-13
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Andy Fickman
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, ...
Wow. For those with strong constitutions, The Raid 2 offers one of the most intense motion picture experiences available; it may also be the most violent movie ever to be released into theaters. It's somewhat astonishing that writer/director Garet...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-04-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Extreme Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Gareth Evans
Cast: Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Tio Pakusodewo, ...
When it comes to The Raid: Redemption, there are no pretentions. Pure and simple, this is about violence. As we used to say, "kickin' ass and takin' names." The body count is ridiculously high. Not three-digit high, but getting close. Yet, because ...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-03-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Gareth Evans
Cast: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsya, ...
Over the years, the Rambo sequels have been defended as “adrenaline and testosterone cocktails” and “odes to machismo.” It’s hard to imagine, however, what the defense might be for the fifth and final Rambo movie, Last Blood. Who was...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-09-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Violence, Sexual content, Violence, Drugs, Violence)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Adrian Grunberg
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Yvette Monreal, Paz Vega, ...
Ready or Not can be described as the fusion of dark comedy with the Grand Guignol. Unafraid to venture into cinematic taboo territory for its shocks and laughs, the movie doesn’t have many sacred cows. It’s the kind of thing we might have ...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-08-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Grisly Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Cast: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, ...
The 2019 film Ready or Not was a delightfully wicked surprise, a fun horror-comedy that managed to successfully blend a Monty Python-esque approach to slapstick violence with a generous helping of blood and gore. While the premise of a "most d...
U.S. Release Date: 2026-03-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Pervasive Language, Gore, Brief Drug Use, Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Cast: Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, ...
Red Sparrow is a deliciously perverse, unflinchingly violent thriller – a modern-day espionage tale that breaks with the tradition of making the spy business the purview of suave and debonair characters. With a story that argues that the Col...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, ...
Renaissance is the latest in a growing range of screen titles with a graphic novel sensibility. Coming in the wake of Sin City, Renaissance treads through similar territory, but with a striking difference: director Christian Volckman uses rotoscop...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-09-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: ANIMATED/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Christian Volckman
Cast: (voices) Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Romola Garai, ...