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What is the world coming to when the film community is remaking John Carpenter movies? Admittedly, Assault on Precinct 13 isn't the best example of Carpenter's expert craftsmanship, but it was the picture that got him noticed, and that notice enab...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-01-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello, ...
Take Mad Max, add elements of Escape from New York and I am Legend, insert a kick-ass heroine to rival Sigourney Weaver or Linda Hamilton, and employ strobe-like editing for the action sequences, and you have a fair approximation of Doomsday. Deri...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Neil Marshall
Cast: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, ...
1986's The Hitcher is not representative of a classic of the 1980s horror boom, so the decision by Michael Bay and company to re-make it is merely unnecessary, not sacrilegious. 20 years later, the original stands up well; there is no need to re-i...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-01-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR/THRILLER
Director: Dave Meyers
Cast: Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, ...
It has been remarked by more than one critic that the action comedy can be one of the easiest movies to make poorly and one of the most difficult to make effectively. The problem is evident: comedy and action often war with one another, each tryin...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-04-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/ACTION
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, ...
In a graphic example of how creatively bankrupt Hollywood has become, it's no longer good enough merely to remake older films - now the studios have begun to remake remakes. 1972's The Last House on the Left, the first feature effort of Wes Craven...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-03-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/HORROR
Director: Dennis Illiadis
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, ...
After toiling on television for years, Bradley Cooper graduated to the big screen with a number of credits that placed him in supporting and/or "best friend" roles. With the runaway success of The Hangover, Cooper leapfrogged from "character actor"...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-03-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity,Sexual Content)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Neil Burger
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert DeNiro, ...
2015 has been a banner year for action-oriented spy movies. One early entry, Kingsman: The Secret Service, was a Valentine to '60s British titles. A similar claim could be made about the upcoming The Man from U.N.C.L.E. In November, James Bond wi...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-07-31
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, ...
There are times when a filmmaker tries so hard to surprise everyone that he ends up surprising no one. Such is the case with A Perfect Getaway, a film that exists for one reason: the twist. Writer/director David Twohy (Pitch Black) puts so much e...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-08-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: David Twohy
Cast: Steve Zahn, Milla Jovovich, Timothy Olyphant, ...
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” Perhaps those words don’t mean as much as they did a couple of decades ago but they still have the capacity to raise goose bumps. And, although Rogue One, the first so-called &ldqu...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-12-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, ...
Shaun of the Dead is a spoof, but at the same time, it's a semi-serious horror movie. It's also an homage to George Romero's Dead series (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead) and a societal commentary. Admittedly, with so ...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-09-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/HORROR
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Nick Frost, ...