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Considering the talent involved and the strength of the source material, there's no way Edge of Darkness should have been this disappointing. Part of the problem is a direct result of condensation - there's no way to cram six hours of the dense mi...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-01-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, ...
When The Equalizer arrived on television in the 1980s, it was notable for two things: being the first Reagan-era show to lionize vigilantism and presenting an "advocate" who broke the Curtis Sliwa-inspired stereotypes. Edward Woodward's Robert McCa...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-09-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Anton Fuqua
Cast: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloe Grace Moretz, ...
It has been nearly 15 years since the last time Will Ferrell was funny (Stranger than Fiction) and about a decade since the last time he has starred in anything worth watching (his surprisingly effective dramatic turn in 2010’s Everything Mu...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-06-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Musical
Director: David Dobkin
Cast: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, ...
The Fall Guy represents what a true “summer movie” should be: a light, fast-paced spectacle with likeable characters and a balance between action/eye candy and narrative elements. No one is going to call Drew Pearce’s screenplay a masterpiec...
U.S. Release Date: 2024-05-03
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: David Leitch
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, ...
Reliability. Of all the qualities one could ascribe to the Mission: Impossible movies, that one is the most cogent. This has especially been true since writer/director Christopher McQuarrie (who seems to be Tom Cruise’s personal screenwriter)...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-07-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Thriller
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Cast: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, ...
I debated at some length whether to write this column. After all, did I really have anything unique to add to the thousands upon thousands of words that have been written about this subject over the past week? What decided the matter for me was ...
The three screenwriters (Matthew Michael Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Billy Ray) credited with adapting Paul Abbott's mini-series into a motion picture have done something remarkable: reduce five hours of material into less than two hours and still produ...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-04-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, ...