The film makes over its subpar predecessor into a generic yet serviceable Statham vehicle.
The cumulative effect of these episodes is undoubtedly a searing reminder of the most inevitable outcome of war.
The film’s bibilical allusions and interest in issues of morality and madness are too facile to prop up a lack of second-half
Director David Slade never infuses his tale with any sense of real consequence.
If it weren’t for the actors, there wouldn’t be much to watch up there, just a dusty plain.
It’s a western that, at the moment of truth, too closely remakes when what was truly necessary was reinvention.
Alpha Dog boasts a menacing drum n’ bass score and lots of meaningless split screen effects.
Prepared to be stunned, because Brett Ratner does not completely sully your beloved mutants-versus-the-world franchise.
The film awkwardly shifts gears from gritty independent film realism to gonzo hysteria without ever feeling accurate.
Maxim’s writers should stick to reviewing breasts...and Florent Siri should stop making movies.
A Heaven Can Wait DVD figures prominently in Hostage, but there’s more hellfire than wit or romance in Florent Siri’s thriller.
The Punisher may actually be bad for your health.
Meticulously designed for those who like their movies with turtlenecks and cappuccinos.
Here, visual inventiveness and narrative incoherence combine to form a result that’s both entrancing and sleep-inducing.
Sure, its timing couldn’t be worse, but haven’t we seen Big Trouble before?