Martin Campbell’s film never shakes off its familiarity, and as such seems destined to, well, be lost to public memory.
Like the film, Dave Bautista’s Knox is a copy of a copy, shorn of the details that distinguish a true original.
Thor: Ragnarok is the flamboyantly roller-disco entry in an already uncomplicatedly cartoonish side franchise.
The Transporter is now but a blank slate serving the characters and mayhem surrounding him, a walking metaphor for a franchise that’s run out of gas.
The rambling conversations and endless wandering through nature could let the film pass for a filler episode of Lost.
Neil Burger’s film transcends the déjà vu of its borrowed trappings but ironically sacrifices all momentum in favor of a long series of physical tests.
Billy Bob Thornton’s ensemble Southern family dramedy fails to subvert its cutesy formula often enough.
Instead of long takes, which are lovingly utilized in Step Up 3D, Jon M. Chu opts for increasing volatility in the editing room.
Surprisingly, the first few episodes of season seven indicate a willingness on the show’s part to take some new chances.
A moment’s patience is soon rewarded by Paul W.S. Anderson’s vast store of rich, intoxicating imagery.
The film has none of its spiritual predecessors’ wit, verve, or morally conflicted perspective on its subjects.
The Other Guys isn’t simply a straight Cop Out-style parody.
Resurrection is The Book of Eli’s game, from its tale of a post-apocalyptic society’s reformation, to its hero emerging from the ashes of a nuclear holocaust.
It’s hard to escape the feeling that this is one film that already has its eye on the next chapter.
Even in the comic universe, the Punisher struggles to fit in with super-heroes and regular villains.
Proving that the third time’s not always the charm, War Zone should, with any luck, end the grim character’s celluloid fate.
What seemed so promising at the end of Rome’s last season seems to have lost its way in these new episodes.
Mercifully, with so much going on in the script, the series takes a decidedly simpler tack with its visuals.
A work of MTV-styled historical projection, King Arthur allows Guinevere to kick considerable ass-pity the film can’t do the same.
King Arthur’s dour war story may be what legends are technically based on, but it’s certainly not the stuff they’re made of.