Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: At the end of the century, Satan visits New York in search of a bride. It’s up to an ex-cop who now runs an elite security outfit to stop him. REVIEW: After all the action films that Arnold Schwarzenegger has been in, its rather interesting to see him attempt his skills in a horror based film. And, …
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Film Review: Terminator II Judgment Day (1991)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “More than ten years have passed since the first cyborg called the Terminator tried to kill Sarah Connor and her unborn son, John Connor. John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance, is now a healthy young boy. However another Terminator is sent back through time called the T-1000, which is more advanced and more powerful …
Read More »Film Review: Hercules in New York (1970)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Hercules (Schwarzenegger) is sent to Earth where he finds true love and starts a promising career in the bodybuilder business. REVIEW: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career in Hollywood is a unique one. He went from a body builder who was laughed at when he said he wanted to go into acting to be one of the biggest action …
Read More »Arnold Schwarzenegger: A Retrospective of an Action Icon
During the eighties a new breed of action star arrived on the world’s big screens. Not so much a hero as an invincible superhero straight from the pages of a comic book, this was the walking embodiment of the old adage ‘Might Is Right’. The crux of his argument was a sword or an uzi, his conversation consisted generally of …
Read More »Film Review: Last Action Hero (1993)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: With the help of a magic ticket, a young film fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action film character. REVIEW: “Last Action Hero” was a film well noted at its initial arrival for churning out a few talking points. The first being that it was dismissed by critics as being not up to …
Read More »Film Review: Total Recall (1990)
Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “The year is 2084. Douglas Quaid is a construction worker, every night Doug has been having horrible nightmares about the planet Mars and it has become very obsessive for Doug. Doug goes to Rekall Inc. a company that sales false memories of ideal holidays. When Doug has a false memory of a holiday on Mars implanted, it …
Read More »Film Review: Batman & Robin (1997)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City. REVIEW: This is one of the few times where the film I have to review is not a B-movie. It was actually a big budget movie with a A-list cast of actors. However, …
Read More »Film Review: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
SYNOPSIS: John Connor is now in his 20’s, and a female terminator, called T-X or Terminatrix, is after him. Another T-101 is sent back through time to protect John once again on the verge of the rise of the machines. REVIEW: Director Jonathan Mostow, who brought us the Kurt Russell vehicle “Breakdown” (no pun intended) and the exciting “U-571” directs …
Read More »Film Review: Maggie (2015)
SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies. During her transformation, her loving father stays by her side. REVIEW: Far be it for me to say that I don’t enjoy a slow, thoughtful & depressing film every so often. Although I mainly watch (& write …
Read More »Film Review: The 6th Day (2000)
SYNOPSIS: “Set in the near future, where cloning is carried out on everything except humans. Adam Gibson is a family man whose life is shattered when he finds himself cloned illegally by Replacement Technologies, a cloning conglomerate. Adam sets out to find who and why he was cloned, as he tries to get his life back. But the firm’s sinister …
Read More »Film Review: The Terminator (1984)
SYNOPSIS: “A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young woman whose life will have a great significance in years to come. Sarah has only one protector – Kyle Reese – also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Sarah, but is there …
Read More »Film Review: Terminator: Genisys (2015)
Synopsis: When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline. Now, Sgt. Reese finds himself in a new and unfamiliar version of the past, where he is faced with unlikely allies (one of which happens to be …
Read More »How They’ll Explain Arnie Aging In The New TERMINATOR Flick
The one thing that all fans seem to fear is a geriatric Terminator gracing the screen when Arnold Schwarzenegger reprises his role for the upcoming TERMINATOR:GENESIS and it seems the film makers and actor had the same concerns, and addressed them. Arnie was recently interviewed by MTV and this situation came up and here is what the big guy had …
Read More »Film Review: Escape Plan (2013)
SYNOPSIS: When a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world’s most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside. REVIEW: If this last year has been any indication, it’s that Sylvester Stallone is indeed back with plenty of energy to take on a smattering of new roles. …
Read More »Film Review: Conan The Destroyer (1984)
SYNOPSIS: “The wandering barbarian Conan, alongside his goofy rogue pal Malak, are tasked with escorting Queen Taramis’ virgin niece, Princess Jehnna and her bodyguard Bombaata, to a mystical island fortress. They must retrieve a magical crystal that legends say can awaken the god of dreams, Dagoth. Along the way, Conan reunites with the wise wizard Akiro and befriends the fierce …
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