Blogcritics Category: Video: Action

DVD Review: Supercop - Dragon Dynasty 2-Disc Set

Matt Paprocki — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 17:56:39 EST

One of the better film's of Jackie Chan's long career.
Supercop is a high energy, action-filled stunt fest from the prime of Jackie Chan’s career. It’s how he made a name for himself, and while it may not be on a par with his best work, it’s certainly a wild ride. Chan and co-star Michelle Yeoh are undercover cops infiltrating a drug kingpin's operation. The story proves enjoyable...

DVD Review: Mannix - The Second Season

Luigi Bastardo — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 17:19:09 EST

Mannix is here! And Adam Becvar (aka Luigi Bastardo) jumps out of a big speeding car in his honor!
Every once in a while, I forget things. Other times, things just sort of slip past me. Take the arrival of Mannix: The First Season on DVD for instance. It came, I saw, I forgot. I didn’t want to forget it… as a matter of fact, I was very excited to see it released on DVD (as a complete season, too -- as opposed to another Vol....

DVD Review: Battlestar Galactica - Season 4.0

Blake Matthews — Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:05:25 EST

Battlestar Galactica - Season 4.0 is the first half of the popular sci-fi channels hit series final season.
Sci-Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica has become a phenomenon. It's a re-imagining of the 1970’s science-fiction series of the same name, and this new version is enjoying a far greater success than its predecessor. While the original series only lasted one season, Sci-Fi will premiere the second half of the show’s fourth and...

Movie Review: Australia

Todd Ford — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 18:23:09 EST

His playful obsessions linger on, such as huge camera gestures, melodrama, loving homage to Hollywood movies, and lots of music.
Australia is not a great romantic epic, but it is a good popcorn romantic epic. It isn’t a big, serious attempt to make us laugh and cry while changing the world – and sweeping the Oscars. It is a light and frivolous and silly big movie that does make us laugh and cry and then sends us out to face the world it has helped us forget...

Movie Review: The Spirit (2008)

Chris Beaumont — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 06:55:17 EST

This must be what it is like to make comic panels move.
Here is a movie that I so very badly wanted to love. I love what Robert Rodriguez did with Sin City, not to mention what Zack Snyder did with 300. I felt fairly certain that Frank Miller could get something into similar territory when he stepped behind the camera for the first time by himself. No, I was not expecting The Spirit to be as good as Sin...

DVD Review: Babylon A.D.

The Masked Movie Snobs — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 01:07:46 EST

It wants to be a more meaningful movie, but it was unfortunately kept on a short leash.
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Blu-ray Review: Wanted (2008)

El Bicho — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 01:03:10 EST

I wanted my wasted time back after sitting through this mess.
Timur Bekmambetov’s Wanted is simply stunning. And it has to be, because if the viewers aren’t stunned by the frenetically paced action and loud soundtrack, they will see how utterly stupid the story is. Loosely based on the Top Cow comic book series written by Mark Millar and drawn by J. G. Jones, which had a terrific story that the...

Movie Review: Quantum of Solace

Todd Ford — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:28:00 EST

I remember when James Bond movies were fun.
I remember when James Bond movies were fun. I’d have a regular date with my sister to get our latest fix of campy humor and cool gadgets and gorgeous women with humorously suggestive names. Of late, we don’t get to continue that tradition -- my sister and I now live more than a thousand miles apart. We do agree though that the Bond fun...

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Sci-Fi Channel Premiere Review: 100 Million B.C.

Matt Paprocki — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:33:33 EST

Maybe a time machine could be invented to send this movie back to 100 Million B.C.?
Ah yes, a movie by The Asylum. They tend to be cheap as hell, loaded with dollar store quality special effects, and have a nonsensical plot even the writer couldn't understand… all those traits and more are present in 100 Million B.C. Roger Corman wishes he could have made a movie this terrible back in the ‘50s. The basics: the...

DVD Review: Behind Enemy Lines - Colombia

The Masked Movie Snobs — Sun, 4 Jan 2009 03:30:12 EST

Thankfully, I made it out alive, though I�ll probably never be the same again.
Written by El Puerquito MagnificoOkay, I’ll be perfectly honest with you. The only reason I even watched this movie was because it starred Ken Anderson, better known as Mr. Kennedy of World Wrestling Entertainment fame. I hadn’t seen the first two films in the Behind Enemy Lines series and really had no desire to. I didn’t have...