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Taken (2008, Pierre Morel)
Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen have been writing ninety minute and change action movies for about seven years. It’s the only thing Kamen–who at one time was a Hollywood action screenwriter–is known...
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Knight and Day (2010, James Mangold), the extended cut
Cameron Diaz only gets to be unbearably obnoxious–her usual persona–when Tom Cruise is off screen during Knight and Day, which, luckily, isn’t often. Amusingly, Cruise’s absence coincides with...
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Taken 2 (2012, Olivier Megaton), the unrated version
Besides a truly excellent real time (or very close to it) sequence where Maggie Grace avoids being kidnapped in order to help already kidnapped parents Liam Neeson and Famke Janssen, there's not much...
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The Fog (2005, Rupert Wainwright), the unrated version
In Rupert Wainwright’s shockingly inept remake, The Fog doesn’t blow, it sucks. Sorry, couldn’t resist. But The Fog is awful. It’s almost interestingly awful, as Cooper Layne’s screenplay mimics just...
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Knight and Day (2010, James Mangold), the extended cut
Cameron Diaz only gets to be unbearably obnoxious–her usual persona–when Tom Cruise is off screen during Knight and Day, which, luckily, isn’t often. Amusingly, Cruise’s absence coincides with...
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The Fog (2005, Rupert Wainwright), the unrated version
In Rupert Wainwright’s shockingly inept remake, The Fog doesn’t blow, it sucks. Sorry, couldn’t resist. But The Fog is awful. It’s almost interestingly awful, as Cooper Layne’s screenplay mimics just...
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Lockout (2012, Steve Saint Leger and James Mather), the unrated version
The funny thing about Luc Besson getting sued over lockout and losing—to John Carpenter, who sued based on the film’s similarities to Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.—is, yes, the film rips...
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Knight and Day (2010, James Mangold), the extended cut
Cameron Diaz only gets to be unbearably obnoxious–her usual persona–when Tom Cruise is off screen during Knight and Day, which, luckily, isn’t often. Amusingly, Cruise’s absence coincides with...
View ArticleTaken 2 (2012, Olivier Megaton), the unrated version
Besides a truly excellent real time (or very close to it) sequence where Maggie Grace avoids being kidnapped in order to help already kidnapped parents Liam Neeson and Famke Janssen, there's not much...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Fog (2005, Rupert Wainwright), the unrated version
In Rupert Wainwright’s shockingly inept remake, The Fog doesn’t blow, it sucks. Sorry, couldn’t resist. But The Fog is awful. It’s almost interestingly awful, as Cooper Layne’s screenplay mimics just...
View ArticleLockout (2012, Steve Saint Leger and James Mather), the unrated version
The funny thing about Luc Besson getting sued over lockout and losing—to John Carpenter, who sued based on the film’s similarities to Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.—is, yes, the film rips...
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