2000s / Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published July 12, 2008 · Last modified April 17, 2019
With Hellboy II: The Golden Army, writer-director Guillermo del Toro (Blade II, Mimic) continues his tradition of making visually magnificent spectacles that succeed not just through gorgeous eye candy, but by giving his characters the room to...
2000s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published June 15, 2008 · Last modified January 6, 2020
If I had thought, even for one second, that writer-director M. Night Shyamalan was making a spoof of end-of-the-world sci-fi thrillers from the 1950s, I might give The Happening much more credit than I’ll be...
2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published June 14, 2008 · Last modified March 9, 2019
The Incredible Hulk is neither an outright sequel to the 2003 Ang Lee snoozefest, Hulk, nor an outright reboot. In fact, the screenwriters, including star Edward Norton (The Painted Veil, The Illusionist), who would rewrite entire scenes daily...
2000s / Action / Martial Arts / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published June 5, 2008 · Last modified April 14, 2019
The duo of fight choreographer and star Donnie Yen (Huadu Chronicles, Shanghai Knights) and director Wilson Yip (Bio-Zombie, The White Dragon) reunite for their third straight movie (after Kill Zone (aka SPL) and Dragon Tiger Gate) with more intense, brilliantly-choreographed fight...
2000s / Action / Adventure / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published May 24, 2008 · Last modified February 3, 2019
Almost a relic worthy of putting into a museum himself, Indiana Jones (Ford, Firewall) comes back after nearly 20 years to the big screen in this just-for-fun adventure to please the fans and, of course, score...
Loosely based on the nonfiction book, “Bringing Down the House”, by Ben Mezrich, this highly sensationalized account of how several MIT students (who were mainly Asian in reality) employed a lucrative card counting system...
by Vincent Leo · Published March 17, 2008 · Last modified December 11, 2019
Warning: The following review will contain some spoilers, especially the first paragraph. The film is so predictable, this caveat is somewhat debatable, but I still feel the need to offer a fair warning. Read...
2000s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 16, 2008 · Last modified July 31, 2018
My advice to studios: don’t plan for a trilogy when you can’t even get the first film developed thoroughly. This is what happens when a good idea gets studio-botched by too many people with...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 17, 2008 · Last modified November 12, 2019
Actress Julie Delpy writes and directs her starring vehicle with 2 Days in Paris, a look at the tricky relationship that emerges between a French woman and an American man, especially in the culture clashes...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 30, 2008 · Last modified December 2, 2019
There are crowd-pleasing elements in most romantic comedies, some of which come off successful and some not. In many such films in the genre, you’ll find two people who, for whatever reason, can’t quite...
Reviews from film writer Vince Leo, covering all eras and genres of films from classics to the latest releases.
Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.
