Remember the Titans (2000)
I suppose it was about time for producer Jerry Bruckheimer to release another stinker on the movie-going public, and Remember the Titans ranks among his very worst. Based on a true story, this film is...
I suppose it was about time for producer Jerry Bruckheimer to release another stinker on the movie-going public, and Remember the Titans ranks among his very worst. Based on a true story, this film is...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 24, 2000 · Last modified December 10, 2019
After director Gordon Chan’s last lackadaisically fun flick, Beast Cops, he turns up the heat with an equally exciting and action-packed tale of computer espionage in 2000 A.D. According to the film, those who can control...
The players of professional football go on strike with four weeks to go in the season and the owners decide to call in replacement players to finish out the year. Gene Hackman plays the...
Can Robert Rodat, the writer of Saving Private Ryan, do for the Revolutionary War what he did for WWII? The answer is: not with Roland Emmerich at the helm. Emmerich, of course, is the big budget...
This is, of course, a remake of the classic film from the 70s that kicked off the beginning of the blaxploitation craze that followed for the next few years. Updated to the 90s with...
2000s / Action / Animation / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published June 20, 2000 · Last modified March 10, 2019
Here’s another one of those tired retreads that will have you naming the original movie TITAN AE rips off during every consecutive scene just to keep yourself from falling asleep altogether. From STAR WARS...
This is the inspiring sorta-true-story of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter (Washington), a man who could have been the middleweight champion if not for being convicted and sentenced to three life sentences for murder. Maintaining his...
I’m not altogether sure what it is in Nicolas Cage’s relationship with producer Jerry Bruckheimer that keeps him coming back for more, but I wish it would stop. After having to endure the slick...
2000s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published June 3, 2000 · Last modified March 22, 2019
A thousand years from now, the dreaded alien race known as the Psychlos, take over Earth and submit those few remaining human beings to prison and slave labor, raping the Earth for its resources...
Chon Wang (Chan) — which not so coincidentally sounds like John Wayne — is an Imperial Guard in China, sworn to protect the Emperor and his family. Princess Pei Pei (Liu) is kidnapped and Chon joins...
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