Godzilla (1998)
The Godzilla films originated in Japan during the 1950s as an allegory for the deadly destruction of nuclear weapons, embodied in a creature created by massive radiation imbued with cataclysmic powers. Its production house,...
1990s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published May 10, 2000 · Last modified February 5, 2023
The Godzilla films originated in Japan during the 1950s as an allegory for the deadly destruction of nuclear weapons, embodied in a creature created by massive radiation imbued with cataclysmic powers. Its production house,...
1990s / Action / Adventure / Drama
by Vincent Leo · Published May 7, 2000 · Last modified March 11, 2019
If there’s a reason why professional wrestling has taken such an upswing in popularity of late, perhaps it’s because Hollywood has lost its feel for pure testosterone-driven epic battles where the fates of an...
There’s always a lot of natural tension when a movie takes place in a submarine. There’s the fact that what little air and space the men on board have is precious, and any of...
They may be ready to rumble, but they sure weren’t ready to make a movie. A couple of septic tank cleaners are dismayed when their hero, WCW champ Jimmy the King (Platt), loses a...
1990s / Comedy / Drama / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published April 1, 2000 · Last modified February 23, 2019
Mystery, Alaska is home for one of the world’s finest amateur hockey teams and they are damn proud of it. After a former local boy who left for the big city (Azaria) writes about the...
2000s / Action / Martial Arts / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 28, 2000 · Last modified April 2, 2019
War erupts between Oakland’s rival African-American and Asian-American crime families when the son of an Asian kingpin is found dead after crashing a Black club. Han Sing (Jet Li), brother of the deceased, escapes...
1980s / Action / Martial Arts / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 23, 2000 · Last modified March 23, 2019
LEGACY OF RAGE is the late Brandon Lee’s first film, and is only worth watching for those who became fans of the legendary Bruce lee’s son during his equally short film career before his...
1990s / Action / Fantasy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published March 8, 2000 · Last modified March 8, 2019
It’s pretty difficult to give you a plot summary of a film that is not only faithless to its own plot, but at times does not even remember what it is. I’ll give it...
THE FLAMING BROTHERS is probably the most graphically violent film I have ever had the misfortune to see, and that’s saying a lot. There is so much gruesome displaying of violence, that it seriously...
2000s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published February 28, 2000 · Last modified March 29, 2019
A spaceship transporting a wide variety of passengers crashes on a “ghost” planet whose last inhabitants mysteriously died off over twenty years before. Surviving on the desert planet proves to be a chore, not...
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.