Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (1994)
Lee is the head inspector for the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau of Hong Kong, a sort of swat team battling Chinese crime syndicates. Tung is the leader of one of Hong Kong’s most...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 29, 1997 · Last modified January 30, 2019
Lee is the head inspector for the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau of Hong Kong, a sort of swat team battling Chinese crime syndicates. Tung is the leader of one of Hong Kong’s most...
1970s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 22, 1997 · Last modified December 27, 2018
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away — oh, you know the rest. A couple of robots shuttle to a desert planet after their rebel spaceship is taken over by an...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 13, 1997 · Last modified February 7, 2019
The musician who was mistaken for a hitman in El Mariachi is back, this time as a hitman mistaken for a musician (Banderas, The Mask of Zorro). Avenging the murder of his girlfriend and the ruthless maiming...
1990s / Action / Martial Arts / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published December 20, 1996 · Last modified January 30, 2019
After all but one of a team of professional assassins known as Squad 701 are killed off by the government, the survivor known as Black Mask (Jet Li, The Legend II) hides out and takes a...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 13, 1996 · Last modified February 7, 2019
A roving mariachi (Gallardo, Grindhouse) in search of work hops from bar to bar in a small Mexican town, carrying his guitar case along with him. Problems arise when a hitman (Martinez) arrives in town, and...
1960s / Drama / Romance / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published December 9, 1996 · Last modified February 24, 2019
The title character of the hustler refers to Fast Eddie Felson (Newman), a hotshot pool shark who is hustling his way across America from pool hall to pool hall. One day he stumbles across...
The third, and arguably best installment in Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan series, this time once again starring Harrison Ford (The Fugitive, Presumed Innocent) as the CIA Deputy Director. This time out, he’s sent to Colombia...
1970s / Comedy / Drama / Sports
by Vincent Leo · Published November 28, 1996 · Last modified February 18, 2019
A player/coach (Newman, The Sting) of a last-place bush-league hockey team devises a plan to turn around the team’s success and sell more tickets: beating the crap out of the other teams. This cult-classic hockey comedy...
1980s / Action / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 19, 1996 · Last modified December 5, 2019
An ex-cop turned bounty hunter (De Niro) will get $100,000 for bringing in an accountant (Grodin) that embezzled $15 million from a giant Chicago mob boss. It figured to be a piece of cake. Still, things...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 21, 1996 · Last modified December 26, 2018
Murderous gang members on a killing spree kill a young girl (Richards, Escape to Witch Mountain) in cold blood and chase after the father who retaliates by killing one of them in return. They chase him...
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.