The Ruins (2008)
A Simple Plan‘s Scott Smith pens the screenplay for this shocker, based on his book of the same name, to middling results. The bulk of the story takes place in Mexico, in Cancun, near the...
Category: Adventure
The Mummy (1999)
A barely recognizable remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic, 1999’s The Mummy tells the tale of the Ancient Egyptian high priest, Imhotep (Vosloo, Agent Cody Banks), who made the fatal error of engaging in an affair...
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
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...
Commando (1985)
Commando is the film that set the mold for the iconic Arnold Schwarzenegger screen persona, showing off his charisma and penchant for one-liners as he delivers his kill shots. Prior to this, his high-profile...
North by Northwest (1959)
Although many people associate the famous scene of Cary Grant (To Catch a Thief, Suspicion) being chased out in farm country by a crop-duster with the movie as a whole, that stretch of film alone...
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
One of the more overlooked gems in Harrison Ford’s (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Return of the Jedi) career, The Mosquito Coast gives the perennial everyman hero personality the chance to branch out by playing...
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
“More of the same” perhaps was the prevailing mantra during every phase of the conception for this sequel to the 2004 hit National Treasure, as it basically covers every base touched by the first film...
Rambo III (1988)
A purely propagandist return of the popular 1980s hero sees Stallone donning the tightly-bound bandana to the forehead again for another one-man rescue attempt. This time it’s a bit more personal as his former...
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Rambo: First Blood Part II is one of those films that doesn’t really have much going for it these days save for the social significance for the time in which it was released, where...
Jumanji (1995)
Based on Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 children’s book of the same name, Jumanji, the film, fleshes out the short book to include a story about Alan Parrish (Hann-Byrd, Little Man Tate), who, as a young boy...