Gladiator (2000)
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...
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...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 8, 2000 · Last modified March 10, 2019
After his monumental breakthrough in Titanic and The Man in the Iron Mask, Leonardo DiCaprio’s first film after taking about a year off from acting doesn’t quite prove worth the wait. This one puts him back in...
1980s / Action / Adventure / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published December 20, 1999 · Last modified February 16, 2019
A hunter of fortune (Chan, Police Story) has an old flame get kidnapped when he has recovered a sword that was one of only five remaining pieces of the Armour of God, armor used during the...
1980s / Action / Adventure / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published November 22, 1999 · Last modified December 29, 2019
Before the ponderous space odyssey, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, opened, Paramount planned for a follow-up. Due to the costly production problems they experienced, the sequel would be a modestly budgeted film made by...
by Vincent Leo · Published August 29, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
In 922 AD, an Arab ambassador is chosen to accompany a band of roguish Vikings up through Northern Europe where they encounter a cult of man-beasts who not only vastly outnumber them, but appear...
by Vincent Leo · Published June 16, 1999 · Last modified February 25, 2019
The biblical story of Moses (Kilmer, The Island of Dr. Moreau) in Exodus, where the Egyptians keep Hebrews as slaves. Fearing her baby boy will be taken and drowned by the Egyptians, a young Hebrew mother...
1990s / Adventure / Comedy / Romance
by Vincent Leo · Published June 12, 1999 · Last modified March 3, 2019
An assistant magazine editor (Heche) and her boyfriend (Schwimmer) take a trip to a tropical island for six days and seven nights (hence the name of the film.) While there he proposes and she accepts, but...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 17, 1999 · Last modified February 7, 2019
The Mask of Zorro is a throwback to the golden days of action cinema, when the swashbuckler reigned supreme. Tales of sword-fighting bandits, of lavish costumes and sets, high-flying stunt-pieces, and romance galore. This is...
1990s / Action / Adventure / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published December 16, 1998 · Last modified November 16, 2018
Lost in Space is a motion picture version of the popular 1960s TV series of the same name about a family who get lost while seeking a gateway to an inhabitable planet for the people...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 12, 1998 · Last modified February 4, 2019
An orphaned young woman named Mary (O’Hara, Miracle on 34th Street) travels to Cornwall to stay with her aunt and uncle in a place called the Jamaica Inn. The downside to this is the fact that...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.