2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published May 6, 2016 · Last modified July 4, 2018
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, almost as if trying to address Batman v Superman and how to do a major superhero battle film right (or, after the disappointing Age of Ultron, how to do an Avengers film right), unloads Captain America:...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 21, 2016 · Last modified July 17, 2018
It’s perhaps fitting that the generically titled Criminal‘s plot centers around a man who is, literally, conflicted about who he is supposed to be when the film itself suffers from the same conflict. Directed by...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 10, 2016 · Last modified September 17, 2018
At the beginning of the film, we find the Henry of the title having been all but entirely killed from a brutal attack that sees his eyes, one of his arms, and one of...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 25, 2016 · Last modified July 13, 2018
Just as Disney’s brand of Marvel films has sought to build an interconnected cinematic universe of characters that will team up on occasion and cross over into each other’s films, now Warner Bros/DC Entertainment...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 19, 2016 · Last modified February 6, 2020
At this point in the Divergent series, the makers have decided that they have little chance of actually coming out of the shadow of the Hunger Games series to be thought of as anything more than a blatant...
2010s / Mystery / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 12, 2016 · Last modified June 20, 2019
In an era full of sequels that few were clamoring for, 10 Cloverfield Lane ends up being one of the rare good ones. Part of the reason why is that it feels like an entirely different...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published February 12, 2016 · Last modified August 12, 2019
Interesting how fresh it all feels when there isn’t much about Deadpool that is truly unique. We’ve already had a vulgar R-rated superhero film in Kick-Ass. We’ve had the snarky, irreverent attitude in Guardians of the Galaxy. We’ve...
2010s / Action / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published February 4, 2016 · Last modified August 30, 2018
Turbo Kid is a Canadian/New Zealand-produced campy retro pastiche of some of the kitschy b-movie entertainment of the 1980s. We get a tip of the hat to its intent from the opening screen depicting that...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 23, 2016 · Last modified November 13, 2019
Chloe Grace Moretz stars as Ohioan teenager Cassie Sullivan, who we first meet in a post-apocalyptic world fighting for her survival. We flashback to how this world came to be, starting with the appearance...
2010s / Action / Fantasy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published December 18, 2015 · Last modified July 4, 2018
J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, Into Darkness) strips away the lumbering effect of the Star Wars prequels and gets back to the golly-gee-whiz action-fantasy we’ve all come to know and love from the original Star Wars (aka A New Hope), and while...
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.
