Lethal Weapon (1987)
Setting the standard for cop buddy movies for years to come, Lethal Weapon may not have revolutionized the genre, but definitely proves to be an exceptionally efficient example of how the formula can work when the...
Category: Thriller
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
After lackluster box office returns for Star Trek V, questions abounded whether Paramount finished the film series for good. Retaining the core cast proved so expensive that continuing might be unsustainable if they couldn’t...
Duel (1971)
Originally airing on ABC (yes, on television), later beefed up to 90 minutes to show in European theaters, Duel is a wholly visceral thrill-ride that shows the potential of the great Steven Spielberg’s eye for letting...
Be Cool (2005)
Following ten years after Get Shorty, Be Cool is the second installment in the Chili Palmer saga, adapted from the novel by Elmore Leonard. Alas, the magic of the original is just not there, as it mostly...
Miss Congeniality (2000)
Call it a guilty pleasure if you must, but I do find Miss Congeniality to be one of Sandra Bullock’s most entertaining comedies, despite all of the things going against it. It is a ridiculous idea...
Runaway Train (1985)
Runaway Train was originally an Akira Kurosawa project called back in the mid-1960s, which would have been an American production for the famous Japanese filmmaker. The screenplay was written, but unfortunately, the project never...
Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983)
Based on the novel by Fred Zackel, made for NBC by O.J.’s production house, Cocaine and Blue Eyes marks an attempt at a modern noir private investigator flick, complete with voice-over narration, damsels in distress,...
Creep (2004)
I’m not exactly certain why this film is called Creep, but if the creators of this disheartening dreck were to ask me for a better name, I’d tell them to remove the two E’s from...
Agnes of God (1985)
Agnes of God is, at its heart, two mysteries in one. There is a small mystery, which is the main plot of the movie, and then there is a big mystery — or I should...
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Assault on Precinct 13 is a remake of the cult classic John Carpenter film of the same name of 1976, offering several key twists to the story, and ratcheting up the graphic violence and language for today’s...