Beat Street (1984)
Producer and activist Harry Belafonte’s commercialized slice-of-life drama stars Guy Davis as Kenny ‘Double K’ Kirkland, a South Bronx hip-hop DJ with big dreams, and Jon Chardiet as Ramon, a Puerto Rican graffiti artist...
Producer and activist Harry Belafonte’s commercialized slice-of-life drama stars Guy Davis as Kenny ‘Double K’ Kirkland, a South Bronx hip-hop DJ with big dreams, and Jon Chardiet as Ramon, a Puerto Rican graffiti artist...
by Vincent Leo · Published October 5, 2006 · Last modified November 12, 2019
Kevin Costner stars as Ben Randall, a Coast Guard swimmer who has dedicated his life to saving others in the ocean in need, at the cost of his wife (Ward) and home life. He then...
A film doesn’t necessarily have to be high art to be good, and The Fugitive is case in point. It would be a smash hit for 1993, amassing almost $200 million at the box office,...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 10, 2002 · Last modified March 31, 2019
It looks like things have finally come full circle in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career. In the beginning he made derivative and ultra-violent action vehicles like RAW DEAL and COMMANDO, which were terrible films that had nothing...
Hitchcock’s DIAL M FOR MURDER revisited, this time with Douglas out to off his philandering wife, and hiring her lover to do the deed. Things get complicated when the lover isn’t up to the...
1990s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published January 7, 1997 · Last modified January 28, 2019
Keanu Reeves (A Walk in the Clouds, Speed) stars as Eddie Kasalivich, a machinist working on an experiment to rid the world of petroleum products and introduce hydrogen-based power into the world through an ever...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.