First Blood (1982)
First Blood is quintessential Reagan-era violent individualism, and one of the benchmark flicks that set the standard for most Hollywood action films for the next several years. Resonant in the American psyche, this first...
First Blood is quintessential Reagan-era violent individualism, and one of the benchmark flicks that set the standard for most Hollywood action films for the next several years. Resonant in the American psyche, this first...
2010s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published June 8, 2013 · Last modified July 23, 2018
I wish there were a day every year that we, the audience, could just purge all of the memories of films like this. The premise: In the near future, the United States’ government has...
1980s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 4, 2006 · Last modified December 23, 2020
Screenwriter Jim Kouf came up with the plot of The Hidden after was musing about the escalating reports of random acts of violence he watched on the evening news. Often the perpetrator is described...
1980s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published August 23, 2005 · Last modified May 23, 2019
Sometime in the near future, robots have become common household appliances and machines used in every facet of the business. As advanced as technology can sometimes be, that doesn’t stop the occasional robot from...
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.