Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
Although the behind-the-scenes details are sketchy, we know that 2017’s Justice League, though credited to Zack Snyder as the director, was more of the direction that the studio wanted the franchise to go than...
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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
James Cameron returns back to the franchise he created by producing and co-writing the original story upon which Terminator: Dark Fate is based. Although technically the sixth feature film in the franchise, this entry...
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Arnold famously said, in one of his few bits of dialogue from 1984’s The Terminator, “I’ll be back”. Seven years later, his words would prove true, as the sequel to the hit low-budget flick, which...
The Terminator (1984)
The simple premise: A killer android (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back to 1984 to assassinate the mother (Linda Hamilton) of a resistance leader of the future. A soldier of that resistance (Michael Biehn) is also...
Hands of Steel (1986) | Vendetta dal Futuro | Atomic Cyborg | Fists of Steel | Return of the Terminator
Hands of Steel is an Italian-produced film obviously influenced by James Cameron’s The Terminator, if combined with the basic plot of First Blood. Set in the near future (the marketing lists the year as 1997,...
Cyborg (1989)
In the future, New York, after the dreaded nuclear holocaust, is a wasteland of lawlessness and gangland thuggery. Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a skilled martial arts warrior named Gibson Rickenbacker, a “slinger”(aka, a mercenary...
RoboCop (1987)
A fantastic science fiction film, subversively posing as a cheesy b-movie, RoboCop is one of the smartest, funniest, and gutsiest movies of its era. Filled to the brim with cheeky social commentary, this is one...
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
It’s a curious thing to observe James Cameron, who co-wrote the screenplay to Alita: Battle Angel, hand over the keys to such an expensive and expansive universe of characters, concepts, and ingenuity to a...
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
2017’s Ghost in the Shell is Hollywood’s umpteenth attempt to remake a property with a cult fan base (more for the legendary 1995 anime film that spun off a sequel and TV series than just for the well-respected 1989...
Hardcore Henry (2015)
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...