The Purge: Election Year (2016)
With themes that seem to tap into today’s headlines, The Purge: Election Year seems less like a sci-fi premise with a horror-movie sense of aesthetic, and more like a freaky fun-house mirror of our own society...
2010s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 10, 2016 · Last modified July 23, 2018
With themes that seem to tap into today’s headlines, The Purge: Election Year seems less like a sci-fi premise with a horror-movie sense of aesthetic, and more like a freaky fun-house mirror of our own society...
2010s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published July 19, 2014 · Last modified July 23, 2018
The first The Purge had been one of the surprise hits of 2013, earning $64 million on a $3 million budget. What it had was its interesting concept. What it lacked was the budget to really...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 4, 2014 · Last modified July 4, 2018
Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a sequel to both Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers, two of the best of the Marvel series of movies to come out, and manages to rank right among them in...
2010s / Action / Drama / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 21, 2012 · Last modified August 8, 2018
Written and directed by David Ayer (Street Kings, SWAT), the filmmaker with a special interest in the workings of the Los Angeles PD, the city where he was raised, in End of Watch, he has directed his...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.