Payback (1999)
Two small time thieves named Val (Henry, Star Trek: Insurrection) and Porter (Gibson, Lethal Weapon 4) put the moves on a Chinese gang to steal $140,000. They are supposed to split it evenly, but Val needs the money...
by Vincent Leo · Published April 16, 2007 · Last modified February 11, 2019
Two small time thieves named Val (Henry, Star Trek: Insurrection) and Porter (Gibson, Lethal Weapon 4) put the moves on a Chinese gang to steal $140,000. They are supposed to split it evenly, but Val needs the money...
1980s / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 16, 2006 · Last modified June 4, 2019
Looker is one of Michael Crichton’s several modern science fiction thrillers that are almost wholly interchangeable in terms of plot developments and general storylines, even if the events that hold them together are all...
I guess my biggest surprise about Bruce Willis’ most notorious turkey is that it actually has gained a cult following over the years. I can only speculate as to why. Then again, I was...
Pixar is an animation studio that seemingly can do no wrong, with such excellent bits of entertainment as the TOY STORY series as well as A BUG’S LIFE to their credit. It should come as no...
Nolte plays Wade, a cop in a small town in New Hampshire. He struggles with his wife leaving him and his daughter not wanting to spend time with him. He is also haunted by...
1960s / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published May 29, 1998 · Last modified February 3, 2019
A soon-to-be divorced woman (Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s) needn’t worry any longer about her failing marriage when it is discovered her husband died after a tumble off of a moving train. She soon discovers her husband...
1990s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published January 10, 1997 · Last modified March 4, 2019
One time unflappable box-office draw Eddie Murphy takes his first step to resurrecting his floundering film career with this tour de force in which he plays a 400-lb. chemistry professor named Sherman Klump, who...
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.