by Vincent Leo · Published September 20, 2015 · Last modified July 13, 2018
Baltasar Kormakur (2 Guns, Contraband) directs this dramatized adventure story based on the well-chronicled true events that occurred to a couple of commercial mountain climbing expeditions seeking to safely take relative novices to the...
2010s / Action / Adventure / Fantasy / War
by Vincent Leo · Published December 17, 2014 · Last modified July 8, 2018
This is the one that finally broke me. J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” has the secondary title of “There and Back Again”, which certainly rang true for many readers, who enjoy going back to the...
1970s / Action / Adventure / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published March 7, 2001 · Last modified March 8, 2019
Based on the novel by Trevanian (aka Rod Whitaker, who co-wrote the screenplay), Clint plays art professor and successful mountain climber, Jonathan Hemlock, who comes out of retirement as an assassin for a secret government...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.
