The Predator (2018)
The Predator starts off with a spaceship that has crash landed in a forest somewhere in Mexico, resulting in Quinn McKenna (Boyd Holbrook, Logan), a highly skilled sniper from the U.S. Army who is in...
2010s / Action / Horror / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published September 23, 2018 · Last modified October 2, 2018
The Predator starts off with a spaceship that has crash landed in a forest somewhere in Mexico, resulting in Quinn McKenna (Boyd Holbrook, Logan), a highly skilled sniper from the U.S. Army who is in...
1980s / Action / Adventure / Horror / Science Fiction / War
by Vincent Leo · Published September 2, 2013 · Last modified August 30, 2019
A leaner-than-customary Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Major “Dutch” Schaeffer, who, along with his crew of elite special ops commandos, is sent to the jungle of a hostile Latin American country on a covert hostage...
2010s / Action / Science Fiction / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published May 5, 2013 · Last modified August 12, 2019
Tony Stark returns in this post-The Avengers outing, this time with Jon Favreau stepping down as director, with Shane Black, who directed Downey to great critical success in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, stepping in to take...
Last Action Hero has always been a semi-guilty pleasure of mine, not because I’m ashamed to admit liking it, but because I actually think, unlike most critics, that it is a good and entertaining...
2000s / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published November 24, 2005 · Last modified August 12, 2019
There are movies that one recommends for the characterizations and the cleverness in the dialogue rather than the story or plot. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang strikes me as one of those kinds of movies. That’s...
1980s / Action / Comedy / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published April 19, 2005 · Last modified May 20, 2019
Setting the standard for cop buddy movies for years to come, Lethal Weapon may not have revolutionized the genre, but definitely proves to be an exceptionally efficient example of how the formula can work when the...
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Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.