Action / Science Fiction / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published August 22, 2008 · Last modified January 28, 2019
Demolition Man starts off in Los Angeles’s near future of 1996, where crime has run rampant. It takes someone ruthless to catch ruthless criminals, and that man is super-cop John Spartan (Stallone, Rocky V), whose take-no-prisoners...
Acclaimed action director Wolfgang Petersen (Shattered, The NeverEnding Story) gets top notch performances from his strong cast, and an excellent Academy Award-nominated screenplay by Jeff Maguire (Timeline, Gridiron Gang), making In the Line of Fire one of the...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 23, 2007 · Last modified February 8, 2019
Die Hard 2: Die Harder is already inherently pushing the limits of credibility by having the same character involved in a similar plot of battling terrorists at their point of attack. Some might view it...
by Vincent Leo · Published July 27, 2007 · Last modified December 15, 2019
Maxwell Smart (Adams), the dimwitted super-spy from the hit Mel Brooks/Buck Henry-created TV series from the 1960s, “Get Smart” returned in 1980 for a brand new, racier adventure. Entitled The Nude Bomb, it has...
I’m going to have to put a proverbial asterisk on the rating to this review, as I chose to watch a version that is significantly different than the one that many fans of writer-director-star...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 30, 2007 · Last modified March 28, 2019
Robin Williams (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Nine Months) stars as New York car salesman, Joey O’Brien, who finds himself with his back against the wall, up to his eyeballs in debt and without any...
1990s / Action / Adventure / Superhero
by Vincent Leo · Published March 25, 2006 · Last modified June 4, 2019
Back in the days before Spider-Man, projects based on Marvel Comics characters were pretty laughable, to say the least, and the made-for-TV movie, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is a prime example. Regardless of the casting, such...
Yet another attempt during the 1970s at a disaster film (although not a purist one), Rollercoaster isn’t the worst of its genre, but it’s quite a sizable distance from being the best. What it has...
Those who read my site regularly will know that I have little respect for Michael Bay’s style of direction and even less for mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s bloated, mind-numbing, explosion-ridden action flicks. You may be surprised...
While it’s not going to score any points for originality, Agent Cody Banks almost has enough energy and charm to make you overlook its considerable flaws. You can pretty much guess how it’s all going to...
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.
