Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
Although I did see the original theatrical release back in 1991, with high hopes I might add, I left the theater feeling extremely disappointed. This was no longer the Highlander I remember, and even though it...
Although I did see the original theatrical release back in 1991, with high hopes I might add, I left the theater feeling extremely disappointed. This was no longer the Highlander I remember, and even though it...
by Vincent Leo · Published November 28, 2002 · Last modified April 8, 2019
I’ve heard that Bad Company was originally made before the events of 9/11 and has been postponed because the plot involves terrorists setting up a nuclear bomb in the heart of New York City. Although...
If you’re intrigued as to how they could scale back Jack Ryan’s age thirty years (going from Harrison Ford to Ben Affleck, you might take an educated guess and suppose The Sum of All Fears is...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 10, 2002 · Last modified March 31, 2019
It looks like things have finally come full circle in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career. In the beginning he made derivative and ultra-violent action vehicles like RAW DEAL and COMMANDO, which were terrible films that had nothing...
Anytime something brilliant and weird comes out, the lamest of lame critics bandy about terms like “masterpiece” and “genius”, as if they are trying to ride some wave for the future so people don’t...
ARLINGTON ROAD is an extremely farfetched thriller that delivers loads of tension but little logic. If all it took to be a great thriller were edge-of-your-seat theatrics, ARLINGTON ROAD would be a sure-classic, as the impressively taut...
by Vincent Leo · Published September 2, 1999 · Last modified March 15, 2019
A deadly biological weapon which destroys all life for miles when it reaches above 50 degrees is sought after by terrorists and it’s up to a lowly diner worker and ice cream man to...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 13, 1998 · Last modified February 7, 2019
CIA agent Jack Ryan (Ford, Presumed Innocent) is back, this time on vacation in England when he stops an assassination attempt on a member of the Royal Family by a band of Irish terrorists. In the...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 25, 1998 · Last modified January 15, 2020
The US President (Ford) delivers a speech to citizens of Russia dictating the “zero-tolerance” policy the United States will be taking against terrorists. On board Air Force One on the flight home, some terrorists take...
1990s / Action / Comedy / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published January 19, 1998 · Last modified February 3, 2019
City Hunter is an action film based on the popular Japanese comic book of the same name. The plotline centers around a womanizing private investigator named Ryu Saeba (Chan, Police Story 2), who is hired 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.