Both an homage to the original and a franchise for a new generation, this re-invention is full of action and strong performances, if not a bit too long.
Action
The Usual Suspects
A good detective thriller made great by an eye-opening ending. It’s just such a shame that, unless you’ve been living in North Korea or in Josef Fritzl’s basement for fifteen years, no-one will come to this movie untouched by the hype.
Black Death
Okay but not great, Black Death is deftly moody and unsentimentally brutal in parts but never really hits its stride when it should.
From Paris with Love
Weve seen it before, but this action flick is a quick, funny watch, due mostly to a masterfully ridiculous performance by Travolta, that only sags a little at the end.
The A-Team
Summer is the time for mindless blockbuster shenanigans, and though it’s not a classic or anything, The A-Team revamp is good at what it does and much better than Killers.
Killers
Quite possibly one of the worst movies of the year thus far, Killers is an example of what happens when all the wrong things combine into one dreadful movie.