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Category Archives: Thriller

Drive

An above average B-Movie with an Eighties feel that’s driven by good Direction from Nicolas Winding Refn.

Taken

I was pretty taken aback by how poor this monotonous thriller is. Best used as a way to scare your kids into not travelling and staying at home.

A Lonely Place to Die

If beautiful scenery and excellent marksmanship are your thing then you will love this impressive British mountaineering thriller.

Apollo 18

Oh my God, is this real??? No, it’s not. And it’s not very good either.

Don't be Afraid of the Dark

I’m afraid you probably won’t be afraid of Don’t be Afraid of the Dark, A very middle of the road horror film that’s not great but okay for a bit of mindless entertainment.

The Town

Ben Affleck’s latest image enhancing effort is like a superhero movie with a cop-killing bank robber as the guy to root for. Uneven characterisation and cringeworthy cliches let this otherwise fairly gripping heist thriller down.

A History of Violence

Certainly engaging, intelligent and compelling at times but not quite good, consistent or believable enough for the wealth of praise heaped upon it.

Eden Lake

If you go down to the woods today… you might get tortured and set on fire by teenagers.

The Day of the Jackal

Not to be confused with the fairly awful Nineties reimagining, The Day of the Jackal is a marvellously stylish and classy thriller from Frederick Forsythe, the master of suspense.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

This prequel is much better than the awful title suggests as it exudes an enjoyably throwaway quality. A good way to spend the inevitably rainy summer days.