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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) – Review

March 2, 2021March 1, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1997, Brian Thompson, Irina Pantaeva, james remar, John R. Leonetti, Lynn "Red" Williams, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Robin Shou, Sandra Hess, Talisa Soto

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation isn’t the worst film adapted from a video game, that dis-honor goes to Street Fighter: The Legend

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Skin Trade (2014) – Review

March 1, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2014, dolph lundgren, Ekachai Uekrongtham, Michael Jai White, Peter Weller, ron perlman, skin trade, Tony Jaa

The lowbrow world of B-level action films usually doesn’t produce flicks like Skin Trade. Sure, sex, nudity, and violence are

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Walking Tall: The Payback (2007) – Review

February 19, 2021February 26, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments Haley Ramm, kevin sorbo, Richard Dillard, Tripp Reed

How do you follow up Walking Tall featuring the charismatic Dwayne Johnson? Certainly not by making a cheap direct-to-DVD follow-up

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Borderline (1980) – Review

February 18, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1980, Bert Remsen, Borderline, Bruno Kirby, charles bronson, ed harris, Jerrold Freedman, Michael Lerner, Wilford Brimley

Borderline contains another monolithic performance from the workhorse that is Charles Bronson. By the dawn of the 1980s, Bronson’s star

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Hidden Agenda (2001) – Review

February 12, 2021January 29, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2001, Brigitte Paquette, dolph lundgren, Hidden Agenda, Maxim Roy, Ted Whittall

In a return to former glory screen idol Dolph Lundgren top-lines the sturdy action thriller Hidden Agenda. Movies like this

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Hotel Artemis (2018) – Review

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2018, Brian Tyree Henry, charlie day, Dave Bautista, Hotel Artemis, jeff goldblum, Jenny Slate, jodie foster, Sofia Boutella, Sterling K. Brown, Zachary Quinto

Hotel Artemis disguises a thin concept by wisely casting recognizable faces in nearly every role. The performers bring their defined

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American Ultra (2015) – Review

February 8, 2021January 19, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2015, American Ultra, Bill Pullman, Connie Britton, jesse eisenberg, john leguizamo, kristen stewart, Nima Nourizadeh, Tony Hale, Topher Grace, Walton Goggins

American Ultra is the junior varsity version of Jason Bourne and Mr. & Mrs. Smith. It features a young cast

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S.W.A.T. (2003) – Review

February 4, 2021January 11, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2003, Brian Van Holt, Clark Johnson, colin farrell, jeremy renner, Josh Charles, LL Cool J, michelle rodriguez, Olivier Martinez, S.W.A.T., samuel l. jackson

“You’re either S.W.A.T. Or you’re not.” – Samuel L. Jackson in S.W.A.T. That little nugget of dialogue is representative of

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Robin Hood (2018) – Review

February 1, 2021December 31, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2018, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Jamie Dornan, jamie foxx, Otto Bathurst, Robin Hood, Taron Egerton

The venerable English legend gets another retelling in a production aimed at a younger audience than previous modern incarnations. This

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The 6th Day (2000) – Review

January 29, 2021December 31, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2000, arnold schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, michael rooker, Robert Duvall, Roger Spottiswoode, terry crews, the 6th day, tony goldwyn

The 6th Day is a solid, if forgotten, entry in the Schwarzenegger cannon. It contains nearly all the elements of

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Heartbreak Ridge (1986) – Review

January 26, 2021December 26, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1986, Bo Svenson, clint eastwood, Everett McGill, Heartbreak Ridge, Mario Van Peebles

The same year Oliver Stone’s Platoon took home the Best Picture Oscar, Heartbreak Ridge found box-office success as an audience

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Born American (1986) – Review

January 21, 2021December 24, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1986, Albert Salmi, Born American, David Coburn, Mike Norris, renny harlin, Steve Durham, Thalmus Rasulala

Born American is Renny Harlin’s debut feature film. It shares several remarkable similarities to Red Dawn, Rambo, Russkies, and a

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Rambo: Last Blood (2019) – Review

January 19, 2021December 26, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Adrian Grünberg, Adriana Barraza, Paz Vega, Rambo: Last Blood, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, sylvester stallone, Yvette Monreal

Rambo: Last Blood presents the title character in a peaceful state of domesticity. In the latest sequel, Rambo is far

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Passenger 57 (1992) – Review

January 18, 2021December 26, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1992, Bruce Greenwood, Bruce Payne, Elizabeth Hurley, Ernie Lively, Kevin Hooks, passenger 57, tom sizemore, wesley snipes

Wesley Snipes gets his action-star moment in the ‘Die Hard on a Plane’ knock-off, Passenger 57. The same year that

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Glass (2019) – Review

January 14, 2021December 24, 2020 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2019, Anya Taylor-Joy, bruce willis, Glass, james mcavoy, M. Night Shyamalan, samuel l. jackson, Sarah Paulson

M. Night Shyamalan’s impromptu trilogy (spanning 19 years) comes to a satisfying conclusion in Glass. The story that began with

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