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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

Action Drama Reviews

Creed II (2018) – Review

April 2, 2019January 25, 2021 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2018, Creed II, dolph lundgren, Michael B. Jordan, Phylicia Rashad, Steven Caple Jr, sylvester stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris

Creed was such a pleasing surprise that I was positive a sequel wouldn’t be able to match it in terms

Action Drama

Daylight (1996) – Review

November 15, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1996, Amy Brenneman, Barry Newman, Claire Bloom, Dan Hedaya, Daylight, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young, rob cohen, Stan Shaw, sylvester stallone, Viggo Mortensen

From the time prolific producer Irwin Allen, who started the “disaster movie” craze and subsequently destroyed his creation with the

Action Reviews

Assassins (1995) – Review

August 19, 2017September 5, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1995, Antonio Banderas, Assassins, Julianne Moore, richard donner, sylvester stallone

Richard Donner is an accomplished director with many hits to his credit and even more accolades, but he’s the wrong

Action Comedy Family Reviews SciFi

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) – Review

May 12, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2017, bradley cooper, Chris Pratt, Chris Sullivan, Dave Bautista, Elizabeth Debicki, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Karen Gillan, kurt russell, michael rooker, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, sylvester stallone, vin diesel, zoe saldana

The Guardians are back to save the galaxy from another threat in the follow-up to Marvel’s surprise smash of 2014.

Action Reviews

Over the Top (1987) – Review

March 23, 2017March 20, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1987, David Mendenhall, Menaham Golan, Over the Top, Rick Zumwalt, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely, sylvester stallone

There is no intellectual defense that could hide the fact that Over the Top is a bad movie. It bombed

Action Featured Reviews

Cobra (1986) – Review

January 7, 2017January 4, 2017 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1986, Andrew Robinson, Brian Thompson, Brigitte Nielsen, Cobra, John Herzfeld, Reni Santoni, sylvester stallone

Cobra was heavily influenced by the moral ambiguity of Dirty Harry and the visual style of Miami Vice. It also

Action Drama Featured Reviews

Creed (2015) – Review

November 27, 2015November 27, 2015 Jason Rugaard 1 Comment 2015, Creed, Michael B. Jordan, Phylicia Rashad, Ryan Coogler, sylvester stallone, Tessa Thompson, Tony Bellew

Earlier this year there was much pre-release Oscar buzz for the boxing flick Southpaw. That film and its lead actor

Action Horror Reviews

Eye See You (2002) – Review

October 13, 2015May 11, 2016 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2002, Charles S Dutton, Courtney B. Vance, Dina Meyer, eye see you, jeffery wright, Jim Gillespie, Kris Kristofferson, Polly Walker, robert patrick, sean patrick flanery, Stephen Lang, sylvester stallone, Tom Berenger

Eye See You aka D-Tox is a misbegotten crime thriller that shows signs of inspiration but ultimately comes crashing down

Action Reviews

The Expendables 3 (2014) – Review

August 22, 2014August 22, 2014 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2014, Antonio Banderas, dolph lundgren, harrison ford, jason statham, Kellan Lutz, mel gibson, sylvester stallone, terry crews, the expendables 3, wesley snipes

The third trip to the well, proves the most fruitful for this group of aging mesomorphs, led by the perpetually

Action Drama Reviews

Rocky (1976) – Review

May 28, 2014May 28, 2014 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1976, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Joe Spinell, rocky, Rocky II, sylvester stallone, Talia Shire, Tony Burton

Rocky is a study of isolation and despair, love and triumph and many other facets of the human condition. That

Action Drama Reviews

Rocky II (1979) – Review

May 28, 2014 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 1979, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Frank McRae, Joe Spinell, Rocky II, sylvester stallone, Talia Shire, Tony Burton

Rocky II is the most delicate entry in the long-running series. Set directly after the events in the first film,

Action Reviews

Escape Plan (2013) – Review

January 27, 2014 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2013, 50 Cent, Amy Ryan, arnold schwarzenegger, Curtis Jackson, Escape Plan, Jim Caviezel, Lock Up, Mikael Håfström, sylvester stallone, the expendables, The Passion of the Christ, THX-1138, Vincent D'Onofrio, vinnie jones

Escape Plan is exactly the kind of kick-ass, throwback that The Expendables should have been. Faithful readers will recognize my

Comedy Reviews

Grudge Match (2013) – Review

January 7, 2014 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2013, Alan Arkin, grudge match, Jon Bernthal, kevin hart, Kim Basinger, Peter Segal, Raging Bull, Robert De Niro, sylvester stallone

The pairing of DeNiro and Stallone, both of whom have portrayed iconic boxers, in a comedy that plays off their

Action Reviews

The Expendables 2 (2012) – Review

September 4, 2013September 3, 2013 Jason Rugaard 0 Comments 2012, arnold schwarzenegger, bruce willis, Chuck Norris, dolph lundgren, jason statham, jean-claude van damme, jet li, mickey rourke, Randy Couture, Scott Adkins, simon west, sylvester stallone, terry crews, the expendables, the expendables 2

The Expendables 2 is easily the most visually murky theatrical release of the millennium. Perhaps that’s an intentional effect to

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