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For a film billed as a thriller, Kontroll is mighty abstract. For some reason, I always had it in mind that Kontroll was about some supernatural killings happening in the Budapest subway system–so I'm glad to learn that it's not. I'm also glad that after… Continue reading
Rob Cordry: Action Hero. Yeah, that doesn't sound quite right to me either. To be fair, Cordry isn't really the hero of Operation Endgame, but he does have a couple of stunt-filled sequences and a scene where he has to realistically threaten someone's life… Continue reading
Marko Zaror and Ernesto Diaz Espinoza are back with another Chilean riff on Hollywood action films. In Mirageman, they tackled the super hero origin story with deft humor and hand-held, gonzo filmmaking. With Mandrill, they are knocking off the… Continue reading
It's sad that we live in a world where companies will throw millions of dollars are garbage like Captivity instead of recognizing good, fun films like Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. I get it, the horror comedy is a tough sell and Tucker & Dale maybe moreso… Continue reading
Continuity is a bitch. It's the reason that almost every Marvel comic devotes space to explaining where the characters are in the story. It's the reason that DC keeps having crisis after crisis to make their stories more approachable for new readers. It's the… Continue reading
Why doesn't Indonesia produce more martial arts films? I'm sure that someone with more knowledge of Indonesia's film industry and cultural history than I have can answer that question, but as a simple fan of Merantau, I cannot. I've seen most of the… Continue reading
Nicolas Winding Refn's newest film is a brutal and breathtaking meditation on violence, religion, and the human will. Though the film only contains a few brief moments of graphic horror, Refn is able to make the remaining 95% of his film gripping, tense, and… Continue reading
