https://stevedrice.net/ 2026-04-30T10:15:11+00:00 https://stevedrice.net/ https://stevedrice.net/_media/wiki/dokuwiki.svg text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/3 Review of 'Band of Brothers (Complete Series)' An epic tale following the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (US Army) throughout the second world war. The stories and characters throughout the series are engaging with the effects truly incredible (though really only obvious in the first few episodes). The colours are intentionally muted which definitely lends an air of realism to the whole series. The camera work in places made me feel a bit dizzy (parti… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/5 Review of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' 1st film in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' series A fun-filled two hours of good old-fashioned pirate adventure. The effects are very good with not too bad a story (with a couple of complications and twists). Johnny Depp is wonderful as Captain Jack Sparrow (who never seems to be able to stand still) yet the supporting cast of Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom (also seen in the Lord of the Rings trilogy) add the right amount… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/14 Review of 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)' In 19th century China Master Li Mu Bai (Yun-Fat Chow), an accomplished swordsman and martial artist seeks to leave behind his life of violence giving his sword the “Green Destiny” text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/15 Review of 'Das Boot: The Director's Cut' It is the fall of 1941 and the German submarine fleet are engaged in the “Battle of the Atlantic” to harass and destroy allied shipping in the Atlantic. The battle is not going well for the Germans as the allies are getting better at hunting and destroying the German U-Boots. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/22 Review of 'Lawrence of Arabia' British lieutenant T.E. Lawrence (Peter O'Toole), despite showing promise is a misfit so is stationed in Cairo in an administrative role. Despite his insolence his commanders believe he has promise so over the objections of General Murray (Donald Wolfit), Lawrence is sent by Mr. Dryden (Claude Rains) of the Arab Bureau to assess the prospects of Prince Faisal (Alec Guinness) in his revolt against the Turks. When meeting Faisal Lawrence immediately forgets his… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/25 Review of 'The Prisoner: All 17 Episodes' This is a boxed set consisting of five DVDs: * The Prisoner: Arrival (Episodes 1-4) - Carlton - 200 Minutes * The Prisoner: The Schizoid Man (Episodes 5-8) - Carlton - 200 Minutes * The Prisoner: Checkmate (Episodes 9-12) - Carlton - 200 Minutes text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/26 Review of 'Rush Hour' This is the original Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker Rush Hour and, it seems to me, much superior than the recent sequel. Chris Tucker is truly wonderful as the one obviously out of his element and seriously misinformed. As per normal, the stunts of Jackie are absolutely incredible (and painful to watch in the outtakes when things go wrong!). text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/46 Review of 'X-Men' A good performance of Patrick Stewart does not really save this one. The effects are stilted (as are the actors) but it does offer an interesting story and settings. Fun and light. Rating: ---------- Directed by: Bryan Singer Studio: text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/50 Review of 'Spider-Man' Very well done bringing to the big screen of the famous comic book character. A good twist on the tale with believable characters though the acting is, at places, a bit stilted. The effects, as would be expected, are superb. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/53 Review of 'X-Men 2' The X-Men are back this time with more effects and more heroes. They are faced with all-out war against the mutants after a mysterious mutant attack on the president. It is up to them to get to the bottom of it and along the way discover a bit about Wolverine's past. Truly fantastic effects and much more story than the first outing. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/55 Review of 'Hulk' Bruce Banner has it tough. When he is accidently bombarded with Gamma Rays (and those pesky nano-bot things) he has to watch his temper or he becomes the Hulk. There is also the situation that his father is perfectly happy with the way things have turned out as it turns out this is part of an experiment that dear old dad carried out on his offspring some years ago. Not nice. When Bruce refuses to play ball father (and the military) get a bit upset text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/61 Review of 'City of God (Cidade de Deus)' A shocking real-life tale of what is happening in the slums of Rio De Janeiro telling the story of “Rocket” who wants to be a photographer while all around him is the battle between the police and the different drug gangs. The action was just too painful to watch at times with a lot of personal attacks and murders. The characters are real and their surroundings vividly portrayed. The camerawork is interesting with quick cuts and hand-held visuals. A … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/66 Review of 'Hero' A fantastic “sword play” movie telling the story of a “faceless warrior” who works his way through various warriors who threaten the king to finally face the king. A fantastic series of action sequences tell and re-tell the story based upon the deceptions put forward by the characters. Not only tremendous action but also a great story and fantastic drama. This is all supported with stunning scenery and an inspiring musical score. A completely new take on the genre of Chi… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/74 Review of 'Casino Royale' 21st film in the 'James Bond' series Bond is back. This latest installment begins the story with Bond as he was just before he earned his 00 status in MI6 (“license to kill”). The necessary first two kills show Bond begin to change into the character that would be an icon for generations. Le Chiffre is a banker to terrorist groups who uses his client's money to enter a high stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale text/html 2023-07-23T18:12:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/76 Review of 'The Prestige' At the end of the 19th century two magicians are bitter rivals both professionally and personally. Neither will stop at anything to further their career as they literally tear each other apart hoping to learn each other's secrets. Their rivalry spills over to effect those they care about as they forsake everything and everyone to get what they want. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/77 Review of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest' 2nd film in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' series Captain Jack (and the rest of the gang) are back in this sequel to the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie (The Black Pearl). In this chapter we find things are bit more confusing with Will and Elizabeth thrown into prison for helping Jack escape. They are given a chance to free themselves by finding Jack and getting his compass (which points to whatever the user most desires). There is… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/83 Review of 'King Kong' Unless you have been living on the far side of the moon you will have noticed the tremendous hype that surrounded the release of Jackson's latest blockbuster. Of course, Jackson is well known for his previous Lord of the Ring movies but with Kong he decided to turn his directorial talents to re-making a film he credits with inspiring him to be a director. text/html 2026-01-10T15:36:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/87 Review of 'Die Hard 4.0' 4th film in the 'Die Hard' series It has been quite some number of years since John McClane has appeared on our screens. It has also been a number of years since he has seen any action as the story begins. A group of cyber-criminals hatch a text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/90 Review of 'The Bourne Ultimatum' The latest in the Bourne movie franchise (I hesitate to say the last in the trilogy as there is some suggestion there may be more movies...) this sees Bourne finally getting a few answers to the question of who he is. Along the way there are action scenes aplenty with a chase through the middle of London's Waterloo Station and numerous foiled assassination attempts by hired assassins. Bourne's enlightenment begins with a London journalist who uncovers infor… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/92 Review of 'Day Watch (Dnevnoy dozor)' In 2005 the original Night Watch movie was quite a surprise: A Russian action film that was innovative and original -- also terribly violent. Now Day Watch is released and is quite an improvement on the original. Much better effects, a smart script, fantastic story, and very good performances from the lead actors. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/97 Review of 'Mirrormask' Wow. A complete mind-trip. Don't watch if you are not into bizarre, culturally intriguing films. Helena is the daughter of a husband and wife that run a circus. When her mother is taken to hospital Helena retreats into a dream-like fantasy world where her darker half takes over in the real-world. With the help of Valentine, another lost soul, she seeks the text/html 2024-02-18T16:56:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/101 Review of 'Beowulf' First, let me say that I have NOT read the original story so I cannot comment on how close the movie comes or does not come to the original story (judging by Hollywood's past history I would strongly think the later). Beowulf tells the story of a kingdom terrorised by a monster (Grendal) living in a nearby mountain with his (rather seductive) mother (also a monster text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/108 Review of 'Iron Man' The first block-buster of 2008 Iron Man tells the story of Tony Stark, a wealthy industrialist whose family business sells weapons. An attack on his convey when he visits Afghanistan shows him that his weapons not only supply the US Military but also the terrorists that they are fighting. The terrorists keep him prisoner to force him to build a super-weapon but Stark takes the opportunity to build a super-powered suit to escape. He becomes text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/114 Review of 'Death Proof' Death Proof is the second part of the “Grindhouse” double feature which is a tribute to the old “Grindhouse” films -- Poor acting, low production values, blood, (lots of) guts, (lots of) sex and (lots of) swearing. In this case, the low production values are not really there but everything else is (the text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/115 Review of 'Planet Terror' The first part of the “Grindhouse” double feature (the second being “Death Proof”, see my review) -- an homage to the “Grindhouse” films from late last century that were known for low production values, poor acting, sex, blood and guts, and swearing. As with text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/117 Review of 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' I really wanted to love this film. I am a tremendous fan of the previous three Indiana Jones films with their quirky humour and tremendous action sequences. Unfortunately here both seem to have been lost. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/118 Review of 'Spider-Man 3' The third installment in the big-screen adaption of Spider-Man sees Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) appreciating the love of the public a bit too much...becoming a bit too full of himself to the expense of his long-suffering girlfriend Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst). Peter's friend Harry Osborn (James Franco) aka, the text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/123 Review of 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor' Ok, I am a fan of the original two Mummy movies -- A lot of fun in terms of action but also on-screen chemistry and humour. Unfortunately, in this latest Mummy movie (number 3) all but one of these are still in evidence text/html 2026-01-25T14:08:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/125 Review of 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' I am a big fan of the first movie telling the story of an unusual super-hero -- A devil that is thrown as a child through a rift from hell into our reality. The reason it works so well is the character of Hellboy himself text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/130 Review of 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' This instalment in the X-Men franchise sees the story of Wolverine told out in detail from his early childhood in northern Canada in the mid-1800s up until just before he joins the X-Men (as seen in the first movie). Along the way we meet his brother Victor Creed (who will later become Sabertooth) who is is comrade-in-arms through various wars then join a group of mutants, a special forces unit who are sent on mysterious missions. When the unit crosses t… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/142 Review of 'Iron Man 2' This sequel to the blockbuster “Iron Man” picks up immediately after the first movie with Tony Stark revelling in the fame that his announcement that he is Iron Man has given him. This also, of course, makes him a target. In this case, from a former Russian colleague of his father who has built his own suit to attack Stark. At the same time the element Stark uses to keep himself alive (and power his suit) is killing him text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/157 Review of 'Australia' It is 1939, the Second World War is just underway but Pearl Harbour has not yet come into the picture. English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels to Australia to ensure her large Australian ranch “Faraway Downs text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/162 Review of 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' Following up on the first successful Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey Jr. as the great detective this movie sees Holmes and Watson (Jude Law) uncovering a war-mongering plot by the ever-evil Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris). At the beginning of the film Watson is about to be married to Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams) and we are introduced to Holmes' brother, Mycroft (played wonderfully flamboyantly by Stephen Fry - who we see perhaps more… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/163 Review of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig, suitably scraggly) has a bit of a problem. He has recently been found guilty by a Swedish court of slander when he writes an article for his magazine, Millennium. At this awkward time Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer, on fine form) approaches him with an offer he can't refuse: A break from his legal headaches in Stockholm to investigate the disappearance of Vanger's niece Harriet 40 years previously under the cov… text/html 2025-06-07T15:58:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/164 Review of 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' 4th film in the 'Mission: Impossible' series Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is back after a hiatus of several years in this latest instalment in the Mission Impossible franchise. Followers of the series will be pleased to hear that this film does not leave the audience scratching their head for the last half of the movie trying to figure out what is really going on. In this case, the plot is perhaps just a bit too straightforward. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/167 Review of 'The Avengers (Avengers Assemble)' The long-awaited movie that brings together the members of the Avengers after having seen their individual stories - Iron Man (Tony Stark, played by, of course, Robert Downey Jr), Captain America (Steve Rogers, played by Chris Evans), The Hulk (Bruce Banner, here played by Mark Ruffalo), and Thor (played by Chris Hemsworth). Additional members who have not been so lucky to have had their own movie (so far) are Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff, playe… text/html 2023-07-23T18:12:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/174 Review of 'The Dark Knight Rises' The final in the Nolan Batman series sees Batman (played by Christian Bale) very much retired when the city falls to the ruthless “Bane” (played by Tom Hardy) who seems intent on destroying the city with a nuclear weapon. Circumstances mean that many of Batman's own weapons are used against him so he is forced to dig deep to save the city having been made bankrupt - Even Alfred leaves him as the consequences of the previous movie come home to roost. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/176 Review of 'Skyfall' 23rd film in the 'James Bond' series After the let down of Quantum of Solace I was hoping that this movie would return James Bond to the glory of old. It certainly has! Quantum seemed to put the focus on action and less on character. In Skyfall we, thankfully, get both. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/178 Review of 'Life of Pi' They said it could never be filmed. They were wrong. Pi is a troubled youth (played by Suraj Sharma) living with his parents in Pondicherry, India who run a zoo. Due to the declining economic condition they decide to move to Canada on board a cargo ship along with many of their animals. A large storm hits the ship and forces Pi overboard along with several animals - including a tiger named text/html 2023-05-14T10:53:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/213 Review of 'Kick-Ass' Dave Lizewski (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), an ordinary, geeky, teenager living in New York decides to take to the streets to fight crime as the superhero “Kick Ass”. His actions give him confidence as he finds the public behind him and he finds the girl of his dreams text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/221 Review of 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' The sequel to the first Avengers movie we start off seeing the Avengers in action as they attempt to break into a castle containing a sceptre with mysterious powers. Investigating it, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), aka text/html 2025-06-07T15:58:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/231 Review of 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' 5th film in the 'Mission: Impossible' series Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is accused of being a rogue agent pursuing for the past year a shadowy organization he calls “The Syndicate” so the future of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) is called into doubt by Alan Hunley (Alec Baldwin) the director of the CIA who vows to bring him in. Ethan accuses the Syndicate, and it's mysterious leader of being behind various acts of anarchy around the world. After… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/235 Review of 'Spectre' 24th film in the 'James Bond' series This latest outing for James Bond 007 (Daniel Craig) sees James on a personal mission to trace down a mysterious killer due to a note left by a deceased friend. A stunning opening sequence at the Day of the Dead festival in Mexico sees the demolition of a building and an absolutely incredible helicopter stunt sequence above the massive festival crowds. Bond follows the trail to Rome where he bluffs his way into a meeting of a shadowy … text/html 2023-06-11T14:20:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/237 Review of 'Ant-Man' In 1989 Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) has developed a suit for SHIELD that allows the wearer to shrink themselves down to the size of an ant but with the same strength as they have full-sized. He resigns from SHIELD after realizing that Howard Stark (John Slattery) had been trying to replicate his technology for military use. In the present day the retired Pym is invited back to see that Stark now appears to have a working suit. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/238 Review of 'Mad Max: Fury Road' In a post-apocalyptic Australia, Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) is a former cop that is captured by a group of scavengers called the “War Boys” and taken back to the “Citadel” which is a mesa containing a series of caves occupied by the small society. It is ruled by the warlord Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) who keeps his subjects happy with ritual and providing small amounts of water taken from his ample supply. The cult believes that Joe can deliver them to V… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/241 Review of 'Red 2' After the events of the first film the retired agent Frank (Bruce Willis) is determined to have a normal life despite the obvious yearnings of his wife, Sarah (Mary-Louise Parker). When his friend Marvin (John Malkovich) stages his own death after being followed by government agents Frank is drawn into the search for a cold world war bomb created by the mad Bailey (Anthony Hopkins). With the help of his British assassin friend Victoria (Helen Mirren) then the dubious help… text/html 2025-12-31T12:02:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/242 Review of 'Pixels' Following on from the Pixels short from a few years ago (see here) this is the feature length version. Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler) is a television system installer who is forever regretting his loss at the final of a video game competition as a child when playing Donkey Kong against Eddie text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/243 Review of 'Fantastic Four' A remake of the 2005 original, this sees a much younger cast telling the story of the group of four superheroes. Reed Richards (Miles Teller) is investigating teleporting to other dimensions but when his teleportation device gets taken by the military he and three other highly intelligent students Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan), Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell), and Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebbell) decide to use the device. They arrive on the unstable text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/245 Review of 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time' Set in the lands of the Persian Empire of the sixth century Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) is the adopted son of King Sharaman (Ronald Pickup) whose street fighter background allows him to quickly breach the walls of the sacred city of Alamut who is believed to be providing the empire's enemies with weapons. When Alamut is defeated Dastan is provided with a cloak by his brother Tus (Richard Coyle) to give to his father that ends up being poisoned an… text/html 2026-03-22T11:14:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/247 Review of '21 Jump Street' Two recent police recruits, fresh out of high school, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum), having botched it as standard beat cops are assigned to an undercover police operation “21 Jump Street” and tasked with stopping the distribution of a new narcotic at a local high school. Schmidt is the obvious dork here with Jenko being the quintessential text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/257 Review of '10,000 BC' The young D'Leh (Steven Strait), son of a respected hunter, accidentally kills a mammoth and is crowned the chief hunter for his tribe. When the object of his affections, Evolet (Camilla Belle), is kidnapped by a band of mysterious warlords D'Leh sets out with a few of his fellow hunters to track them down. Crossing over the dessert they come across the kidnappers - Ancient Egyptians using slave labour to construct the pyramids. It is up to D'Leh to see about freeing … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/258 Review of 'Poseidon' A remake of “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972) starring Gene Hackman and Ernest Borgnine, of the period of disaster and drama movies that also included “The Towering Inferno” (1974) and, later, “Airport '77” (1977) whose overly dramatic acting, minimal story elements and plastic looking set pieces would grace the small screen in long-running sitcoms of the day. Oh, how far we have come text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/259 Review of 'Outbreak' We start with a flashback to Zaire in 1997 where a virus with a 100% mortality rate has infected and killed most of the inhabitants of a remote village. The village is destroyed by a fire-bomb to avoid the disease spreading but flash-forward to the present day and an infected monkey is taken from the forest and smuggled to the United States and the bodies quickly start piling up text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/266 Review of 'Jason Bourne' Who'd have thought we would have seen Bourne (Matt Damon) again on the big screen having retained his memory and resolved all of his problems, surely there is nothing else to tell? Well, it turns out, there is...of course. Bourne is laying low hiding from the CIA, taking on fights for cash in Greece (and, of course, beating every one of them). When Nicky Parsons (Julia Stiles) breaks into the CIA systems she finds text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/268 Review of 'Battle Royale' In a dystopian near-future Japan, the population have grown to distrust their youth so have passed legislation for a regular “Battle Royale” (BR). Forty-two ninth-grade students are picked from a random high school to complete in a three-day survival course held on a secluded island where they are forced to battle to the death. If there is more than one survivor at the end of the three days then all are killed. Each student is tagged with an electronic neck colla… text/html 2024-06-02T15:04:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/273 Review of 'Deadpool' Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is a former Special Services operative who becomes a mercenary. When he is diagnosed with terminal cancer he is offered a proposal that will not only cure his cancer but give him extraordinary powers. He undergoes the painful but successful procedure but when subjected to torture designed to test his new abilities he escapes though ends up horrifically scarred. With his new powers he creates his alter-ego text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/274 Review of 'Fight Club' I have heard so much about “Fight Club” that I anticipated big things when I finally saw it the other day. I was not disappointed. If you were expecting an action flick, you will be sorely disappointed though there is a fair amount of action and copious amounts of violence. However, in text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/275 Review of 'Doctor Strange' Dr Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a gifted, but cocky, neurosurgeon who loses control of his hands after a horrific traffic accident. Pursuing all medical avenues he is unable to fix the problem until he talks to a patient who had completely recovered from a similar accident. He is directed to visit the Ancient One (coolly and confidently played by Tilda Swinton) in the Kamar-Taj temple in Kathmandu where, despite initial scepticism, he learns to harne… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/281 Review of 'Captain America: The First Avenger' It is 1942, the height of World War II, and Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is frustrated that his frail health and short height have prevented him from enlisting to help the war effort to right what he sees as a great injustice. Indeed, it is this strong moral sense that gets him into trouble time and time again as he is repeatedly beaten up by unsympathetic bullies. Dr. Abraham Erskine (Stanley Tucci) offers Rogers a chance to do something for hi… text/html 2025-03-23T16:39:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/285 Review of 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' Steve Rogers, aka Captain America (Chris Evans), is having trouble coming to terms with life in the present day but even more he is having problems taking orders in a world with shades of grey. He is sent by S.H.I.E.L.D. to rescue several of their agents held by pirates during which he discovers Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), extracting files from the vessels computers onto a flash drive. Returning to headquarters Nic… text/html 2023-11-27T19:47:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/286 Review of 'Thor' Thor (Chris Hemsworth), son of the god Odin (Anthony Hopkins), is incensed at a raid by the Ice Giants so goes against his father's wishes and launches an attack with several of his close friends on their home planet of Jötunheim. The raid ends badly with Odin banishing Thor to earth, minus the mighty Mjolnir, his hammer. In New Mexico Thor encounters three scientists, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), Erik Selvig (Stellan SkarsgÃ¥rd), and Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings) studying… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/291 Review of 'Django Unchained' Django (Jamie Foxx) is a slave in 19th century America that is rescued by Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), a bounty hunter who is more interested in the “dead” part of “dead or alive”. Schultz is interested in information from Django about a gang whose bounty he seeks. After claiming the bounty they realise that they work well as a team with Django showing a amazing accuracy with a gun and Schultz, originally from Germany, showing little interest in the slav… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/293 Review of 'The Monuments Men' It is 1943 and as World War 2 wages on Frank Stokes (George Clooney) persuades the US president that a team should be put together, “The Monuments Men”, to prevent the destruction and loss of precious works of art, literature, and architecture. This team is formed of seven museum directors, curators and art historian from both America and Europe to both educate troops on how best to protect these pieces but also to find and return stolen art to it's rightful ow… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/297 Review of 'Suicide Squad' Superman is dead and the government is looking for ways to protect the country from any metahuman attack. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) is convinced that she can use a group of misfit metahumans can be used to protect the country. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/303 Review of 'Wonder Woman' On the beautiful island paradise of Themyscira is the home of the Amazons, all-female warrior clan. The island is protected from the outside world by a shield put into place by Zeus after casting Ares, the god of war, into the world of men. A young princess, Diana (played by Lilly Aspell), yearns to train with the other warriors but is forbidden by her mother, Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen), who is convinced there is no reason for her daughter to become a warrior… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/309 Review of 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Yet another take on the Spider-Man story this time sees a more accurate to the comics version with a young, socially awkward and geek Peter Parker (Tom Holland) receiving mentoring from Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) as he struggles to find his way in the world. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/311 Review of 'Anthropoid' Based on the true story of the second world war “Operation Anthropoid” mission to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich (played here by Detlef Bothe), third in command of the German forces and architect of the “ text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/312 Review of 'The Magnificent Seven ' A remake of the classic movie from 1960 (which, itself, was a remake of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai) sees the small town “Rose Creek” being terrorised by land baron Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard). When her husband is killed by Bogue's thugs Emma (Haley Bennett) seeks out mercenaries to help rid the town of their plague. She pleads their case to warrant officer Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) who on hearing Bogue's name agrees to help. Though perhaps n… text/html 2025-02-02T16:12:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/316 Review of 'Logan' It is the year 2029 and we find a much diminished Logan (Hugh Jackman) (formerly “Wolverine” of X-Men fame) driving a limousine in El Paso. Logan aided by an albino mutant Caliban (Stephen Merchant) is caring for a mentally damaged Professor X (Patrick Stewart) in an abandoned factory site in Mexico where a steady diet of pills keeps his mental powers in check. Now an alcoholic, Logan dreams of buying a boat and living on it with the professor. Gabriela (Elizabeth Rodrig… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/318 Review of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' 5th film in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' series This fifth instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean introduces us to Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), a hunter of pirates, who persues a younger Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). Sparrow tricks Salazar into entering the mysterious Devil's Triangle. Unable to escape he is freed when Sparrow gets rid of his compass. Salazar wastes little time in renewing his rampage against not … text/html 2024-02-25T16:41:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/323 Review of 'Thor: Ragnarok' A whole lot of fun and possibly the best Thor movie yet... Thor (Chris Hemsworth) returns to Asgard having escaped from the demon Surtur only to find his father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), has been sent to earth by Loki (Tom Hiddleston). When Loki and Thor return to earth to find their father they are captured by Dr Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) who eventually agrees to send them to their father who is in Norway. Odin reveals to the brothers that they have a evil … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/324 Review of 'The Birds' Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) is a wealthy San Francisco socialite who travels to the small town of Bodega Bay to deliver a gift of a couple of birds to lawyer Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) after a chance meeting in a pet shop. After delivering the birds by boat to Mitch's family home on the far side of the bay a seagull attacks Melanie. After a bird attack kills Mitch's grandfather Melanie is asked by Lydia (Jessica Tandy), Mitch's mother, to visit the local school to … text/html 2025-06-01T13:53:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/325 Review of 'Justice League' “Justice League” picks up from where Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice left off. Shame I haven't see it yet. Anyway, was able to pick things up as it goes on but I am not sure I would recommend this (do yourself a favour and see “Batman v Superman text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/326 Review of '2 Guns' Robert “Bobby” Trench (Denzel Washington) is an undercover DEA agent who decides to work with gunman Michael “Stig” Stigman (Mark Wahlberg) in robbing the Tres Cruces bank in order to prosecute Manny “Papi” Greco (Edward James Olmos) for money laundering. They are surprised when robbery turns up far more than the $3 million they expected and quickly discover someone is very anxious to get it back. Stig turns out to be an undercover Navy SEAL who is under orders to take t… text/html 2025-06-01T13:53:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/328 Review of 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' Yeah, it got horrible reviews but is it all that bad? Well, no, not really though it is often confusing. Eighteen months after the massive Metropolis battle in “Man of Steel” Batman (Ben Affleck) who witnessed the destruction of the city is growing increasingly disillusioned with Superman (Henry Cavill) as is a congressional committee headed by Senator June Finch (Holly Hunter) who are investigating an event where Superman appears to have kill… text/html 2025-03-23T16:39:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/333 Review of 'Captain America: Civil War' With the events of previous movies having devastated large portions of the planet the UN expresses concern about the lack of regulation for the heroes that have saved the planet. Tony Stark/Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) sides with the UN in wanting to create an oversight group that would control any engagements but Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans) believes that this would inhibit their ability to act quickly. When the UN is attacked the situa… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/334 Review of 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Following on from the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past a new threat emerges out of ancient Egypt, the being known as “En Sabah Nur”, aka, “Apocalypse” (Oscar Isaac), a mutant that is able to take over bodies of other mutants to absorb their powers therefore over time becoming more and more powerful. He wants to refashion the world in his own image with it's inhabitants bowing down to him (and who doesn't?). Apocalypse quickly adapts to the modern world tak… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/335 Review of 'Black Panther' Following on from the events of Captain America: Civil War T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), aka the “Black Panther” returns to the technologically advanced (and hidden) African nation of Wakanda to claim the throne. In London a Wakandan “vibranium text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/340 Review of 'Seven Samurai' Truly a classic of cinema, Kurosawa's “Seven Samauri” has been the inspiration for many films and filmmakers but how does it stand up on it's own? Even now it is an enthralling and compelling piece of cinematography. Sure, it is in Japanese so many people will watch either dubbed into another language or with subtitles, yes, it is also in black and white which may put some people off text/html 2025-03-23T16:39:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/341 Review of 'Infinity War' So this is it. The film the other Marvel superhero films have been building up to: The climactic battle with the mighty Thanos (Josh Brolin), a being who seeks to acquire the six “infinity stones” that will give him ultimate power over the universe. It is up to the Avengers and the other heroes we have met over the years to stop him. Thanos is determined to use the stones to restore prosperity in the galaxy by eliminating half of the population. The Avengers are … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/344 Review of 'Thor: The Dark World' “The Dark World” follows on from the events of Thor. Bor, the father of Odin (Anthony Hopkins) who is the father of Thor (Chris Hemsworth), long ago fought the Dark Elf Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) who sought to destroy the universe using a weapon known as the text/html 2026-03-24T19:07:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/349 Review of 'Deadpool 2' Following on from the first Deadpool this sees our “hero”, Wade Wilson, AKA Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) attempting to commit suicide following an attack at his house during which he fails to save his girlfriend, Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). Wade joins the X-Men as a text/html 2025-06-07T15:58:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/354 Review of 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' 6th film in the 'Mission: Impossible' series How old is Tom Cruise now? He is awfully spry for his age...Hang onto your hat this is yet another chapter in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise that sees Cruise do most of his own stunts text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/355 Review of 'Rashomon' It is fudal Japan and the rain is coming down on the gate of “Rashomon” where a woodcutter and priest recount details of a horrific event. A woman has been attacked in the forest by a bandit and her husband has been killed. The trial of the bandit reveals different perspectives on what happened, from the wife, the bandit and, bizarrely, the husband speaking through a medium. In a surprising reveal at the end of the film we learn another version of the story but do we … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/357 Review of 'Cat Samurai' In the Edo period of Japan, masterless Samurai (Ronin) Kyutaro Madarame (Kazuki Kitamura) is disgraced, making a living by building umbrellas. He is offered much needed gold coins by a dog-loving gang to kill Tamanojoh, the white cat of their cat-loving rivals in a feud started years previously when the cat from the one group scratched a dog of the other text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/359 Review of 'Deepwater Horizon' In April 2010 the offshore drilling exploration rig “Deepwater Horizon” was destroyed in a massive explosion. This film is a dramatisation of the circumstances leading up to the disaster and the heroic efforts of it's crew. Chief Electrical Engineer, Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg) and general operational supervisor, Jimmy Harrell (Kurt Russel) return to the Deepwater after leave to find that BP engineers, frustrated with the lack of progress, have bypassed var… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/360 Review of 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' A classic of cinema and of the western genre sees Clint Eastwood return as the “man with no name” in the final instalment of the “Dollars Trilogy”. Set in the American civil war we are introduced to the good, text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/364 Review of 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back' Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise), a former US Army military officer is assisting Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) in investigating corruption on army bases. After Turner is arrested when a hard-drive in found in her house with classified information and Reacher is served with a paternity suit claiming that he is the father to a daughter from a woman named Candice Dutton. Reacher learns that Turner is suspected of being involved in the death of two soldie… text/html 2023-11-27T19:47:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/365 Review of 'Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit' A reboot of the “Jack Ryan” franchise sees Chris Pine stepping into the shoes of CIA analyst “Jack Ryan” previously filled by Ben Affleck (“The Sum of All Fears”), Harrison Ford (“Patriot Games text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/370 Review of 'Divergent' In a dystopian future society has formed itself into five factions representing various virtues: Erudite (for the thinkers), Amity (for the kind) the farmers, Candor (for the honest), Abnegation (for the selfless) who provide the world's leaders, and Dauntless (for the fearless) the protectors. Each faction live apart from one another with children coming of age freely deciding which faction they wish to join after first undergoing an aptitude test that provides a reco… text/html 2026-01-25T14:38:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/377 Review of 'Tomb Raider' A contemporary reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise once made famous by Angelina Jolie sees this Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) an altogether less assured Lara struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of her father seven years previous. As a bicycle courier in London a high speed chase through the streets results in her being jailed then freed by her father's old business partner who presents her with a Japanese puzzle box in which she finds a key. The key op… text/html 2023-05-14T10:53:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/384 Review of 'X-Men: First Class' Stepping back in time we learn the origins of the X-Men. In a second world war German concentration camp young Erik Lensherr (later, Magneto; played here by the young Bill Milner) is separated from his parents but resists by using his powers over metal, bending the gates of the camp. Scientist Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) sees this and tries to harness Erik's powers by threatening then killing his mother at which point Erik kills the guards and destroys the r… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/385 Review of 'The Mummy' In ancient Egypt the high priest Imhotep (stone-faced and very creepy, Arnold Vosloo) is entombed alive -- damned for all eternity -- after having an affair with Anck-su-Namun, the Pharoh's mistress. In 1926 a Cairo librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) is presented with a box containing a map to the lost Egyptian city of Hamunaptra, where it is rumoured the wealth of Egypt was stored. Hoping to learn more they question the man Evelyn's brother Jonathan (John Hanna… text/html 2025-03-23T16:39:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/388 Review of 'Avengers: Endgame' “Avengers: Endgame” looks to be going onto becoming the biggest film of all time and it certainly looks the part. Following on directly from the events of Avengers: Infinity War you will most definitely need to be familiar with that film first text/html 2026-01-25T14:08:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/401 Review of 'Hellboy' In the second world war a group of Nazi's headed by Rasputin (Karel Roden) experiment with opening a portal to an alternative dimension on a small island off the coast of Scotland. This failed attempt results in a small red devil-like creature, nicknamed text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/403 Review of 'Tower Heist' Josh Kovaks (Ben Stiller) is the efficient manager of a New York building owned by the billionaire Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) however when Shaw is arrested by FBI agent Claire Denham (Téa Leoni) for fraud. When Kovaks discovers the employee's pension fund that he asked Shaw to manage has disappeared causing the much-loved doorman to attempt suicide he takes his revenge on Shaw by smashing up his car (a reproduction of the one from Steve McQueen action film text/html 2023-07-23T18:12:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/404 Review of 'Batman Begins' “Batman Begins” begins, unsurprisingly, with a flashback where a young Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale as an adult, Gus Lewis as an 8 year old) falls down a well in the backyard of his mansion home. His father rescues him and encourages him to pick himself up and keep trying. Older we see that Wayne has not gotten over this encounter as well as the murder of his parents as he is captive in a Chinese prison. Seeing off an attack from his fellow inmates and put in soli… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/408 Review of 'Gladiator' Maximus (Russell Crowe) is a successful general in the height of the Roman empire and much loved by the ageing Emperor, Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). Before his death the Emperor agrees to allow Maximus to return to his family but before this wish can be carried out the Emperor is killed by his ambitious son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) who has no love for the lauded general. Fleeing for his life Maximus is captured by slave traders who sell him to Proximo (Oliver R… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/418 Review of 'The Italian Job' Charlie Croker (Michael Caine), fresh out of prison, is given the plans for an ambitious heist: Steal $4,000,000 from an armoured car by starting a traffic jam. Financing secured from criminal mastermind Mr. Bridger (Noël Coward), Croker enlists professor Simon Peach (Benny Hill, yes, that Benny Hill) to sabotage the traffic control computer in Turin along with crack drivers to handle the getaway. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/421 Review of 'The Cannonball Run' One of the classic road-race films staring Burt Reynolds that kick-started his career. This is Reynolds at his height surrounded by an all-star cast including Farrah Fawcett, as the requisite love interest, Dom DeLuise, also at his peak playing Reynold's silly sidekick, Roger Moore, playing himself and a caricature of his James Bond film role, as well as a host of others including Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr as a pair of shady characters dressed up as hard… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/422 Review of 'A Knight's Tale' In the age of chivalry, William (Heath Ledger), the son of a peasant dreams of becoming a knight and competing in jousting tournaments. Working as a squire when his master dies he and his loyal friends Roland (Mark Addy) and Wat (Alan Tudyk), aided by the forging and oratory skills of Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany) they create the persona of nobleman Sir Ulrich Von Lichtenstein from Gelderland which William uses to enter various tournaments that he dominates par… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/426 Review of 'The Perfect Storm' In October 1991 the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail leaves the harbour of Gloucester, Massachusetts captained by the down-on-his-luck captain Billy Tyne (George Clooney) leaving their family and loved ones behind at the dock. When they find little to catch on the Grand Banks they decide to try their luck much further east on the text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/446 Review of 'Die Another Day' 20th film in the 'James Bond' series In North Korea James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is captured having halted the sale of arms by a corrupt army officer in exchange for conflict diamonds. A year later he is part of a prisoner exchange but M (Dame Judi Dench) believes he may have compromised security and rescinds his 00 status. Bond travels to Cuba to seek out Zao (Rick Yune), the North Korean he was traded for where he meets NSA agent Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson (Halle B… text/html 2025-12-31T16:48:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/449 Review of 'Titanic' A group of treasure hunters are diving on the wreck of the Titanic looking for rare necklace. When their best opportunity fails to recover the necklace they are approached by 84 year old Rose DeWitt Bukater (Gloria Stuart) who has been following their exploits on television. She tells them her previously untold story of her time aboard the Titanic on it's ill-fated maiden voyage. The young Rose (Kate Winslet) is from a family who has fallen on hard times so is engaged t… text/html 2025-12-31T16:48:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/450 Review of 'The Abyss ("Special Edition")' The crew of a deep-sea test drilling platform on the bed of the ocean are enlisted by the navy to help rescue any survivors of the Montana, a US submarine that has gone down in mysterious circumstances. The crew are joined by a group of Navy Seals headed by Lt. Hiram Coffey (Michael Biehn) as well as the rig's designer Dr. Lindsey Brigman (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) who is furious at text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/451 Review of 'Flash Gordon' Evil ruler of Mongo Emperor Ming (Max von Sydow) is bored so starts a series of disasters on Earth including “Hot Hail” which causes the plane carrying famous footballer Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) and his girlfriend Dale Arden (Melody Anderson) to crash. The aircraft comes to rest in the middle of a greenhouse where scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov (Topol) is researching his theory that the disasters are being caused by an unknown source in space. Zarkov tricks Flash and… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/458 Review of 'Dr. No' 1st film in the 'James Bond' series The British intelligence station chief in Jamaica, John Strangeways, is assassinated. MI6 agent James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to investigate and determine whether it is related to a case involving the radio jamming of rocket launches from Cape Canaveral. On his arrival in Kingston Bond survives an attempted kidnapping attempt but learns nothing from his assailant after he takes cyanide. His investigations take him to interview a re… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/459 Review of 'Thunderball' 4th film in the 'James bond' series Thunderball is Bond's fourth outing with the action (and sexism) notably dialled up from previous films. François Derval (Paul Stassino), a French NATO pilot is killed by someone looking exactly like him, taking his place on a Vulcan bomber carrying two nuclear warheads. This agent of the criminal crime syndicate SPECTRE kills the rest of the crew, landing the plane in the ocean where the bombs are removed text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/466 Review of 'Quantum of Solace' 22nd film in the 'James Bond' series Following immediately on from the events of Casino Royale, James Bond (Daniel Craig) races to Siena, Italy with a captured Mr White (Jesper Christensen) in the boot (trunk) of his car and pursued by White's henchmen. In White's interrogation by MI6 it is clear they know very little of his organisation but the session is interrupted when one of M's (Judy Dench) bodyguards, Mitchell (Glenn Foster) turns on them resulting in Whi… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/468 Review of 'My Winnipeg' “My Winnipeg” is a collage of life in the remote Canadian town of Winnipeg, Manitoba where (at least in the film) it appears to be perpetually winter. The narrator is, nominally, trying to leave the city but finds he has to understand his life there before he can free himself. We end up with a series of vignettes, both real and imaginary, of life in Winnipeg including a winter when horses escaping from a racetrack fire are eventually found frozen in the river with t… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/470 Review of 'House of Flying Daggers' In the Tang dynasty of China police office Leo (Andy Lau) sends office Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro) to the Peony Pavilion, a local brothel, to investigate a young dancer called Mei (Zhang Ziyi) who he believes has ties to the text/html 2025-07-26T14:11:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/475 Review of 'Joker' In a crime-ridden Gotham Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) works as a clown to support his sick mother. He suffers from mental health issues causing symptoms such as occasionally breaking out in uncontrollable laughter, taking regular medication prescribed by a social worker. After being mugged he takes a gun offered by a co-worker for protection but when it falls out of his pocket when performing as a clown at a local hospital he is fired from his job. When his social wor… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/499 Review of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' 3rd film in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' series Picking up where Dead Man's Chest left off, Captain Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swan (Keira Knightley) travel to Singapore to visit with Captain Sao Feng (Yun-Fat Chow) who has map that shows the way to Davy John's Locker where they hope to find Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). Jack is even more unhinged than normal, taking to talking to him… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/517 Review of 'The Hurt Locker' In the Iraq War a 3-man US army bomb-disposal unit face death in the face every day. When a member of their team is killed disarming a remotely detonated bomb his replacement is Sgt. William James (Jeremy Renner who you may recall from the Avengers films). Despite his extensive history in the service his relaxed attitude to risk is of concern to unit leader Sergeant JT Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) who wants nothing more than to simply survive. On his first day, Wil… text/html 2023-07-23T18:12:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/526 Review of 'Dunkrk' In late May of 1940 the Allied soldiers of the British Empire and France had been cornered by the Germany army at the beaches of Dunkirk where they wait for evacuation. We follow a British solider Tommy (Fionn Whitehead) who is the sole survivor of his troupe after a German attack. As he makes his way to the beach he befriends another soldier Gibson (Aneurin Barnard) who is burying a body. Seeing the huge numbers of soldiers waiting for evacuation they put a body of a w… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/527 Review of 'Hellboy' In the dark ages King Arthur (Mark Stanley) and Merlin (Brian Gleeson) defeat the powerful “Queen of Blood”, Vivian Nimue (Milla Jovovich) who they eventually dispatch by cutting her up into small pieces, sealing them into trunks, and sending them to the four corners of the earth. In the present day Hellboy (David Harbour) is a demon from hell who works for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD). Hellboy meets a former colleague from DPRD who has turned i… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/532 Review of '1917' It is the first world war, April 6th, 1917. With communications down two British soldiers Lance Corporal Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Lance Corporal Schofield (George MacKay) are asked to travel into enemy territory to deliver orders to Colonel Mackenzie (Benedict Cumberbatch) who is commanding Allied troops nine miles away. The orders command the Colonel to cancel an offensive planned for the next day as they have learned the offensive is a trap laid by the Germans th… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/537 Review of 'Taxi' Pizza delivery scooter driver Daniel Morales (Samy Naceri) is finally issued his taxi driver licence. His talent at speeding allows him to get his clients where they need to go in record time...though they may not feel too well when they get there. The law finally catches up to him. Hapless police inspector Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec (Frédéric Diefenthal) has failed at several attempts to capture a group of German bank thieves but he realises this speed racer could help him… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/541 Review of 'The Saint' I am a big fan of the original 1960s Saint television show staring a very young Roger Moore with his beautiful Volvo car. He managed to exude the air of 007 before he became the character on the big screen yet at the same time keep a bit of naughtiness in the character who, after all, is a thief, albeit a thief with a big heart. Even Val Kilmer's outing on the big screen in 1997 was pretty good though more heavy on the action than I would have liked. Seeing text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/552 Review of 'Burn After Reading' Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) is a CIA analyst who is fired due to his alcoholism. His cheating wife Katie Cox (Tilda Swinton) wants a divorce so copies personal files off of his computer and puts them onto a CD including the notes for his memoirs. When the CD falls into the hands of two staff from the text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/554 Review of 'Kong: Skull Island' Monster chaser Bill Randa (John Goodman) convinces the government to allow him to piggy-back on a “scientific” mission to a mysterious South Pacific island. Accompanied by an army squadron headed by the gung-ho Colonel Preston Packard (Samuel L. Jackson) the mission soon runs into difficulty with the Skull Island fauna which includes a rather large ape that quickly takes out their helicopters. The survivors meet a group of indigenous people which Marlow (John… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/559 Review of 'The Pink Panther' In this first “Pink Panther” film, hapless Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) of the Sûreté is on the trail of the renowned jewel thief “The Phantom”. At the exclusive Italian ski resort of Cortina, Princess Dala (Claudia Cardinale), owner of the largest diamond in the world text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/561 Review of 'Ocean's Eight' Following her release from prison, Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock), sister of now deceased Danny Ocean (main character played by George Clooney in the 2001 remake “Ocean's Eleven” and follow-ups, predictably, “Ocean's Twelve text/html 2024-06-30T11:36:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/566 Review of 'Heat' Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) heads up a professional Los Angeles criminal gang who slip up during a violent heist on a armoured car which provides key intelligence for Lt. Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) to track them down. Neil and his crew are determined to complete one final, retirement, score despite Hanna being hot on their heals. What follows is a deadly game of cat and mouse as the two similar men try to take each other down. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/567 Review of 'Fullmetal Alchemist (Hagane no renkinjutsushi)' In the early 20th century Edward Elric (Ryôsuke Yamada) is an alchemist in search of the “Philosopher's Stone” which he hopes will allow him to restore the body of his brother Alphonse (or text/html 2023-12-02T17:37:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/570 Review of 'Venom' Friend: So, Steve, what have you been up to since the most recent lockdown? Me (via Zoom, obvs!): Well, not much, been reading, watching a bit of TV, Netflix and Prime...I can't really go anywhere or do anything... Friend: text/html 2024-02-25T16:07:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/571 Review of 'Upgrade' In the near future, technology is everywhere. Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green) lives with his wife Asha (Melanie Vallejo) in a heavily automated house. After visiting Grey's client Eron Keen (Harrison Gilbertson), maker of a highly advanced computer chip, the couple are involved in a horrific car accident after which a group of thugs kill Asha and seriously injure Grey, whose spine is severed. In hospital Detective Cortez (Betty Gabriel) informs Grey, now a quadripleg… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/572 Review of 'Bleach (Burîchu)' Ichigo Kurosak (Sôta Fukushi) is a high school student who is able to see ghosts and “hallows” (monsters looking for souls to consume). When a hollow attacks him he meets Rukia Kuchiki (Hana Sugisaki), a “ text/html 2024-02-04T17:37:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/581 Review of 'Aquaman' The story of Aquaman begins with Maine lighthouse keeper Thomas Curry (Temeura Morrison) saving a woman (Nicole Kidman) who has washed up onto the shore. He learns that she is Atlanna, queen of Atlantis, and the two grow to love each other giving birth to a son, Arthur. The Atlanteans eventually take Atlanna back to Atlantis though she vows to return to Thomas and Arthur. In his childhood Arthur shows an ability to communicate with fish but the story takes us into the … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/584 Review of 'Wonder Woman 1984' While not as good as 2017's first film, Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman 1984” still is well worth a watch. After a stunning race sequence of her as a child where she learns the value of honesty and integrity, the action shifts to Washington DC in 1984 where Diana Prince (Gal Gadot), still coming to terms with the loss of the love of her life in the previous film Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) works as an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Museum. When an artefact shows u… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/587 Review of 'Taxi 2' 2nd film in the 'Taxi' series Yeah, the first Taxi film was pretty silly and, well, this is just as silly if perhaps even a bit more with the ability of the taxi to now fly for short periods. Speed demon taxi driver Daniel Morales (Samy Naceri) is introduced to his, now, girlfriend Lilly Bertineau's (Marion Cotillard) strict father Général Edmond Bertineau (Jean-Christophe Bouvet) who is called to the airport to meet the Japanese ambassador who visiting Marseilles to study… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/590 Review of 'Godzilla vs. Kong' Following 2019's “Godzilla: King of the Monsters”, 2017's Kong: Skull Island, and 2014's Godzilla (I hope you were paying attention), “Godzilla vs Kong” starts by showing the once “friendly” Godzilla mysteriously attacking the Pensacola text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/593 Review of 'Shazam!' A bit of a fun take on the superhero film as the young Billy Batson (Asher Angel) struggling to cope with his alter ego as adult caped-crusader Shazam! (Zachary Levi). The story opens years earlier with Thaddeus Sivana (Ethan Pugiotto) being driven in a car by his critical father (John Glover) accompanied by his cruel older brother Sid (Landon Doak). Sivana finds himself spirited away into a hall lined with monstrous statues of the seven deadly sins and put to a test by… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/596 Review of 'Black Widow' Two young girls are shocked when their parents quickly pack them into a car which is then chased to a nearby airfield. When their father single-handedly topples a fuel truck then starts firing weapons at their pursuers while the family escapes on a plane their lives are further thrown into turmoil when they land in Cuba and are promptly tranquilised. Fast forward to the modern day and Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), aka text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/597 Review of 'Captain Phillips' Based on a real story, Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) works for the shipping company Maersk. Tasked with piloting a container ship Maersk Alabama from Oman to Mombasa, Kenya they pass by the coast of Somalia. Somalia is in turmoil with local warlords providing a lucrative source of income for the deprived fisherman: Piracy. Phillips had been warned of piracy in the area and soon enough two fast moving boats approach the Alabama. Initially they are able … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/600 Review of 'Spider-Man: Far from Home' Following on from the events of not only Tom Holland's first outing as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Homecoming but also Avengers: Endgame. “Far from Home” sees Peter Parker trying to leave his super-hero alter-ego behind on a school trip to Europe. In pursuit is Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) who is investigating a series of attacks by text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/611 Review of 'Iron Man 3' 3rd film in the 'Iron Man' series Following the events of The Avengers, Tony Stark aka “Iron Man” (Robert Downey Jr) is suffering from PTSD. In a voice over we are told that the theme of this story is how we create our own demons. In a flash-back we see a young Tony interested in an attractive botanical scientist named Maya Hansen (Rebecca Hall) while completely ignoring a geeky scientist Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) who struggles to explain to the uninterested Tony a… text/html 2023-05-14T12:35:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/615 Review of 'The Suicide Squad' Hang on, wasn't there just another “Suicide Squad” film in 2017? Why yes (here is my review) but Hollywood seems to figure that they either needed to do it better or make a bunch more money. If you thought the 2017 film was violent you ain't seen nothin' text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/616 Review of 'No Time to Die' Long delayed due to the pandemic we finally have the latest James Bond flick: No Time to Die. The film begins with a young girl, Madeleine Swann, witnessing the murder of her mother by assassin Lyutsifer Safin ( Rami Malek, familiar to fans of text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/618 Review of 'Jaws' When “Jaws” was released in 1975 it caused a sensation in a film audience that had never seen a horror/thriller film quite like it created by Steven Spielberg who is now, frankly, a living legend and master of the Hollywood blockbuster. With lines around the blocks Jaws went on to break boxoffice records throughout the world but how does it stand up today? Having found my companion has never seen this classic film we fired up Netflix to give it a watch to find that it is j… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/628 Review of 'The Revenant' Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a fur trading guide along with his half-Indian son Hawk (Forrest Goodluck) in 1820s when their expedition is attacked by native Indians. Led by their captain, Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson) the survivors escape by boat. As they make their way to Fort Kiowa Glass is attacked by a mother grizzly bear protecting her clubs. Killing the attacking bear Glass finds himself horrifically wounded lying under the corpse of the bear when he … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/630 Review of 'Red Notice' At the beginning of the film we are told a “Red Notice” is the highest level warrant for criminals. Top FBI profiler John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) works with Interpol agent Urvashi Das (Arya) in Rome to stop an attempt by master thief Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) from stealing one of text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/632 Review of 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' If you have not seen Spider-Man: Far from Home then best you don't read any further as “No Way Home” follows directly on from the dramatic conclusion of this film. Still reading? Honestly, don't if you haven't seen the other film. Right, I am assuming that is enough of a warning, on with the review! text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/633 Review of 'The Hitman's Bodyguard ' After his client is murdered triple-A protection agent Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) is forced to take far less lucrative “bodyguard for hire” jobs. As a favour to an ex-girlfriend and Interpol agent Amelia Roussel (Elodie Yung) following a suspected breach of security within the agency Bryce agrees to escort the international assassin, Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson), from Manchester to the Hague where Kincaid is to be a witness against Belarusian dic… text/html 2026-01-10T15:36:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/634 Review of 'Die Hard' 1st film in the 'Die Hard' series There is the on-going argument about whether “Die Hard” is a Christmas movie or not. Well, it is set at Christmas time but is not what you might call a traditional Christmas film by any means. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/640 Review of 'The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard' A sequel of 2017's The Hitman's Bodyguard sees bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) preparing to retire when approached by the familiar ex-con Sonia Kincaid (Salma Hayek) who needs his help in rescuing her husband, hitman Darius (Samuel L. Jackson) from his mobster kidnappers. Once this is done the three are once again approached by Interpol to track down terrorist Aristotle Papadopoulos (played against type by a wonderfully nasty Antonio Bandera… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/645 Review of 'The Sugarland Express' Unbelievably based on a real story, young mother Lou Jean (Goldie Hawn) breaks her husband Clovis Poplin (William Atherton) from jail despite having only a short time of his one-year prison sentence remaining. She is determined to have her husband help in kidnapping their child Baby Langston who has recently been put into foster care. The two hitch a lift with an older couple who are stopped by the police when driving excessively slowly. Lou Jean panics a… text/html 2025-06-01T13:53:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/647 Review of 'Army of the Dead' Following a zombie virus outbreak in Las Vegas the city is sealed off from the rest of the world to prevent the virus from spreading. Years later former mercenary Scott Ward (Dave Bautista, who you may remember from text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/648 Review of 'Army of Thieves' A “prequel” to Army of the Dead, “Army of Thieves” tells the story of master safecracker Ludwig Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer, who also directs). Deiter begins as a mild mannered bank teller named Sebastian who, by night, creates safecracker videos on YouTube. He has a particular fascination with the work of master locksmith Hans Wagner (Christian Steyer) who created four master safes named after the four operas in the Wagner text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/649 Review of '21 Bridges' Andre Davis (Chadwick Boseman) is a successful NYPD officer who is dodging internal reviews over his relentless pursuit of cop-killers over the years. When two small-time criminals Michael Trujillo (Stephan James) and the more gun-happy Ray Jackson (Taylor Kitsch) attempt to steal several kilograms of cocaine from a wine shop but are shocked to find there is more like 200 kilograms and end up killing several police officers who show up at the shop. Davis is assigned … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/650 Review of 'The Batman' In this dark reimagining of the the caped crusader sees Robert Pattinson taking up the mask as Batman and his alter-ego Bruce Wayne, here a young man struggling to find his place in the world he finds himself in. When I say dark, I mean dark, with scene after scene gloomily lit with only the rare glimpse of the rising sun from the extremely popular setting high in a construction site where the bat signal is kept. The amazing Jeffrey Wright, no doubt familiar to fans… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/652 Review of 'The Green Knight' A retelling of Arthurian legend sees Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur's (Sean Harris) nephew, who at a Christmas day banquet accepts a challenge from the mysterious Green Knight (Ralph Ineson) to anyone who is able to land a blow on him: Should he do so, one year from that day the Green Knight reserves the right to land the same blow on his challenger. Full of bravado, Sir Gawain decapitates the Green Knight but is then surprised when the head reminds him of … text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/654 Review of 'Thunder Force' In March 1983, an alternative Earth cosmic rays hit the earth and gave sociopaths superpowers, resulting in a rise of supervillains known as “Miscreants”. When her parents are killed by Miscreants, Emily Stanton (Octavia Spencer as an adult and Bria Danielle Singleton as a young girl) is determined to become a scientist and put a stop to their reign of terror. As an intelligent young girl Emily was picked on at school but was befriended by the somewhat less intell… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/656 Review of 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' An amazing looking superhero flick featuring the intriguing Dr Strange (the always compelling Benedict Cumberbatch) following on from his first solo big-screen outing in 2016's somewhat disappointing text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/662 Review of 'Sonic the Hedgehog' Yes, it is another film based on a video game. Who knew? I suppose if there is a remote possibility of making money...In this case though, Sonic is actually quite entertaining. When his world is attacked by echidna warriors Sonic (the Hedgehog; voiced by Ben Schwartz) escapes through a ring portal to a distant planet: Earth. He has been warned to keep his powers of extraordinary speed hidden. Ten years after his arrival he is captured on a speed camera doi… text/html 2025-08-02T13:24:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/663 Review of 'Top Gun: Maverick' From the beginning I have to admit that (gasp) I am not a huge fan of the original iconic 1998 “Top Gun” film which I felt was a bit of a macho-man US Navy recruitment film. Sure, there are some redeeming aspects to the film such as the powerful performance from Tom Cruise as Top Gun pilot Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell but it just was a bit too, I don't know, slick. So, with a bit of trepidation we went to see text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/669 Review of 'Gangs of New York' This long, drawn out film tells the story of Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) who as a child witnesses the tragic death of his father 'Priest' Vallon (Liam Neeson) at the hands of New York gang supremo Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis). As a young man he works his way into Cutting's inner circle, mimicking the ultraviolence of those around him in enforcing their will on the people. Their world is centred around the text/html 2024-02-25T16:41:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/670 Review of 'Thor: Love and Thunder' “Thor: Love and Thunder” follows directly on from the events of Thor: Ragnarok and, of course, the other Marvel films (you remember all of them in some detail, right?) with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) battling a bad guy, Gorr (a bald-headed Christian Bale) who seeks the extinction of all Gods following a rather bad experience he had as a father when his God refused to be much help to him so he his God using the text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/671 Review of 'Birds of Prey (Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)' Harley Quinn is certainly the most interesting character in both Suicide Squad films (2016's Suicide Squad and 2021's THE Suicide Squad) with Margot Robbie the only actor appearing in all of them. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/673 Review of 'Green Lantern' The Green Lantern Corps has existed for centuries and polices the universe powered by the “will” of it's inhabitants. Many years ago one of the council that governs the corps decided to use “fear” instead and was turned into an ultra-powerful evil being known as text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/674 Review of 'Minions: The Rise of Gru' 2nd film in the 'Minions' series I was so much looking forward to seeing this sequel to 2015's quite funny Minions movie featuring the loveable yellow pill-shaped creatures from the “Despicable Me” franchise. Sadly, though slightly amusing, it just did not have a huge amount of the comedic mayhem of the first film preferring instead to concentrate on, puff!, story! text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/675 Review of 'Get Carter' A vicious London Gangster, Jack Carter (Michael Caine), travels to Newcastle for the funeral of his brother. He discovers it was not an accident and ruthlessly works his way through the criminal underworld, leaving bodies left, right and centre, as he searches for the murderer text/html 2025-03-23T16:39:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/676 Review of 'The Gray Man' An ex-convict earns his freedom when recruited by CIA operative Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton) then trained to become a brutal assassin known as “Sierra Six” (Ryan Gosling). When Six comes into possession of evidence incriminating Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans), a contractor working for the CIA that takes advantage of it's resources for his own purposes, Lloyd sends an army of killers to retrieve it. After dispatching the killers Lloyd resorts to kidnapping Fitzroy's nie… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/678 Review of 'Alita: Battle Angel' In Iron City Dr. Ido (Christoph Waltz) is searching for cyborg parts discarded from the floating city of Zalem when he stumbles across the remains of an advanced female cyborg. He returns with her to his lab and rebuilds her using a spare cyber body, calling her text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/680 Review of 'A Shot in the Dark' If you thought the first Pink Panther film The Pink Panther was silly, “A Shot in the Dark” dials up the silliness to unbelievable heights with Peter Sellers at his manic best putting on his best comedic performances of all time. If slapstick absurdist humour is not for you, then neither of this film as even from the opening minutes the viewer is swept away with it. text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/683 Review of 'Captain Marvel' On the Kree Empire's capital planet Hala, Starforce member Vers (Brie Larson) suffers from recurring nightmares featuring a mysterious woman and a life she does not remember on Earth. Vers has amazing powers making her largely invincible and able to emit power bolts from her arms. Mentor and commander Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) leads Vers and their company on a mission to recover a spy but they are attacked by a group of Skrulls, shapeshifts and enemies of the Kree. Wh… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/693 Review of 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' The hype around this film has been immense following the tragic death of the stand-out star of the first Black Panther film Chadwick Boseman. But, does it live up the hype? Well, not entirely, no. Shuri works hard to save Wakanda's king, T'Challa (formerly played by Chadwick Boseman), who is dying of an illness but is ultimately unable to save him. A year later and Wakanda is putting off attempts by other nations to acquire Vibranium, the source… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/700 Review of 'Sahara' Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) has spent his career searching for the civil war “ironclad” (a wood ship protected by a layer of metal) “Texas” tracing it inexplicably to sub-Saharan Africa. Eva Rojas (Penélope Cruz) works for the World Health Organization investigating a lethal disease coming out of Mali. Rojas and Pitt are forced together to travel up the Niger River in a speedboat to see whether they can both find what they are looking for - A civil war boat and the s… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/702 Review of 'RRR' The most expensive Indian film ever made, RRR is amazing to watch though a tad on the violent side. During the British occupation a small girl with a beautiful voice is forcefully taken from her family by an (evil) British governor governor Scott Buxton (Ray Stevenson) and his wife Catherine (Alison Doody). Rama Raju (Ram Charan Teja) is an Indian working for the British army with a strong sense of duty who ruthlessly follows his superiors orders with incredible physical pr… text/html 2026-01-01T16:39:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/704 Review of 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' I have to say I was not a fan of the original Knives Out which seemed a bit awkward and disjointed. In this second film things are far more polished though Daniel Craig still has that awful American accent text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/707 Review of 'Fall' While mountain climbing sees Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) lose her husband Dan (Mason Gooding) in a horrific. A year later she is still struggling to come to terms with her loss when she is approached by her friend Shiloh (Virginia Gardner), an adrenaline blogger, to climb the 2,000 foot disused B67 TV towner in the Majave desert. Though initially reluctant to return to climbing she is eventually convinced to face her fear and the two set off up the ageing tower. A ricke… text/html 2023-10-01T14:14:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/709 Review of 'Black Adam' In the ancient city of Kahndaq a ruthless dictator forces his people to mine for “Eternium” so he can create for himself a magical crown. A young boy is given the power of Shazam, becoming invincible as “Teth-Adam text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/710 Review of 'Shutter Island' US Marshall Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) accompanied by fellow Marshall Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo, familiar to Marvel film fans as Bruce Banner) visits “Shutter Island” which houses Ashecliffe Hospital, a facility for the criminally insane, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of one of their inmates. Met by the somewhat reticent Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley) the two receive a somewhat frosty reception as they look into the case. Dr. Cawley believes that e… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/711 Review of 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' Thousands of years ago Xu Wenwu (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) finds the mysterious Ten Rings worn on the arms that grant him amazing powers. He uses these to create an army of warriors called the Ten Rings and goes onto conquer many people. In 1996 he finds the mythical village of Ta Lo where he falls in love with the village guardian Ying Li (Fala Chen). Li and Wenwu eventually have two children Shang-Chi (Jayden Zhang) and Xialing (Elodie Fo… text/html 2023-04-30T18:21:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/713 Review of 'The Current War' The Current War documents the commercial rivalry between the flamboyant Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch sporting an American accent) and pragmatic George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) in bringing electricity to the United States in the 1890s. Edison's reputation as an inventor and charismatic character leads him to being universally adored but his proposal to use the expensive and technically limited direct current to power the country falls to the wayside a… text/html 2023-05-14T10:53:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/718 Review of 'The King's Man' At the end of the second Boer War in 1902 Orlando (Ralph Fiennes), Duke of Oxford, his wife Emily (Alexandra Maria Lara), and their young son Conrad (Alexander Shaw) visit a concentration camp where his wife is killed by a sniper but not before making him promise never to let his son go to war. Twelve years later Orlando has put together an intelligence network of household servants around the world attempting to prevent the United Kingdom from the approaching wor… text/html 2023-06-11T14:20:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/723 Review of 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ' Following on from “Ant-Man and the Wasp”, Quantumania sees Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), aka “Ant-Man”, having achieved fame publishing his memoirs while his highly intelligent daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton) has become an activist. Scott also now lives with Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), aka text/html 2025-06-07T15:58:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/729 Review of 'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One' 7th film in the 'Mission: Impossible' series The latest blockbusting Mission Impossible film comes to the big screen in loud, trademark fashion. It is painfully obvious that these films have in recent years simply become an excuse for ever more impressive stunts performed by it's star, Tom Cruise (as Ethan Hunt). We are well beyond the original film's labyrinthian plot, slow pace, and insidiously complex plot twists with the focus in… text/html 2025-02-02T16:12:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/730 Review of 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny' In a trademark initial flashback sequence we see a younger Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) in 1944 captured by Nazis along with Oxford archeologist Basil Shaw (Toby Jones) as they attempt to retrieve the Lance of Longinus. Astrophysicist and Nazi Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen) informs his superiors the Lance is fake but he has found half of Archimedes' Dial which it is rumoured can allow the bearer the ability to locate time fissures and allow… text/html 2023-08-26T14:48:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/736 Review of 'Mulan' Mulan (Liu Yifei) is an adventurous girl trapped in a life of marriage and domesticity in Imperial China. When imperial outposts are invaded by Rouran warriors led by Böri Khan (Jason Scott Lee) who is aided by the witch Xianniang (Gong Li) the emperor (Jet Li) is forced to issue a decree that every family must contribute one man to fight for the country. Mulan's frail father Hua Zho (Tzi Ma)u, the only man in their family, volunteers Mulan takes the armour from his forme… text/html 2023-10-01T14:14:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/738 Review of 'Jungle Cruise' Based on Disney's theme park ride of the same name “Jungle Cruise” is a mixture of action and supernatural silliness. In the 16th century a group of Spanish conquistadors search for the mythical “Tears of the Moon text/html 2024-06-30T13:58:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/740 Review of 'Extraction' Probably the most violent film I have seen in quite some time with unrelenting action to boot likely resulting you in wanting a bit of a break after watching. Mercenary Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is hired to rescue Ovi Mahajan (Rudhraksh Jaiswal) young son of an incarcerated drug lord who has been kidnapped by rival drug lord Amir Asif (Priyanshu Painyuli). Rake and his team manage to rescue Ovi from Dhaka, Bangladesh but their payment fails to arrive as the drug l… text/html 2023-12-02T17:37:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/743 Review of 'Uncharted' Beginning with an amazing aerial chase out the back of a cargo plane, Uncharted grabs your attention. Here thief Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) clings for his life on a chain of cargo boxes dangling out the back. We are then taken back in time to meet Nathan's (Tiernan Jones as a young boy) brother Sam (Rudy Pankow) as they attempt a robbery at a museum. Captured they are returned to their orphanage home but Sam runs away, leaving Nathan with a necklace to remember him b… text/html 2024-02-04T17:37:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/751 Review of 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' Following on from the earlier films Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa), aka Aquaman, king of Atlantis, is married and has a young child who appears to have the same mystical powers as his father. David Kane (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), aka Black Manta, is seeking his revenge on Aquaman for killing his father by seeking to release King Kordax of the lost Kingdom of Necrus, the mad brother to Atlantis founder King Atlan, and his armies from his ice prison so that… text/html 2024-02-18T15:54:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/752 Review of 'Bird Box: Barcelona' Following on from Bird Box “Bird Box: Barcelona” takes place in Barcelona where the unknown entities from the first film are reeking their havoc here as well. The world is devastated with the few human survivors only venturing outdoors while blindfolded to avoid being driven psychopathically mad at seeing the entities. One day, Sebastián (Mario Casas) and his daughter Anna (Alejandra Howard) meet up with a group of survivors living in a bus hanger. While th… text/html 2024-04-28T11:10:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/759 Review of 'Poor Things' Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), a Victorian “Doctor Frankenstein”, resurrects the body of a young pregnant woman who has committed suicide, putting the brain of the unborn baby into the body of the mother. As a infant in the body of an adult, Bella (Emma Stone) exhibits little inhibition and motor skills, causing Godwin to keep her at length from the world around them. Max McCandles (Ramy Youssef) becomes Baxter's medical assistant, monitoring and mentoring Bella. Ov… text/html 2024-05-11T15:35:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/761 Review of 'The Flash' Barry Allen (Ezra Miller), aka the Flash, discovers he has the ability to travel back in time. He uses this power to prevent the murder of his mother, Nora (Maribel Verdú) but when in the “Speed Force” while returning to the present a mysterious figure pushes him out into 2013. In 2013 he discovers his mother is alive but the 2013-Barry is much different and unlikely to experience the accident Barry had that gave him his superhero powers. Determined to help his 2013 … text/html 2024-06-02T14:17:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/765 Review of 'Expend4bles (Expendables 4)' The latest instalment in the “Expendables” franchise which brings together a bunch of past-their-prime 20th century action stars as mercenaries. It start very much with it's tongue firmly planted in it's cheek but in recent outings it has started to take itself WAY to seriously. text/html 2026-03-24T19:07:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/766 Review of 'Bullet Train' A former, reformed, assassin codenamed “Ladybug” (Brad Pitt) is tasked with collecting a briefcase on a bullet train travelling from Tokyo to Kyoto. On board the train hit-men brothers Tangerine (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Lemon (Brian Tyree Henry) have been hired by White Death (Michael Shannon), head of the world's largest crime syndicate, to deliver his son, freed from a kidnapping, and the briefcase containing the would-be ransom. Also onboard the train is the i… text/html 2024-06-30T11:04:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/769 Review of 'Godzilla Minus One ("Gojira -1.0")' Near the end of World War II a kamikaze pilot Koichi Shikishima lands on Odo Island feigning technical issues but in reality too afraid to carry out his duty. That night Godzilla attacks the island killing all but Koichi and lead mechanic Tachibana who resents Koichi for not only failing to fulfil his duty as a kamikaze but also for not using his plane to attack Godzilla. Returning to a Tokyo destroyed by bombing, Koichi supports a woman Norik… text/html 2024-06-30T11:03:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/770 Review of 'Blue Beetle' In Palmera City Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) returns home to his family following his graduation to find they have fallen on hard times. Despite his college degree Jaime is unable to find a job so his sister Milagro (Belissa Escobedo) gets him a job cleaning the Victoria Kord's (Susan Sarandon) mansion. When niece Jenny Kord (Bruna Marquezine) confronts Victoria about a super-police technology called text/html 2024-06-30T13:58:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/774 Review of 'Extraction 2' At the end of Extraction mercenary Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is last seen hideously wounded and falling off a bridge. He is dragged from the water and taken to the UAE for medical treatment with fellow mercenary Nik Khan (Golshifteh Farahani) never leaving his side. Following nine months of recovery Nik and her brother Yaz take Tyler to a cabin in Austria for him to recuperate. A stranger, Alcott (Idris Elba), finds the cabin and offers Tyler a job rescuing a f… text/html 2024-07-07T13:37:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/776 Review of 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F' Thirty years after the events of the previous films, Axel Foley is still getting into trouble as a wise-cracking and relentlessly determined Detroit police officer. Axel receives a concerning phone call from a friend from his Beverly Hills' days Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), former policeman and now private detective. Axel learns that the life of his estranged daughter Jane Saunders (Taylour Paige), an LA attorney currently defending Sam Enriquez (D… text/html 2024-08-18T15:51:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/778 Review of 'Deadpool & Wolverine' The film begins with Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) digging up the grave of Wolverine (SPOILER -- having died at the end of Logan) then using the decaying skeleton to fend off a group of mysterious assassins. Deadpool has been trying to find some way to use his power as a force of good but, rejected by the Avengers, has become a used car salesman after breaking up with his girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). At his birthday party the Time Variance Authority (TV… text/html 2024-12-16T19:36:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/786 Review of 'Red One' When Santa, aka “Red One” (J.K. Simmons), is kidnapped from his North Pole base on Christmas Eve it is up to his commander of ELF (Enforcement Logistics and Fortification) and head of security Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson) to rescue him. It is soon clear that the secret location of Santa's base was leaked by an unsuspecting Jack O'Malley (Chris Evans), a hacker-for-hire and Christmas cynic. M.O.R.A (Mythological Oversight and Restoration Authority) director Zoe Harlow (… text/html 2025-03-08T15:43:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/798 Review of 'The Lost City' Dr. Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) writes romance novels featuring Dr. Angela Lovemore, and her romantic interest, Dash McMahon. The somewhat dim cover model Alan Caprison (Channing Tatum) seems to believe he IS Dash, with a gregarious personality that greatly conflicts with Loretta's quiet and reflective one. The two are forced together by Lorretta's publisher Beth Hatten (Da'Vine Joy Randolph) to promote her latest novel. Meanwhile, billionaire Abigail Fairfax (… text/html 2025-03-23T16:01:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/801 Review of 'Charlie's Angels' Charlie's first and original assistant John “Bosley” (Patrick Stewart) has retired leaving a network of “Bosley” operatives working for Townsend Agency around the world. Scientist Elena Houghlin (Naomi Scott) has created Calisto, a powerful and portable electricity source, but she realizes there is a flaw that could allow the device to be used as a weapon but her superior the self-serving Peter Fleming (Nat Faxon) dismisses her concerns as does the head of the c… text/html 2025-05-04T14:25:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/806 Review of 'Hellboy: The Crooked Man' In the 1950s, Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD) agents Hellboy (Jack Kesy) and Bobbie Jo Song (Adeline Rudolph) are left stranded in the Appalachian Mountains when a supernatural spider they are transporting grows to enormous proportions, causing the train car to overturn. They meet local Tom Ferrell (Jefferson White) who wants to speak with Cora Fisher (Hannah Margetson), a witch and Tom's ex-girlfriend but they discover her house is emp… text/html 2025-06-01T13:53:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/809 Review of 'Man of Steel' Another retelling of the Superman origin story sees Henry Cavill slipping into the blue and red suit. On the planet of Krypton facing imminent destruction due to an unstable core rebel military leader General Zod (Michael Shannon) wishes to evacuate selected bloodlines while scientist Jor-El (Russel Crowe) does not agree that they should play God by deciding which bloodlines should survive. Escaping from Zod, Jor-El steals the Codex containing genetic details of th… text/html 2025-06-07T15:58:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/810 Review of 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning ' 8th film in the 'Mission: Impossible' series Two years after the events of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, IMF agents Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and Grace (Hayley Atwell) continue to pursue Gabriel (Esai Morales) who after working for the artificial intelligence known as the text/html 2025-06-07T15:58:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/811 Review of 'Mission: Impossible' 1st film in the 'Mission: Impossible' series Based on the television series of the same name, this first instalment in Tom Cruise's “Mission: Impossible” franchise sees Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) as an agent of an Impossible Missions Force (IMF) team led by Jim Phelps (Jon Voight). Tasked with stopping a rogue agent from stealing the CIA's NOC (non-official cover) list. When the operation goes wrong, all members of the team including Phelps are killed but Hunt e… text/html 2025-06-07T15:58:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/812 Review of 'Mission: Impossible II' 2nd film in the 'Mission: Impossible' series You know with John Woo directing this film will be an action-heavy and it certainly is after the more cerebral first [/reviews/film/action/811|Mission: Impossible]] outing. text/html 2025-06-07T15:58:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/813 Review of 'Mission: Impossible III' 3rd film in the 'Mission: Impossible' series IMF agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has retired as an active agent instead training new recruits and engaged to Julia Meade (Michelle Monaghan) where he lives a double-life as a somewhat boring text/html 2025-06-07T16:52:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/814 Review of 'Captain America: Brave New World' Five months into his role as president the aging Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Harrison Ford) sends Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), now “Captain America” and Joaquin Torres (Danny Ramirez), now text/html 2025-07-26T14:11:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/818 Review of 'Joker: Folie A Deux' In this dark, surreal sequel to Joker Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) is institutionalized in Arkham State Hospital awaiting trial for his crimes. He finds himself attracted to fellow inmate Harleen “Lee” Quinzel (Lady Gaga) who he meets in a music class. She idealizes Joker including his televised murder of Murray Franklin, a feeling shared by the Joker's many fans who loudly protest outside his trial. Encouraging Fleck to embrace the Joker side of his pers… text/html 2025-08-02T13:24:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/819 Review of 'F1' After a horrific crash in a Formula 1 race in 1993 Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) lives in a van and has struggled in his personal life with gambling and failed marriages. Following a win at the Daytona 24 hour race Sonny is approached by team owner Chip Hart (Shea Whigham) to join his team full-time but he declines. Later in a laundromat he is approached by former driver Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem) who now owns the APXGP Formula 1 team but now fears for it's future which can o… text/html 2025-08-02T14:10:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/820 Review of 'Venom: The Last Dance ' The final Venom film sees Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) with his Symbiote Venom returning to Earth-688 following the events of the second film (“Venom: Let There be Carnage”). Meanwhile, ancient symbiote god Knull (Andy Serkis) imprisoned on the planet Klyntar seeks a text/html 2025-08-02T14:55:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/821 Review of 'The Amateur' CIA cryptographer Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) is devastated when his wife Sarah (Rachel Brosnahan) is killed in a terrorist attack in London. He discovers that his own agency have been involved in orchestrating drone strikes disguised as suicide bombings, implicating his own boss Alex Moore (Holt McCallany). Determined to seek justice Charlie identifies the four assailants responsible for Sarah's death and demands that a reluctant Moore send him to text/html 2025-08-02T15:33:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/822 Review of 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps ' The latest reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise sees us transported to a retro-futuristic 1960s-inspired Earth where the Fantastic Four - Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), wife Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby), brother Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) - Serve as defenders of the planet, having been mutated into superheroes following a freak space accident. A mysterious alien riding a cosmic surfboard, the text/html 2025-08-09T14:45:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/824 Review of 'Gran Turismo' Based on a real story, “Gran Turismo” is a hugely popular computer racing games whose creators are famous for striving for perfection in accurately simulating the racing experience with meticulous attention to detail in the cars and the driving experience. Nissan marketing executive Danny Moore (Orlando Bloom) comes up with the idea of a text/html 2025-09-27T17:03:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/831 Review of 'Thunderbolts*' After destroying a laboratory on behalf of CIA director Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) to cover up her involvement in O.X.E. Group's “Sentry” superhuman project, Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) is sent along with other superhero misfits John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ava Starr (Hannah John-Kamen), and Antonia Dreykov (aka Taskmaster, played by Olga Kurylenko) to a covert O.X.E facility. The group immediately start fighting each other and unwittingl… text/html 2025-09-27T17:27:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/832 Review of 'Taxi' Based on the 1998 French film Taxi by Luc Besson, this American adaptation sees speed-loving bicycle messenger Belle (Queen Latifah) quitting her job when she receives her taxi licence. On her first day in her souped-up taxi hapless cop Detective Washburn (Jimmy Fallon) jumps in her cab and has her chase a group of bank robbers. The thieves manage to escape and Belle's cab is impounded for evidence while Washburn is dressed down by his boss. Getting the taxi of out the im… text/html 2025-11-02T18:25:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/836 Review of 'Twisters ' We follow Kate Carter (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a former storm chaser and meteorologist, who is drawn back to Oklahoma’s tornado-prone plains to test cutting-edge weather-tracking technology with a team working for Storm Par. Kate moved away from her research into stopping tornados following a tragedy five years earlier where three of her team are killed in a violent storm. Haunted by the tragedy, Kate soon realizes the company she works for is not as altruistic as she tho… text/html 2025-11-09T15:45:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/839 Review of 'The Running Man' With the new (2025) remake of this film/story I thought it would be good to have a look the 1987 “original” of “The Running Man”. We are told that in the year 2017 (!) the world economy has collapsed and the US is now a police state with the media tightly controlled. Police officer Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is flying a helicopter to a food riot but rebels when told to fire on the unarmed civilians. A few months later in prison he escapes along with t… text/html 2025-11-15T17:55:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/840 Review of 'Back in Action' Tasked with obtaining a device that can control any electronic system the plane containing CIA agents Matt (Jamie Foxx), his pregnant fiancé Emily (Cameron Diaz) and the key is ambushed by operatives employed by Polish KGB agent-turned terrorist Balthazzar Gor (Robert Besta) then crashes resulting in the pair deciding to go off grid to escape capture. Fifteen years later the pair are married and have two children text/html 2026-01-10T15:36:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/847 Review of 'Die Hard 2 ("Die Harder")' 2nd film in the 'Die Hard' series A year after the events of Die Hard, John McClane (Bruce Willis) once again faces a group of terrorists threatening an airport. On Christmas Eve, McClane is at a very snowy Washington Dulles International Airport to meet wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) arriving from Los Angeles. When McClane sees two men looking suspicious he follows them into the baggage area and a shoot-out ensues. He is even more concerned after learnin… text/html 2026-01-31T17:09:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/854 Review of 'Madame Web' In 1973 Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim) and pregnant colleague Constance Webb (Kerry Bishe) are searching for a spider in the jungles of Peru that can potentially cure hundreds of diseases. When Constance eventually finds the spider, Ezekiel kills everyone on their team to take the spider for his own, leaving Constance for dead. She is found by an indigenous tribe who fail to save her but are able to save the child. 30 years later the socially distant Cassandra Webb (Dak… text/html 2026-02-21T16:56:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/858 Review of 'Golden Kamuy' Japanese soldier Saichi Sugimoto (Kento Yamazaki) fought in Russo-Japanese War of 1904 at 203 Meter Hill, China where there was mass slaughter on both sides. He is reputed to be immortal as he appears to have survived so many harrowing situations. He learns of the local Ainu tribe secretly collecting massive quantities of gold to protect their sacred land. The gold was stollen by the crazy Noppera-Bo who hid it somewhere in Hokkaido. When captured and sent to pri… text/html 2026-03-24T19:07:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/864 Review of 'Fall Guy' Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) is seriously hurt when filming a film stunt causing him to abandon his career and his relationship with camerawoman Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt). 18 months later working as a hotel valet he is convinced to return to films by film producer Gail Meyer (Hannah Waddingham) when she informs him that Jody has achieved her dream directing her first film. Travelling to Australia Colt sees the production is going very badly with the s… text/html 2026-03-24T19:07:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/introduction Action Who can not love an action film? Oh, well, I suppose some people. But it is nice to sometimes turn off the brain and enjoy the ride...Sometimes you might even be surprised. Highest Rated The following action/adventure films I have found to be a 5 out of 5 text/html 2026-03-24T19:07:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://stevedrice.net/reviews/film/action/list List