The Bourne Identity (2002) Review
The Bourne Identity (2002) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Doug Liman fought the studio through a chaotic shoot, put a fight scene in a Paris apartment with a ballpoint pen, and reset what an action film…
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ActionThe Dark Tower (2017) Review
The Dark Tower (2017) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Eight novels written across thirty-four years were compressed into ninety-five minutes, which is the shortest running time any studio fantasy has attempted this century. Idris Elba and…
ActionThe Day After Tomorrow (2004) Review
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) rates 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Roland Emmerich froze the northern hemisphere in about a week, which is roughly ten thousand times faster than any climate model permits, and produced the most…
ActionIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Review
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) rates 4 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A hundred and eighty-five million dollars, seven hundred and ninety million back, and it is still the film that damaged the…
ActionIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Review
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) rates 1 out of 10 on the rewatch scale, and that is generous. Three hundred and eighty-seven million dollars, a loss of a hundred and thirty-four million, and trash from the first…
ActionJohn Wick (2014) Review
John Wick (2014) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Two stuntmen directed it for twenty million dollars, put the camera far enough back to see the whole body, and built an entire criminal economy out of about…
ActionGods of Egypt (2016) Review
Gods of Egypt (2016) rates 4 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A hundred and forty million dollars of genuine visual ambition attached to a script nobody appears to have argued with. Gerard Butler is the only person on…
ActionDistrict 9 (2009) Review
District 9 (2009) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A first-time director shot an alien occupation film in a real Soweto township for thirty million dollars, cast his friend who had never acted, and got a Best…
ActionTombstone (1993) Review
Tombstone (1993) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The credited writer was fired a month into shooting, the credited director may not have directed it, and the result is the most quotable Western ever made. Val Kilmer…
ActionThe Time Machine (2002) Review
The Time Machine (2002) rates 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. H. G. Wells's great-grandson directed it, collapsed from exhaustion, and Gore Verbinski shot the last eighteen days. The first act is genuinely good and the film throws…
ActionWorld War Z (2013) Review
World War Z (2013) rates 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A great book turned into a competent chase film with the structure removed first. The Jerusalem sequence is worth the ticket and nothing else is.
ActionBeyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) Review
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) rates 3 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A sequel that kept the upturned hull and threw away the reason it worked. Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, and no idea what to do…