The Night Comes For UsFirst off, Iko Uwais does not age. He looks younger here than he did in The Raid . Much like its spiritual predecessor and said predecessor's sequel , The Night Comes For Us is a gloriously violent fi…Cory Dransfeldt·6d ago·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
Pretty LethalC4? I mean, I see at least 16. If you know anything about Pretty Lethal going in, you know that it's bound to be an absurd film. It knows that and is gleeful in its execution. A ballerina troupe is se…Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 9·2 min readFollowthrillerhorrormusicaction
They Will Kill YouWhen the poor give to the rich, the devil laughs. — Benvenuto Cellini Movies like They Will Kill You are funny in that they're clearly about class warfare and position themselves, narratively, on the …Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 8·2 min readFollowhorroractioncomedy
The Way of the GunKarma? Karma's only justice without the satisfaction. I don't believe in justice. A weaving, vicious film, The Way of the Gun kicks off with a drawn-out, wildly offensive screed by Sarah Silverman (wh…Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 4·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeactiondrama
Riders of JusticeMads Mikkelson is a gift. While Riders of Justice sits comfortably within the action genre, there is so much subtly and nuance surrounding that gunfire filled core. It's a movie about the unpredictabl…Cory Dransfeldt·May 27·2 min readFollowthrilleractioncomedydrama
CopshopI drew ya a dick. It just got weird. Well, it's gonna get weirder. Copshop starts at a jog, lurches around and then flips over, skids, giggles and takes off at a run as soon as Toby Huss shows up. Thi…Cory Dransfeldt·May 25·1 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
The Punisher: One Last KillOne batch, two batch, penny and dime... I enjoy the hell out of everything Jon Bernthal does. Whether that's in The Punisher , We Own This City , brief appearances in The Amateur or when I had the opp…Cory Dransfeldt·May 13·1 min readFollowcrimeactiondrama
Ready or Not 2: Here I ComeCan I have a cigarette? Ready or Not 2 such a wonderful, over the top, gleeful exercise in horror, satanism and camp. The Faculty is perhaps my all time favorite movie, so seeing Elijah Wood and Shawn…Cory Dransfeldt·May 7·2 min readFollowthrillerhorroractioncomedy
War MachineAlan Ritchson is great in these roles — particularly Reacher . There's nothing new, nothing novel, nothing terribly admirable about War Machine . 81 (Ritchson) loses his brother, he becomes an army ra…Cory Dransfeldt·Mar 18·1 min readFollowscifithrilleraction
F1I put off watching F1 until now because I don't like the whole vroom vroom race cars go fast thing — but — I wasn't really right to do so. Yes, it's about racing. It's focused in on it, it's the core …Cory Dransfeldt·Mar 4·2 min readFollowactiondrama
Fight or FlightFight or Flight . Fight on Flight. Fight and Flight. Fight in Flight. JUST KILD SOMONE This movie is violent and completely, unabashedly absurd. I've loved Josh Hartnett since The Faculty and it's ref…Cory Dransfeldt·Mar 2·1 min readFollowthrilleractioncomedy
Sisu: Road to RevengeMuch like the first Sisu film , Sisu: Road to Revenge is unrelentingly violent, action-packed and helmed by the stoic, silent Aatami Korpi. The guy lost his family and all he wants is to move his hous…Cory Dransfeldt·Feb 5·1 min readFollowactionwar
Greenland 2: MigrationTo survive the apocalypse in Europe, all you need to do is ask for help. How do you know you're in Europe? Post-apocalyptic European infrastructure is better than pre-apocalyptic American infrastructu…Cory Dransfeldt·Jan 27·1 min readFollowscifithrilleractionadventure
The RipThe Rip is a good heist movie. I love a good heist movie. It's not exceptional, but it's entertaining as hell and, frankly, rips. You could not ask for a better cast for a bottled up, tense whodunnit …Cory Dransfeldt·Jan 23·1 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
The Running ManThe most depressing part of this movie is that it's set in 2026. Taps the sign. Science fiction is often a warning, but The Running Man feels so close to the present moment that it's a warning that we…Cory Dransfeldt·Dec 18·1 min readFollowthrilleraction
TRON: AresTRON: Ares is a move that's easy to feel conflicted about first and foremost because of Jared Leto's inclusion in a leading role. The guy is at best extremely odd and clearly, well, not at his best. B…Cory Dransfeldt·Dec 4·1 min readFollowscifiactionadventure
Predator: BadlandsI so very much wanted to love Predator: Badlands , but it ended up being resoundingly mediocre. Picture a Predator movie made by Disney and that's what you have here. There are some Mandalorian vibes …Cory Dransfeldt·Dec 1·1 min readFollowscifiactionadventure
The HuntI vaguely remember some controversy around this movie when it was first on its way to a release. Having watched it, it feels to farcical and stupid to have been controversial. It picks the worst caric…Cory Dransfeldt·Nov 20·1 min readFollowthrillerhorroraction
One Battle After AnotherI thought you took AP Common Sense? A perfect movie for which I have heaps of praise and a dearth of criticism. This is easily the movie of the year. It's heartfelt and fucking hilarious. It couldn't …Cory Dransfeldt·Nov 18·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
HierarchyHierarchy aspires to be Heat on a shoestring budget but, instead, ends up bogged down by uneven performances. It features an understated score, disembodied narration voiced by one of the leads and ple…Cory Dransfeldt·Oct 28·1 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
She Rides ShotgunRemember, kids : how do you know a law enforcement officer is corrupt? That they're wearing a badge is a good indicator and, if they're not wearing a badge, that's an even better indicator. She Rides …Cory Dransfeldt·Oct 14·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
Primitive War🇺🇸🇻🇳🇷🇺🦖🦕🪖🔪👨🏻🔬🧨🚁 Oh, good. We're following a junkie into hell. The best war movies are often the ones made by folks who don't have historical ties to it and thus benefit from some dista…Cory Dransfeldt·Oct 2·1 min readFollowhorroractionwar
The Fantastic 4: First StepsThere's a sad irony to Marvel movies being made by a company as cowardly as Disney. I mean, much of the recent Marvel output has been barely better than awful, but still. Offer your audience heroes wh…Cory Dransfeldt·Sep 25·3 min readFollowscifiactionadventure
Nobody 2All he wanted to do was take his family to a weird theme park he had a good memory of from childhood. But hey, sometimes that theme park is operated by a criminal beholden to an even scarier criminal …Cory Dransfeldt·Sep 16·1 min readFollowthrilleraction
Mission: Impossible - The Final ReckoningI kill people. Tramell Tillman should get every role he wants. The man is a treasure. Your project will be better because he's involved. We need to be kicking more people in the head while lecturing t…Cory Dransfeldt·Aug 18·1 min readFollowthrilleractionadventure
40 AcresThis was a wonderful, harrowing surprise. I love post-apocalyptic explorations whether they're movies, shows or books and went into this knowing enjoy it based purely on that. Danielle Deadwyler shine…Cory Dransfeldt·Aug 17·2 min readFollowthrillerhorroractiondrama
SupermanKindness is punk. Superman is an immigrant and Homelander is the villain. Right? But hey, go ahead and argue about manufactured outrages because you're fragile and easily enraged. James Gunn clearly h…Cory Dransfeldt·Aug 16·1 min readFollowscifiactionadventure
Thunderbolts*Cucumber, Cucumber, Cucumber! New Marvel movies are at their best when they're irreverent and self-deprecating. They were novel initially, slowly came more polished after Disney acquired the rights to…Cory Dransfeldt·Jul 9·2 min readFollowactionadventure
BallerinaYou couldn't ask more of a spinoff in the John Wick . I hesitate to say this was perfect, but it's very, very close. I mean, really close. Razor close. None of these movies shy away from violence. The…Cory Dransfeldt·Jul 8·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
Jurassic World RebirthWe're far, far past the point where new entries into the Jurassic Park franchise are necessary. That they're no longer necessary does not preclude them from being fun and this was certainly fun. Chris…Cory Dransfeldt·Jul 7·2 min readFollowactionadventure
The Raid 2🔨🔨⚾️ This manages to surpass The Raid . I didn't expect it to. Sequels rarely surpass the movie(s) that preceded them and they often can't exist without the context provided by those preceding films…Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 18·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
The RaidI'd never heard of The Raid until I watched Havoc . Gareth Edwards directed both, the later was superb and the former — this particular movie — is essential. Whenever anyone holds up a list of action …Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 13·2 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
The AmateurI feel safe saying that this is my favorite action movie of the year so far. That may change when the new John Wick spinoff is released, but for now this is firmly in first place. The Amateur manages …Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 10·2 min readFollowthrilleraction
Venom: The Last DanceA little bit of family-friendly Deadpool , some Power Rangers vibes, a dance scene with Mrs. Chen who happens to be in Vegas at exactly the wrong time and a Maroon 5 tune. Venom: The Ted Lasso Crossov…Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 9·1 min readFollowscifiactionadventure
The Accountant²Alright, let's get this out of the way: the premise of this movie and the original are ridiculous on their face. Next, I will watch anything with Jon Bernthal in it. No questions asked. He's in the ca…Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 5·1 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
VenomThis manages to be more enjoyable than a lot of recent Marvel movies simply by not taking itself so seriously. Venom is juvenile — sometimes to a fault, but it's not unbearably serious to the point th…Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 4·1 min readFollowscifiactionadventure
HavocAnother Netflix Christmas movie. A $90,000,000 budget? That is wild. But it's good, it's the best Netflix movie I can remember watching (it's either that good or their movies are that forgettable — yo…Cory Dransfeldt·Jun 3·3 min readFollowthrillercrimeaction
NovocaineFor a movie that isn't stellar and that doesn't step outside the bounds of genre expectations, Novocaine is a ton of fun. That's in no small part due to the fact that Jack Quid is every bit as charism…Cory Dransfeldt·May 31·1 min readFollowthrilleractioncomedy
Red PlanetFuck this planet. Right? There's a vocal set that insists on going to a dust ball that's not designed to kill us, but everything about it makes it perfect to kill us. Why? Hubris, probably hubris. The…Cory Dransfeldt·May 26·1 min readFollowscifithrilleraction
Flight Risk🍜🫎👮🏻♀️🛫🗻🔪🛬🚒🚑 Add Topher Grace to the list of folks who never seem to age. Trust, trust, everything comes down to trust. Can you trust Winston to flip and act as a reliable witness? Can you …Cory Dransfeldt·Apr 15·2 min readFollowthrilleraction
