Iron Man 3 is an intelligent, funny, and charming take on the Superhero Action genre. The third (and final?) installment in the Iron Man franchise is a worthy -- although altogether different -- successor to the previous blockbusters. Iron Man 2 was in the rare class of sequels that many considered equal if not superior to the original. Iron Man 3 isn’t better than its predecessors. It isn’t worse, either. It is decidedly different.
The main premise of Iron Man 3 is that Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) -- not Tony Stark in a super high tech suit of armor
Olympus Has Fallen
by Ronald A. Rowe April 10th, 2013 | Action, Movie Reviews
In the two and a half decades since Die Hard pioneered a sub-genre of action films, the “40 stories. Twelve terrorists. One Cop.” formula has been copied over and over again. We’ve seen Die Hard on a Boat, Die Hard on a Plane, Die Hard on a Bus, etc., etc. The latest entry in the long line of Die Hard knock offs is Die Hard in the White House, better known as Olympus Has Fallen.
One of the enjoyable facets of this category of film is the cleverness of the villain’s plan to take over the office building, battleship, airplane,
One of the enjoyable facets of this category of film is the cleverness of the villain’s plan to take over the office building, battleship, airplane,
GI Joe Retaliation Delivers Kid-Friendly Action
by Ronald A. Rowe April 2nd, 2013 | Action, Movie Reviews
Fans of GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra may feel a strange disconnect when watching the sequel, GI Joe: Retaliation. Many of the characters, good and bad, from the original were oddly absent from the follow up. Gone without mention are old favorites Heavy Duty, Scarlett, Breaker, Ripcord, the Baroness, and General Hawk.
Duke, the hero of the first GI Joe film, and pretty much every incarnation of the Joes since the early 1980s, got short shrift in the sequel despite the star power of Channing Tatum who reprised the role ... for about 15 minutes. I’m not sure if
Duke, the hero of the first GI Joe film, and pretty much every incarnation of the Joes since the early 1980s, got short shrift in the sequel despite the star power of Channing Tatum who reprised the role ... for about 15 minutes. I’m not sure if
The Call
by Ronald A. Rowe March 19th, 2013 | Action, Movie Reviews
OK, movie buffs. Here are the past, present, and future rules when you are in a life threatening situation: Do not go after your cell phone when it falls in a hole in the ground that you just discovered and never, ever turn your back on the psycho you just hit on the head and knocked out. He or she is never out cold and will always get up. I hope that we are now clear about the rules. Now on with the review. I won’t worry about spoilers here since you can gather 90% of the plot from
Dead Man Down Surprises
by Ronald A. Rowe March 13th, 2013 | Action, Movie Reviews
Dead Man Down is a strange bird of a movie. It is billed as an Action- Crime- Drama but it is more of a Romantic- Action- Suspense- Crime- Shoot-’Em-Up- Drama. I don’t think Netflix has a category for that.
Dead Man Down gets off to a bit of a rocky start as character after character is introduced without any real sense of their relative importance or their roll to play. Backstories are filled in only after the initial introductions are made. Alphonse (Terrance Howard) is a crime lord of some ill-defined sort with a problem of some ill-defined sort. Darcy
Dead Man Down gets off to a bit of a rocky start as character after character is introduced without any real sense of their relative importance or their roll to play. Backstories are filled in only after the initial introductions are made. Alphonse (Terrance Howard) is a crime lord of some ill-defined sort with a problem of some ill-defined sort. Darcy