RED

RED

The selling point of this film, based on a graphic novel, is the age of the lead actors, who all play retired spies forced back into action. Everything in the film is appropriately tongue-in-cheek, however the film does turn out to be a fairly decent action film in its own right.  While you would expect…

The Losers

The Losers

You can probably admit that The Losers is not the most well known comic series to adapt into the film (I sure didn’t know about it).  In addition, this is probably not the most star-studded film (the highest profile actor probably being Zoe Saldana, who came off a stellar year last year). That said, I…

Doomsday

Doomsday

I’ve probably said this a million times by now, but Doomsday is what you get when you take films such as 28 Days Later, The Road Warrior, The Warriors, and Escape from New York and combine them with a dash of Excalibur. So yeah, the film is not that original and that is probably its…

Sunshine

Sunshine

Danny Boyle, known for Trainspotting and 28 Days Later enters the Sci-Fi genre with Sunshine. In fact there are quite a few technical similarities between this film and 28 Days Later. They both have the same director (Boyle), screenwriter (Alex Garland), star (Cillian Murphy), and composer (John Murphy). The film even features Rose Byrne (one…