A retired black-ops assassin seeks revenge against a predatory phishing ring in The Beekeeper. Adam Clay (Jason Statham) has been living a quiet life working as a beekeeper on the farm of Eloise Parker (Phylicia Rashad). However, Eloise falls victim to a computer phishing scam, which empties her accounts, including over $2 million in charity…
The elite team of mercenaries fight to prevent the start of World War III in Expend4bles. The Expendables mercenary team consisting of Barney Ross (Sylvester Stalone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture), and new members Easy Day (Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson) and Galan (Jacob Scipio) are assigned by their…
It is the beginning of the end of The Fast Saga with Fast X. While enjoying family life with Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez) and his son Little Brian (Leo Abelo Perry), Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) is visited by a bloody Cipher (Charlize Theron). The Cipher’s criminal organization was hostility taken over by Dante Reyes (Jason…
The bitter rivals have to team together to save the world in Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw. Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) is called in by the CIA and forced to reluctantly team with his hated rival Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) to recover a killer virus that was supposed stolen by a rogue MI6…
Dominic Toretto seemingly turns his back on family in The Fate of the Furious. While on honeymoon in Cuba with Letty Ortiz (Michelle Rodriguez), Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) is approached by cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron), who blackmails Dom into betraying his family, which he does while performing a job for Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson). After the…
The team of mercenaries recruit new blood to face an old foe in The Expendables 3. After freeing imprisoned Expendables member Doc (Wesley Snipes), Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) leads his team of Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture), and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) to intercept an arms deal. Barney…
For this month’s blindspot, I go back to 1998 and the debut film of British director Guy Ritchie, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Four friends, Eddie (Nick Moran), Tom (Jason Flemyng), Bacon (Jason Statham), and Soap (Dexter Fletcher), pool together £100,000 as the buy-in for a high-stakes card game Eddie is playing against crime…
When The Expendables came out in 2010, it was advertised as being the ultimate all-star action film. While it still turned out OK enough, it didn’t really turn out to be the film that it was hyped up to be. The Expendables 2, on the other hand, is exactly the film that I was expecting the…
For my final film of Hot Docs, I saw this French documentary that filmed the recruitment process for an insurance company. Ten job seekers come in for the job, not even being told what it is, and they go through a recruitment process that I can best describe as both shocking and enthralling. To call…
Considering all the hype that went into this film, it end up with more a whimper than a bang. It was alright enough a film, but it was a far cry from “the action film to end all action films.” Probably the most hyped scene in the movie that united Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, and…
