Expert thief Parker (Mark Wahlberg) finds himself forced to work with the woman who double crossed him and his crew in order to take down the score of a lifetime. Play Dirty has all of the credentials to be an exceptional action comedy. It is based on the Parker book series by Donald E. Westlake … Continue reading Play Dirty
A highly sophisticated AI Program known as Ares (Jared Leto) is sent into the real world to capture the “permanence code”. The next step in the digital technology war being played out by giant technology corporations ENCOM and Dillinger. Tron is a rather odd franchise for Disney in that it is a series only loosely … Continue reading Tron: Ares
After spending his youth as a revolutionary demolitions expert “Bob” (Leonardo DiCaprio) has been living under the radar with his daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti). That is until old adversary Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw (Sean Penn) tracks them down. One Battle After Another is true to its title and careers from one tense showdown to another. … Continue reading One Battle After Another
Hank (Austin Butler) is a bartender in New York whose life gets turned upside down when his British neighbour Gus (Matt Smith) asks him to look after his cat as he heads home to see his ailing father. Because it seems Gus has something that a number of undesirable groups of people are after, which … Continue reading Caught Stealing
Disgraced former Secret Service Agent Lucas Reyes (Josh Hartnett) is given a shot at redemption when a Government Agency finds themselves desperately in need of a highly skilled agent in a location where they are suddenly bereft of them. If Lucas can board a flight from Bangkok to San Francisco, locate a criminal known only … Continue reading Fight or Flight
Hutch Mansell (Bob Odenkirk) is feeling a bit burnt out by his new life as a fixer. It turns out killing people for a living can be just as dull as being a part of the rat race. So he decides to take his family on holiday to Plummerville, a small resort his father once … Continue reading Nobody 2
The UK Prime Minister (Idris Elba) and the US President (John Cena) are forced to work together when they survive an assassination attempt by an unknown adversary. But these Heads of State despise each other and bicker and argue through their odd couple action heroics. Heads of State really epitomises the "straight to streaming" action … Continue reading Heads of State
On Earth 828 The Fantastic Four are celebrating their fourth anniversary of being protectors of their world as they prepare to welcome a new addition to their cosmic powered family and face their greatest adversary yet: Galactus the Devourer of Worlds. It is a huge relief to be able to say The Fantastic Four: First … Continue reading The Fantastic Four: First Steps
As public opinion of Superman (David Corenswet) turns negative following an international incident, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) sees it as an opportunity to destroy him. The latest iteration of Superman eschews an origin story and places us in a world where “meta-humans” are the norm. It opens with a write up that establishes that Superman … Continue reading Superman
In 2017 following an economic collapse the U.S. has become a totalitarian police state. When Captain Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) refuses to fire on unarmed civilians rioting for food he is relieved of command and later framed for their massacre and sent to a work camp. Following his escape and recapture he is forced to … Continue reading The Running Man
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