Part One – Action, Drama, Thriller, Comedy & Horror – Monday 4th February “It’s Monday, Monday, shiny new release day!” That was just a sneaky little peek of a song I’ve been working on. That’s all I have so far but I only started it three months ago, so give a guy a break.And speaking [...]
I’ll tell you this straight away to avoid any confusion: this film pissed me off. Taken was an unexpected treasure, a neck-breaking, no-prisoner-taking (well, one prisoner, but he was hooked up to the mains and tortured), rock-hard, man-on-a-mission movie in the Point Blank/Man On Fire mould (Point Blank, not Break). Liam Neeson cut a swath [...]
Back in 2009 Taken was an unexpected sleeper hit and pulled in over $220 million worldwide, the sequel has shot straight to the top of the charts with an opening day of $18.4 million in the US. The movie has had several scenes cut and toned down to ensure a 12A certificate in the UK, [...]
2009’s unexpected hit Taken propelled Liam Neeson to action hero status, last year’s Unknown might have been a bit by the numbers, and lets not talk about Battleship or Wrath of The Titans. The Grey was pretty good though. Taken 2 sees Neeson back as retired CIA Operative Bryan Mills, and those “special set of [...]
Many happy returns to Sean Young (born 1959-)! The poor thing has had many ups and downs in her career: she was cast as Vicki Vale in Tim Burton’s Batman, only to be replaced by Kim Basinger at the last minute when she broke her arm while horse riding; then, after the film was a staggering success and she [...]
