There are many iconic moments in SICARIO, but the one that sticks in my mind is the one where dedicated and upright FBI agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) is being given the lowdown from glib and slippery DOJ agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) about what winning the war on drugs will really entail. The camera… Read More »
CENTURION
CENTURION mixes a thoroughly honorable high-mindedness with frequent and jarring examples of torture porn. While the ethics of using human beings as pawns in political games is the central theme of the story, the execution is less than astute. What may have aspired to be an intelligent action flick is instead a standard chase flick… Read More »
RAMBO
The key to why the film RAMBO exists may well boil down to something a mercenary says to the title character. I’m only here because of my ex-wife and three kids. Which is to say we all have bills to pay and responsibilities to meet and why should Sylvester Stallone be any different? The mercenary,… Read More »