A Good Day to Die Hard – John McClane’s much awaited return, the 5th in the Die Hard series – is a total rubbish movie. There, I said it. There’s a dad-son thing, something about getting a Russian businessman out of the country. Which means: lots of chasing about, killing bad guys – McClane actually…
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The Debt takes as its center-piece a fictional 1960’s era attempt by a trio of loyal Israelis to kidnap a hideously unrepentant Nazi war criminal out of East Germany and spirit him back to Jerusalem for trial. The attempt goes awry, and the three are forced into a series of course-changes and compromises that effectively…
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Jason Statham gets his kit off, and gets it on with a Ukrainian redhead, in the latest of the Transporter installments. This is, I guess, what counts for emotional development in the movies, nowadays. Reprising his role as the taciturn Frank Martin, the lithe, wiry, balletic Mr. Statham is once again forced into service driving…
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