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Underworld and Underworld: Evolution

by Stuart Henderson

[8.Feb.09] :. Whereas The Matrix relied on hyper-cool outfits and the beauty of stylized action sequences to help tell its weird little story, Underworld relies on them to try to make us forget that we are watching a story this insipid.

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Cleaner

by Jesse Hassenger

[2.Jun.08] :. Director Harlin's cinematic GPA constantly dips over and under the line between B-movie bliss and C-movie oblivion.

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The Perfect Lean, Mean, Macho Machine

by Marco Lanzagorta

[26.Mar.08] :. The Die Hard series is a true rollercoaster of visual excesses guaranteed to raise the viewer’s adrenaline levels – while invoking intriguing ideological and cultural subtexts that deal with race, gender, masculinity, and social anxieties.

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Live Free or Die Hard

by Bill Gibron

[3.Jan.08] :. Bruce Willis' career may not have mandated a fourth trip into Die Hard territory. Who knew that action fans needed it so badly?

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Film Feature

Die Hard Neocon

by Michael Serazio

[3.Jul.07] :. In yet another Die Hard film this summer, Bruce Willis will reprise his role as John McClane. But can the public stomach the implicit politics that animate him?

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News

If new ‘Die Hard’ is a hit, Timothy Olyphant can live free

by Marijke Rowland [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[29.Jun.07] :. MODESTO, Calif.—If you’re going to go big, go big. If you’re going to go bad, go bad. If you’re going to go big and bad, go “Die Hard.” For 39-year-old Timothy...

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Bruce Willis talks about the tardy return of his tough-guy alter ego

by Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[27.Jun.07] :. Bruce Willis shoots into the hotel suite like a blue-eyed bullet, head shaved, T white, jeans pale as his orbs. The wiry actor is trim, more like a spokesmodel for the imaginary health supplement...

 

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Jun.07] :. Bruce Willis as John McClane is back, recalling all the retro rightness and righteousness he first incarnated in 1988.

 

Mr. Cool: Bruce Willis returning to ‘Die Hard’ after 12 years

by Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[14.Jun.07] :. "Fifty percent of the time I'm right, but 50 percent of the time I'm just as wrong," he says in response to a question about his knack for choosing projects like "Die Hard" (1988) and "The Sixth Sense" (1999).

 

The Covenant (2006)

by Jesse Hassenger

[16.Jan.07] :. All the stuff that should be cool feels only listless.

 

Underworld: Evolution (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[20.Jan.06] :. Race here is not an inherent or stable identity, but mutable and mutating.

 

Mindhunters (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Sep.05] :. While the accumulating bodies and declarations of motive are unclever, Mindhunters does make good (if not quite enough) use of LL Cool J.

 

Mindhunters (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[13.May.05] :. In Mindhunters, the relationship between realness and not is especially fraught.

 

Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Aug.04] :. Father Merrin, action hero. Who could have imagined it?"

 

Predator: Collector’s Edition (1987)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Aug.04] :. Taut and relentless, Predator pares down, stage by stage.

 

Underworld: Extended Cut (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.May.04] :. Such contrasts make Underworld an especially good-looking vampire-werewolf-action film, even if it is over-the-top.

 

Underworld (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Jan.04] :. Underworld has more on its mind than matching its throbbing rock soundtrack to action sequences.

 

Underworld (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Sep.03] :. The primary point is the look -- the drenching rain, the blazing gunfire, the catsuit.

 

Basic (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[28.Mar.03] :. As its title suggests, John McTiernan's new action-thriller, 'Basic' is not very new.

 

Rollerball (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Feb.02] :. PULL.

 

Driven (2001)

by Robert Ara Svihla

While 'Driven' shows cars crashing exceedingly well, the people part only functions to keep the film from coming off like a late night infomercial for an exploitative 'Greatest Car Crashes' videotape -- not available in stores!"