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Reviews

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

By David Sanjek

Carpenter refuses to reduce the violence to a sideshow of blood squibs or special effects pyrotechnics. [7 April 2003]

Ghosts of Mars (2001)

By Cynthia Fuchs

In 'Ghosts of Mars', Desolation is a perfect candidate to ensure the human-humans' survival: not only is he the resilient and brilliant Ice Cube, but he is also the consummate delinquent champion. [1 January 1995]

Big Trouble in Little China (1986/2001)

Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) is the anti-hunk, the inverse of the pectorally endowed fighting machines typified by Stallone and Schwarzenegger.