The Raid: Redemption & The Raid 2: Berandal (8/10)
The Raid (2011) follows a special forces team entering an apartment block in Jakarta to arrest a crime boss when things go haywire... To be honest, there isn't much more to the plot than that -
A Hard Day (7/10)
A little-known but fun thriller from South Korea. A corrupt cop gets entangled in a web of his own making. And in someone else's web too. It's just one of those days where everything and everyone
Kill the Messenger (7/10)
I always felt Jeremy Renner to be a B-list actor who got lucky. The Hurt Locker was great, but I thought that was more down to the script and photography than Renner's acting; Hansel &
Nightcrawler (7.5/10)
Close... but no cigar... Nightcrawler is the story of Louis Bloom who by chance decides to work his way into filming accidents and crimes and selling the footage to the local news station. I enjoyed the movie.
Zodiac (8/10)
A long, somewhat clinical approach to the story of the Zodiac Killer by David Fincher. At the same time it builds good depth in the main characters, and it does not get boring despite is
Headhunters (6/10)
A Norwegian crime thriller based on a Jo Nesbø book about a headhunter with ambitions. Various interesting productions have come from Scandinavia over the last decade or so, but I don't think this is one of
Pain & Gain (7/10)
Michael Bay + Marky Mark + The Rock…? That doesn’t bode well... So I started watching it with some trepidation. Guess what: it is surprisingly entertaining. No spoilers so I won’t go into the story,