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Like Denzel Washington’s character of retired CIA black ops agent Robert McCall, The Equalizer 2 is a nasty piece of work, violent and vengeful and sadistic. When they say McCall brings his unique, particularly violent brand […]
Writer-director-star Woody Allen’s 1991 movie pastiches the 1920s melodrama, complete with black and white and chiaroscuro effects, and a tale of a Jack the Ripper-style murderer on the loose in the shadows and fog. It […]
Writer-director Jonathan Demme’s third movie (after 1974’s Caged Heat and 1975’s Crazy Mama) is this exciting and effective 1976 Roger Corman-produced cheapie ($600,000) exploitation crime action thriller. Happily, Demme’s expertly handled vengeance movie now enjoys status […]
Director Michael Winner’s horrible 1981 sequel to his original Death Wish (1974) tells another ugly story in which Charles Bronson’s troubled New York City architect Paul Kersey sets off on a new vigilante spree in Los […]
Here is director Michael Winner’s third and last Death Wish movie, with Charles Bronson back on the vigilante beat as New York City architect Paul Kersey for more of the same ugly revenge thrills. With his […]
When Clint Eastwood returned to the US from Europe, after starring in three Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns, he was directed in Hang ’em High by Ted Post, who was a vital factor in making Eastwood […]
Dolph Lundgren stars in one of his best roles as hero-cop Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, who turns underground avenger when his wife and kids are slain by the mobsters he had been pursuing. This […]