At the height of his career, Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in a sci-fi action movie called The Running Man, which was based on a story by Richard Bachman, who turned out to be Stephen King. It was a pale imitation of the original story, and so King decided to withhold his name from the material. Now,…
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Predator: Badlands
The Predator franchise has been diminishing ever since the alien decided to take on Arnold Schwarzenegger back in 1987. That is, until writer and director Dan Trachtenberg came on board with his 2022 film, Prey. Earlier this year, he gave us the animated Predator: Killer of Killers, and now he takes the story to a…
The Amateur
If you were to describe a typical action hero from the movies, you’d probably say something like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Bruce Willis or a James Bond type. You might even say Jason Bourne, although that is not quite the norm Hollywood would produce. Now we have an action hero who doesn’t fit any previous categories…
Maggie
Director: Henry Hobson Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson, Douglas M. Griffin, J.D. Evermore, Rachel Whitmore Graves, Jodie Moore Written by: John Scott 3 Running Time: 95 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 24th July 2015 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez3l4TvfCe8 People going into see Maggie may be just a little bit disappointed. A word of warning then. This…
Terminator Genisys
Director: Alan Taylor Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, J.K. Simmons, Matt Smith Written by: Laeta Kalogridis, Patrick Lussier, (based on the characters created) james Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd. Running Time: 125 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 2nd July 2015 It’s been six years since the last Terminator film, Terminator: Salvation…
The Expendables III
Director: Patrick Hughes Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lungdren, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Kelsey Grammer. Written by: Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, (also story) Sylvester Stallone and (based on the characters created) David Callaham Running Time: 127 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 14th July 2014 When…
Sabotage
Director: David Ayer Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams, Terence Howard, Joe Manganiello, Josh Holloway Written by: Skip Woods and David Ayer Running Time: 109 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 7th May 2014 Do you remember when a new film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger was an event. A mix of mindless violence, exciting action, popcorn…
Escape Plan
Director: Mikael Hafstrom Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, Amy Ryan, Sam Neil, Faran Tahir, Vinnie Jones Written by: Miles Chapman and Arnell Jesko Running Time: 116 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 18th October 2013 There are some films that have titles that could be called cryptic, or obscure, or even just bizarre. Escape Plan…
The Expendables 2
Director: Simon West Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lungdren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jean Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris. Written by: Slyvester Stallone, (also story) Richard Wenk, (story) Ken Kaufman, David Agosto and (based on the characters created) David Callaham. Running Time: 102 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 16th August 2012 As…
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