Krull (1983)
Jun 14, 2002Sword and Sorcery
Big-budget fantasy film made by people with little understanding of the genre. The fantasy elements feel leaden and fail to take any imaginative flight
Alun Armstrong
Split Second (1992)
Jun 2, 2005Satanic Alien Serial Killer
A mishmash of Alien copy and supernatural serial killer film set in a drowned future London with a script that makes no real sense. The film's buddy cop relationship starring Rutger Hauer does have its amusements.
The Saint (1997)
May 12, 2004TV Series Remake/Thief Hero
Big screen revival of the famous playboy spy falls flat due to the miscasting of Val Kilmer in the title role where Kilmer's attempts to adopt disguises and accents throughout becomes risible. The thriller plot is nothing to get excited about.
The Mummy Returns (2001)
May 6, 2001Revived Mummy/Adventure
Sequel to the 1999 The Mummy. Here Stephen Sommers amplifies everything in that film by a factor of ten where the constant bombardment by the spectacular reaches an point of absurd overkill
It’s All About Love (2003)
Jan 20, 2016Near-Future/Reconciliation Drama
Science-fiction outing from Thomas Vinterberg that proved a flop with audiences. Contrarily, I liked it – it is never satisfying in its attempt to be an SF film but you cannot deny it is a work directed with a beautiful and sophisticated cool that draws you inside it
Van Helsing (2004)
May 12, 2004Monster Hunter/Famous Monster Bash
Stephen Sommers conducts a big-budget rehash of a 1940s Universal monster bash. A film so overloaded with CGI bombast and general overkill it becomes utterly absurd.
Eragon (2006)
Feb 11, 2007Epic Dragon Fantasy
A dragon fantasy adapted from a popular book series that has Lord of the Rings wannabe stamped all over it and only unimaginatively follows in Peter Jackson's footsteps
Possum (2018)
Dec 29, 2020Sinister Puppet/Disturbed Psychology
British horror film that develops a sense of uncanniness that resembles an Eraserhead at times with a man haunted by a puppet and giant spiders. The mood is unsettling, least of all that we are never sure what is real or taking place in the character's head