Robbie Amell Archives

The Hunters (2013)

Rating: ½

Nov 30, 2016Quest for Fairytale Artefacts

The premise of a group of adventurers seeking artifacts from fairytales has mild possibilities but is given zero conviction by anybody involved. A sub-Indiana Jones adventure that was made as a tv pilot

Director: Nisha Ganatra

Actors: Robbie Amell, Keenan Tracey, Alexa Vega, Victor Garber, …

Category: Fantasy

30 November 20165 November 2025 by Roog

ARQ (2016)

Rating: ★★★

Oct 20, 2017Timeloop

Another variant on the Groundhog Day theme with characters trapped in a timeloop. This come with an SF rationale and contains the plot in a single location while spinning each repeat through some smart twists

Director: Tony Elliott

Actors: Robbie Amell, Rachael Taylor, Shaun Benson, Gray Powell, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 October 201719 November 2025 by Roog

Nine Lives (2016)

Rating: ★★

Dec 24, 2016Man Trapped in the Body of a Cat

Your mind struggles to process the premise of Nine Lives – where Kevin Spacey finds himself in the body of a cat. It seems a variation on the earlier Oh Heavenly Dog in which Chevy Chase was reincarnated as Benji. Some cute effects but what a lightweight effort for an actor of Spacey's calibre

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Actors: Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Malina Weissman, Robbie Amell, …

Category: Fantasy

24 December 20164 July 2019 by Roog

The Babysitter (2017)

Rating: ★

Sep 26, 2023Satanic Babysitter

McG has now become the new inheritor of the title of worst director currently at work in Hollywood, as amply evidenced in this ridiculous film starring Samara Weaving as a Satanist babysitter

Director: McG

Actors: Samara Weaving, Judah Lewis, Robbie Amell, Bella Thorne, …

Category: Horror

26 September 202317 December 2025 by Roog

Code 8 (2019)

Rating: ★★

Sep 13, 2021Superpowered Heist Film

One of the few original, non-comic book based superhero films of the 2010s set in a world where those with powers are treated as a minority. This is essentially a heist film but with the addition of super-powers

Director: Jeff Chan

Actors: Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, Greg Bryk, Kari Matchett, …

Category: Science Fiction

13 September 20215 January 2026 by Roog

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

Rating: ★★

Dec 31, 2021Videogame Adaptation/Zombies and Mutations

A reboot of the Resident Evil film series under a new director with Johannes Roberts who abandons the previous action poses for a far darker and more visceral survival horror approach

Director: Johannes Roberts

Actors: Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper, …

Category: Horror, Science Fiction

31 December 20218 January 2026 by Roog

Simulant (2023)

Rating: ★★

Apr 28, 2024Rogue Androids

Another in the spate of recent A.I. films of the 2010s/20s. Here one can buy android replacements for one’s late spouse but someone is hacking and causing them to go rogue

Director: April Mullen

Actors: Sam Worthington, Robbie Amell, Jordana Brewster, Simu Liu, …

Category: Science Fiction

28 April 202429 December 2025 by Roog

Code 8: Part II (2024)

Rating: ★★

May 29, 2025Superpowers Film

The Canadian-made Code 8 was one of the few non-comic book adapted superhero films of recent years. This is a sequel where a bigger budget has been afforded to the superheroics

Director: Jeff Chan

Actors: Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, Sirena Gulamgaus, Alex Mallari Jr, …

Category: Science Fiction

29 May 202513 November 2025 by Roog