Sean Bean

The Island (2005)

The Island (2005)
Rating: ★
Jul 24, 2005Clones on the Run/Action
What should have been a modest conceptual SF story about people coming to discover the true nature of the world they live in is killed by having its surprise given away by the publicity department and by being turned into an loud and over-inflated Michael Bay action vehicle
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Red Riding (2009)

Red Riding (2009)
Rating: ★★½
Jan 31, 2017Hunt for a Serial Killer
Depending on how you saw this, this is either a UK tv mini-series or three separately released films. Taking place over a decade, the three stories have a common locale and overlapping characters in the story of the hunt for a serial killer and the battle against a corrupt police department in Yorkshire
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Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Rating: ★★
Feb 14, 2010Greek Myth in the Present Day
Chris Columbus seeks to emulate the success of the Harry Potter films with this adaptation of a Young Adult series about the children of Greek gods. The film falls apart due to Columbus's typical banal cues and effects overkill
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Black Death (2010)

Black Death (2010)
Rating: ★★★★
Feb 20, 2011Mediaeval Journey to a Village of Witches
Powerful film from Christopher Smith set during the Middle Ages about a group on a journey to a village where a priestess can purportedly raise the dead. The film's skewering of faith in an unforgettable ending is stunning
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Death Race 2 (2010)

Death Race 2 (2010)
Rating: ★★
May 2, 2011Future Prison/Gladiatorial Road Races
The first of three sequels (actually a prequel) to Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race, this gives the origins of Frankenstein and the Death Race. This rehashes much of the first film as generic direct-to-dvd fodder
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Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)

Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)
Rating: ★
Nov 22, 2012Videogame Adaptation/Sinister Otherworldly Town
Dull and unimaginative Silent Hill sequel that only revisits what went before. The first film had an uncanny otherworldly atmosphere but the sequel reduces everything to no more than pop-up Clive Barker
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Jupiter Ascending (2015)

Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Rating: ★★★½
Feb 7, 2015Space Opera
The Wachowskis set out to make a rollicking space opera adventure in the Star Wars vein. As always, the elevate every genre they take on with a creativity light years of any competitor – the film is packed with astonishing action sequences and wild, mind-expanding ideas
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The Martian (2015)

The Martian (2015)
Rating: ★★★★
Oct 24, 2015Astronaut Stranded on Mars
This year's Gravity. A film where you can almost see the writers having the time of their life working out the science to the nth degree (and moreover making it digestible for mass audiences). Ridley Scott rides the dramatic peaks and troughs like a pro and the result is one of the most outrightly enjoyable films in some time
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Pixels (2015)

Pixels (2015)
Rating: ★★
Jul 25, 2015Alien Invaders Bring Classic Videogames to Life
This has a certain cuteness to its premise – of seeing a bunch of classic videogames brought to life. Beyond that, Pixels is a one gimmick film that suffers from two people whose films I hate – the perpetually banal Chris Columbus and the irritatingly smug presence of Adam Sandler
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Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)

Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016)
Rating: ★★★½
Oct 30, 2016Anime/Computer Game Adaptation
Anime film released to accompany the latest version of the computer game. This is dazzling, epic-sized animation, mocapped in photorealistic detail that wows the eye on a scale that Western animators never come near. Less convincing is the setting that mixes standard fantasy with modern technology
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