Rob Cohen Archives

DragonHeart (1996)

Rating: ★★★

May 28, 2000Rogue and Dragon

This places an amusing spin on the standard dragon fantasy, having the dragon and its would-be slayer team up to fool the peasantry out of money. The Sean Connery-voiced dragon looks like a big CGI cartoon

Director: Rob Cohen

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, David Thewlis, Dina Meyer, …

Category: Fantasy

28 May 200014 October 2025 by Roog

xXx (2002)

Rating: ★

Oct 19, 2002Extreme Adventure Sports Spy

One of the most brainless action films ever made. This has the laughable notion of trying to make a James Bond film but recasting it with Vin Diesel as an extreme sports junkie. Everything about the film is absurd.

Director: Rob Cohen

Actors: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 October 200229 July 2025 by Roog

Stealth (2005)

Rating: ★★

Oct 6, 2005Artifically Intelligent Fighter Plane Amok

Action film about an artificially intelligent fighter plane that goes amok. Rob Cohen directs in all the cliches of the genre and the seeming need to have something spectacular happening every few minutes

Director: Rob Cohen

Actors: Jamie Foxx, Jessica Biel, Josh Lucas, Sam Shepard, …

Category: Science Fiction

6 October 200519 September 2021 by Roog

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Rating: ★

Oct 9, 2008Revived Mummy/Chinese Adventure

Third of the Brendan Fraser Mummy films feels like it has no point other than to steal $10 from your hand and give you a bucket of content free mental popcorn in return

Director: Rob Cohen

Actors: Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li, Luke Ford, …

Category: Horror

9 October 200822 July 2019 by Roog

Alex Cross (2012)

Rating: ★★

Oct 19, 2012Serial Killer Thriller

Reboot of James Patterson's criminal profiler books makes the mistake of hiring an action director. Tyler Perry lacks the genius mental agility Morgan Freeman previously brought to the role but Matthew Fox does crazy well

Director: Rob Cohen

Actors: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Rachel Nichols, …

Category: Horror

19 October 20127 November 2025 by Roog

The Boy Next Door (2015)

Rating: ★

Jan 25, 2015Stalker Thriller

A cougar version of Fatal Attraction with Jennifer Lopez stalked by a teenage boy. On every level this invites ridicule, from J-Lo sleepwalking through her performance to a director who has never made a good film to a script detached from human psychology

Director: Rob Cohen

Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Ryan Guzman, John Corbett, Kristen Chenoweth, …

Category: Horror

25 January 201528 December 2025 by Roog