Tag Archives: Action

The Long Kiss Goodnight - * * *

Posted on October 11, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

The Long Kiss Goodnight is a surprisingly witty action-comedy. Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is an amnesiac schoolteacher who was found pregnant and memoryless on a beach eight years ago. Several private investigators have attempted to find out who she is … Continue reading →

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The Glimmer Man - 1/2*

Posted on October 4, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

The Glimmer Man is a truly disgraceful outing that amounts to little more than an unbelievable Steven Seagal self-love fest. Steven Seagal is Detective Jack Cole, a special forces operative in Vietnam who went native, and is now working under … Continue reading →

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Last Man Standing - * 1/2*

Posted on September 20, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Last Man Standing is a bleak remake of Akira Kurasawa’s film Yojimbo (previously remade as A Fistful of Dollars). Bruce Willis stars as John Smith, a drifter in the Prohibition era wandering south through Texas on his way to Mexico. … Continue reading →

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Maximum Risk - * 1/2*

Posted on September 13, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

The action’s good and pointless in this bland thriller. At the outset of Maximum Risk, French police detective Alain Moreau (Jean-Claude Van Damme) discovers he had a (now-deceased) long-lost twin brother. Alain begins a trek which leads him to New … Continue reading →

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Bulletproof - * *

Posted on September 6, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Bulletproof is a rather routine buddy-action/comedy that should have concentrated a bit more on the comedy side, and less on the action. Archie Moses (Adam Sandler) and Rock Keats (Damon Wayans) are partners in crime, and best friends to boot…that … Continue reading →

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Escape from L.A. - * * 1/2*

Posted on August 9, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

This sequel to Escape From New York might not be as flashy as some of this summer’s earlier action extravaganzas, but it sure packs an attitude. Sixteen years after Escape From New York, the United States has become a Fundamentalist … Continue reading →

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Supercop - * * 1/2*

Posted on July 26, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

The third entry in Jackie Chan’s Police Story series has been redubbed and repackaged for American audiences as Supercop. Unfortunately, the renovation weakens the film, with a dubbing job that is barely better than Rumble in the Bronx’s, and a … Continue reading →

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Fled - * 1/2*

Posted on July 19, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Bland action and a slew of movie references can’t save the prison-break movie Fled. Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin are two convicts chained together on a work detail in Georgia (in the spirit of The Defiant Ones). When another prisoner … Continue reading →

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Independence Day - * * *

Posted on July 3, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Independence Day is a slightly derivative, but thoroughly crowd-pleasing alien invasion film. When the aliens arrive in their giant flying saucers, Independence Day introduces its diverse cast in typical disaster flick fashion. They come from every walk of life, from … Continue reading →

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Eraser - * * *

Posted on June 21, 1996 by Madeleine Williams

Enjoyable, but by-the-numbers action pic. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as U.S. Marshall John Kruger, an agent in charge of enforcing the Federal Witness Protection Program. He erases the identities of witnesses to protect them from those they are testifying against. His … Continue reading →

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