In the intro to part one of this retrospective, I stated that the Fast & Furious franchise is bizarre. The series’ third entry is why … THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT (2006) This is the point where the franchise probably should have starting cranking out direct-to-DVD entries. This is where everyone expected the [...]
The Fast & the Furious franchise is nothing short of bizarre. I mean, sure, it’s mostly straightforward. Fast cars. Exotic locations. Hot women. That’s about as surefire a formula as any for successful popcorn fun, but there’s something about this particular string of movies that strikes a nerve in a way that most other action [...]
Kickboxer might be the quintessential Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. He’s got other films that are more outrageous, more action packed, more filled with ridiculous one-liners and films that are bigger in scope. But few of them seem to encapsulate so fully the things that Van Damme gravitates toward and prioritizes as an actor. It has [...]
There are, generally speaking, two kinds of Jean-Claude Van Damme movies. The first kind being the ones that, while still not what one would consider a “quality film,” are still rightly entertaining and fun and have a certain flair to them. The second kind being those that are just flat-out bad, with almost nothing in [...]
Though he was at one point one of the biggest action stars on the planet, Jean-Claude Van Damme never seems to quite get the due he deserves. Sure, he never was and never will be the icon that, say, Bruce Willis or Stallone or Schwazenegger are, but there’s something about Van Damme’s output that has [...]
Pulling off a sequel is hard enough. But pulling off a threequel? Even harder. Expectations are either insurmountably high (assuming you’re one of the lucky ones who has a sequel better than the original) or people walk in pessimistic, having been burned and are even more inclined to compare you to the original. Every now [...]
This review is a bit late, yes. Although it was because, in truth, I simply can’t stop playing this game. As I said in my demo impressions a couple months back, there has been no shortage of controversy surrounding Capcom’s reboot of their groundbreaking Stylish Hard Action series, Devil May Cry. A graphics engine that [...]
The demo for Capcom’s reboot/reimagining of its beloved Devil May Cry franchise has finally arrived, and I’m trying to remember the last time I was so anxious for a demo to release. It was probably when Konami announced that Metal Gear Solid 2′s demo would be packaged with Zone of the Enders. Regardless, it’s fair [...]
