As a baby assassin, Stephanie Patrick (Blake Lively) is rough and not particularly ready, moving either too fast or too slowly. She’s three-quarters trained, and “B” (Jude Law) has done everything he can for her. That last 25%, when she finds out if she can actually put a bullet in someone’s head without pausing first,… The Rhythm Section Read More
Olympus Has Fallen 3.5 stars
Olympus Has Fallen came out in 2013, when I had a one-year-old baby and the idea of being held incommunicado without my family in a bomb-proof bunker would have sounded like a dream come true. Sadly, said baby meant I didn’t get to see this in the cinema, his preference being White House Down, I… Olympus Has Fallen Read More
London Has Fallen 3 stars
“It’s what I do” says Mike Banning, as he prepares once more to get American President Benjamin Asher in a shit-load of trouble, I mean protect him on his official trip to the funeral of the British Prime Minister, who has died unexpectedly. To give Banning credit he does later get the president out of… London Has Fallen Read More
The Take 3.5 stars
“Are you in love?… Are you writing a novel?… THEN WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN PARIS?” CIA man Sean Briar (Idris Elba) subverts the cliches as he interrogates – and not in a softly softly way – accidental terrorist Michael Mason (Richard Madden). Briar is described as “reckless, insubordinate and irresponsible”, and that’s by the… The Take Read More