That sentiment, so rife in the»70s, seems to be present in much of
action cinema today, typified by the Bourne franchise or even the blockbusting Hunger Games; Watergate and Vietnam have been replaced by the Iraq War in a post-9 / 11 era of whistleblowing and WikiLeaks.
Not exact matches
Where Fury Road stands apart from so much of
today's
action cinema is that the human element remains front and center.
Effortlessly moving between depictions of daily life, sprinkled with humor and warmth, to extraordinarily heartbreaking events (without straying into melodrama) and taut
action sequences, Jang provides actor Song Kang - ho (Snowpiercer, The Host) another opportunity to prove that he's one of the finest character actors working in Asian
cinema today.
Though many of us have a soft spot for these relics of pre-Nolan, pre-Marvel Hollywood
action cinema, revisiting Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and its torturously titled sequel Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
today reveals just how far the genre has come in recent years.
With Brett Ratner's TOWER HEIST due in
cinemas from
today a new
action - comedy themed heist movie is in the works over at Joel Silver's...