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Hobo With a Shotgun
Though it's a great title, this Rutger Hauer movie is an unfocused throwback to Seventies exploitation films.
"...and urine-soaked balconies. Eisener has front-loaded his movie with guns, guts (or viscera), and, yes, Hauer the hobo painting..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red
Over-the-hill crime-fighters band together to save their own in this smirky, goofy mashup of a rom-com and action picture.
"...slam-bang action outings of late revolve around aged AARP-worthy gunslingers and ordnance rats coming in out of the cold..."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Expendables
Sylvester Stallone helms this clash of the titans of action cinema that coasts on its concept while blowing up lots of stuff.
"...redemption. But that's bullshit: The Expendables is about explosions, guns, serpentine male veins pumped full of human growth hormone,..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Losers
In this action movie, a U.S. Special Forces unit on a mission in the jungles of Bolivia becomes the target for assassination and must figure out who is double-crossing them.
"...the point, which, in a nutshell, is guys with guns blowing things up is what summer fun is all..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Good, the Bad, the Weird
This rollicking South Korean film mines the traditional Western genre and infuses it with fresh, frequently hilarious life.
"...fresh, frequently hilarious life. The film reimagines Sergio Leone's six-guns and dust-devilry amid the Japanese-occupied borderlands between China and..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Big Fan
In this dark new film from the screenwriter of The Wrestler, a New York Giants fan and regular caller to a sports radio talk show snatches rededication from the jaws of disillusionment.
"...for sports-related movies. Big Fan, however, sticks to its guns and gives in to none of the sappiness or..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

RocknRolla
Director Guy Ritchie once more delivers a kinetic and consequence-free tribute to the criminal lifestyle.
"...political corruption, a couple of high-profile robberies, lots of guns, lots of swearing, a femme fatale accountant, an ultraviolent..."

Oct. 31, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Eagle Eye
Too bad it's autumn: With its frenetic car chases; near-erotic fascination with explosions, gadgets, and guns; and disposable storyline, Eagle Eye is the very definition of a summer blockbuster.
"...car chases; its near-erotic fascination with explosions, gadgets, and guns; and its improbable and, in the end, totally disposable..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Pineapple Express
A winning "bromance" between stoners, played by reigning comedy king Seth Rogen and James Franco, is at the heart of this shaggy pot story.
"...Pryor and Gene Wilder's. Strip away the guys with guns chasing after them, and what you have are two..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney puts the famed journalist, icon, and myth Hunter S. Thompson before his lens and comes away with a telling portrait of the man and his era.
"...mighty, and the square, armed to the teeth with guns, drugs, booze, a cigarette holder, and a typewriter; the..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Alpha Dog
It’s a soggy true-crime drama – too serious to be trashy, too trashy to be serious.
"...way more about tits and ass and drugs and guns and California muscle cars and busting up house parties..."

Jan. 12, 2007 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Crank
Jason Statham's Crank – despite the fact that its ever-revving mayhem is ultraviolent, sexist, and frequently offensive enough to warrant a look-see by both the ACLU and the DOJ – is pure action-film bliss.
"...to exact revenge? Excitement, baby, nonstop, over-the-top, sex and guns and lotsa cops. And at a trim 83 minutes,..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wassup Rockers
Larry Clark, the director of Kids, is back 10 years later with this look at a group of teenage male Latinos in Los Angeles who have more than the usual difficulties finding somewhere to fit in.
"...predominantly black, rap-loving teens in baggy pants with stashed guns. The movie takes place in a 24-hour period during..."

July 14, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

ATL
Wicked smart examination of black kids in modern Atlanta features talented young actors navigating the circuitous path to adulthood while spending their downtime at the local roller rink.
"...a few spare genre clichés as it rolls along (Guns! Drugs! Angry siblings!), Robinson's film is a cut above..."

March 31, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Final Destination 3
It’s not going to nab any golden statuettes, mind you, but this shocker takes such exuberant, gleeful delight in the unspeakably gory dispatch of assorted teenagers that it may well be the most fun you’ll have at the movies all week.
"...Death department, but since the finished product involves nail guns, subway trains, fireworks, and tanning beds, you can rest..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Two Men Went to War
A WWII comedy of errors begins when two British military dentists swap their drills for grenades.
"...Cuthbertson (Bill). Cuthbertson is equally eager to get his guns going in the service of Her Majesty but, like..."

April 23, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Asian Connection
"...specimen of the Badass Cops and Triads With Enormous Guns product that crowds the racks of Asian video outlets..."

Jan. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Last Samurai
Tom Cruise turns Japanese.
"...battle, and the conscripted Imperial Army, newly armed with guns and bullets, is a brutal and savage scene that..."

Dec. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Texas Rangers
"...revenge for the murder of his family by the gunslingers of nefarious cattle rustler Fisher (Molina, in mustache-twirling villain..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Time and Tide
"...and not a heartbeat too soon. Ostensibly another HK guns 'n' lovers thriller with redundant action set-pieces, Time and..."

July 6, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Universal Soldier: The Return
"...one that somehow manages to combine naked strippers, kickboxing, guns, motorcycles, and computer hacking. Nor does it matter that..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Inheritors
"...(including their own), they decide to stick to their guns and stay on the land. With this small act..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Marie Baie Des Anges
"...Wave than it does as an homage. Senseless symbolism, guns, and gams do not a masterpiece make, but taken..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Niagara, Niagara
"...like: Two lonely, white-trash adolescents fall in love, shoot guns, commit crimes, and go on the lam, everything ultimately..."

April 3, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

John Grisham's The Rainmaker
"...funky Memphis environs. The acting is solid, from big guns like Voight and DeVito (as Damon's raffish, ambulance-chaser mentor)..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Wonder Seven
"...fantastic action set-pieces: the Seven are high-octane dirtbike masters, gunslinging sharpshooters, and circus clowns all rolled into one. The..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bad Girls
"...our fetishistic attraction to the image of women and guns (helped along by the recent popular success of Thelma..."

April 29, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

White Fang Two: Myth of the White Wolf
"...climax that's three parts Perils of Pauline, one part Guns of Navarone, and a jigger of Treasure of the..."

April 22, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Faraway, So Close
"...by an absurd kidnapping subplot and tedious expositional dialogue. Guns are drawn and redrawn, Dafoe tries his best to..."

April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Getaway
"...like you need a long, hot shower. There are guns and gore galore, but that doesn't make up for..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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