Link (1986)
Nov 9, 2006Killer Chimpanzee
Australian director Richard Franklin makes a film with Elisabeth Shue trapped in a house with a hyper-intelligent killer chimpanzee. The film has structural problems but Franklin does generates fine tension
Elisabeth Shue
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Jul 6, 1999Time Travel
The first of the Back to the Future sequels has a whiplash ingenuity that propels us through several different scenarios, including a trip to the future, a dark alternate present and requiring Michael J. Fox to duck unseen in and around the margins of the first film
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Aug 6, 1999Time Travel
Third of the Back to the Future films, which takes everything back in time to the Old West. Probably the slightest of the trilogy, this nevertheless goes out with a rousing farewell
The Trigger Effect (1996)
Dec 12, 2004The Downfall of Civilisation
Excellent and understated directorial debut from screenwriter David Koepp where a mysterious citywide power cut suddenly brings out tensions and prejudices among people
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Apr 17, 1999Writer's Self-Analysis Comedy
A Woody Allen film in which he plays a writer on his way to receive an award. The film drifts in and out of a series of vignettes and stories he has written, including a number of fantastic interludes, with highly amusing effect
The Saint (1997)
May 12, 2004TV Series Remake/Thief Hero
Big screen revival of the famous playboy spy falls flat due to the miscasting of Val Kilmer in the title role where Kilmer's attempts to adopt disguises and accents throughout becomes risible. The thriller plot is nothing to get excited about.
Hollow Man (2000)
Aug 6, 2000Invisible Maniac
Paul Verhoeven uses CGI effects to revamp the invisible man film with amazing results. On the other hand, Verhoeven’s penchant for sex and violence overkill quickly emerges with distasteful results
Hide and Seek (2005)
Feb 22, 2005Child's Sinister Invisible Companion
A variant on the sinister child's invisible companion theme. A fine cast has been assembled but the film goes and kills itself with a lame twist ending
Piranha (2010)
Aug 28, 2010Killer Fish
Another in the fad for 70s/80s remakes where Alexandre Aja for once captures the spirit of Joe Dante's 1978 original by planting tongue in cheek and wading in with mind-bogglingly gory enthusiasm
House at the End of the Street (2012)
Jan 6, 2013Psycho-Thriller/Crazed Family Member in the Cellar
Psycho-thriller that plays out like a creaky old deranged relative in the cellar film retooled as a teen romance until an absurd mid-film conceptual twist irredeemably kills the film off
Death Wish (2018)
Sep 22, 2018Vigilante Film
Eli Roth’s remake of the classic Charles Bronson vigilante film is an ugly affair. In an era where school shooting are a weekly scourge in the US, do we really need another fantasy about one man becoming empowered and sorting things out with a gun?