Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Jun 30, 2009Live-Action Transformer Robots
The first of Michael Bay's Transformers sequels has even better effects and more copious mass destruction to the point it washes over you without any effect
Isabel Lucas
Daybreakers (2009)
Jan 17, 2010World of Vampires
Australia's The Spierig Brothers create a strong and original scenario for a vampire film set in a future where vampires have killed almost all the humans and the blood supply is now running out.
Immortals (2011)
Nov 19, 2011Greek Myth
A venture into Greek myth retelling the story of Theseus and the labyrinth. Tarsem Singh, a director with a visually extraordinary eye, lavishes everything on the sets and costumes. One film of the 3D overkill fad that needs to be seen in 3D
Red Dawn (2012)
Nov 21, 2012North Korean Invasion of the USA
The idea of remaking John Milus's ridiculous 1984 survivalist fantasy about a Communist invasion of the USA maybe counts as one of the most absurdly unnecessary of all remakes. The film laughably tries to deal with the absence of a Soviet Union by creating a boogeyman out of North Korea
The Water Diviner (2014)
May 22, 2015Post-World War I Drama/Magical Realism
Russell Crowe turns director and, as is the case with actors turned director, feels the need to take up an epic historical subject – the aftermath of World War I (albeit with some Magical Realist elements). Crowe wields all the epic flourish and polish, even if the film never truly moves one
Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child (2016)
Sep 29, 2017Planetary Adventure
A film naming itself after an entire genre either has massive ambition or huge pretensions. Beyond the grandiose title, this is not much more than a better budgeted version of an 80s planetary adventure