Liam Cunningham Archives

Dog Soldiers (2002)

Rating: ★★★

May 23, 2003Soldiers vs Werewolves

The first film from Neil Marshall. Essentially a version of Walter Hill’s Southern Comfort but with soldiers being hunted by werewolves instead of Cajuns. Marshall directs with a satisfying ferocity.

Director: Neil Marshall

Actors: Sean Pertwee, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, …

Category: Horror

23 May 20037 March 2021 by Roog

The Card Player (2004)

Rating: ★★

Jan 27, 2006Giallo Psycho-Thriller

A disappointingly tame giallo thriller from Dario Argento about a poker-playing serial killer. Disappointingly, Argento has cut back on all his customary extravagantly arty and sadistic murder set-pieces

Director: Dario Argento

Actors: Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Antonio Cantafora, Claudio Santamaria, …

Category: Horror

27 January 200613 January 2026 by Roog

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Rating: ★

Oct 9, 2008Revived Mummy/Chinese Adventure

The third of the Brendan Fraser Mummy films that feels like it has no point other than to steal $10 from your hand and give you a bucket of content free mental popcorn in return

Director: Rob Cohen

Actors: Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Jet Li, Luke Ford, …

Category: Horror

9 October 20085 July 2026 by Roog

The Escapist (2008)

Rating: ★★½

Jun 8, 2016Prison Escape Drama/Fantastic Twist

This is principally a prison escape drama, at which it works well with a strong ensemble cast. It also has a left field ending that reveals it is a fantasy film, which remains its least satisfying aspect

Director: Rupert Wyatt

Actors: Brian Cox, Dominic Cooper, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, …

Category: Fantasy

8 June 201620 October 2025 by Roog

Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)

Rating: ★★

Apr 3, 2010Vampire Battles Demons/Action

Live-action English-language remake of the anime short about a demon-hunting vampire girl. The original is reduced to no more than a series of slick by-the-numbers action poses

Director: Chris Nahon

Actors: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, J.J. Feild, …

Category: Horror

3 April 20105 December 2025 by Roog

Harry Brown (2009)

Rating: ★★★½

Dec 14, 2010Aging Vigilante

A British version of Gran Torino featuring Michael Caine as an aging man who becomes fed up with youth crime in the neighbourhood and takes up arms to go all Charles Bronson on them

Director: Daniel Barber

Actors: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Charlie Creed-Miles, David Bradley, …

Category: Horror

14 December 201030 October 2025 by Roog

Clash of the Titans (2010)

Rating: ★

Apr 3, 2010Greek Mythology Adventure

Heavily disappointing remake of the Ray Harryhausen film where the replacement of Harryhausen's stop-motion animation with CGI fails to achieve any magic

Director: Louis Leterrier

Actors: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, …

Category: Fantasy

3 April 20106 October 2024 by Roog

Let Us Prey (2014)

Rating: ★★★

Aug 17, 2015Mysterious Stranger/Supernatural Retribution

A rather effective effort about a Mysterious Stranger locked in a cell who proceeds to expose the dark secrets of everybody around him, before a completely whacked ending

Director: Brian O'Malley

Actors: Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Douglas Russell, Hanna Stanbridge, …

Category: Horror

17 August 201523 June 2026 by Roog

24 Hours to Live (2017)

Rating: ★★

Jul 14, 2025Action Film

An action film variant on the thriller D.O.A. where Ethan Hawke plays an assassin who is resurrected from the dead and has 24 hours to bring down the corrupt corporation who betrayed him

Director: Brian Smrz

Actors: Ethan Hawke, Xu Qing, Liam Cunningham, Rutger Hauer, …

Category: Science Fiction

14 July 202530 March 2026 by Roog

The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

Rating: ★★

Sep 16, 2023Vampire Aboard a Ship Voyage

One of a spate of recent films that adapt characters or sections from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this concerns the doomed ship voyage aboard which Dracula travels to England

Director: Andre Øvredal

Actors: Corey Hawkins, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Aisling Franciosi, …

Category: Horror

16 September 202325 November 2024 by Roog