★★½ “Olivia Newton-John not included.” I went into this braced for it to be terrible, having sat through the same film-makers’, largely irredeemable Bloodsucka Jones vs. The Creeping Death. Fortunately, this is considerably better. Still very cheap and flawed, yet is at least aware of its own limitations, and tries… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★½ “Woo’s the boss.” After enjoying The Kill List, I thought I’d dip my toe again into the new wave of Thai girls with guns films with this, and it’s another solid entry. As there, the main influence seems to be Hong Kong action cinema of the nineties; this in… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★★½ Luc Besson’s original contains all the necessary elements which would become standard for the field. A criminal is “killed” by the government, only to be resurrected into a new life as an assassin for the authorities. Initially resistant, she eventually embraces her new life, but a romance reminds her… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★½ “Dear diary: my teen angst bullshit has a body count.” Becky (Wilson) is the quintessential troubled teenager. Since her mother died, she has become increasingly estranged from her father, Jeff (McHale, replacing the original choice, Simon Pegg, who had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts), not least because… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
It’s always interesting to look back at the previous year’s entry in this series, and see what lived up to or even surpassed expectations, what didn’t, and what failed to show up entirely. The first category would include The Princess, the second is headlined by Bullet Train, which ended up… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★½ “Chastely sleazy.” There’s an interesting idea here, at least. As a young child, Elena (Ayala) has to watch as her mother and brother are killed by crime boss babe Maeve (McComb), after her father (Pardo) made the ill-advised decision to try and steal from her. It’s particularly awkward, since… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
★★★½ “Joan Wick” There’s a lot to admire about this South Korean film, though a couple of fumbles stop it from achieving the heights it threatens to do. You’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a knock-off of Kill Bill going by the title. But it’s as much a pun on the… Continue reading| Girls With Guns
