KickAss Movies

If you want action, The Transporter has action. Buckets of action! This frantic new cross-cultural flick serves up a new formula for action movies: start with lots of action, then add more and better action, and then finish with nothing but action. And there's so much hot Hong Kong-style action, you'll be halfway into the film before you realize that there's hardly any plot. But in movies like this, the minimal background information on the characters has to be swift and spare. Also, in these films, and this one in particular, belief is strained in so many ways: cars fly down urban streets without ever passing police, black-clad gangs stand on a hill and shoot a series of rockets into a cliffside home and no one seems to notice, the hero always easily escapes whatever traps he seems to be in, and so on.
But plausibility and character development are not the high points of a movie that takes off and never stops for an hour and a half. It's a white-knuckle ride of deliciously good fun.

The remarkable thing about Damon's performance is that he's able to play both a dangerous spy and a vulnerable, frightened loner at the same time. He paints a lonely rendering of what amnesia must really look like--as opposed to the dumbfounded, wide-eyed stares of a typical amnesiac performance.
Incidentally, complaints have surfaced that character development is limited. But I'd like to know exactly how you develop a character who doesn't know who he is. The movie doesn't need character development--its mystery and suspense are anchored directly to the anonymity of its subject. To develop Damon's character too intently would be to take away the elusive mystery that makes it such a good movie.
Director Doug Liman puts his own unique style to work in the movie, using silence to intensify suspense, dumbing down the requisite romance in order to focus on the chase, and including jaw-droppingly choreographed fight and chase scenes.
Overall The Bourne Identity is one of the best action/suspense/spy-thrillers ever created, James Bond ain't got nuttin' on Jason Bourne.

I know, I know....but do you ride roller-coasters for insight into your psyche? NO. This is not that kind of movie, Armageddon is a high-octane, rocket-propelled assault on the senses. The only thing that could make this movie more viscerally satisfying is if it were in 3D. It moves along at an unrelenting MTV pace and has some of the best action packed sequences in any movie your ever gonna see. It's big, it's stupid, it's pretty kick-ass!

---Every time I watch this movie with friends we play this great drinking game with it....every time you see an American flag, take a shot (I'm usually unconscious by the middle of the 2nd reel)

This movie is interspersed with enormous battle scenes, including a well-executed Trojan Horse sequence, and a few gripping one-on-one showdowns. The way it reinvents the Greek legends and characters for the modern, wrestling-fan, action-movie audience is an achievement. But it never quite settles upon one storyline as a linchpin, and so it flounders a bit between those big action set-pieces, which still work often enough that the movie looks like an epic, even if it doesn't exactly feel like one.
It's difficult not to compare Troy with Gladiator, The Roman Empire epic of yesteryear. Gladiator delved so much more deeply and more tenderly into matters of family, loyalty, life, and love. And those are things truly worth fighting for. Troy focuses on those fleeting but entertaining elements that don't matter--it's a flashy, flighty, violent heckuva good time. But it doesn't leave a lasting impression on one's heart.
Sure, it's the Cliff's Notes take on a classic, with movie stars and big battles. But didn't most of us read the Cliff's Notes anyway?

Clint Eastwoods magnificient MILLION DOLLAR BABY is a movie about fights and wounds and healings, beginnings and endings, that are not only physical but mental, psychological, and spiritual. It's about heart and talent and the need for both. It's about believing in yourself and others. It's about taking risks and daring to make something of them. It's about second chances. It's about feeling. It's a heartbreaker, and it's damned good.

When it comes to the thrill of the visual, the imagination, the detail and the persona, Brotherhood of the Wolf accomplishes a great deal more than just any ordinary package. It seamlessly blends fact, legend, and outright fiction to create an exhilarating, genuinely scary, and at times moving film.

Brotherhood of the Wolf is a costumed period-piece kung-fu styled adventure, fantasy, romance, horror and religious conspiracy film.
And contrary to my expectations of a somewhat cheesy B-movie with some cool fight scenes, its actually a well-made and highly polished film with excellent production values. Even when the story occasionally gets draggy in-between the action, as it deviates into the courting of Marianne or conspiratorial intrigues, there is always something on screen to hold the attention. Whether it be an interesting bit of cinematography, the gorgeous scenery, or noteworthy performances, Brotherhood of the Wolf is sometimes slow, but never boring. And when the fist and feet start flying, it rivals some of the greatest kung-fu movies ever made.
The performances are solid, and Le Bihan is both amusing and compelling in the lead role. However, it's hard for him to not have the show stolen from him by Dacascos, who prefers to let the fists and feet do the talking

This movie could have turned out to be a huge mess. For some reason, though, it all comes together to create one of the most intriguing films I've seen. Seeing a bunch of guys getting drop-kicked to the head certainly doesn't hurt, either. It may be too much for many moviegoers. But if you can give yourself over to its unique tone and its feverish imagination, you'll be well-rewarded.

Spectacle and human drama interweave beautifully in this epic recreation of the spirit of ancient Rome in all its pomp, splendor, and horror.
Russell Crowe proves his mastery as an extremely versatile actor with both broad and deep expressive range as well as physical presence in the role of Maximus, whose silence speaks volumes. Crowe uses his expressions, especially his eyes, to convey a wide range of emotions. Here he is solid, square-jawed, standing like a Roman god. With a quiet dignity, he commands the screen and your attention.
The fighting is fast-paced, intense and gory. But Gladiator's violent action in no way interferes with its compelling story. Justice is always a grabber, and all Maximus wants is to avenge his family.
Not since Sparticus and Ben Hur has there been an epic like this, and Gladiator makes it official that the Roman Empire is Hip once again...("Are you not entertained?!" - Maximus)

This film tells the story of twin Irish brothers living as lowlifes in Boston. They work at a meat-packing plant, spending their time drinking and rumbling on the weekends. However, when the Russian mob starts to lean on the owner of their favorite pub - on St. Patty's Day, no less - the brothers fight back.
After killing the two Russian mobsters, the brothers find themselves touched by the hand of God to rid the world of the evilest of men. They haphazardly start killing gangsters all over the city. A police detective named Smecker (an excellent performance by Willem Dafoe) investigates them at first, but soon finds himself at odds with bringing them down. After all, aren't they doing a better job of cleaning up the streets than he is?
The real magic of "The Boondock Saints" is that it taps into everyones' secret desire for vigilantism. Who hasn't thought of how great it would be to just mow down gangsters in a rain of machine gun bullets? Can anyone really grieve the death of murderers?

While the advance hype about Cloverfield's handheld-camera monster-movie shtick made it sound like it was going to be "The Godzilla Witch Project", the resultant film very cleverly transcends its gimmick. I didn't think I would like this movie at all, but I was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong and now I wish I had seen this in the theaters.....Cloverfield is exciting, terrifying and breathlessly entertaining.