It's no great leap forward in filmmaking, but the big-budget disaster movie "Skyfire" does prove that China is now capable of producing its own brand of utterly preposterous and enjoyably trashy popcorn entertainment for a global audience.
Read full articleWon't erase memories of 'Dante's Peak' or 'Volcano,' and even they weren't very good.
Read full articleIt's dumb and cartoonish as can be and there's never a single moment in which you care at all about anything going on, not even when they drag in an endangered child in order to tug on the heartstrings.
Read full articleMostly this isn't the thrill-ride you might be hoping for. There's plenty of fire but, oddly, not much heat.
Read full articleThis is so derivative, it combines every trope from every movie like it and virtually steals scenes from the classic movies that are like it.
Read full article“Skyfire” unashamedly follows the long and trusty line of thrill-a-second disaster films. And like those other movies, “Skyfire” has the sole aim of keeping you on the edge your seat with a barrage of fun, non-stop, CGI-infused action.
Read full article...the hoariest of setups thats employed to initially passable yet increasingly tedious...
Read full articleYou'll have some fun but you'll have to endure countless insults to your intelligence and morality along the way.
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