A satisfying bit of action movie junk food more evocative of 90s action films than those from the 80s, Bullet to the Head is more notable as a return to form for action director Walter Hill than as another stepping stone along Sylvester Stallone's comeback trail.
This week at the video store we look at the winning animated adventure ParaNorman , the action blockbuster The Expendables 2 , the dance-stravaganza Step Up Revolution , the crap-stravaganza The Apparition , and a pair of films that missed theatrical releases despite being directed by Joe Dante and Amy Heckerling.
Does shit blow up? Yes. Does everyone get at least one good scene to showcase their talents? Yes. Is it better than the first film? Yes, and by quite a bit actually.
We talked to Expendables 2 co-stars Terry Crews and Randy Couture about teaming up once again with Sylvester Stallone and crew, shooting in Bulgaria, why this film was more relaxed than the first, casting rumours for the third film, and if Terry Crews thinks his crew could beat up The Avengers.
Thanks to Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis, the action film reached its height in the late 80’s and early 90’s. It was a world where a man could battle an army of terrorists single-handedly and not only survive, but slaughter them all; where a man could fire forty rounds from his hand gun—while […]
