Items14The creator’s order
  1. 1Speed Racer (2008)Speed Racer (2008) 6.1/10 on IMDbReleased 7 May 2008The races treat colour, editing and impossible space as the point, rather than apologising for resembling a cartoon. That makes the final stretch exhilarating if you accept the visual language. The broad family comedy and long running time can grate, but the Wachowskis' commitment gives the film an…0
  2. 2Hudson Hawk (1991)Hudson Hawk (1991) 5.7/10 on IMDbReleased 23 May 1991Bruce Willis and Danny Aiello time burglaries by singing together, an absurd idea that gives the caper its own rhythm. The surrounding cartoon villains are exhausting when the joke misses, but the film's refusal to maintain action-hero dignity is also its charm. Recommend it to somebody who enjoys…0
  3. 3Last Action Hero (1993)Last Action Hero (1993) 6.5/10 on IMDbReleased 18 Jun 1993An action star has to discover what his invulnerability means outside the movies, which gives the explosions an unusually good comic question. Arnold Schwarzenegger's willingness to be part of the joke carries the defence. It is overstuffed and its rules wobble, yet the collision between a child's…0
  4. 4Van Helsing (2004)Van Helsing (2004) 6.1/10 on IMDbReleased 3 May 2004The attraction is the reckless decision to throw Dracula, Frankenstein's creature and werewolves into the same enormous gothic machine. Costumes, castles and theatrical monsters supply a pleasure independent of the busy plot. The digital action rarely gives you time to breathe; choose it when…0
  5. 5Batman & Robin (1997)Batman & Robin (1997) 3.8/10 on IMDbReleased 20 Jun 1997Uma Thurman's Poison Ivy and Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze behave as if Gotham is an enormous variety show, and the neon design supports them. The puns and toy-like action can be numbing, but a defence begins with that shamelessly decorative approach. There is pleasure in a superhero world…0
  6. 6The Core (2003)The Core (2003) 5.6/10 on IMDbReleased 28 Mar 2003A crew drilling towards the centre of the Earth gives capable actors a succession of gloriously impossible problems to solve. Stanley Tucci and Delroy Lindo help make expertise and professional rivalry entertaining. The science is fantasy and the disasters are broad; the useful recommendation is a…0
  7. 7Jupiter Ascending (2015)Jupiter Ascending (2015) 5.3/10 on IMDbReleased 4 Feb 2015An ordinary working woman discovers that cosmic inheritance involves a bewildering amount of administration. The bureaucratic detour and the lavishly strange ruling family give this space opera pleasures its overloaded exposition cannot cancel. The romance is thin and the mythology is cumbersome,…0
  8. 8John Carter (2012)John Carter (2012) 6.6/10 on IMDbReleased 7 Mar 2012Mars becomes a place of physical movement, unlikely alliances and old-fashioned adventure, with a particularly winning creature companion in Woola. The proper nouns arrive too quickly and the opening takes time to settle. Once the film trusts its hero to move through this world, its generous pulp…0
  9. 9Waterworld (1995)Waterworld (1995) 6.3/10 on IMDbReleased 28 Jul 1995The floating settlements and battered boats make this oceanic future feel built for actual bodies, even when the story runs on familiar chase mechanics. Dennis Hopper's villain supplies a different, noisier kind of fun. The characters can be thin and the pace uneven; the case rests on tactile…0
  10. 10Godzilla (1998)Godzilla (1998) 5.5/10 on IMDbReleased 20 May 1998Roland Emmerich's giant-lizard chase turns a rain-soaked New York into a playground of tunnels, bridges and military mistakes. As a transformation of the Japanese creature it invites serious objections; as a large, ungainly city monster movie it has readable physical pleasures. The jokes and…0