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2012 (2009)
"When they tell you not to panic... that's when you run!" -Jackson Curtis (John Cusack)The “Scenes of Mass Destruction” are amazing… Everything else is rather boring: recycled action scenes, mediocre characters & empty emotions.* * ½...
Rocky IV (1985)
"I must break you." -Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren)Rocky IV is really nothing more than a big flashy 80’s music video with a story that offers a simplistic look at the old US vs. USSR rivalry.* * ½...
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
"I come with you, I'm coming for blood. No law. No code of conduct." -Logan (Hugh Jackman)Pop Corn movie, for better or worse. All the action scenes are great and so is Jackman but the story is rather boring and quickly forgotten.* * *...
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
"Who's got my fucking strawberry tart?" -Chev Chelios (Jason Statham)This movie is truly all over the place! Tasteless, improbable, incoherent, excessive, brutal, stupid… But it’s still a little entertaining.* * ½...
Sin City (2005)
"That's the thing with dames; sometimes all they gotta do is let it out and a few buckets later there's no way you'd know." -Marv (Mickey Rourke)A superbly directed and wickedly stylish piece of eye candy, with great characters played by excellent ac...
Hancock (2008)
"If you don't move, your head is going up his ass. Y'all fellas sure you wanna ride this train?" -Hancock (Will Smith)For once, the previews did not steal the punch. But unfortunately, it did not even help: the finale is muddled and there is no sense...
RocknRolla (2008)
"We all like a bit of the good life - some the money, some the drugs, other the sex game, the glamour, or the fame. But a RocknRolla, oh, he's different. Why? Because a real RocknRolla wants the fucking lot." -Archie (Mark Strong)Pretty bland effort ...
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
"This is a whole new level of weird." -Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth)We are far from Iron Man and even more from Dark Knight, but it’s still better than the other one, because of Edward Norton and Tim Roth.* * * ½...
Hulk (2003)
"We're going to have to watch that temper of yours." -Dr. David Banner (Nick Nolte)It’s never-ending! And when it finally start, we’re so bored that we don’t care anymore. Only Lee’s “comic style” direction is worth seeing.* * ½...
Death Race (2008)
"This is a race! You don't go backwards!" -Case (Natalie Martinez)Over the top action flick that has no ambition of being something more. It’s violent, gratuitous, badly written, but it’s perfect to unwind.* * ½...
Watchmen (2009)
"None of you understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with me." -Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley)While the movie is visually pleasing and technically perfect, the script leads to a conclusion that lost its meaning when t...
Taken (2008)
"Now the next part is really important: they ARE gonna take you..." -Bryan (Liam Neeson)An action film in its simplest form: intense and brutal from start to finish. Liam Neeson is efficient, hard hitting and totally relentless.* * * *...
Iron Man (2008)
"Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing." -Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)Very good superhero movie that is a bit ruined by a final confrontation way too predictable. Bridges is unrecognisable, Downey Jr. is great.* * * *...
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
"Praying Mantis! Very good... for catching bugs! But not Tiger!" -Lu Yan (Jackie Chan)This movie has a pretty weak script, but makes up for it with an amazing fight between two masters of Martial Arts: Jackie Chan and Jet Li.* * ½...
Speed Racer (2008)
"Terrible what passes for a ninja these days." -Pops Racer (John Goodman)Complete assault on the senses. A whirlwind of sounds, colours, stunts and battles in a simple script made for the 12-year-old kid in you…* * *...
Transporter 3 (2008)
"Do I look like a man who came half-way across Europe to die on a bridge?" -Frank Martin (Jason Statham)Typical Besson female character. Statham in great shape. Good fighting and driving action. Paper thin plot without too much improbabilities.* * *...
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
"Disturbing the peace? I got thrown out of a window! What's the fuckin' charge for getting pushed out of a moving car, huh? Jaywalking?" -Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy)A classic from the 80s, it made Murphy a star and rightly so. The movie itself is a lit...
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
"In chess, the pawns go first." -Magneto (Ian McKellen)This movie has some powerful moments, but ultimately fails to be as good as the other two. Perhaps it’s the new director, or the weak story.* * *...
X-Men 2 (2003)
"This "dorky looking helmet" is the only thing that's going to protect me from the REAL bad guys." -Magneto (Ian McKellen)The best of the X-Men trilogy. This movie is pure and simple mutant fun! Great casting all around, particularly for Jackman and ...
X-Men (2000)
"We are the future, Charles, not them. They no longer matter." -Magneto (Ian McKellen)Bryan Singer did a great job with this franchise. The characters are well developed, the story is interesting, the action is very well done.* * * ½...
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
"When this storm is over, we'll be in a new ice age." -Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid)The main idea is interesting and original, but this disaster movie can’t avoid most of the genre’s conventions, making it a bit predictable.* * * ½...
Crank (2006)
"Does it look like I got cunt written on my head? Who do you think you are fucking with?" -Chev Chelios (Jason Statham)Completely over the top (but in a good way), this adrenalin-fuelled movie is great entertainment if you leave your intelligence at ...
