It also helps that it’s about a giant, dragon-like creature that snatches up New York City residents from rooftops for snacks. Running concurrently with a serial killer skinning his victims, the monster’s appearance has the Big Apple police force on edge. While running away from some of New York’s finest, Quinn mistakenly stumbles into the […]
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The Mechanic
Fresh from the all-star “The Expendables,” Statham takes over Charles Bronson’s role from the 1972 “Mechanic” as Arthur, the title’s hit man for hire who is ordered to off his wealthy mentor (Donald Sutherland, TV’s “The Pillars of the Earth”) and then, feeling guilty, takes the man’s destitute son, Steve (Ben Foster, “Pandorum”), under his […]
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The Ambulance
Sometimes — “Phone Booth,” “Cellular” — they pay him the big bucks for it. More often, than not, however, he goes the low-budget route — “Maniac Cop,” “Q,” “The Stuff” — and the result can be gold. Or at least well-polished fool’s gold. Such it is with 1990’s “The Ambulance,” a spirited conspiracy thriller about […]