Mark Bomback

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Rating: ★★
Aug 17, 2007Action Film/Socially Catastrophic Hack Attack
The fourth of the Die Hard films and the only one that enters genre territory with Bruce Willis fighting a catastrophic hack attack that disables the entire US. By now, what was originally an enjoyably gritty action film has been pumped up with over-the-top action sequences that frequently defy credulity
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Total Recall (2012)

Total Recall (2012)
Rating: ★★½
Aug 2, 2012Virtual Memories/Reality Bender/Action
I was never a particular fan of the Schwarzenegger original and this improves on it somewhat. This is far better conceived as an action film with some amazing Cyberpunk designs. On the other hand, the two decades interim has made the story's Philip K. Dick-ian reality bendings seem commonplace
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The Wolverine (2013)

The Wolverine (2013)
Rating: ★★
Aug 3, 2013X-Men Spinoff Film
While this received a good deal of fan buzz, I must admit to being disappointed. It strips much of the superheroics and mutant cameos of the other X-Men films until it feels more like a Westerner in Japan thriller like Black Rain or even a routine film noir plot that happens to be cast with Wolverine
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Rating: ★★★★
Jul 12, 2014Planet of the Apes Prequel
The Planet of the Apes series excels itself and stages a massively exciting inter-species war. The CGI/mocap apes come with an extraordinary range of nuance - quite whether it is performance or animation is up for debate but the results are outstanding
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Insurgent (2015)

Insurgent (2015)
Rating: ★
Mar 21, 2015Young Adult Dystopian Future
Divergent, he first entry in this Young Adult dystopian series, essentially a poor man's Hunger Games, failed the "I can't hold any suspension of disbelief to accept the scenario, why should I care about what is happening?" test; this offers more of the same – plus lots of random effects sequences
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War of the Planet of the Apes (2017)

War of the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Rating: ★★★★★
Oct 14, 2017Planet of the Apes Sequel
The third film in the rebooted Planet of the Apes series. The motion capture effects are at an absolute peak of the art and the motion capture performances astonishing. The whole film almost seems to consist of heart-tugging moments to make you go "aww"
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