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Tag Archives: Thriller
Weapons (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): After they are gone…
“Weapons” is a creepy horror thriller film which works best if you do not know a lot about the story and characters before watching it. After drawing your attention with a substantial amount of creepiness and anxiety on the screen, … Continue reading
A House of Dynamite (2025) ☆☆☆1/2 (3.5/4): Nobody can possibly be prepared for this
Kathryn Bigelow’s new film “A House of Dynamite”, which is being shown in South Korean theaters before being released on Netflix two weeks later, is quite tense and disturbing to say the least. Closely and vividly following how its many … Continue reading
A Working Man (2025) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Statham on John Wick mode – no surprise here
David Ayer’s latest movie “A Working Man” is a run-of-the-mill action flick which will not surprise you a lot if you are a seasoned moviegoer like me. As a sort of cross between “Taken” (2008) and “John Wick” (2014), it … Continue reading
One Battle After Another (2025) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): A full-throttle political genre mix a la PTA
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film “One Battle After Another” is a full-throttle political genre mix to captivate and then entertain you in unexpectedly various ways. As he has always done during last three decades since his first feature film “Hard … Continue reading
No Other Choice (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Killing for employment
Park Chan-wook’s latest film “No Other Choice” is another dark and twisted genre piece you can expect from its director. Following its plain ordinary family guy’s murderous struggle for getting employed, the movie provides a series of morbidly humorous moments … Continue reading
Perfect Blue (1997) ☆☆☆(3/4): Someone to watch over her
Satoshi Kon’s 1997 animation feature film “Perfect Blue”, whose 4K restoration version happens to be released in South Korean theaters in this week, is a disturbing but striking psychological thriller about one young actress under a certain insidious influence. I … Continue reading
Highest 2 Lowest (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): A colorful NYC remake from Spike Lee
Spike Lee’s latest film “Highest 2 Lowest”, which was released on Apple TV+ in last week, is an interesting remake of “High and Low” (1963), one of the classic films from great Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. While mostly following the … Continue reading
Fight or Flight (2024) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): A flight full of killers
“Fight or Flight” is one of those goofy action thriller films which do not take themselves seriously while having some outrageous fun with their utterly silly story premise. Although it is rather deficient in terms of story and character, the … Continue reading
The Limey (1999) ☆☆☆(3/4): A personal issue of one old Cockney dude
Steven Soderbergh’s 1999 film “The Limey” is a modest but slick genre flick about a little violent quest of one old British dude quite determined to find out what really happened to his dear daughter. While this is basically your … Continue reading
Night Always Comes (2025) ☆☆☆(3/4): Desperate hours
Netflix film “Night Always Comes”, which was released a few days ago, is a relentlessly bleak mix between character drama and noir thriller, which is mainly driven by the sheer human desperation of its flawed heroine. You may not like … Continue reading
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