Synopsis San Andreas, directed by Brad Peyton and released in 2015, is an action-disaster film headlined by Dwayne Johnson. Its narrative propels the audience through the overwhelming aftermath of a megathrust earthquake triggered by the storied San Andreas Fault in California. The film interweaves adrenaline-charged set pieces and a poignant family saga, crafting a high-stakes […]
Miss Bala, a 2019 action-thriller helmed by Catherine Hardwicke and headlined by Gina Rodriguez, serves as a loose American reimagining of Gerardo Naranjo’s 2011 Mexican original of the same title. Although both narratives track a singular woman’s treacherous entanglement in organized crime, the Anglophone adaptation amplifies a stylized action-thriller register and foregrounds survival, female independence,
Synopsis The Wave (Bølgen), 2015, represents Norway’s inaugural full-bore plunge into the disaster-thriller mould, and Roar Uthaug directs this diving-board leap with economy and flair. Although the narrative arises from plausible geological premises and draws subtler cues from documented hazard research, the filmmakers transcend zero-sum mimicry of Hollywood’s catastrophe crop. Instead, the story grafts spectacle
Synopsis: The Out-Laws is an action-aomedy movie released in 2023, directed by Tyler Spindel and partnered with Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions. With a blend of romantic awkwardness and a family feud and and outrageous action, The Out-Laws is fast-pace humor, one of Sandler’s Classics, to fill a pet, check fill a bet. Owen Browning,
Introduction Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is the 2016 action thriller sequel of the film Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise as the main character yet again. The movie is directed by Edward Zwick, who co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Wenk and Marshall Herskovitz. Never Go Back is based on the 18th novel of Lee Child’s
Introduction In 2013, cinemas screens were lit with the re-imagined Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters and it has since become a legendary cult classic. This absolute masterpiece has been described as a mix of horror, fantasy, action, and a dash of dark comedy by the written and directedel of the move, Tommy Wirkola. In comparison
Introduction The family-friendly superhero movie, Secret Headquarters, came out in 2022, and it was directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman. Different parts of the movie, such as action, comedy, and heartfelt family moments, flow together very well. The film can be streamed on Paramount. Secret Headquarters is targeted towards younger children and has a
Overview Michael Bay produced and directed “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi,” an American biographical war film released in 2016. It is based on Mitchell Zuckoff’s film of the same name published in 2014. It covers the events of 9/11/2012 where Islamic militants attacked a US diplomatic facility and a CIA annex in Benghazi,
Overview Seth Gordon directed Baywatch, an action-comedy film released in 2017 and starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron. It is loosely inspired by the television series Baywatch. The movie is about lifeguards, especially the character Mitch Buchannon. He goes on wild adventures that are not limited to rescuing swimmers. It also contains action elements, crime
Synopsis The Revenant is a 2015 film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu which draws from true happenings as an epic survival drama. The film is an emotionally gripping tale of survival and vengeance set in the 19th century American wilderness, and is inspired by the life of a frontiersman named Hugh Glass. The narrative is
