Tag Archives: Escape from New York

Film review | Lockout – Quick with his quips & his fists: Guy Pearce’s Snow is as cool as his name

Posted on 20 April 2012 by Jason Best

Guy Pearce’s cynical anti-hero Snow doesn’t sport a black eye-patch in sci-fi action thriller Lockout but otherwise he’s a dead ringer for Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken. The resemblance isn’t a surprise: producer Luc Besson has pretty much taken the plot … Continue reading →

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Greatest Action Heroes – The Top 10

Posted on 6 August 2010 by Jason Best

Sylvester Stallone is the greatest old-school action hero! We asked you to tell us who was the best of the bunch of muscular screen heroes who burst onto the screen in the 1980s and early 90s – and your verdict, … Continue reading →

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The Best View – Doomsday & Cashback

Posted on 1 September 2008 by Jason Best

Is Neil Marshall a shameless rip-off merchant or an impudent fan boy paying homage to his favourite films? Watching the so-called Splat Pack director’s gory post-apocalyptic action movie Doomsday, which comes out on DVD today, I can’t make up my … Continue reading →

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