State of Play – 2009
State of Play is a fast moving thriller that starts well from the get go, once you put aside the on screen pairing of Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck the film develops well at a solid rate. It’s no surprise really as the screenplay was penned by Tony Gilroy a man with an experienced history [...]
Knowing – 2009
Nicholas Cage is one of those hit and miss actors, one minute he’s acting out of his skin and the other he’s bumbling his way through another disappointment, with his quietly spoken drawl. Knowing is a tale of two halves, the first half is a well thought out disaster thriller, the second is quite simply [...]
Fifty Dead Men Walking – 2008
Fifty Dead Men Walking takes a little bit to get into, but when you do you are gripped right through to the end, based on true events the film follows Martin McGartland’s shocking real life story. Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police [...]
Untraceable – 2008
A fairly uninspiring thriller which did little to raise the bar for tension, in some cases it could be said that we have seen it all before which is a shame as the general plot was a good one. It was certainly a little predictable in places and you were sure you could second guess [...]
Layer Cake – 2004
If there was ever a perfectly crafted film then this has to be it, Mathew Vaughn’s Layer Cake for me tops a long list of British gangster flicks. Why you may ask? Well firstly the script, it’s clever, concise and slick. Second the acting, it’s brilliant and thirdly, the director. Mathew Vaughn brings a precise [...]
