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Non-Stop: an alcoholic veteran air marshal must figure out which of his passengers are picking the others off one by one until their ransom is met. To be fair, the director did all he could wit...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2015/12/15/non-stop/

The Raid 2: Berandal (aka The Raid: Thug): following on directly from events in The Raid… after his brother is murdered the rookie SWAT member goes undercover in order to flush out the city’s...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2014/04/16/the-raid-2-berandal/

Inescapable: an ex-military intelligence officer loses his daughter while she’s travelling Europe, so he jets over and tries to hunt her down. That plot sounds familiar… This is essentially a...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2014/03/07/inescapable/

Westworld: a luxury adult amusement park where holiday makers can relive the lawless Wild West for a thousand dollars a night; nothing can go wrong, and you can kill or get off with as many rob...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2012/06/26/westworld/

Butterfly on a Wheel (AKA Shattered. AKA Desperate Hours): A perfect couple with the perfect life have their world turned upside down when a madman jacks their car and forces them to obey him for...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2012/03/07/butterfly-on-a-wheel/

Party Down (Season 1): 10 episodes – follows a dysfunctional catering team of failed/upcoming Hollywood actors and writers. With most episodes having the team cater for a bizarre sub-set of soc...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2012/01/26/party-down/

Horrible Bosses: three friends are having major issues at work and decide it would be best if their bosses weren’t around any more… so they hire a ‘murder consultant’. The three bosses (S...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2011/10/08/horrible-bosses/

Blitz: a crazed killer is knocking cops over like skittles in London, but focusing only on one police station…  Story-wise, this follows the tried and tested formula featuring an alcoholic on-...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2011/06/02/blitz/

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger: shows two married couples and what happens when infidelity and ‘real life’ takes over. It’s starting to feel a bit like Woody Allen only has one story, a...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2011/03/28/you-will-meet-a-tall-dark-stranger/

The Lincoln Lawyer: follows a defense attorney that will represent any scumbag if the money’s right, but his latest case isn’t all it seems. First off, this is way, way better than the traile...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2011/03/25/the-lincoln-lawyer/

Inglourious Basterds: (Blu Ray) Not really much of a re-make after all. Straight off the bat the first 20 minutes are among the immense, intense and electric in memory. As the film continues ther...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2010/06/29/inglourious-basterds/

Knowing: : an astrophysicist receives a bit of paper that holds the key to every major disaster on earth. The number connection at the start feels like a high-brow Number 23, especially the drunk...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2010/06/18/knowing/

Grosse Pointe Blank: Follows a hitman going through a midlife crisis as he heads back home for a big job and school reunion. This was supposed to be a dark comedy but the only black part was Mart...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2010/06/03/grosse-pointe-blank/

Nathalie…: A woman suspects her husband is having an affair so she pays a prostitute to seduce him and tell her everything… yes, that’s how the French do it! You’ve probably noticed the b...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2010/05/03/nathalie/

The Ghost (Writer): A Ghostwriter replaces his predecessor who died under mysterious circumstances, as he researches and re-writes the memoirs of Britain’s ex-Prime Minister all is not what it ...

https://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2010/04/25/the-ghost/