In 2008 Taken was a surprisingly effective, highly enjoyable, and unexpectedly successful European action movie, and it cemented Liam Neeson as a thoroughly imposing and believable action star. Now he’s back, in Taken 2, but has Major Spoilers been taken in by the movie’s special set of skills?
Author: Cathal Ó Míocháin
Cathal Ó Míocháin
What to say...born in the last year of the seventies, the decade of the best music and movies, Cathal's earliest memories are of movies and comics. Star Wars, Batman, Superman and Indiana Jones filled his childhood, and not a whole lot has changed. He lives in Dublin, with his supremely understanding wife. Cathal voice his opinions across the various corners of The IntarWebs: @CatHaloMovies on The Twitter; Cat Halo Movies on The FaceSpace; and on the Major Spoilers Forum, where all manner of opinions are aired by all manner of folk on a wide variety of topics.
In this, the fifth entry in the Resident Evil movie franchise, Alice must be rescued from a high tech underground complex run and owned by the evil Umbrella Corporation. There are clones, zombies, and all manner of oogly booglies, but can it live up to the lofty heights of the previous movies?
In Looper Joseph Gordon-Levitt is young Joe and Bruce Willis is old Joe. There is time travel, telekinesis, mobsters and corn fields. But do all these elements work?
Hot on the heels of The Dark Knight Rises comes the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns. Find out how the animated movie holds up, after the jump…
Dredd has hit Irish shores early. Can Urban and co redeem Judge Joseph Dredd, and help us forget about Stallone’s big budget misfire of ’95.
In a week that saw Michael Clarke Duncan and Neil Armstrong pass away, it seems only natural to watch Armageddon.
British filmmaker Tony Scott died on 19th August, and Major Spoilers sat down to watch one of his more over-looked action movies…
Expendables 2. Stallone. Statham. Willis. Schwarzenegger. Van Damme. Norris. Li. Lundgren. Couture. Crews. Explosions. Major Spoilers. More after the jump…
The Bourne Legacy took the top spot this past weekend, leaving The Dark Knight Rises in second third place. Major Spoilers had a chance to check the movie out, and you can read the full review, after the jump.
Nothing is more powerful than a young boy’s wish, and when John Bennett makes a wish for his teddy bear to come to life, he gets more than anyone expected. Major Spoilers takes a look at Ted, Seth MacFarlane’s first major motion picture.