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  • Basic (2003)
    Review preview for Basic

    It cheats so blatantly that the early tension, invoked through performance, interrogation and story telling is wasted.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    A Special Forces training exercise in the Panama jungle ends in mystery and murder.
  • Confidence (2003)
    Review preview for Confidence

    Clever thrillers that flirt with film noir are always welcome, but this is too smart for its own good.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Confidence trickery in LA, featuring a gang of smarty pants versus a very odd Dustin Hoffman.
  • Den Of Thieves (2018)
    Review preview for Den Of Thieves

    This is power unchained and unfiltered as the two protagonists position themselves for the final shootout like in an urban Western

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    A maverick cop takes on the most dangerous and cunning thief in the bank robbery capital of the world.
  • House Of Wax (2005)
    Review preview for House Of Wax

    There is nothing very special here - nobody is dreadful but nobody is any good, either.

    Kotleta · 2.5 out of 5
    Inquisitive teenagers in ghost town, where evil twins turn visitors into wax museum exhibits.
  • S.W.A.T (2003)
    Review preview for S.W.A.T

    S.W.A.T rhymes with R.O.T. Certain facts rise above the trivial. Not this one.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A team of specialised Californian cops act as bodyguard to an international criminal.
  • Whipped (2000)
    Review preview for Whipped

    The subject matter offends the sensibilities of anyone with an iota of respect for romance.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1 out of 5
    How to pick up girls in New York and treat them as sexual fodder.
  • Wild (2014)
    Review preview for Wild

    Witherspoon completely inhabits the role.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    Adaptation of the best-selling memoir of Cheryl Strayed, a young woman attempts the gruelling 1,100-mile hike across the Pacific Crest Trail.
  • Windtalkers (2002)
    Review preview for Windtalkers

    John Woo specialises in the spectacle of violent death and, after a while, this becomes monotonous.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Nicolas Cage babysits radio operators during at attack on a Japanese island in WWII.

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