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  • Be Cool (2005)
    Review preview for Be Cool

    The only flair exhibited in Be Cool belongs to the set designer.

    The Exile · 2 out of 5
    Sequel to Get Shorty moves into the music business.
  • The Italian Job (2003)
    Review preview for The Italian Job

    A standard formulaic thriller, dependent upon technological gizmos, buddy-buddy performances and a totally unbelievable storyline.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    American remake of the classic Sixties Brit heist flick, involving gold ingots and Mini Coopers
  • Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
    Review preview for Law Abiding Citizen

    Flails about through a series of ostensible set-pieces until it reaches a conclusion that verges on the nonsensical.

    Andrew Robertson · 1.5 out of 5
    A man whose family has been murdered seeks revenge on the killers - and on the legal personnel who enabled them to escape justice.
  • A Man Apart (2003)
    Review preview for A Man Apart

    F Gary Gray does what he can with a poor script, but cannot hide the fact that the material is soggy and weak.

    Gator MacReady · 2 out of 5
    An undercover DEA agent turns vigilante after a jailed gang boss has his wife killed.
  • Straight Outta Compton (2015)
    Review preview for Straight Outta Compton

    They sang it as they saw it and in Compton that was not pretty

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton, Los Angeles, in the mid Eighties and revolutionises hip hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

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