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  • Breaking In (2018)
    Review preview for Breaking In

    The problem with Breaking In is not that it is silly, but that it isn't quite silly enough.

    Owen Van Spall · 2.5 out of 5
    A woman tries to save her children, who are being held hostage in her father's fortress-like country house.
  • Ninja Assassin (2009)
    Review preview for Ninja Assassin

    It’s hard not to become desensitised to the excessive hyper-violence playing out before you, which has clearly been employed to patch up what is an agonisingly threadbare plot.

    Adam Woodward · 1 out of 5
    A young ninja rebels against his clan.
  • The Raven (2012)
    Review preview for The Raven

    Camp when it could be creepy, silly where it should be scary, V For Vendetta director James McTeigue's latest offering is fitfully entertaining but tragically turgid and formulaic for the most part.

    David Graham · 2.5 out of 5
    Gothic author Edgar Allan Poe becomes implicated in a series of murders that use his stories as inspiration.
  • V For Vendetta (2005)
    Review preview for V For Vendetta

    In making V a symbol of vengeance, valiance and victory, V For Vendetta does for a letter of the alphabet what Kill Bill did for the colour yellow.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    In the near future, Britain is a fascist state into which a mysterious, masked terrorist dares to fight fear with flames

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