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  • Assault On Precinct 13 (2005)
    Review preview for Assault On Precinct 13

    Richet is at his best when moving quickly - he's a director in love with momentum.

    The Exile · 2.5 out of 5
    Remake of the John Carpenter classic.
  • Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
    Review preview for Mesrine: Killer Instinct

    The raw energy that Cassel brought to his role in La Haine has been harnessed again.

    Trinity · 3.5 out of 5
    The rise to fame of a violent modern day Robin Hood.
  • Mutiny (2026)
    Review preview for Mutiny

    There's good craft here, acting and action alike.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    After his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, a boyguard is set up to take the fall for the crime - leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an international conspiracy.
  • Plane (2023)
    Review preview for Plane

    As functional as Plane is, it's nuts and bolts, by the numbers, and for much of the time pedestrian.

    Andrew Robertson · 2.5 out of 5
    A pilot finds himself caught in a war zone after he's forced to land his commercial aircraft during a terrible storm.

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