Reviews by Gator MacReady

Order by: Date, A–Z

• Unleashed (2004)

  Review preview for Unleashed

  Works best as a character drama, with only a few silly fight scenes in between.

  A Jet Li martial arts extravaganza, with sensitive side issues and Bob Hoskins in bully mode.
• 
  Ultraviolet (2006)

  Review preview for Ultraviolet

  Ultraviolet has nothing new to offer and goes through so many of the tired motions that it's exhausting just sitting on your ass watching it.

  Adrift in a Technicolor future, a dying vampire struggles to protect a human child
• 
  A View To A Kill (1985)

  Review preview for A View To A Kill

  Glen keeps a balance between the plot and the action that is believable.

  The super-spy tackles a psychotic capitalist, bent on destroying Sillicon Valley.
• 
  War (2004)

  Review preview for War

  The gritty, flickering, b&w picture looks really cool, but it doesn't capture anything of interest.

  Mysterious end-of-the-world black-and-white study of life after nothing.
• 
  The Warriors: Director's Cut (1979)

  Review preview for The Warriors: Director's Cut

  Now is the time to rediscover The Warriors and be reintroduced to a cult classic.

  Walter Hill returns 26 years later to his cult New York gang rumble and cuts it the way he always wanted.
• 
  White Chicks (2004)

  Review preview for White Chicks

  One of the crudest, most low-brow films you'll ever see.

  Two black FBI agents dress up as white girls to track down kidnappers.
• 
  Wolf Creek (2005)

  Review preview for Wolf Creek

  Despite turning genre cliches on their heads and reversing expectations a few times, Wolf Creek is a dunderheaded exercise in routine horror.

  Backpackers go looking for hedonism in the Aussie outback... and find horror.
• 
  War Of The Worlds (2005)

  Review preview for War Of The Worlds

  The film lacks a defining moment, or set piece, and is void of a climax. You could say that CGI is all it's about and you'd pretty much be right.

  Earth is under attack and survival at a premium as giant alien robots gather for Armageddon.
• 
  Waterworld (1995)

  Review preview for Waterworld

  Waterworld has a lot going for it. It's everything an action/sci-fi movie should be.

  The quest for Dry Land as Kevin Costner blows a sub-Titanic budget.
• 
  Without A Paddle (2004)

  Review preview for Without A Paddle

  Funny and exciting, with non-stop action and set pieces.

  Three school friends meet up as respectable, bored adults and decide to go on a treasure hunt.
• 
  Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

  Review preview for Young Sherlock Holmes

  Young Sherlock is a fine example of Chris Columbus' most sophisticated writing.

  Teenage Sherlock meets side-kick Watson and they set out to solve a mystery
• 
  You Really Got Me (2001)

  Review preview for You Really Got Me

  If there are people out there who are nervous of going to see subtitled films, this is the perfect introduction.

  A loser gets mixed up in the kidnapping of a rock star.