Review: XXX: Return of Xander Cage
Xander Cage comes out of hiding to track down a device called Pandora’s Box, which can weaponize any satellite in orbit, which has fallen into the hands of xtreme criminals led by Xiang (Donnie Yen) in XXX: Return of Xander Cage.
Review: Arsenal
Nicolas Cage reprises his role from 1993’s Deadfall, Eddie King, in the new crime thriller Arsenal, where he kidnaps Adrian Grenier’s brother (Johnathon Schaech) and forces him to try and raise an exorbitant ransom.
Review: The OA
Netflix’s new supernatural sci-fi drama may seem like a binge-worthy lark, but thin plot, characters and lame ending ruin anything positive.
Review: Assassin’s Creed
The Ubisoft series of games makes the jump to the big screen with an insanely talented cast, including Michael Fassbender starring as Callum Lynch and his Assassin ancestor Aguilar as the Abstergo Corporation tries use both to find the location of the powerful artifact, the Apple of Eden.
Review: Rogue One
The first Star Wars Story, Rogue One tells the tale of the band of rebels that stole the Death Star plans shortly before the start of Episode IV.
Review: Contract to Kill
The first Steven Seagal movie to hit theaters since Half Past Dead in 2002, Contract to Kill finds Seagal playing John Harmon, a CIA/DEA enforcer who must stop the Mexican cartels from entering into an alliance with Islamic extremists in Istanbul.
Review: Doctor Strange
The MCU gets magical as the Sorcerer Supreme arrives in an origin film that shows how arrogant surgeon Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) learns the mystical arts to defend Earth from threats from other dimensions.
Review: Ouija: Origin of Evil
2014’s Ouija was liked by basically no one but it made enough money to warrant a prequel that is basically a complete 180 and gives us a pretty fantastic 60’s based horror movie from Oculus director Mike Flanagan.
Review: The Magnificent Seven
After one disasterous remake, MGM has tried again with a remake of one of the greatest westerns ever made, The Magnificent Seven, with Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt taking up six shooters to defend a small western town from an evil industrialist (Peter Sarsgaard).
Review: Hard Target 2
Can the Scott Adkins starring Hard Target 2 possibly live up the glorious insanity of John Woo’s original classic? We watched it and have the answer.
Review: Mechanic: Resurrection
One of the few non-superhero/sci-fi action movies this year and the only one starring Jason Statham, Mechanic: Resurrection is a solid, violent, fun way to close out a particularly awful summer for movies.