Tag Archives: Jaume Collet-Serra

Black Adam review — Abysmal superhero schlock

November 15, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra | Written by Adam Sztykiel, Rory Haines, and Sohrab Noshirvani | 125 min | ▲△△△△ | Netflix As someone who's been writing about movies for more than 15 years, there's a genuine thrill walking out of a movie that's achieved something exceptional, knowing you've just seen one of the best movies… Read More

Jungle Cruise review — Ersatz adventure gets lost down the river

July 27, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra | Written by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Josh Goldstein, Michael Green, and John Norville | 128 min | Disney Plus Almost 20 years ago, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's first starring role in a feature was a picture called The Scorpion King, an entertaining spin-off of The Mummy Returns, itself a sequel… Read More

The Shallows review — Deeper than it looks

July 7, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra | Written by Anthony Jaswinski | 86 min | On Demand "Do we really need another shark movie?" I wondered as I walked into the cinema to see The Shallows. Probably not—even Jaws writer Peter Benchley at the end of his life advocated for shark conservation. But I'm happy to watch… Read More

Run All Night review — Liam Neeson brings it

March 12, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, written by Brad Ingelsby Liam Neeson: action icon. It would have been hard to believe 10 years ago, even though he once played a superhero in Darkman. Neeson's found a professional niche comparable to what Robert Mitchum used to do, or late career Charles Bronson. That said, his efforts in the action… Read More