Tag Archives: Joe Carnahan

Copshop review — B-movie siege thriller hits every target

September 27, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Joe Carnahan | Written by Carnahan, Kurt McLeod, and Mark Williams | 107 min | Amazon Prime Action director Carnahan is on a bit of a roll given his last picture, time-loop thriller Boss Level, was quite a bit of fun. This time out he reteams with Frank Grillo for a picture that is… Read More

Boss Level review — Groundhog Day as a video-game actioner

July 16, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Joe Carnahan | Written by Carnahan, Chris Borey, and Eddie Borey | 94 min | Amazon Prime When we meet Roy Pulver (Frank Grillo), he's already died and been revived more than 140 times. He's been decapitated, crushed, and knocked into a bus. He's deep into this time loop scenario, so familiar from… Read More

Bad Boys trilogy review — The regular return of buddy cops

February 5, 2020 flawintheiris

Somehow I've arrived in 2020 without ever having seen a Bad Boys movie. I'm not sure how that happened, but this week I remedied the situation. Here's the review for the first two films, followed by the third one now in cinemas. Bad Boys (1995) | Directed by Michael Bay | Written by George Gallo,… Read More

Death Wish (1974) and (2018) reviews — 1970s vigilante thriller ages poorly in 2018 remake

March 9, 2018 flawintheiris

1974: Directed by Michael Winner | Written by Wendell Mayes | 93 minutes 2018: Directed by Eli Roth | Written by Joe Carnahan from the Brian Garfield novel and the 1974 film screenplay by Wendell Mayes | 107 min I recently rewatched the first Death Wish, and found the Michael Winner film to be not… Read More