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    Firestorm (2013)

    Firestorm (2013)

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    A storm is heading to the city, and with it comes another occurrence so destructive, it vows to...

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David McK (3932 KP) rated War Machine (2026) in Movies

Apr 26, 2026 (Updated Apr 26, 2026)  
War Machine (2026)
War Machine (2026)
2026 | Adventure
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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I've never seen Jack Reacher.

Which might sound as a strange thing to be saying about this 2026 Netflix action adventure movie, but there is a reason: namely, that it derives a lot of its selling power from the fact that the star of the Jack Reacher TV series (so not Tom Cruise) is the main lead in this.

In what is, effectively, a movie that very-much-s stick to the traditional three act structure: intro, and boot-camp training (with breadcrumbs dropped for future payoff), main body where the star and his colleagues - initially believing themselves still to be on a training mission - are hunted through the woods by the War Machine of the title (that looks a bit like a grown up ED-209 from Robocop), and a final confrontation between the star and his enemy where he uses his smarts to finally defeat said War Machine.

No clue is ever given as to why these alien machines as susceptible to earth-based physics, or why they are even attacking ...

Still, if you can put that aside and prepare yourself in advance for a bit of Jingoistic ra-ra-America, it's an enjoyable enough ride.
  
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David McK (3932 KP) rated The Fallen Sword (The Hundred Years War, #3) in Books

Aug 3, 2024 (Updated Aug 3, 2024)  
The Fallen Sword (The Hundred Years War, #3)
The Fallen Sword (The Hundred Years War, #3)
A.J. Mackenzie | 2022
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
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The third and final entry in AJ MacKenzie's 'The Hundred Years War' series which, truth to be told, did not turn out at all as I expected.

By which I mean I was expecting something Cornwell-like; an action-adventure set during the period of The Hundred Years War between France and England over the throne of France.

What I got instead was a (I felt) slow-burner of a mystery over three novels, with the war really only providing the backdrop as the herald Simon Merrivale investigates a shadowy conspiracy amongst the nobles of both sides

The fault in expectation, of course, was wholly mine.

This follows on from the largely-Scotland set A Clash of Lions, itself following on from A Flight of Arrows, with Merrivale now back in France as the English besiege the key city of Calais. I have to say, I did find parts of this novel to drag on a bit: for me, it never really gripped me as much as parts of the previous entry did. One of those novels (and series) that I'm happy enough to have read, but not to the point where I would - yet - search out more by the author.