The Phantom of the Opera (2005)
7.3
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From his hideout beneath a 19th century Paris opera house, the brooding Phantom (Gerard Butler)...
Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
5.7
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Fearless explorer Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) tries to locate Pandora's box before criminals...
David McK (3562 KP) rated Greenland (2020) in Movies
Mar 3, 2021
If you said the words 'Gerard Butler' and 'Comet' to me (or pretty much anyone else) prior to this, I'm sure they would envision some form of action movie, where Butler single-handedly saves the world.
In other words, I was expecting something like 'Armageddon 2.0'. 'Deep Impact 2.0'. 'Geostorm 2.0'.
This is nothing like any of those.
Instead, this is really a family drama, with the Garrity's selected by the US government (via random lottery) to travel to a safe(r) location when parts of the comet start striking Earth - things, however, prove not the be as straightforward as expected when they are denied travel due to their son's diabetic condition.
Personally, I also think it probably would have been better with the more ambiguous ending hinted at in the final act.
David McK (3562 KP) rated Plane (2023) in Movies
Mar 17, 2025
So pretty much what you'd expect, really.
here, he plays a pilot who is forced to crash-land his plane on a remote and war-torn island after it is hit by lightning (on New Years Eve, whilst travelling home to see his daughter), with his passengers then taken hostage by the rebels on said island and with Butler then having to find a way to rescue them, in company with a prisoner who was being transported on board his plane, wanted for murder.
Solid if unspectacular.
Timeline (2003)
6.5
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A group of archaeologists become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve a friend. The...
Dracula 2000 (2000)
5.7
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A group of thieves break into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the...
David McK (3562 KP) rated Geostorm (2017) in Movies
Dec 23, 2020
'The Day After Tomorrow'?
Or even '2012'?
This is more of the same, this time with Gerard Butler taking the lead in a not-so-distant future of 2022 after a network of satellites is sent up into space in 2019 (I must have missed that - I'm reviewing in 2020) to control the weather.
Of course, things then start t go wrong with said satellites (mainly due to sabotage), leading ex-chief engineer Jake Lawson to be recruited by his politician brother (who had previously fired him) to go back up into space to see if he can put things right, in a race against time.
So, Gerard Butler vs The Weather. It's no contest.
(it's also almost completely a cheesy B movie, which can be unintentionally funny if you let it!)
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
6.4
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Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and...
David McK (3562 KP) rated The Phantom of the Opera (2005) in Movies
Jul 11, 2022
And therein lies it's greatest problem: Butler (and, to an extent, all the modern Phantom's) is just too conventionally good-looking for the hideous disfigured gargoyle who haunts the Parisian Opera catacombs but dreams of higher things!
That aside, this is definitely sumptuously filmed, with some great sets. Some catchy tunes, with the latter to be expected
I.t's just that, well, it does tend to drag a bit.
I suppose, in effect, it's like going to the Opera without actually going to the Opera ...
Sarah (7800 KP) rated Gods Of Egypt (2016) in Movies
Mar 17, 2018
It's take on Egyptian mythology is actually an interesting one and it's just a shame they decided to take some of it too far with over the top and pretty naff CGI. Gerard Butler hams it up and it's quite funny to listen to his accent constantly switching between English, Scottish and American. Nicolaj Coster-Waldau is a good actor but he's given absolutely nothing to work with here other than a terrible cheesy and stilted script. Brenton Thwaites isn't too bad either but he does seem to be playing a very similar character to that of the latest Pirates film.
This is one of those films you watch just to laugh at how bad it is. And fortunately for this, I've seen worse!