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Academic Curveball

James J. Cudney

5.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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When Kellan Ayrwick returns home for his father’s retirement from Braxton College, he finds a dead...

To the Top of the Mountain

Arne Dahl

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After the disastrous end to their last case, the Intercrime team - a specialist unit created to...

Blazing Minds (92 KP) rated 211 (2018) in Movies

Nov 1, 2021 (Updated Nov 3, 2021)

211 (2018)

2018 | Thriller

4.3

(6 Ratings)

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Mike Chandler (Cage) is a life-long veteran police officer ready to finally enjoy his retirement and a well-deserved pension. With his partner and son-in-law, rookie Steve at his side, and Kenny, a 15-year-old court-appointed ride-along (that he certainly won’t forget) reluctantly in tow, they set out on a routine patrol of the city’s streets, only to come up against an explosive situation.

OK, so the first thing you have to remember with this new action movie with Nicolas Cage is it’s a DTV (Direct To Video) movie, so don’t be expecting the big-budget production of the Hollywood movies, the movie is a bit of a slow starter and it’s not really until you get to around the first 30 minutes or so that things really start to happen.

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David McK (3372 KP) rated John Wick (2014) in Movies

Mar 11, 2023

John Wick (2014)

2014 | Action, Thriller

8.5

(83 Ratings)

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Well, that was ... something different.

Perhaps Keanu Reeeve's best role since the Matrix, with Keanu portraying the feared hitman John Wick, who comes out of retirement following the death of his wife when his house is ransacked, his car stolen and his puppy (a last gift from said wife) killed by a young generation of Russian mobsters.

The elders of all who fear the Baba Yaga.

AKA the boogeyman. Or John Wick.

So a pretty straightforward revenge plot, with Reeves on a rampage of destruction as he hunts down those responsible, with some pretty intense (and brilliantly choreographed) action scenes, and with hints of a larger world of underground assassins with the inclusion of the designated safe-ground of the Continental Hotel(s), and with the gold coins that act as a sort of payment/token of favour.