Stealth

Masterful aerial action sequences don't compensate for earthbound plot.

"...film, despite its video-game, user-friendly toggles – clearly marked "Adrenaline" and "More Adrenaline" – plays like a slapdash assemblage..."

July 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Read Local!

Also out this summer

"...Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott (Grand Cent­ral Publishing, July 1): If..."

May 27, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The 11th Hour

Tim McCanlies eyes the finish line

"..."I think there's something to that idea," McCanlies says. "Adrenaline definitely kicks in when you're suddenly faced with a..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Twisters

Pale imitation of what made the original such an unexpected smash of a disaster movie

"...of an idiot. Twister portrayed its characters as nerdy adrenaline junkies working in the world’s most dangerous lab conditions...."

July 19, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Civil War

Stunning near-future drama about combat journalists

"...the next assignment for battle-numbed photographer Lee (Dunst) and adrenaline junkie writer Joel (Moura) is to get the last..."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Boy and the Heron

Miyazaki's gorgeous but oddly obtuse return to animation

"...this breathless introduction with bravura, capturing the moment’s physical adrenaline and panicked emotion through near-expressionistic animation paced like a..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Gran Turismo

True-ish story of a gamer who became a racer is a solid rags-to-riches thrill ride

"...Blomkamp does his best to inject that sense of adrenaline into Gran Turismo. For the most part it works..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

10 Essential Showcases to See at Oblivion Access

Unpacking the unclassifiable experimental music festival, show by show

"...the heavy punkness of Elizabeth Colour Wheel and the adrenaline rush of Street Sects intersecting on the same night...."

June 9, 2023 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

God's Creatures

Stillness and violence in this startling tale of an Irish fishing community

"...violence – startlements that work like a jolt of adrenaline until the film returns to its natural resting state..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Death on the Nile

Brannagh's back for another ride under the detective's moustache

"...the third act, the movie gets a shot of adrenaline mixed with heartache, culminating in a chilling the-killer-is-in-this-room denouement..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

There Is No Evil

Iranian anthology walks the line between life and death

"...a condemned prisoner. In the initially talky and then adrenaline-charged second vignette “She Said ‘You Can Do It’,” a..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Rookies

Milla Jovovich sleepwalks through an action-comedy dud

"...Zhao Feng (Wang) is a professional adrenaline junkie, broadcasting his buildering videos to a rapturous audience...."

April 16, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Old Man & the Gun

Robert Redford has rarely shone more than in this true-crime tale

"...loves the thrill of the game. He’s a geriatric adrenaline junkie, playing a high-stakes gamble with the nerve of..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Logan Lucky

A different kind of heist film from the Ocean's 11 director

"...a hypochondriac’s anxious-sneeze confirmed in Contagion; mixed martial arts adrenaline shot Haywire; new-millennium Norma Rae Erin Brockovich; new-genre invention..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Don't Breathe

Home-invasion thriller is more methodical than innovative

"...run-down Detroit; Money (Zovatto), a hooligan who digs the adrenaline high of his crimes more than the profits; and..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Tina Fey becomes a war correspondent in her new comedy

"...in Kabul, and in time falls victim to the adrenaline rushes that other war reporters have been known to..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mad Max: Fury Road

Glorious action cinema abounds on Fury Road

"...If any other film this summer tops its N02-powered adrenaline rush, I’ll eat Mel Gibson’s boots...."

May 15, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...bag 'em." There's just enough light to see the adrenaline glint in his eyes...."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Luv Doc: To Band or Not to Band?

Yes, you can do SXSW totally commando

"...that literally. Los honchos are totally amped up on adrenaline, Monster Energy Drink, and raw, unchecked power. Standing up..."

March 8, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

Premium Rush

Joseph Gordon-Levitt rides like the wind, and Michael Shannon plays his usual nut job, but Bullitt on a bike this film is not.

"...A law school dropout, Wilee loves the freedom and adrenaline rush of pedaling nonstop across the city. We know..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Five-Year Engagement

This romcom starring Emily Blunt and Jason Segel possesses something rare: rational, relatable adults.

"...monty in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, say, or Jonah Hill's adrenaline-shot resurrection in Get Him to the Greek. But he..."

April 27, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Haunting the Chapel

Q&A with Dave Lombardo of FFFF headliners Slayer

"...might have gone faster in a live environment, with adrenaline and everything, but that’s pretty much it humanly possible..."

Nov. 2, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

5 Days of War

Renny Harlin directs this explosion-heavy film about the Russian-Georgian crisis of 2008.

"...war correspondents. The journalists depicted here are primarily adventure-seekers, adrenaline junkies, or troubled souls trying to heal their wounds..."

Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Expendables

Sylvester Stallone helms this clash of the titans of action cinema that coasts on its concept while blowing up lots of stuff.

"...more like wishful thinking. There's just not that much adrenaline coursing through the audience, although, yes, sure, it's predictably..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Restrepo

This documentary, which chronicles the 15-month deployment in Afghanistan of about a dozen U.S. soldiers, is an example of photojournalism at its finest.

"...to play with guns. Another who talks of the adrenaline high he gets from combat could be a character..."

July 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Fire at AFD

Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr leads a department flaming with labor, race, and gender politics

"...that Austin hired a woman as their fire chief." Adrenaline and Change..."

Oct. 16, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hurt Locker

An elite bomb-dismantling squad in Iraq tread the fine line between keeping themselves alive and coming back for another adrenaline rush.

"...sympathy, admiration, and aggravation in equal turns as the adrenaline junkie staff sergeant whose reckless methods seem almost cowboy..."

July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Terminator Salvation

Despite a couple of good action sequences, Terminator Salvation is loud, talky, and entirely lacking any sort of soul or sense of good old summer-matinee fun.

"...Angels in 2000 and hasn't done anything for my adrenaline centers since then. He stages action sequences with grand..."

May 22, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Every Step They Take

Kathryn Bigelow dramatizes the dangerous business of bomb detonation in The Hurt Locker

"...you telling us that these bomb techs are basically adrenaline junkies?..."

March 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Taken

Call it the last cinematic gasp of the Bush era.

"...with glee and relish, resulting in the kind of adrenaline-fueled amoral thrill ride you almost – almost – feel..."

Feb. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

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