The Liberator

South American revolutionary Simón Bolívar is the subject of this vast epic.

"...film’s opening text tells us: "Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America."..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Mardaani

In this Hindi film, a female cop tangles with a human-trafficking ring.

"...press time. In this Hindi film, a female cop battles with a crime lord when her investigation into the..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

300: Rise of an Empire

Better than the first movie, this sequel is a more deserving Aegean “epic.”

"...Wyler’s Ben-Hur, mind you.) There’s 300 times more bloodshed, battles, rough sex, and even rougher weather here than in..."

March 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Elysium

In the year 2154, the rabble live on the garbage dump of Earth while the elite live in the perfect Elysium in the sky; Matt Damon is a mad Max who breaks on through.

"...Ultimately, Elysium ends up with explosions, running gun battles, and summer non-blockbuster tedium. The outcome is never in..."

Aug. 9, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Battlefield America

It's You Got Served for a younger dance generation.

"...rats from thereon out, replete with jittery, hopelessly edited battles that stop and start with zero rhyme and even..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Tails

George Lucas exec produced – and bankrolled – this action/drama about the historic Tuskegee Airmen.

"...one is still kicking), then the magnificently choreographed aerial battles in Red Tails will have you walking on air,..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster

This sequel is a model of the martial arts movie form.

"...and looking as robust as ever). Squabbles and street battles erupt like baby insurgencies throughout and it's one breathtakingly..."

Jan. 28, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

So a mammoth, a sloth, and a saber-toothed tiger walk into a Mesozoic Age ….

"...direction: offering vertiginously dizzying flights with pterodactyls and toothy battles with the saurians of the title. Granted, this particular..."

July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Trek

Star Trek is an immensely satisfying origin story that introduces the characters we know – before we knew them.

"...clearly big fans. For all its epically chaotic space battles and Bana's scheming, time-tripping Romulan, Nero, Star Trek is..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

The only important things in this new animated epic is that viewers be blown away by the endless and pointless laser battles and that girl power comes into its own.

"...blown away by the movie’s endless and pointless laser battles and that young Ahsoka has as much super, sassy,..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Pevensie kids are summoned back to Narnia for yet another mystical adventure based on C.S. Lewis' series of fantasy books.

"...film than its lead-footed if well-intentioned predecessor, rife with battles, death, and bloodshed, all shot through an oppressively miasmatic..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Although it tries mightily to top 2005's origin story by introducing fanboy favorite the Silver Surfer, this film is nevertheless relentlessly dull and curiously bombastic.

"...these particular heroes.) Despite a wealth of well-designed CGI battles and a real attempt to create a sense of..."

June 22, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Watch

The second in a Russian science-fiction trilogy is a fantastic sight to behold, but don't try explaining the plot.

"...laws and in which the Others wage their timeless battles while surrounded by clueless mortals. Day Watch has a..."

June 15, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

An Unreasonable Man

This documentary is a far cry from the dry polemics one might expect from a survey of Ralph Nader's career as a consumer activist and political candidate.

"...archive of consistently engaging clips from Nader's many congressional battles (most famously, bringing General Motors to their apologetic knees..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Cocaine Cowboys

Documentary shows how Miami was once a sleepy seaside hamlet with a permeable border and largely unprotected coastline before the cocaine economy took over.

"...Mall in a drug-related submachine shoot-out – and bloody battles between Cuban and Colombian gangs on Floridian shores. Corben’s..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Jet Li's Fearless

Jet Li's final martial-arts epic is fittingly peripatetic, finding the Hong Kong superstar ricocheting across the screen from action set-piece to emotional overload and back again.

"...Flavorless Gruel of Woe by Karma, since the true battles are fought within. Or something along those lines. The..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast improvement over the previous two outings, but still and all, it’s no Star Wars.

"...wallow in the series’ greatest strengths: tightly choreographed light-saber battles (lots of ’em); an opening dogfight sequence that rivals..."

May 20, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Realms of the Unreal

The strange artwork and life of primitivist Harry Darger is given dimension by master documentarist Jessica Yu.

"...accompanying illustrations, otherworldly images of fantastic creatures and epic battles painted, drawn, collaged, and overlaid on tapestry-like paper “canvases”..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

King Arthur

In this cinematic retelling Arthur and his men are trained to be a warrior SWAT team for the Roman Empire.

"...Empire, the rocky and rain-swept land of Britain. The battles, of which there are several, are full of bloodless..."

July 9, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Troy

This big-budget adaptation of The Iliad tries mightily, but the end result is the sound and fury of Homer undone.

"...and oddly tame retelling of one of history’s greatest battles. For those who were absent from high school English..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Asian Connection

"...traffickers into Taiwan, while experiencing culture clashes, grisly gun battles, and plentiful car chases along the way. But within..."

Jan. 17, 2004 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Faithless

"...film director and family friend David (Henriksson). Divorce, custody battles, and despair ensue. “Duh,” repeats that little voice. The..."

March 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Enemy at the Gates

"...and costly campaign was one of the most brutal battles of modern times. During that bitter Russian winter, more..."

March 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Center Stage

Students at the American Ballet Academy in New York vie to join the professional corps.

"...students' and teachers' Us-vs.-Them struggles than from any intrinsic battles with craft or professional artistry. To make matters worse,..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

U-571

"...(exceptionally well-done) shots of exploding depth charges and topside battles. McConaughey, with his flattop 'do, square jaw, and grim..."

April 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Princess Mononoke

Japanese animated feature is packed with an environmentally aware storyline, breathtaking animation, and clever dialogue penned for this American release by Brit fantasist Neil Gaiman and delivered in English by a slew of American actors.

"...palette; Princess Mononoke is filled to bursting with epic battles, gorgeous, jaw-dropping animation that will have the hairs on..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Replacement Killers

"...seems so numbingly ritualistic that even the well-choreographed gun battles, probably the most Woo-like aspects of the film, lose..."

Feb. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Spice World

"...Hard Day's Night, Spice World follows the antics and battles of the band's five members -- Sporty, Scary, Baby,..."

Jan. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Critical Care

"...script. Both films use major American institutions to stage battles royal between the eternal forces of altruistic agendas versus..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dragon Chronicles

"...regular intervals during a bizarrely convoluted story that includes battles over not only the usual enchanted amulets, scrolls and..."

May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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