SXSW Unleashes the Midnighters

Mayhem, 68 Kill, plus Behind the Mask retrospective

"...a series of first screenings, including the eagerly awaited Mayhem, some Tokyo-style gore, and a local headtrip...."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Deepwater Horizon

Mark Wahlberg stars in this throwback to Seventies disaster films

"...comes into view. Berg is a master at depicting mayhem, people fleeing from pressurized bolts flying everywhere and flames..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

White Girl

Sex, drugs, and privilege

"...has a restless, kinetic style that suits the drug-fueled mayhem, but like waking up after partying all night, in..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Transpecos

Border-patrol officers get in way over their heads

"...a seemingly random border stop spirals into murder and mayhem. The three men now must grapple with a complicated..."

Sept. 9, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Purge: Election Year

The third entry in this nasty series adopts a political bent

"...their ids and do whatever they want: murder, rape, mayhem, etc. to cleanse them of their urges, thereby making..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Witch

Madness, mayhem, and witchcraft beset a family in 1630s New England

"...feature director Robert Eggers’ slow-burning descent into madness and mayhem in 1630s New England. The Witch, which made its..."

Feb. 19, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Goosebumps

The ever-popular YA novels spring to life with Jack Black

"...unwittingly unleashes on their sleepy little town the literary mayhem in the locked manuscripts of Stine’s works, much to..."

Oct. 23, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Cooties

A horror-comedy about kids turning to zombies and the teachers they hope to feast on

"...USA, add a bucket or two of Romero-esque siege mayhem, then cram in some broad splatstick comedy and a..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hitman: Agent 47

A great old video game is back for a lackluster film reboot

"...to get its hands on the supersoldier technology. Much mayhem and tedious plot points ensue. It doesn’t help that..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Vatican Tapes

Pray for us; it's exorcism time again

"...behavior, institutionalization in the loony bin, homicidal and suicidal mayhem, and the inevitable rite of exorcism all illogically follow...."

July 24, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Furious 7

Furiouser and furiouser

"...L.A.’s underground racing scene would become the most durable auto-mayhem franchise since Manny, Moe, and Jack? At the time,..."

April 3, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Godzilla

These monsters have more audience appeal than their human co-stars – which is good and bad.

"...Olsen, and Bolde) who struggle to reunite amid the mayhem...."

May 16, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

World War Z

This bio-disaster movie with zombies and Brad Pitt is smart and ambitious, even if it doesn't break the mold.

"...jam that thrusts the Lane family into sudden zombie mayhem provides a fine introduction to the film and its..."

June 21, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Man of Steel

This new Superman flies without a lot of emotional baggage, which is mostly a good thing though the character could stand a bit more dramatic heft.

"...the story eventually, predictably, cedes itself over to endless mayhem. Man of Steel falls in line with the contemporary..."

June 14, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Evil Dead

Fans of the original horror trilogy have nothing to fear from this gory new reworking.

"...smartly retools the original outline and delivers more bloody mayhem than what is usually considered acceptable in an R-rated..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Django Unchained

As entertaining and subversive as Django Unchained is, Tarantino's latest also suffers from a certain slackness.

"...and near-castration added to Tarantino’s vast arsenal of sanguinary mayhem. Even the action comedy has its moments to shine,..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paranormal Activity 4

Five years after the end of PA3, things are still going bump in the night.

"...so minutes of the film go like gangbusters with mayhem and death appearing (literally so) out of nowhere. And,..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Expendables 2

This who's who of action stars even features Schwarzenegger in his movie comeback.

"...not thus?). West's distinct brand of ultraviolence and larger-than-life mayhem follows, but the plot barely hangs together amid outbursts..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Raid: Redemption

This Indonesian film truly has a nonstop glut of martial-arts action, so don't worry about the minimalist story and characters.

"...devotees of action films, will be energized by the mayhem and thrilled by its inexhaustibility. The Raid: Redemption definitely..."

March 30, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Both ridiculous and ridiculously fun, this is over-the-top robotic mayhem.

"...fun 154 minutes of utterly unhinged, completely over-the-top robotic mayhem. And with a moral, no less. Pass the popcorn,..."

July 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Double Dhamaal

Bollywood comedy.

"...the men. But love matches are made, and comic mayhem ensues...."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Drive Angry

Nicolas Cage plays a parent on a mission to avenge the murder of his daughter and granddaughter.

"...that allows director Lussier to stage some spectacular automotive mayhem and far too many CGI-aided flesh wounds. Satanists fall..."

March 4, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Megamind

This animated film is vibrant and exceedingly clever, but also a rather slight thing for such mega-sized proportions.

"...Megamind – most commonly to the illustration of such mayhem as death rays vaporizing steel and whole buildings turning..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Aakrosh

When three students go missing in a small Indian village, the investigation into their disappearance causes mayhem. In Hindi.

"...a small village, the investigation into their disappearance causes mayhem. In Hindi...."

Oct. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Predators

This Robert Rodriguez-produced film doesn't try to be a sequel to the Schwarzenegger picture but, instead, is a new story about humans hunted by the merciless Predators.

"...to that eye-popping, mind-warping, starlit screen of endless sexy mayhem. Bring your best (or, lucky you, first) gal/guy, settle..."

July 16, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The A-Team

It's the latest old TV show to be remade as a contemporary feature film and fares just about as well as the rest.

"...are sure to leave a longer-lasting impression than anything mayhem maestro Carnahan cooks up onscreen. But hey, that’s (summer)..."

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Killers

Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl play a married couple, but the wife doesn't know her husband is a government assassin. Comedy ensues.

"...lifestyles, but instead the script only calls for violent mayhem and chaotic, nonsensical plotting. Only the underplaying Selleck gets..."

June 11, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From Paris With Love

Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays an American diplomat in Paris who is paired with a wise-cracking, trigger-happy CIA maverick (John Travolta) to stop a terrorist attack.

"...With Love comes midway into the film’s admittedly well-choreographed mayhem as the gun-crazy operative Charlie Wax (Travolta) exasperatedly explains..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Avatar

James Cameron's opus is thrilling, lovely, sad, and explosive in all the right ways.

"...$300 million, Cameron's ne plus ultra of futuristic mechanized mayhem and seamless CGI trickery is both a cinematically spectacular..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Where the Wild Things Are

This very special film is the rare children’s offering that isn’t coded for adults or made corny and flip for kids.

"...the spectrum – joy, grief, rage, a relish for mayhem – and put it onscreen for our viewing pleasure...."

Oct. 16, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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