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Ridley Scott is a visionary in creating futuristic scenarios. In Blade Runner 2049 he brings out not just a new world but a new civilisation. Blade Runner  was first released in 1982 and received mixed reviews. Viewers were not sure about director Ridley Scott’s dystopian sci-fi noir depiction of our …

Wu Jing is currently shooting the sequel, Wolf Warrior 2, he’s both in front and behind the camera, as director/producer and leading man. A Chinese Special Forces hero finds himself in trouble in a war torn African country. (although set in Africa, the movie is currently shooting outside of Beijing). Yu Nan from Expendables …

SECURITY story line: A security guard protects a woman who is being targeted by a gang for participating as a trial witness. Sounds familiar? No, this is not another Bodyguard or Leon. Antonio Banderas has joined the action hero persona with hard-hitting scenes, that makes him stand out. In SECURITY, he is an …

After many years, and many attempts, Stephen King’s fantasy horror epic, The Dark Tower has become a film.  The adaptation is about a Gun Slinger, Idris Elba, travelling through different worlds to stop the evil man in black, performed phenomenally by Matthew McConaughey. Both Stephen King and the movie’s director and co-writer, …

Black Panther will be the eighteenth film installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The super-hero film revolves around the story of  T’Challa who, after the events of Captain America: Civil War, returns home to become king of his technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda, but his strength as king and as black panther is …

There have been many adaptations based on the Journey to the West. Wu Kong seems to be in the same form, a Chinese fantasy, historical drama with some Monkey King experience. It is set in a time before the heroes became mythological characters. Wukong was born in Huaguo Mountain. He has …

Rated R for violence and peril, KIDNAP carries a whiff of the Taken series, which was successfully driven by Liam Neeson. An accomplished actress like Halle Berry would definitely shine in this action thriller. The story is like this: A typical afternoon in the park turns into a nightmare for …

Okay to make it clear – the humans versus gorilla species has been one of the scariest ideas to come out this century. The scientifically backed research, that as humans, we share the closest DNA to the gorillas, creates scary scenarios. A story of the intelligent ape evolution and the …

A.R. Murugadoss has the innate talent to make hugely successful action flicks, his directorial list have all been super box-office successes. Recently his next film, produced in Telugu and Tamil, Spyder has generated quite a huge buzz. The lead character, Mahesh Babu, is portrayed in the likes of James Bond …

The 2014 Chinese movie Brotherhood of Blades returns with an action-packed sequel (technically a prequel) that places the heroes back into a conflict-ridden Ming Dynasty, set in 1627. The original received a number of Golden Horse Award nominations and won Best Costume Design. Chang Chen is perfect in his role as a member of …