Category Archives: Arnie Schwarzenegger

Eraser (Review)

Arnie’s career was really losing steam by the time Eraser came around. After all he’d played every role that suited him, often multiple times. The robot. The soldier. The cop. The special agent. The ummm… barbarian. And believe it or … Continue reading

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True Lies (Review)

James Cameron was running so hot as a director between 1984 and 1994 that True Lies is probably the least discussed film that he released over the decade, even the ambitious yet flawed The Abyss gets more love. And True … Continue reading

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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Review)

Say what you want about Arnold Schwarzenegger – he’s a politician so most people do – but the man practically invented the buff indestructible killing machine with biceps of steel and post death quips of cheese. A genre that has … Continue reading

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T2: Judgment Day (Review)

How to review T2: Judgment Day without resorting to fanboy-isms? It’ll be difficult… because this roolz! We know from the 1984 Terminator that the future turns extremely bleak – in 1997 to be specific (did I miss something?) – the … Continue reading

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The Terminator (Review)

It’s hard to believe that the original Terminator film was James Cameron’s first big budget Hollywood effort, well unless you count Piranha 2: The Spawning. As I do. While hundreds of 80s films now gather dust in cupboards and shelves … Continue reading

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Total Recall (Review)

Total Recall might not be the most realistic film ever made, it hasn’t got the attention to detail and the gritty realism that a James Cameron film boasts, in fact it actually seems more cartoony than Avatar – which I … Continue reading

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Predator (Review)

Aaah the 80s. The decade of the stupid jock. When you could go shirtless and carry a big gun (the bigger the better) as long as you had huge muscles. When brawn trumped brains every time. You could shoot whoever … Continue reading

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Raw Deal (Review)

Raw Deal is realistically a vehicle to let Arnold Schwarzenegger plug bad guys with bullets, all the while spouting ridiculously macho dialogue. So rather than talk about it I’ll try to summarise it DVD cover blurb style. Try to read … Continue reading

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Red Heat (Review)

Red Heat is the perfect buddy-cop action film. The main driver behind every buddy-cop flick is the unlikeliness of the buddies. In Lethal Weapon (also pretty great) the difference is that that we have an old black conservative guy with … Continue reading

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