Thunder Force (12): Getting the crabs is never a laugh.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Thunder Force” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: The world has been irradiated and psychopaths have been transformed into super-villains – “miscreants” – wreaking havoc in the world. When the parents of Emily Stanton (Octavia Spencer) get killed by a miscreant, she makes it her life’s mission … Read more

The Equalizer 2 (18): A “Good Guy” meting out justice in a bad way.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Equalizer 2” (2018). Bob the Movie Man’s Movie Rating: Certification: UK: 18; US: R. There’s something really satisfying about seeing our ‘hero’ Robert McCall giving bad ‘uns a bloody nose (and far worse) as immediate punishment for a crime committed. My parent’s pre-war generation would wax lyrical about the days … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Big Short (2016)

The Big Short is not an easy film to watch on a number of levels. At a basic level, and speaking as a pretty well-educated film-goer, it requires quite considerable concentration to keep up with the financial jargon thrown at you. At a sociological level, the fraud and corruption that were endemic within the venerable … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Equalizer (2014)

Is it ever right for a regular citizen with the ‘appropriate’ skills to go vigilante and stand up to wrong-doing and a corrupt justice system? In the TV show of the 60’s, “The Equalizer”, Edward Woodward would! In many ways the new film version of “The Equalizer” is a story of a superhero, but instead … Read more