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: Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017).

Vaughn and Golding cross the pond to deliver more of the same. You would probably need to be living under a rock not to know that “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” is the follow-up film to Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman’s highly successful 2015 offering “Kingsman: The Secret Service”: a raucous, violent and rude entry into … Read more

One Mann's Movies Film Review: The Great Wall (2017)

Exercising your Damons. Millions of people watching the Oscars would have seen Jimmy Kimmel roasting poor Matt Damon as a part of their long running ‘feud’. At one point he points out that Matt gave up the leading role in “Manchester by the Sea” to star in a “Chinese ponytail movie” that “went on to … Read more