A Working Man (2.5*): Like Every Other Statham Movie (But Not Quite As Good).
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “A Working Man”. A second rate Statham actioner, veering towards the nonsensical. 2.5/5.
Sylvester Stallone
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (12): You’ll believe you can cry over a CGI Raccoon.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (2023). After the recent duds of “Thor: Love and Thunder” and “Ant Man: Quantumania“, Marvel need a stabilising hit for the summer season. Fortunately, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” seems to meet that brief, being a loud, brash, funny crowd-pleaser of a … Read more
Creed III (12): “Walk Into What Is”.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “Creed III” (2023). For reasons that escape me, but which were probably work related, I never got to see “Creed II” from 2018. But I was very much a fan of the original “Creed” from 2016, giving it 4*’s. Armed with having read the very good synopsis for “Creed … Read more
The Suicide Squad (15): A surfeit of Gunn-violence.
A One Mann’s Movies review of “The Suicide Squad” (2021). Bob the Movie Man Rating: What a difference a “The” makes! The original “Suicide Squad” from 2016 was a botched and lacklustre affair, getting just 2.5 stars from me. James Gunn’s semi-reboot is hyper-violent, overlong, totally ludicrous but a whole bunch of fun. One of … Read more
One Mann’s Movies Film Review: Creed (2016)
As a boxing movie Creed packs a heavyweight punch. Sylvester Stallone (as the film’s producer) has covered a lot of miles with his Rocky legend, most recently with his 2006 Rocky Balboa. As such I had thought there was little milk left in the cash cow, but “Creed” proves me wrong. This time, with Stallone’s … Read more