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“How ‘The Raid’ Filmmaker Gareth Evans Is Challenging Himself With New Genres”
“Enough already with Apostle pieces!” you say. “Ha ha ha! Deal with it, sucker!” says I, swinging my second article about one of my recent favorites, Gareth Evans’ new horror joint, right at your face. I didn’t get to write all of the pieces about Mandy, but lord I tried. I am now making up for that … Continue reading
Review: Apostle, 2018, dir. Gareth Evans
Well, hey, look at that, a new Gareth Evans movie. I’ve been waiting on more Evans since 2014’s The Raid 2: Berandal, a high point in action filmmaking (if a little bit bloated, but the bloat is all good bloat); he has a way about the camera that ensures the camera is as involved in what … Continue reading
Review: Headshot, 2017, dir. Timo Tjahjanto & Kimo Stamboel
Sometimes, all you want is for a movie to be about the thing it says it’s about. Case in point, Headshot, a movie about a guy who gets shot in the head, survives, loses his memories, regains his memories, and, after grappling with the realization that he was trained from childhood to be a killing machine, … Continue reading
Review: The Raid: Redemption, 2012, dir. Gareth Evans
The Raid kicks ass. I almost want to leave the review at those four lone words; they convey all of the meaning needed to either sell you on The Raid or inform you that your time would be better spent elsewhere. But I can’t get away with that sort of smirking plebian criticism, and besides, … Continue reading
A Constant Visual Feast 