Enjoyable but silly in places, The International never quite gets away from the fact that it’s about the banking industry and yet still manages to entertain sufficiently to make watching it worthwhile.

Excellent chemistry between Owen and Roberts, combined with an interesting story, careful use of flashbacks, and some excellent supporting performances (Paul Giamatti is awesome) made this an enjoyable film (if maybe a little long) despite the critical backlash.

Despite having a well trodden plot 16 Blocks delivers an exciting and entertaining 118 minutes filled with wise cracks, solid dialogue and decent performances.

Compelling, intriguing and more than worth the effort, Twelve Monkey’s really defies genre selection and really has to be experienced.

A classic movie which is as watchable today as it was in 1987, Lethal Weapon defines the buddy-cop action-comedy genre and is still top of the class over 20 years on.

Mad Max holds up despite being 30 years old, presenting a gripping and gritty view of the near future and spawning a generation of look-alike films.

Body of Lies is a reasonably good action-thriller with some strong performances and interesting context, let down by a soft-ending.

A by-the-book action thriller with no twists or turns and a hero who at times stretches his credability.

Much like a surfer who spends a long time waiting for the right wave, only to have it vanish beneath them just as they’re about to rise and finally reach the sky, Rocknrolla never gets a stable footing despite several attempts and misses the crest too often.

Bourne reboots the entire spy thriller genre with explosive action and a very tight screenplay in this fast paced, high quality thrilling movie.

Sing a lament for what might have been, for what could have been; Max Payne is good looking but the screenplay lacks consistency and integrity.

Deja Vu keeps to a tight script and a simple premise to bring a solid story about time-travel to life in a near-believable way delivering an entertaining and enjoyable experience.

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If you can cope with the handy-cam film style then Cloverfield provides an entertaining and high quality mystery drama with excellent acting and yet it doesn’t quite live up to the viral marketting hype.

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High quality thriller from the early 90’s with a good-enough story and superb performances from Tommy Lee Jones (the US Marshall chasing the ‘bad’ buy) and Harrison Ford (the ‘bad’ guy).

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A polished, slick and highly entertaining post-cold war thriller with solid performances from everyone in the cast, resulting in a very enjoyable if not overly original movie.

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Heat is overly long, unrealistic and obviously (re-)designed to provide a platform for Pacino and De Niro to square off against each other, resulting in a disappointing overall experience despite the obvious underlying technical quality of this production.

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