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The Essential One Man Army Action Movies

August 11, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

We take a deep dive into the explosive brilliance of the one-man army action movie with ten essentials you have to see… The 1980s were a glorious time for action cinema. They took all the tropes of the Western with near indestructible and stoic heroes taking on hordes of bad guys. They moved completely away […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Atomic Blonde, Commando, Hard Target, Invasion USA, John Wick: Chapter 2, Rambo: First Blood Part II, red scorpion, Sisu, taken, The Raid 2

Iconic Characters Who Deserve Their Own Christmas Movie

December 25, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe places some iconic characters into the festive chaos of the Christmas movie… It’s Christmas. You might already be fed up with the never-ending barrage of Christmas songs, the neighbours who have had their lights going since they threw out their pumpkins, and the barrage of Christmas movies. Are there too many? Maybe. So […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Nightmare on Elm Street, Die Hard, Labyrinth, Mad Max, Seinfeld, taken, Withnail and I

The Essential Action Movies of the 21st Century

May 1, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe offers up a list of essential 21st Century action films… As an action aficionado and self-confessed old git, I quietly nod in a small amount of agreement with Ridley Scott and Martin Scorsese’s Marvel/modern cinema shade. I grew up in an era when action was performed almost entirely in camera, with an eye […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Avengement, Casino Royale, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Hero, John Wick 3: Parabellum, Mad Max: Fury Road, Minority Report, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Ong-Bak, Snowpiercer, taken, the bourne ultimatum, The Dark Knight, The Raid, Upgrade

Liam Neeson’s Enduring Action Hero Appeal

November 1, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on Liam Neeson’s enduring appeal as an action hero…  The sheer presence and charismatic Irish drawl of a certain Liam Neeson has long been engaging audiences. He meandered as a supporting artist for a number of years, before eventually becoming something of a critical darling in Schindler’s List, and his tall stature, rugged […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: A Walk Among The Tombstones, Cold Pursuit, Liam Neeson, Non-Stop, run all night, taken, The Commuter, The Grey, The Marksman, unknown

Liam Neeson originally believed Taken would go straight-to-video

August 10, 2020 by Liam Waddington

Despite being a financial success and one of the films that helped revamp Liam Neeson’s career, the actor reveals he initially had no expectations for the first Taken film. During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, while promoting his upcoming film Made in Italy, Neeson admitted he initially thought Taken would be a straight-to-video film. “I’ve said this […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Liam Neeson, taken

Jessica Camacho joins Taken season 2

July 30, 2017 by Gary Collinson

TV Line is reporting that The Flash star Jessica Camacho has signed on to the cast of NBC’s Taken for its upcoming second season. She is set to play a character called Santana, described as “a scary-smart, rule-breaking former Army captain who possesses an acerbic wit and calculated bravado. Her forte is logistics.” Taken is […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Jessica Camacho, taken

Person of Interest’s Greg Plageman joins Taken as new showrunner for season 2

June 7, 2017 by Ricky Church

NBC’s prequel adaptation of the Liam Neeson-led film series Taken has just hired a new showrunner for its second season. Person of Interest executive producer and co-showrunner Greg Plageman will take over the reins from former showrunner Alex Carey. The second season of Taken is said to be much more of a procedural series, in the vein of NBC’s hit […]

Filed Under: News, Ricky Church, Television Tagged With: Clive Standen, Greg Plageman, taken

Taken TV Series renewed for season 2 by NBC

May 10, 2017 by Samuel Brace

The television series based on the Liam Neeson film Taken has been renewed for a second season. Serving as a prequel to the Luc Besson action franchise, Taken will be coming back for more episodes over at NBC. However, the series’ showrunner, Alex Carey – who also developed the project – will not be returning when […]

Filed Under: News, Samuel Brace, Television Tagged With: taken

Liam Neeson rules out a fourth Taken movie

December 20, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Fans of the Taken franchise hoping to see Liam Neeson’s Bryan Mills putting his very particular set of skills to use again will likely be disappointed to hear that the Irish actor has ruled out the possibility of a fourth entry in the series. Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote his […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Liam Neeson, taken

Trends and the Lack of Originality in Hollywood

August 13, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

Eric Bay-Andersen on trends and the lack of originality in Hollywood… At the beginning of this year I went to the cinema and saw a preview of all the big films coming out in 2016, and it really depressed me because almost every upcoming ‘event’ film was a sequel, a re-boot, or a prequel to […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Eric Bay-Andersen, Movies Tagged With: Alice In Wonderland, batman begins, Harry Potter, taken, The 40 Year Old Virgin, the bourne identity, The Matrix, Transformers, Twilight

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