http://critiqal.com Everybody is a critiq - we just happen to like sharing our opinions. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://critiqal.com/the-expendables-2010/5667/ http://critiqal.com/the-expendables-2010/5667/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:02:23 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Crime/Gangster]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5667 Plot: A group of mercenaries is hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren’t quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal. With their mission thwarted and an innocent life in danger, the men struggle with an even tougher challenge – one that threatens to destroy this band of brothers.]]> http://critiqal.com/the-expendables-2010/5667/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/crank-high-voltage-2009/1978/ http://critiqal.com/crank-high-voltage-2009/1978/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:02:43 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Crime/Gangster]> Sequel]> Thriller]> http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1978 Plot: Chev Chelios (Statham) faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.]]> http://critiqal.com/crank-high-voltage-2009/1978/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/transporter-3-2008/1583/ http://critiqal.com/transporter-3-2008/1583/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:01:57 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1583 Plot: Frank Martin (Statham) continues his job of delivering packages without questions in this third installment of the Transporter series.]]> http://critiqal.com/transporter-3-2008/1583/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/death-race-2008/1519/ http://critiqal.com/death-race-2008/1519/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:06:13 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1519 Plot: It's the year 2020. To combat prison overcrowding, the powers-that-be have devised a brutal 3-day car chase, with the winner gaining their freedom. Speedway champion Aimes (Statham) takes on the challenge when he is framed for a murder he didn't commit. But it's going to take all his skills to make it to the finish line of this race alive.]]> http://critiqal.com/death-race-2008/1519/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/in-the-name-of-the-king-a-dungeon-siege-tale-2008/1365/ http://critiqal.com/in-the-name-of-the-king-a-dungeon-siege-tale-2008/1365/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:52:40 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/previews/in-the-name-of-the-king-a-dungeon-siege-tale-2008/1365/ Plot: A simple family man (Statham) becomes a reluctant warrior after an army of murderous beasts commanded by an evil sorcerer (Liotta) ransacks his peaceful village and captures his wife (Forlani). Based on the Dungeon Series video games by Gas Powered Games.]]> http://critiqal.com/in-the-name-of-the-king-a-dungeon-siege-tale-2008/1365/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/war-2007/622/ http://critiqal.com/war-2007/622/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:54:05 +0000 Reid Currier http://themindschewtoy.com/movies/reviews/war-2007/622/ Plot: After his partner Tom Lone (Chen) and family are killed by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue (Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Statham) becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. ]]> http://critiqal.com/war-2007/622/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/crank-2006/368/ http://critiqal.com/crank-2006/368/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:28:01 +0000 Reid Currier http://pezxpress.com/2007/01/14/crank-2006-review/ Plot: Chev Chelios (Statham) is about to die. Injected with a deadly toxin nicknamed "the Beijing cocktail", he has only an hour to live. The only way to prolong his life? Adrenaline. The faster his heart beats, the longer he lives. And he's got something to live for - he has to kill the man who poisoned him (Cantillo).]]> http://critiqal.com/crank-2006/368/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/the-italian-job-2003/380/ http://critiqal.com/the-italian-job-2003/380/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:51:42 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Crime/Gangster]> Remake]> http://pezxpress.com/2003/10/21/the-italian-job-2003-review/ Plot: In this remake of the 1968 film with the same name, six con men pull off the heist of their lives - 35 million dollars in gold bricks - in Venice, Italy. Everything goes off without a hitch, until they are betrayed by one of their own, who takes the loot, kills one of them, and leaves the rest for dead. A year later, the four surviving members track their betrayer down, anxious to settle the score.]]> http://critiqal.com/the-italian-job-2003/380/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels-1999/1049/ http://critiqal.com/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels-1999/1049/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2003 14:48:08 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Comedy]> Crime/Gangster]> Thriller]> http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1049 Plot: Eddie (Moran), Tom (Fleming), Bacon (Statham) and Soap (Fletcher) have raised enough money to enter a high-stakes poker game, hosted by Hatchet Harry (Moriarty). When Eddie ends up losing big time, it’s up to the four of them to come up with 500,000 quid...in a week. Desperate, they are at a loss as to what to do...until Eddie overhears a conversation that seems to be the answer to their money problems.]]> http://critiqal.com/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels-1999/1049/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/the-transporter-2002/1092/ http://critiqal.com/the-transporter-2002/1092/#comments Sun, 27 Oct 2002 17:37:57 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Crime/Gangster]> http://themindschewtoy.com/?p=1092 Plot: Frank (Statham) is a transporter. His job is to transport people and things from one place to another. He makes it a rule not to interfere, but this time he looks in one of the packages and sees Lai (Qi), and everything changes. Now he's got "Wall Street" (Schulze) - remember, no names - after him and a cop (Berleand) hot on his tail.]]> http://critiqal.com/the-transporter-2002/1092/feed/ 0