Movie reviews of Evan Popplestone

Unless you are a die-hard fan of Italian exploitation, Ironmaster is best skipped.

At its heart it’s a rather predictable and linear fighting career movie...

An outstanding, hugely entertaining thriller.

Feels like a huge, unsifted creative brainstorming session amongst Marvel’s finest talents...

An entertaining low budget film despite its problems.

Presents elaborate female characters in the forefront of the picture, and does so in a truly radical manner. Chalk it up as another must-see.

An atmospheric, pathos-laden paean to society’s losers and damaged.

There’s plenty wrong with 2019, but it’s entertaining if approached in the right spirit.

There is an abundance of great, hardboiled lines, with Ford and Grahame naturally getting the lion’s share.

However, what really holds the film together isn’t the stunning visuals, the subversive subtexts or the gross-out horror; it’s the performance by Garance Marillier.

Definitely the weakest of the series.

The action is less outrageously over-the-top than in previous instalments but is still intense stuff...

It's one of the finest Chambara movies of all time.

Gets bogged down in an overly cluttered story for the first hour.

The body count is huge and the methods of despatch endlessly inventive...

This one pushed things that bit further in terms of the amount of limb-chopping, blood hosed from open wounds and suchlike.

Go and watch the original anime film, its sequel or the spin-off Stand Alone Complex TV series instead.

A highly enjoyable 1980s horror film despite a few dated elements.

One of the finest, most exciting action films around - but it is also so much more than that.

Despite its somewhat dated action filming and depictions of women, Hell Drivers stands as an intelligent and energetic piece of British cinema.

One of those “not quite” movies that seems to work better in parts than as a whole.

Simply great, unpretentious entertainment for all ages - nothing more and nothing less.

A rewarding piece of work for those willing to pay attention and soak in the quiet artistry that is evident in every frame.

There’s little reason to watch Absurd apart from the gore.