Tag Archives: action films

THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS (RZA, 2012)

  Starring: RZA, Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu You may like this if you liked: Kill Bill: Vol.1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003), Machete (Ethan Maniquis and Robert Rodriguez, 2010), Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders, 2009) Well, in 19th century China (not that that … Continue reading

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THE EXPATRIATE (Philipp Stölzl, 2012)

  Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Liana Liberato, Olga Kurylenko You may like this if you liked: The Bourne Trilogy (2002 – 2007), The Cold Light of Day (Mabrouk El Mechri, 2012), Unknown (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2011) Why so serious Aaron? This poster … Continue reading

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MAN OF STEEL (Zack Snyder, 2012)

Starring: Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon, Amy Adams You may like this if you liked: Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan, 2005), Superman Returns (Bryan Singer, 2006), The Amazing Spider – Man (Marc Webb, 2012) I think we all know the story, but … Continue reading

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THE BURFORD TOP 10: THE WORST FILM ACCENTS EVER

Mad, bad or just completely outrageous. This is my personal top 10 of the worst accents I have ever seen in films. Hollywood has a tendency for scoring own goals when producing films set overseas and prefers to cast a … Continue reading

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THE BURFORD TOP 10: GUILTY PLEASURES AKA THE FILMS I LOVE TO HATE

These are films that have gaping plot holes, Pierce Brosnan attempting to sing, illogical endings, terrible acting and dialogue, Pierce Brosnan attempting to sing, and sometimes not even a particularly good story but yet still we cannot help but love … Continue reading

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BURFORD BACK IN TIME: OVER THE TOP (Menahem Golan, 1987)

  Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely You may like this if you like: Rocky IV (Sylvester Stallone, 1985), The Karate Kid (John G. Avildson, 1984), Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986) The excellently named Lincoln Hawk (Stallone, of course) … Continue reading

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BURFORD BACK IN TIME: BLOOD CREEK (Joel Schumacher, 2009)

Starring: Henry Cavill, Dominic Purcell, Michael Fassbender You may like this if you liked: Outpost (Steve Barker, 2007), Dead Snow (Tommy Wirkola, 2009), Devils of War (Eli Dorsey, 2013) Originally made in 2009, but shelved and then released here straight … Continue reading

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THE LIABILITY (Craig Viveiros, 2012)

  Starring: Tim Roth, Jack O’Connell, Talulah Rilay You may like this if you like: Blitz (Elliot Lester, 2011), The Hit (Stephen Fears, 1984), Down Terrace (Ben Wheatley, 2009) 19 year old Adam (O’Connell) is a tearaway teen that tries … Continue reading

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BULLET TO THE HEAD (Walter Hill, 2012)

  Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Sung Kang You may like this if you like: Guns, violence, grumbling or all three. Here Sly plays a veteran hit man Jimmy Bobo (a real fear inducing name isn’t it?) that is good … Continue reading

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THE LAST STAND (Kim Jee –Woon, 2013)

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville You may like this if you liked: The Expendables 2 (Simon West, 2012), A Good Day to Die Hard (John Moore, 2013), Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988) Former LAPD narcotics officer Ray Owens … Continue reading

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