The shadow that the iconic film Heat has cast over the heist genre is long. It’s pretty hard to do a film these days that centers on both the thieves and the police, without first thinking of Michael Mann’s iconic film. So while Crime 101 does share a lot of notes with Heat, it also does a lot differently, and a lot of it does … Continue reading ‘Crime 101’ Spoiler Free Review – ScreenHub Entertainment
Den of Thieves wasn’t without its faults but despite them, it found an audience thanks to word-of-mouth recommendations that garnered the film a little cult following. Now, seven years later, the first sequel has been unleashed. But Den of Thieves 2: Pantera is a very different animal than the first one, so much so that I wonder if fans of the original may feel a … Continue reading ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ Review – ScreenHub Entertainment
The biggest compliment and criticism of 2018’s action heist film Den of Thieves is that it’s Heat-lite. But if you’re going to try and make a heist movie, riffing off of one of the best ones ever made isn’t per se a bad thing, as long as the final result elevates the product. I feel this is the case for Den of Thieves. It’s derivative, … Continue reading ‘Den of Thieves’ is Surprisingly Good Despite Its Flaws – ScreenHub Entertainment
A little more than a year after his excellent black comedy The Gentlemen (one of my favourites of 2020), British director Guy Ritchie is back at it with a new action-packed heist movie starring his old collaborator Jason Statham. Although we mostly know Ritchie for his typical English gangster movies with a strong focus on humour and neighborhood feuds, we are in brand new waters … Continue reading ‘Wrath of Man’ Review – ScreenHub Entertainment
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