Best action flick of the year

Rating: 10/10 (13 September 2004)

They finally got it right! It's about time someone released an action movie the way we've always wanted it done. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is sick of movies with a moral or movies that cop out at the last minute. This is a movie about bad things happening to good people and a person standing up and dealing out natural justice to those deserving. Juvenal once said that "The man who deserves to die is already dead in his soul" and this is bourne out very well in this picture. With every step Creasy made, I felt his pain and his rage. I was so pleased with the 'pull-no-punches' attitude of this movie, I even saw it twice. (A big call with the tickets costing NZ$14.00, these days.) I mean, there's a place for cutesy-poo Diznee movies about neon fish or friendly bears or whatever-the-hell the latest marketing ploy is, but it was great to see an adult action movie where the bad guys get exactly what they deserve. Let's have some more of that...