Film 286/365, Day 318/365 – Assassins

Standard action film with some good gun battles and car chases.  At just over two hours assassins is possibly a little too long for what it is really.  Everyone is quite good without anyone really excelling in their roles.  Good without really being great.

Synopsis:  Rath, an assassin, attempts to quit and walk away but Bain, a younger assassin, seeks to be regarded as the best.  Bain believes that he will only be the best once he has made Rath’s retirement permanent. 

Film 223/365, Day 241/365 – Rocky IV

Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallone meet long before The Expendables and long before all the surgery!  What you should expect from this film is lots of stereotypes, lots of rubbish boxing and cheesy lines.  It is by no means the worst film I’ve seen but it isn’t that good either.  The best bit is the training montage as it always is.

Synopsis:  Russian Boxer Ivan Drago comes to America to challenge the world champion Rocky Balboa.  Instead former champion Apollo Creed steps up to fight the Russian.  Apollo has been retired for five years and the fight doesn’t go quite as he planned.  Rocky must now go to Russia to avenge Apollo.

Film 215/365, Day 229/365 – Tango and Cash

A good blend of action and humour, not to mention the awesome armoured truck.  The most shocking thing about Tango and Cash is that Stallone and Russell are actually quite good together.  It’s from the ‘80s so expect lots of fairly cheesy music throughout, and one of the worst English accents!!!

Synopsis:  Two successful cops, Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash, that don’t get along are framed and forced to work together to clear their names and stay alive.

Film 152/365, Day 162/365 – The Expendables

Lots and lots of action.  Other than that however there isn’t too much to The Expendables and unfortunately that is why it won’t be remembered as one of the great action films.  The script was pretty awful and acting just as bad; the action was good but not brilliant.  I expected more if I’m honest.

Synopsis:  They are an expert military team available to hire.  They have no government affiliation.  They answer to nobody.  Ultimately however they are expendable.  Now they have been hired by the CIA to remove a former operative who has taken over an island and is running it as a base for his drugs operation.

Film 101/365, Day 107/365 – Rocky

A real feel good underdog film.  What can you say about Rocky?  He’s the lovable loser who everyone wants to win, to get the girl and to turn his life around.   But it’s not just about that, there are plenty of montages to enjoy as Rocky focuses on training in preparation for the fight of his life.  Surely everyone has seen this film, haven’t they?

Synopsis: Apollo Creed, the reigning heavyweight boxing champion of the world, needs an opponent.  His original opponent has broken a bone and cannot fight and with only five weeks to train he can’t find a professional to take his place.  Enter Rocky Balboa, the Italian Stallion, an amateur boxer selected by Apollo because of his nickname finally has his shot at the top prize.

Film 86/365, Day 90/365 – Demolition Man

A good standard action film with a bit of sci-fi thrown in.  Stallone and Snipes are both very good and Bullock isn’t that annoying!  As the demolition man you know he’s going to blow a lot of stuff up which makes for a good action film.  I do have one question however, what are the three sea shells for???

Synopsis: John Spartan is convicted of killing forty people whilst arresting crime lord Simon Phoenix.  His sentence is to be cryogenically frozen until he is no longer a threat to society.  Thirty years later Phoenix, who was also frozen, escapes during a parole hearing and continues his murderous rampage.  Spartan is then thawed out to capture once more.