Zack Snyder continues his glorious comeback with a brain-splattering, action-packed new take on the zombie genre. Army of the Dead is a heist film that takes place in a Las Vegas overrun by flesh eaters. Don’t think of it as Ocean’s Eleven meets The Walking Dead. The film sets up a zombie scenario with a

Riders of Justice is an absolutely brilliant Danish film that cleverly crosses multiple genres. What begins as a revenge thriller turns into a wicked black comedy with a whole lot of heart. A superb ensemble cast, led by the always fantastic Mads Mikkelsen, will have you laughing out loud and cringing at the same time.

Emilia Clarke single-handedly lifts Above Suspicion with a gritty and brutal performance. The film is adapted from an infamous true crime that took place decades ago in the backwoods of the Appalachian Mountains. An illicit affair between an informant and an FBI agent spins out of control with tragic consequences. Above Suspicion is loaded with

Guy Ritchie misfires in his latest action thriller with Jason Statham. Wrath of Man attempts to wrap the standard revenge theme around a mysterious conspirator. It’s told in four chapters that take place during different time periods. The result is a leaden jumble of poorly defined characters directed in an awkward way. There’s violence galore,

Filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a central figure in shaping films after World War II and became one of the major auteur filmmakers of the New German Cinema. His works varied from melodrama (The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant), to sci-fi noir (World on a Wire), to gothic thriller (Chinese Roulette), and ending in

Warner Bros. Animation hearkens back to the Golden Age of Comics with the thrilling Justice Society: World War II It’s a retro adventure with a modern twist that brings the Flash, and his time-traveling abilities, again to the forefront as the lead character. Classic heroes battle evil Nazis with a few engaging plot twists along

The film adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse bears little resemblance to the source material. Michael B. Jordan is a ferocious protagonist who shreds baddies as a vengeance-seeking Navy Seal. But the classic character’s twenty-first century upgrade is nearly torpedoed by a preposterous plot. The tense and agonizing storyline from the novel is replaced by

Anson Mount leads an esteemed ensemble cast to nowhere in a dull and plodding crime thriller. The Virtuoso has an introspective hit man searching for a mysterious target in a sleepy town. He narrates almost every action as he methodically goes about his bloody work. The problem is that our so-called expert continually makes foolish

Chinese auteur Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers) delves into the spy genre with an exquisitely shot, snowy noir thriller. Cliff Walkers is a period tale of espionage and betrayal set in 1930s Northern China under Japanese rule. The film is densely plotted with Hitchcockian character twists. The elaborate narrative gets muddied at times.

The Mortal Kombat reboot is a bloody awesome adaptation of the famed video game franchise. Fans are going to be overjoyed. Everything that makes Mortal Kombat entertaining gets amped up with the hard-R rating. The film is loaded with brutal fight scenes. The martial arts choreography, superb visual effects, and insane fatalities are a marked