Make a terrifying zombie movie, and people will come.Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Latermanaged to scare its way to the top of the domestic box office last weekend. This weekend belongs to race cars, asF1speeds into theaters. Early reviews have praised the Brad Pitt-led action flick, which should be one of the biggest movies of the summer.
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The Purge (2013)
12 years ago this month, James DeMonaco introduced a dystopian United States inThe Purge. After an economic collapse, the New Founding Fathers of America bring order to the U.S. and implement the Purge. For 12 hours, all crime, including murder, is legal.
While the poor have nowhere to hide, the wealthy have impenetrable security systems to protect themselves from anarchy. When the son of James Sandin (Ethan Hawke) disarms his house’s security system, they become the targets of a radical group looking to commit murder.The Purgehas obvious political undertones, but when it shifts to a home-invasion thriller, the movie finds its groove.
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Days of Thunder (1990)
Tom Cruise is a master of generating headlines. While attending theF1premiere, talks of aDays of Thundersequel began to permeate. Director Joseph Kosinski even suggested a crossover betweenDays of ThunderandF1. Cruise is not even inF1, and he somehow inserted himself into the story. He’s a true one-of-one.
With a sequel in development, there’s no better time like the present to watchDays of Thunder. Cruise plays Cole Trickle, a cocky NASCAR driver who suffers a devastating injury. With the help of a doctor (Nicole Kidman) and his rival (Michael Rooker), Cole gets back on track to race in the Daytona 500.Days of Thunderisn’t perfect, but Tony Scott’s fast-paced and boisterous action movie is ideal popcorn entertainment.
StreamDays of ThunderonPluto TV.
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
If the Terminator himself said it, then it must be true. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently said thatTerminator Salvationis the worst movie in the franchise. The most underrated of the bunch isTerminator: Dark Fate. 25 years afterT2, a state-of-the-art Terminator (Gabriel Luna) is sent to 2020 to kill Dani Ramos (Natalia Reyes), a young girl who will affect the future.
To counter the Terminator, the Resistance sends an augmented soldier named Grace (Mackenzie Davis) to protect Dani. Director Tim Miller stages gritty action sequences in this vastly underappreciated thriller. Having Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and James Cameron doesn’t hurt either.
