Review: Mad Max - Fury Road

Review: Mad Max – Fury Road

(There are spoilers in this review. Obviously) That old Hollywood cliché – development hell – was close to the mark when it came to Fury Road; the long-awaited fourth instalment in the Mad Max series. Originally conceived in 1998, Fury Road was due to start […]

Cult Film Review: Assault On Precinct 13

Cult Film Review: Assault On Precinct 13

John Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) is a masterclass in fighting the odds. Our besieged protagonists are marooned in a soon-to-be derelict police station in an abandoned neighborhood, there’s no power, phone lines are cut and there’s not much in the way of weaponry […]

Cult Film Review: Mad Max Trilogy

Cult Film Review: Mad Max Trilogy

With Fury Road hitting the final straight before its May release, what better time to revisit a trilogy that raised the bar not only for the post-apocalyptic genre but action films in general and the career of Mel Gibson. The world inhabited by Max Rockatansky […]