In a year of disappointing blockbusters, trust director William Kaufman to give us one of the best action films of the year. Made on a fraction of the budget of what is currently playing in Multiplexes, Man of War (2026) puts those to shame with a film filled with a gripping plot, terrific acting and pulse raising action scenes that perfectly combine to make this rank amongst Kaufman’s best work. One of the first films to focus on the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war, at least to my

I must say, Kevin James: Action Star wasn’t exactly on my bucket list for this year, but that is exactly what we get with his recent outing, the violent crime thriller Guns Up (2025). To be fair, some of James’ previous features have involved some level of action, with the likes of Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Here Comes the Boom (2012) and especially True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016) showing James to be surprisingly physical. I suppose it helps that he had a

With no real fanfare, it was almost a fluke that I stumbled upon director Jesse V. Johnson’s latest Thieves Highway (2025). Being a fan of Johnson, I did know some information about the film’s production, but it was only by chance that I found myself noticing that it had been given its premier in the UK through Sky Cinema. While not a platform I regularly use, seeing as it was a new Johnson film, I just had to. Sharing its title with Jules Dassin’s fantastic 1949 film Noir,

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