There is a purity to Transporter 2 that even the most action-averse moviegoer should appreciate. A sequel to the similarly streamlined 2002 picture, the movie pares the action-film structure down to its basic elements – it’s a cinematic energy drink. In the driver’s seat once more is Jason Statham as a transporter of illicit –

Could Hollywood ask for a better true story than that of Domino Harvey? The daughter of actor Laurence Harvey, she briefly followed her model mother’s footsteps before becoming a bounty hunter. It’s sex and violence with a real-world kick, tied up in an exploitative cinematic bow by seizure-inducing director Tony Scott (Man on Fire). What’s

Dennis Quaid stars in this pointless and cliched remake of the 1965 adventure film as a pilot who picks up an oil crew in Mongolia and then promptly crashes in the middle of the desert. Only an overacting Giovanni Ribisi, as a mysterious passenger who may not be exactly who he claims, seems to understand

Despite the “true-story” claims of its advertising campaign, Hidalgo is based on bunk – contemporary scholars contend the exploits of Old West cowboy Frank T. Hopkins have been greatly exaggerated. Still, his stories make for rousing legends. As Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen, playing another reticent hero) travels to the Arabian desert to participate in a 3,000-mile

Director Peter Weir and star Russell Crowe have tried to make Master ring true for seafaring buffs, especially fans of Patrick O’Brian’s series of historical novels. I don’t belong to either group, but I’d rather be immersed in the history and jargon such enthusiasts demand than sit through a mindless spectacle of which no one

More of a fashion magazine photo spread than an action film, this sequel to 1996’s Mission: Impossible showcases some snazzy stunts courtesy of Hong Kong action director John Woo. But there’s no real vision here, aside from the slavish devotion to slow-motion shots of Tom Cruise’s perfectly coifed hair.

Amazing visuals are put in service of an increasingly convoluted story in this computer-animated adaptation of the popular video game in which a futuristic scientist leads a last stand against invading aliens. The human characters are astonishingly realistic – it’s the spiritual/scientific mumbo jumbo coming out of their mouths that rings false.

The unexpected casting of honored thespian Anthony Hopkins and incidental actor Chris Rock – the former as a CIA operative and the latter as a street punk who’s recruited by the agency to help track down a missing atom bomb – gives Bad Company some zip. Yet rather than allow us to enjoy their comic

A dim-witted and lazy spinoff of the Animal Planet documentary series, Crocodile Hunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring. Writer-director-producer John Stainton doesn’t even bother presenting the segments involving animal antagonizer Steve Irwin in 35 mm, leaving ugly black bars on either side of the theater screen.

From its costumes to its weaponry to its production design, this Marvel Comics adaptation wants all of the surface style of an Asian martial-arts movie without any of the authenticity. A joyless Jennifer Garner reprises her role from Daredevil as a kung-fu trained assassin, but this is a rote Hollywood action flick through and through