Thriller
Thriller
The Protege
This slick, high quality action thriller offers superb fight scenes and solid character work, but occasionally feels a bit too much like a John Wick clone.
The Bodyguard
Great songs, solid premise, disappointing everything else.
Traffic
This film pairs complex narrative structure with stylistically pronounced visuals to create one of the best movies about the drug war out there.
Taking of the Pelham One Two Three
A decent crime thriller that isn’t likely to blow any modern viewer away but is still a reasonably compelling few hours of entertainment
Double Jeopardy
The thrills are fun if you ignore the weak internal logic.
The Manchurian Candidate
This film has neither the tension nor the adrenaline to keep up with modern political thrillers.
Parasite
This South Korean masterpiece isn’t the flashiest first watch, but with time to digest its thoughtful and precise filmmaking it reveals itself to be worthy of its acclaim.
Total Recall
This sci-fi cult classic’s imaginative and mind-bending story does a lot to offset or otherwise justify its wilder directorial choices.
The Replacement Killers
Schlock. But fun schlock.
To Catch A Thief
A lighter Hitchcock, but every bit as fun.
The 39 Steps
An interesting early look at Hitchcock’s developing style that, while still a decent movie, is not without its flaws.
Transsiberian
A taut thriller that, once it gets going, just keeps barreling forward until it reaches the end of the line.