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A perfect adaptation of the manga, and for the first time in a while, a Japanese film that suited me. The main character is a 58 year old man dying of cancer. He is eternally ignored by his family and the outside world, but the one night he comes to an unearthly power and becomes a Cyborg of all sorts of abilities (besides all sorts of weapons, rockets, or the ability to fly, especially the ability to cure deadly diseases), in short, a good-for-nothing who will try to save the world around him. That same night a young student also gains the ability and decides to use it in the wrong direction, with the goal of disarming the whole of Japan. It's a bit of a Japanese Marvel movie, but the unconventional heroes make it very original, highly emotional in places, visually impressive and epically spectacular in terms of action. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. 85%

Indonesia is getting more and more ambitious, and this time it pleased me with a solid period Western in the style of The Magnificent Seven, except there are only two of them. The film has attractive visuals, very likeable heroes and great villains, and also features a familiar face from The Raid. I was a little disappointed that action is not a priority , but the finale is properly packed and there are both great shootouts and decent fights, and blood is not spared at all. I enjoyed it. 75%.

After The Body and The Invisible Guest, the popular Oriol Paulo serves up the sci-fi thriller During the Storm and hits the mark again. Very likeable characters, original time travel, a tense atmosphere and a shocking climax where the director pulls off and excellent twist and everything fits together nicely. Only the Spaniards can make such a masterfully directed mindfuck, proving once again that they are rightfully on the throne and will not be dethroned. It is better not to find out anything about the plot, because the less you know, the better. This is a thriller as intricate as a spiderweb.

S. Craig Zahler one of the most interesting and distinctive directors of recent years. After the western Bone Tomahawk and the brutal prison thriller Brawl in Cell Block 99, he brings us a solid raw crime film starring Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn. Although it’s mostly dialogue and takes place mostly in a car, it almost doesn't matter, because watching two excellent actors critique the social situation in America and hilariously stick it to us is a blast. The highlights are definitely the uncompromising bank robbery and the final shootout, which takes pulls no punches. Uncompromising, violent, surprising and actually unpleasant, that's Zahler. Some may be bothered by the 160-minute running time, but surprisingly the film passes quickly. 80%

Very solid work for a debut. Ma Dong-Seok is now a guarantee of quality when it comes to action and he's perfect here as a vengeful raging bull. The revenge story veers slightly in a different direction than I expected and that's a big plus. What disappointed, though, is that there are only two capable antagonists, the villain is unexpectedly inept and the rest more or less fall after one shot, but even that is a joy to watch. The finale like Oldboy was a delight. I have it on the borderline of 3 to 4, but I'll gladly round up. 70%

Definitely a stronger Hong Kong film after a long time, which is also loaded with actors (Chow Yun-Fat and Aaron Kwok are old familiar faces), but I wasn't very interested in the plot of counterfeiting money – I find it the least appealing of all possible themes for the action genre, but that's my view. The film has a slower pace and there is hardly any action in the first half, but once it gets going there is definitely something to watch, even if it is just gunfights (forget about fights here). I wished I could go higher with the rating, but the film didn't blow me away that much. 65%

The Koreans serve up a tense thriller set in a morgue that avoids violence but is pleasantly mysterious, enigmatic and suspenseful. A dead woman's body disappears from a morgue and a suspicious husband claims his wife is still alive. Newcomer Lee Chang-he does a great job with the characters, pleasantly shocking the viewer with a twist within a twist at the end that raises the level of the film a notch higher. Koreans are good at this sort of thing. 75%

Wery untapped potential. Entrusting the biggest martial arts stars of our time to an ordinary routine artist was a bad move. This should have been made by someone of Asian descent, no doubt. That the story is ordinary is to be expected, but that it would be so uninteresting and unentertaining, and also, everyone speaks English, which tore my ears off and only adds to the already bad acting. Another big problem is that everyone is running around with guns – they shouldn't have used anything other than hands, feet and knives. There aren’t many fights and, apart from the finale, the rest are hardly worth mentioning and no one will be coming back to them. The most interesting fight is probably the one between Tony Jaa and Scott Adkins; it has some challenging choreography, but it barely lasted two minutes, which isn’t enough even the fastest orgasm. It's good enough for a better average, but I was expecting either funnier or at least more intense stuff. Looks like I'll have to wait for the next Tjahjanto, who was the only one who understood that without violence, ordinary fights don't faze anyone anymore. 60%.

Well, this was really bad, in fact I can't remember the last time I saw such a bad film from Korea. Kim Byeong-woo is quite a rookie director and I trusted him because the trailer was intriguing promised some gritty military action, but that's not what we get here. There is quite a lot of action, but thanks to the awful cinematography you don’t get to enjoy anything – it felt like a 90s video game and not even the great Ha Jeong-woo can save it. I was not entertained and was irritated most of the time. 40%.

Hong Kong's take on the German film Suck Me Shakespeer is very entertaining, though fans of Donnie Yen may be disappointed. Donnie plays exactly the dream teacher that every student would like to have and he does a great job with his attitude and charisma. I was a little disappointed by the digression in the second half, which focuses more on individual student relationships than the school itself. There’s some action and is particularly interesting, especially the locker room fight with the MMA fighters and the finals at the school, but the action isn't the point here it's more of a dramedy, but a very entertaining one. Maybe it’s a shame to use Donnie for projects like this, but there are worse things. 65%