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Casey Chong

Casey is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic who loves action movies from Schwarzenegger & Stallone's one-man-army era to the Die Hard-style formula, the buddy-cop genre and the golden era of Hong Kong's action cinema. He regularly posted his reviews and feature & retrospective articles on his own blog site, Casey's Movie Mania and also contributed to other movie sites such as Flickering Myth, TVOvermind and Fiction Horizon.

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‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ Review: Jalmari Helander Unleashes Hell With Bigger Stakesand More Balls to the Wall Action Set Pieces

by Casey Chong

Writer-director Jalmari Helander doubles the propulsive thrills and mayhem in this long chase movie of an action-packed sequel.

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‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Review: The Magic Returns to Form in This Fun and Thrilling Third Movie

by Casey Chong

Nearly a decade later after Jon M. Chu’s second movie, franchise newcomer Ruben Fleischer manages to course-correct the long-awaited third movie with a mostly entertaining result.

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‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Potentially White-Knuckle, Race-Against-Time Political Thriller Misses its Target

by Casey Chong

In what could have been a taut, what-if scenario of a sudden nuclear attack with only minutes left for a countermeasure, the otherwise stacked cast and a propulsive first act can’t sustain their momentum to justify the movie’s three-perspective narrative angle.

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‘Tron: Ares’ Review: The New Tron Movie Looks Visually Stunning With a Throbbing Soundtrack From Nine Inch Nails

by Casey Chong

The third Tron movie breaks the rule by going off the grid and into the real world, with
Joachim Ronning taking over the franchise.

One Battle After Another

‘One Battle After Another’ Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Big-Budget Masterpieceof Virtuoso Action with Solid Elements of Drama, Satire and Thriller

by Casey Chong

Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-anticipated first collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio
resulted in a rousing epic quality of a genre-bending action thriller.

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‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ Review: The Doors are Best Closed in Kogonada’s Ill-Fated Romantic Fantasy

by Casey Chong

Kogonada returns with a third feature that sees the Korean-American director explores his usual theme of memory, only to fall apart in a dull and cumbersome cinematic journey.

Eden

‘Eden’ Review: A Scene-Stealing Ana de Armas Anchors Ron Howard’s Bleak, Though Uneven 1930s-Set Survival Thriller

by Casey Chong

Ron Howard’s first narrative feature since 2022’s Thirteen Lives brings out the best in most of his star-studded cast, notably Ana de Armas as Baroness Eloise.

Night Always Comes

‘Night Always Comes’ Review: A Committed Vanessa Kirby Leads Netflix’s Erratic Poverty-Stricken, Single-Night Crime Drama

by Casey Chong

Benjamin Caron’s sophomore feature boasts Vanessa Kirby’s engaging performance, but squanders the otherwise intriguing single-night premise with uneven results.

Nobody

‘Nobody 2’ Review: A Formulaic Sequel Saved by Bob Odenkirk’s No-Nonsense Performance and Timo Tjahjanto’s Visceral Action-Comedy Mayhem

by Casey Chong

Bob Odenkirk’s Hutch Mansell is back in action as franchise newcomer Timo Tjahjanto goes straight for the jugular in the violent mix of action and humor.

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‘The Naked Gun’ Review: Liam Neeson and a Scene-Stealing Pamela Anderson Star in a Hilariously Funny Legacy Sequel

by Casey Chong

Not as great as the late Leslie Nielsen, but Liam Neeson still proves to be a worthy successor to carry on the legacy in this long-gestating reboot/sequel hybrid of The Naked Gun.

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