Category Archives: Action

Action, Comedy, Family

THE FAMILY PLAN 2 (2025): New Trailer Starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Kit Harrington…

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The Family Plan (2025), Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Apple TV+
The Family Plan (2025), Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Apple TV+

Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan are joined by Kit Harrington in the partly London, England-set sequel to action/comedy, The Family Plan (2023)

Directed by Simon Cellan Jones, Wahlberg is a former government operative, still on the run with his family while being pursued by deadly enemies.

The first instalment of The Family Plan wasn’t perfect, but it was fun, well-paced and oddly Christmassy, which, for me, is always a plus.

I’m hoping for much of the same with this sequel, and the London setting is a bonus. I’m also looking forward to what Harrington does as the villain.

Are you excited to be in London, and Paris?

Zoe Colletti, Thomas Forbes-Johnson, Reda Elazouar, Daniel De Bourg, Jake Fairbrother, Van Crosby, Tara Macken, Laurel Lefkow, Abdul Basith, Prince Marfo and Elainea Emmott also star.

The Family Plan 2 Release Dates: November 21st, 2025…

Happy Film Loving,

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Action, Sci-Fi

PREDATOR – BADLANDS (2025): New Trailer Starring  Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Elle Fanning…

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Predator - Badlands (2025), Elle Fanning, 20th Century Studios
Predator – Badlands (2025), Elle Fanning, 20th Century Studios

Starring Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, the second trailer for the next Predator – Badlands action/sci-fi movie has arrived.

Bring on the search for the ultimate adversary, I say.

Hopefully, the pacing will be just right, and the story even better. Though I get the feeling this will be more focused on the action/fight sequences than the story. In which case, I hope the action and special effects are enough of a highlight.

What would be your reason for watching?

Fingers, toes and everything crossed.

Predator – Badlands Release Dates: November 7th 2025 (US & US)…

Happy Film Loving,

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Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

MERCY (2026) New Trailer Starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Annabelle Wallis, Kenneth Choi…

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Mercy (2026): Chris Pratt, Amazon MGM Studios
Mercy (2026): Chris Pratt, Amazon MGM Studios

New sci-fi/crime/thriller Mercy has Chris Pratt playing a detective whose fate is to be determined by the AI (Rebecca Ferguson) he championed, after he’s accused of murdering his wife.

Annabelle Wallis, Kenneth Choi and Noah Fearnley are among the key cast, while Timur Bekmambetov directs.

I want this to be great, of course. But I don’t yet have the feeling it will be.

Still, I remain curious and will no doubt be very happy and pleasantly surprised if the quality of this film exceeds that of Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report (2002), which I need to rewatch forthwith.

I suspect that what may be most impressive is what the film shows us about the level to which the American public is under surveillance. Additionally, wouldn’t it be quite the twist if Pratt’s character is actually guilty?

What are your thoughts, dear reader?

Kylie Rogers, Chris Sullivan, Kali Reis, Rafi Gavron, Jeff Pierre, Philicia Saunders, Renata Ribeiro and Jamie McBride also star.

Mercy Release Dates: January 23rd, 2026 (US & UK)…

Happy Film Loving,

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Action, Drama, No Spoiler Reviews

PLAY DIRTY (2025): The Thing I Liked…

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Play Dirty (2025), Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Prime Video
Play Dirty (2025), Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Prime Video

Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, and Rosa Salazar’s latest heist movie, Play Dirty, delivered in one way. It had a great first shootout just before the thirty-minute mark. Everything else after that isn’t noteworthy.

Having seen a handful of good heist movies before, Play Dirty just isn’t funny enough, clever enough, or adequately exciting.

The mix of personalities in this story didn’t work for me. And having an obvious enemy on the protagonist’s team. i.e., Salazar’s character, whom I disliked almost immediately, didn’t help matters either.

Wahlberg is always watchable to me, as are Stanfield and Tony Shalhoub. Unfortunately, director Shane Black’s script just wasn’t worth their talents and efforts. Nevertheless, as always, if you’re curious enough, you know what to do.

Happy Film Loving,

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Action, Crime, Drama

THE RIP (2026): New Trailer From Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun…

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The Rip (2026), Steven Yeun, Ben Affleck, Netflix
The Rip (2026), Steven Yeun, Ben Affleck, Netflix

Directed and co-written by Joe Carnahan, The Rip is a new action/crime/drama starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Steven Yeun and Teyana Taylor.

Set in Miami, Florida, a group of cops discovers a stash of twenty million dollars in cash. Outsiders soon learn about the money, leaving the officers uncertain of who to trust.

I say yes to gritty, and to Damon and Affleck working together again.

It’s probably because of Good Will Hunting (1997), but I imagined that Affleck would play the one insisting on taking the money, not Damon. However, I’m not mad at this switch because it makes it more interesting.

I wonder if I’ll miss daylight, as this movie plays, since it appears to be set predominantly at night.

Are you in for The Rip?

Scott Adkins, Kyle Chandler, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Sasha Calle, Nestor Carbonell, Lina Esco, Allie Moreno and Chyril Paulann also star.

The Rip Release Dates: January 16th, 2026

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