Charles Bruce

About Charles Bruce

Passionate genre film enthusiastI don't believe in guilty pleasures

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SEVEN SNIPERS Review: A Tense Genre Bender From Down Under

Seven Snipers is currently available on VOD and arriving August 11th on Blu-ray from Well Go USA Set in the Australian countryside Seven Snipers is an action thriller about Kris Hendricks (Radha Mitchell) codename Voodoo Child a former elite sniper living quietly off the grid raising her daughter until learning she is the target of the infamous “Dragon” (Tim Roth) a past rival she believed was long dead out for revenge. Out of concern for her and her daughter, Kris calls in a favor and enlists a team of mercenaries to help her make a stand against the lethal “ Dragon.” The siege film genre was popularized by westerns like Howard Hawks’s Rio Bravo where John Wayne and Dean Martin were forced to defend the jail from a ruthless gang out to free the imprisoned brother of the rancher they work for. However over the years it’s has proven flexible and […]

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WARRIORS OF THE WASTELAND Review: Director Nemanja Ceramic Wears His Influences On His Sleeves And Travels An Often Familiar Path In The Post Apocalyptic Folk Tale

Warriors of the Wasteland is now available for rental or purchase on VOD. Originally released in Serbia as Son’s Will in 2024, Warriors of the Wasteland is an epic adventure set in a dystopian future after a nuclear war, centered on a fabled sword a lone stranger and his journey to fulfill his destiny told through a series of flashbacks as if it were a campfire legend handed down over generations. Fans of the Mad Max franchise or the various post apocalyptic tales it spawned like Fist of the North Star will recognize numerous borrowed elements both visually and thematically. In addition, there are noticeable spaghetti western and samurai film influences throughout with the lifted touches all handled with loving care and affectionally executed. That passion for genre cinema is also evident in the ambitious and impressive scope and scale of the production design and story with detailed lore as well […]

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