THE ACTION ELITE’s Eoin Friel: Where Is The “Spirit”?
Eoin Friel is a film blogger, critic and founder of The Action Elite and a long time fan of all kinds of good quality action movies. Today he took the time to share his own thoughts on the state of action films comparing big budget blockbusters and small-scale action films: “I love my big budget actioners with cities exploding and huge set-pieces, however my favourite type of action is smaller in scale. As much as I enjoy the bigger budget fare I find the bigger the action scene, the less involving it is. To me when two guys are fighting and just going at it with sheer rage that gets me more involved. I just find it more engaging and there’s something about tales of revenge; if you have a protagonist who is going after someone for revenge, count me in. It’s a primal thing, like if the protagonist’s family is […]