Mission: Impossible III (2006)

In my review for the second film, I noted that I had heard there was a dip and then a climb for this series, but that I didn’t know where it occurred. When I started watching this one, I still didn’t know where or when that was supposed to happen, and could barely remember that prior […]

無間道 III (Mou gaan dou III) [Infernal Affairs III] (2003)

I’m pretty sure that, as of the second movie, we’re far beyond whatever there was of this series in The Departed. Well, most of it, anyway. I sort of expected there was more to say about Lau in particular, but was not entirely sure where it would go all the same. Given the nature of […]

Blade: Trinity (2004)

I avoided Blade because I didn’t think it would fit with my conception of the character, as seen in Morbius, the Living Vampire and Nightstalkers once upon a time. Blade II belatedly intrigued me after some years when I learnt that Guillermo del Toro directed it. But Blade: Trinity? They were supposedly introducing the Nightstalkers […]

Scream 3 (2000)

It’s been a rollercoaster ride of third movies lately, soaring to great heights, and hitting some deep troughs. Given that I initially hated Scream back in the late 90s and thus hadn’t seen it in decades, and only saw its first sequel earlier this year, I had no idea where I was going to land […]

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

Coming out when I was still deep into the idea that nothing could possibly interest me in this series, I ignored this one when it was released, other than gathering that it fit into the space of (and maybe inspired?) the trend in drifting as a cool car thing for pop culture at a fairly […]

The Bourne Ultimatum

After a work-busy week, I’m back to the series project and third iterations of the serieses I’ve been watching. I’d heard good things about this one, so I was pretty excited to sit down with it, given I’d been thoroughly pleased with both previous movies. During Jason Bourne’s (Matt Damon) flight from Kirill in The […]

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

I’d heard (I think?) that the series here dropped off with the third movie, which did come out a decent bit after its predecessors. Given I’d written off any interest in the series at the outset, I was dimly aware of the existence of this one, largely, I’m sure, only due to working in media […]

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

When I saw Pitch Black in theatres 20 years ago, I liked Riddick and Vin Diesel well enough to be sure, but I was mostly into it on the grounds of those arrow-headed aliens. I mean, that’s what led to sequels in the Alien franchise, right? We followed Ripley, but it was about the creature: […]

Hollow Man II (2006)

I don’t watch an awful lot of direct-to-video sequels. I don’t own a lot of them to watch. I’ve now started to pick up a few simply because of “set”-type Blu-ray releases that stick them in for extra perceived value in “deluxe editions”. I’ve watched a couple over time, mostly the sequels to Mimic. Mimic […]

無間道 II (Mou gaan dou II) [Infernal Affairs II] (2003)

Life has gotten quite in the way of my ability to continue my “series project” for the year, but here I am hobbling along, attempting to get back on track (whilst knowing I’ve got an entire bridge out here shortly: oh well). I just watched the first Infernal Affairs for the very first time last […]