If you’re a fan of action movies, then here’s a magazine to
buy, featuring no less than 54 films that ‘defined the genre’. This is the first in a series from Empire
magazine (UK): Empire Classics.
Much of the content is evident from the cover. There are
films in several action genres such as: tales of adventure, adrenaline rush,
comic book heroes, war, wild west, spies and history.
Apart from the generous assembly of stills, interesting,
humorous, and even enlightening essays accompany each chosen film.
Inevitably, there may be some selected here to the exclusion
of your favourite within a particular genre. Still, the span is broad – from Yojimbo
to Duel, from Zulu to High Noon, from The Adventures of Robin Hood to The
Ipcress File.
I’ve found the selection enjoyable (and, thankfully, the
swearing is kept to a minimum, which is a pleasant change for an Empire
magazine). I found that I’ve seen 40 of the 54!
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