Tag: Film Trilogy
This tag gathers reviews of trilogies and multi-film series — work judged as a complete arc rather than one picture at a time. It spans franchises across genre and era, with the reviews asking what the films build together that none could alone, and whether the later entries earn their place. The collection grows as more series are reviewed.
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The Mummy Trilogy (1999-2008) — Review
The Mummy trilogy is one of the most enjoyable adventure franchises of the late 1990s and 2000s and one of the more successful examples of what mainstream Hollywood could accomplish with classical adventure material before the broader shift toward darker superhero filmmaking. Stephen Sommers wrote... -
The Man With No Name Trilogy (1964 / 1965 / 1966) — Review
The Man With No Name trilogy is one of the great achievements in commercial cinema and the foundation document of the spaghetti western genre. Sergio Leone directed all three films. Clint Eastwood starred in all three. Ennio Morricone composed the scores. The trilogy was produced and released... -
Monster Hunter (2020) — Review
Monster Hunter is one of the more enjoyable action camp productions of the early 2020s and a genuinely fun watch despite its substantial commercial disappointment and the critical reception that did not appreciate what the production was actually attempting. Paul W.S. Anderson directed and wrote... -
John Carter (2012) — Review
John Carter is one of the most unfairly maligned films of the past fifteen years and one of the most expensive commercial failures in Disney history. The film was released in March 2012. It grossed approximately two hundred eighty-four million dollars worldwide on a production budget of... -
The Indiana Jones Trilogy (1981, 1984, 1989) — Review
The first three Indiana Jones films are the best adventure trilogy ever made. Nothing else comes close. Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981, Temple of Doom in 1984, and The Last Crusade in 1989 form a complete trilogy that arrived before Hollywood started planning trilogies as franchise products. The... -
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) — Review
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is the funniest film ever made. The statement is defensible. The film has more quotable lines per minute than any comedy that came before it and most comedies that came after it. The Pythons made the film in 1974 on a budget of approximately four hundred thousand... -
The Blade Trilogy (1998-2004) — Review
The Blade trilogy is the foundation document of modern Marvel cinema and one of the most influential American action horror franchises of the past three decades. The three films starred Wesley Snipes as the half-vampire vampire hunter Blade. The trilogy ran from 1998 through 2004. The combined... -
The Bourne Series (2002-2016) — Review
The Bourne series is one of the most influential American action franchises of the past twenty-five years and the production that basically transformed how mainstream action cinema is shot, edited, and choreographed. The original three Matt Damon films released between 2002 and 2007 are some of the... -
Airplane! (1980) — Review
Airplane! is one of the great American comedies of all time and one of the most substantial parody films in commercial cinema history. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker directed and wrote the screenplay. The film was released in July 1980. It grossed approximately one hundred seventy-one... -
Unforgiven (1992) — Review
Clint Eastwood's foundational revisionist Western. Won four Academy Awards including Best Picture. Hackman won Best Supporting Actor. 9/10.