Action
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the action genre. The genre features intense or high-pressure situations often related to combat or quick maneuvering.
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First Blood
AKA: Rambo When I heard First Blood was an action movie that focused on strategy and stealth over acrobatics and luck, I was sure I was going to love it. Hell, it even stars Sylvester Stallone. Who isn’t charmed? But boy, it’s practically false advertising whenever the tension starts to set in because it’s immediately… (read more)
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Shovel Knight
Can ‘Shovel Knight,’ a retro indie 2D platformer, reach the heights of its inspirations? (read more)
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Holy hell, I just gotta say that Harmy’s Despecialized Edition looks absolutely fantastic. Some of the best video quality I’ve ever seen. Really brought the sets and props to complete life, which are the best things about Star Wars. Other than that though, I might prefer the original by a hair. The Empire Strikes Back… (read more)
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Mega Man X2
‘Mega Man X2’ competes with one of the best platformers of the generation: its own predecessor. Can it really be even better? (read more)
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Once Upon a Time in the West
I never expected any western to approach the quality of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but Once Upon a Time in the West both gave me hope and succeeded. The overstretched beginning is fairly flat, but once Charles Bronson and Jason Robards meet it’s as if the whole movie suddenly goes aflame. Sergio… (read more)
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Star Wars
I expected to not care much for this having not grown up with it, but Star Wars deserves its enormous hype. To this day, the only other film I’ve seen with such wholly unique and original set design is Brazil. Every scene contains a plethora of new wonders, yet the script never shies away from… (read more)
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Castlevania: Bloodlines
While ‘Super Castlevania IV’ radically changes series mechanics, ‘Castlevania: Bloodlines’ refines the classic formula. Which prevails? (read more)
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Super Castlevania IV
‘Super Castlevania IV’ is infamous for its addition of eight-directional whip aiming. Will this make the game or break it? (read more)
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Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny
As it moves away from its predecessor’s survival horror roots, what awaits the series in ‘Onimusha 2?’ (read more)
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Throne of Blood
Awesome, haunting stuff but I’ve noted in my other reviews that I’m a big fan of Akira Kurosawa‘s characterization through dialogue and there isn’t much of that in Throne of Blood. It has an extremely modest runtime for his career being under two hours, but it both does and doesn’t feel its length. It takes… (read more)