Jupiter Ascending

...The Narrative Action Sequence

This refers to an action sequence with rules.  One could say beginning, middle and end, but this shopworn phrase of course applies to anything.  No, instead this is a sequence like a good story: when X does Y, Z responds by jumping from the car with nothing but a bic pen to unscrew the taillight to use the wire to make a knot in the shape of Z.

Examples follow, but generally action movies before The Terminator – the Bond films, the various raids on...read more

Den of Thieves

Star Trek: Beyond