Movies starring John Ortiz

Sgt. Bilko (1996)

93 mins     Comedy      

Movie Review - Sgt. Bilko (1996) Steve Martin stars in this 1996 movie version of Phil Silvers' much loved Sgt. Bilko...

Riot (1997)

120 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Within 15 minutes of "Riot" started I already knew how I was going to review what was a difficult movie to review and that was to just describe the opening story called "Gold Mountain". It is about the Lee family and in parti...

Take the Lead (2006)

108 mins     Drama, Musical      

In inspirational high school movie "Take the Lead" Antonio Banderas stars as ballroom teacher Pierre Dulaine who offers his services to a school when he has an encounter with an angry teenager. Put in charge of the detention ...

Miami Vice (2006)

134 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

Michael Mann may have been executive producer on the 1980s TV show but what he brings to the big screen remake of "Miami Vice" has little to do with the once popular TV show. Other than the names of Crockett and Tubbs and a c...

AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)

94 mins     Action , Horror, Sci-Fi      

I honestly thought that after "AVP: Alien vs. Predator" that was it, there would be no more of these crossover movies but the studios obviously felt otherwise because 3 years later we got "AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem"....

Pride and Glory (2008)

130 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

On one hand "Pride and Glory" isn't the most original of ideas, a family of cops mixed with police corruption has been done before, but at the same time it feels like it is a good movie waiting to get out. I say that because ...

Fast & Furious (2009)

107 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

"Fast & Furious" is a great example of what is wrong with the movie system these days, it's a sequel but not a sequel because the storyline of the previous movies lead to it, but because thanks to the surprisingly good "The F...

Play (2011)

118 mins     Drama, Foreign      

As I started to watch "Play" I thought to myself my movie radar needs fixing as straight way I was aware that this was another independent movie which was going to push my limits of being able to handle non typical movie maki...

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

122 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

Genre terms are a nightmare as whilst "Silver Linings Playbook" definitely fits in to the drama category it is also technically a romantic comedy. Yet the combination of those two words conjure up certain expectations and "Si...

The Drop (2014)

106 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

There is a line in "The Drop" which sees Detective Torres say to Bob; "No one ever sees you coming" and that line sums up this movie perfectly....