Bullet to the Head (2012)

After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington, D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.

Violent, but unoriginal actioner with a buddy team that doesn't fit together too well.

Maltin**: "Old-school action yarn asks you to check your brains at the door, which is the only way to derive any enjoyment  from it. Kang is a weak partner for Stallone, a larger-than-life cartoon character in this would-be buddy action film.And most of the "action" is extreme violence."

Pompeii (2014)

A slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator, and, as Mount Vesuvius erupts, he must fight to save his beloved as Pompeii crumbles around him.

Below-average historical catastrophe drama full of age-old cliches; one is relieved when the volcano finally erupts.

Maltin**1/2: "Special effects are the star attraction in the kind of sword-and-sandal epic that was once a staple in Hollywood. This is pure, hokey fun for the nondiscerning, even if Sutherland's bad-guy performance is a bit monotonous."