THE TOP TEN

IRON MAN 3 (2013)

Helen: Audacious, daring and sometimes genuinely emotional, Black turned the tables on audiences with one of cinema history’s most hilarious twistreveals. An inspired superhero sequel.”

KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005)

James: “Black at his hard-boiled best, giving zero fucks about what audiences wanted and all the better for it.”

LETHAL WEAPON (1987)

Dan: “A stone-cold classic and still the movie to go to if you want bickering, mismatched-buddy cops.”

THE NICE GUYS (2016)

Dan: “My personal favourite Blackdirected entry. Certainly his funniest film, and it has a giant talking bee.”

LETHAL WEAPON 2 (1989)

Chris: “Only a story credit for Black, but his dabs are all over Richard Donner’s funnier, peppier sequel.”

THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991)

Chris: “Perhaps hasn’t aged so well, but doesn’t disappoint on the explosions and wry one-liners front.” THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996)

Helen: “When it comes to amnesiac assassins, few are as fierce as Charly, nor boast a sidekick as witty as Mitch.”

LAST ACTION HERO (1993)

Dan: “Far better than its reputation suggests. The idea is over-stretched, but a lot of the meta jokes land well.”

THE MONSTER SQUAD (1987)

Chris: “Black’s first produced screenplay, Fred Dekker’s kid-friendly horror is fun, but not very memorable.”

THE PREDATOR (2018)

James: “It had all the right ingredients, but none of the heart. Regrettably, The Predator is one ugly motherfucker.”