Not every movie gets the Smackdown treatment (and some, in fact, get it more than once). But the big ones do tend to end up in a cage for a little film-on-film competition. In any case, here's a list of those films our Smackdown critics have reviewed this summer.
COMEDY
- Evan Almighty (2007) -vs- Bruce Almighty (2003)
- Hairspray (2007) -vs- Hairspray (1988)
- Introducing the Dwights (2007) -vs- Meet the Fockers (2004)
- Knocked Up (2007) -vs- Junior (1994)
- Knocked Up (2007) -vs- The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
- License to Wed (2007) -vs- My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
- Ratatouille (2007) -vs- Toy Story (1995)
SCI-FI | FANTASY
- 28 Weeks Later (2007) -vs- Aliens (1986)
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) -vs- Armageddon (1998)
- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) -vs- The Incredibles (2004)
- Hairspray (2007) -vs- Hairspray (1988)
- Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (2007) -vs- Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- POTC: At World's End (2007) -vs- Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) -vs- Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) -vs- Superman III (1983)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007) -vs- POTC: At World's End (2007) -vs- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) -vs- The Matrix Revolutions
- Sunshine (2007) -vs- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Transformers (2007) -vs- Independence Day (1996)
DRAMA
- A Mighty Heart (2007) -vs- Proof of Life (2000)
- Black Book (2007) -vs- Europa, Europa (1990)
- Disturbia (2007) -vs- Rear Window (1954)
- Fracture (2007) -vs- Primal Fear (1996)
- Grindhouse (2007) -vs- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007) -vs- Die Hard (1988)
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007) -vs- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
- Nancy Drew (2007) -vs- Get A Clue (2002)
- Ocean's Thirteen (2007) -vs- Ocean's Eleven (1960)
- Ocean's Thirteen (2007) -vs- Ocean's Twelve (2004) -vs- Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- Once (2007) -vs- Music and Lyrics (2007)
- Rescue Dawn (2007) -vs- Papillon (1973)
- The Lives of Others (2007) -vs- The Conversation (1974)
CLASSIC SMACK
- Casino Royale (2006) -vs- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- Neverwas (2006) -vs- Finding Neverland (2004)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) -vs- Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- Superman Returns (2006) -vs- Batman Begins (2005)
- The Fountain (2006) -vs- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- The Good German (2007) -vs- Chinatown (1974)
- Without Limits (1998) -vs- Prefontaine (1997)
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