Rifles, chainsaws & cleavers, oh my

Judging by movies, it’s almost impossible to believe there’s anything left to blow up. That didn't stop director Adam Wingard from finding plenty of targets in Onslaught, a thriller that not only relies on pumped-up gunfire but also makes room for horror-style killings, notably referencing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. A minimal plot turns three combat veterans into brain-altered, genetically engineered warriors the movie deems as "the human equivalent of heat-seeking missiles." These lethal automatons are part of a conspiracy concocted by Dr. Hans Kammler (Dan Stevens), a German (make that holdover Nazi) scientist who’s introduced when he crawls across the floor of his sleek digs to lick the stiletto-heeled shoe of his equally evil wife (Rebecca Hall). Nothing like a little marital affection to warm things up. Dr. Kammler's happy degradation primes us to expect that a bit of additional kink will season this boldly presented but depthless hunk of blood-splattered mayhem. And that’s the…