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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2023 13:40:57 GMT
John Wick 4: 7 guns out of 10
It was good but I didnt really rate the franchise to begin with
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Post by Captain Spencer on Apr 4, 2023 16:36:16 GMT
 Last Man Standing (1996)In 1930s South Texas, a drifter passing through a corrupt small town gets mixed up with two rival bootlegging gangs. A remake of A Fistful Of Dollars, which itself was a remake of Yojimbo. It's always a pleasure watching a Walter Hill action movie, with the machismo characters doing brutal, stylized gunplay. But something was lacking here that I couldn't quite put my finger on. Maybe it was the familiarity of the story or that it just seemed...I don't know...flat? But whatever the case, it misses the mark and definitely not one of Hills better efforts. Bruce Willis is serviceable as the loner with a phony name. Christopher Walken is okay as a mobster, although he talks in a raspy voice that's so low you sometimes have to turn up the volume to understand what the hell he is saying. 6/10 This is one of those Bruce Willis movies I remembered being played "all the time" on cable tv, back in the late 90s and early 00s. But took me a while until I picked it up on DVD, and not just once, but twice, and still I never felt it was good enough to keep hold of it. Somehow it felt a bit "rushed" and that somewhere in, a better movie could have happened, maybe with another director or main actor? Which is a letdown, considering it comes with such a heavy cast of tough guys, but one of those mid 90s action films that seemingly had all the right ingredients, but somehow it never did much for my part, and the last two viewings have ended up with a disappointing 5/10. Not bad, just kind of forgettable. Yeah I was kinda thinking it might have worked with a better lead. Walter Hill is a more than capable director, but here it seemed he made it strictly routine inspite of the nicely done shootouts. |
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Post by Meseia on Apr 6, 2023 4:09:45 GMT
Surrogates 2009. Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames, Rosamund Pike. Highly derivative but I'm a sucker for these kinds of movies. The basic plot reminds me of Kiln People by David Brin which is way more thrilling. Willis is a detective in a world where everyone is a couch potato operating a robot version of themselves. His robot becomes damaged and he has to leave home for the first time in years, interacting with people as his real self. Nothing about it really stands out but it scratches a scifi itch. 5.5/10  |
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Post by James on Apr 16, 2023 16:25:22 GMT
Eraser (1996) - 6.5/10
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Post by politicidal1 on May 14, 2023 23:49:26 GMT
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Post by politicidal1 on Jun 6, 2023 15:19:20 GMT
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Post by politicidal1 on Jun 25, 2023 2:37:35 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 29, 2023 4:28:55 GMT
 Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)The young daughter of a Japanese businessman is kidnapped by a pimp and forced into child prostitution. Crusty Los Angeles cop Lieutenant Crowe tries to track her down. It's clear that Charles Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson wanted to try out something a little different here, something much darker and perhaps something less formulaic like another assembly-line Death Wish sequel. The subject matter of child prostitution is certainly disturbing, and some scenes are a bit hard to take (like the scene of numerous men entering the bedroom to have their way with the young Japanese girl; nothing is actually shown, of course, just implied). The theme of cultural clash between Asian and American civilizations is presented here in an interesting fashion. And certainly you would not likely find a newer movie today in which the lead character is spouting racist and blatant xenophobic remarks. Despite all the sleaze and depravity, Kinjite is a fine flick and always reminds me of the kind of gritty urban action-thriller they just don't make anymore. It's always a pleasure watching Bronson kick some scumbag ass, and their are a few good plot twists. The ending was soooooo satisfying. That's justice indeed! 7/10 |
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jul 16, 2023 3:53:12 GMT
 Code Of Silence (1985)A tough, individualistic cop is caught between the gangland war of two rival Hispanic crime families. Meanwhile, his new partner is struggling to cope after witnessing another cop's reckless shooting of an innocent teenager, and trying to decide whether or not to break the "code of silence" among the police by ratting him out. Standard action fare, but still irresistible. Good writing that has some doses of humor and tough talk, plus great use of Chicago locations, and an awesome barroom brawl are some highlights. Chuck Norris was never as good an actor as other action stars, due to his lack of acting style. But with Code Of Silence he gives the Eddie Cusack role a solid no-nonsense loner type of persona. Definitely one of Chuck's best performances, if not his best. One of my favorite scenes is when Henry Silva comes up to Norris and gleefully tells him he would love to give him a Colombian Necktie (cutting a throat and pulling the tongue out through the slit), then Norris looks straight at him and utters "Why don't you give it to me right now!" That sure wiped the smile off of Silva's face, lol! Code Of Silence was originally conceived as a Dirty Harry sequel. But then Clint Eastwood passed on the script, so it was eventually rewritten as a Chuck Norris vehicle. 7.5/10 |
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Post by politicidal1 on Jul 16, 2023 23:49:44 GMT
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jul 27, 2023 3:12:41 GMT
 The Warriors (1979)During a large outdoor meeting with the top New York City street gangs, the organizer is murdered. Falsely accused of the killing, a gang known as the Warriors must fight their way back to their Coney Island home turf. A gritty urban action thriller that does not try to be a morality tale or address social problems, but rather told strictly from the point-of-view of street gang life. It is this approach that makes The Warriors so distinctive from other movies of its kind. Walter Hill delivers top notch direction and beautifully chorographed the brutal fight scenes. I also enjoyed James Remar's performance as the tough-as-nails Ajax; it's kind of a shame the character got arrested so early, as I would have liked to have seen more from him. Some of the dialogue can be a bit dopey at times, but the action, excitement, and grittiness more than make up for that. 7/10 |
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Post by politicidal1 on Jul 31, 2023 3:54:06 GMT
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jul 31, 2023 4:48:06 GMT
Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One - 10/10
An absolute action masterpiece that action fans should be ashamed to say they haven’t seen. Please go see this movie. I promise it won’t disappoint any of you.
It’s flopping right now and deserves to be sniffing $1 billion.
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Post by theravenking on Jul 31, 2023 10:35:18 GMT
Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One - 10/10 An absolute action masterpiece that action fans should be ashamed to say they haven’t seen. Please go see this movie. I promise it won’t disappoint any of you. It’s flopping right now and deserves to be sniffing $1 billion. You are not Tom Cruise's agent, are you? ![[wink]](//storage.proboards.com/6870873/images/YtjssufvBAgbaKASjxHl.gif) |
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Post by ant-mac on Jul 31, 2023 11:53:00 GMT
LICENCE TO KILL (1989)
5/5.
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