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Post by Wolverine10005 on Jun 10, 2022 23:23:41 GMT
Such a great and wonderful cult movie. Walken as action hero, that's so weird!
I'm surprised that this movie is so underrated and/or overlooked in America. I love it to the nth degree.
Some cool facts about the movie:
Movie Body Count: 240 are shot to death, stabbed or burned alive. 30 people are gunned down and knifed within the first five minutes of the film, during the infamous P.O.W camp scene.
The car chase was filmed on main street in Saranac Lake (Adirondack Woods).
In Italy, "McBAIN" was aired for the very first time in 1996, on RAI DUE, one of the biggest and most successful channels. Following its first introduction to Italian masses through a high quality and popular TV schedule, "McBAIN" has been reprised by RAI TRE at least two more times, each obtaining very good ratings.
In Spain, "McBAIN" was rechristened "McBAIN – O Guerreiro Moderno" (McBain: the modern warrior).
In the extremely popular 1989’s "THE SIMPSONS" cartoon series, there’s a fictional character called "McBain". The show production was forced to drop the character's name for some time ("a number of years" as reported by Internet Movie Database) due to legal issues connected to the release of the "McBAIN" movie.
As Wikipedia nicely reports:
"The writers invented Wolfcastle as the action hero McBain for the episode "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?". Because they liked the scene involving the character from that episode, they used him again in "The Way We Was", which was recorded and aired before "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" The McBain films satirize clichés of action films. The character was originally named McBain, until an actual film called McBain was released in 1991. That film's producers refused to allow the show to use the name, so "Rainier Wolfcastle" became the name of the actor playing the McBain role."
Even if Springfield’s McBain resembles actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, his biggest nemesis is a powerful latin drug kingpin named Mendoza, and he is often seen killing yellow-skinned "Colombian mercenaries" (so, there's a "Colombia" in Simpsons’ universe too). Does it sound familiar?
For further infos on Simpsons' McBain: www.kidmoe.com/mcbain/
James Glickenhaus, talented creator, writer and director of "McBAIN", made a name for himself when he wrote and filmed the cult movie "THE EXTERMINATOR" in 1980. In "McBAIN", Glickenhaus also played a nice cameo as the "Cigarette Boat Driver".
In 2001, Walken starred in a movie called ''Scotland, PA'' as Lieutanant... McDUFF.
ALICIA SILVERSTONE made her big screen debut in "McBAIN".
For further infos on "McBAIN": www.imdb.com/title/tt0102422/
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Post by petrolino on Jun 11, 2022 0:45:23 GMT
Nice recollection of 'McBain', thanks. It's a shame they didn't make a 'McBain' movie series, Christopher Walken showed what he's all about here.
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Post by Wolverine10005 on Jun 12, 2022 10:07:27 GMT
Nice recollection of 'McBain', thanks. It's a shame they didn't make a 'McBain' movie series, Christopher Walken showed what he's all about here. You're right!
The only scene of the movie that depicts the "cosmic impossible" is when McBain - from the cockpit of his small plane - shots a JET with his handgun, and the pilot of the JET is killed. Magic bullet trespassing two cockpits, without damaging McBain's one.
From a review:
"Take, for example, the scene when McBain and his crew are buzzing down to Columbia in a twin-engine prop plane and are suddenly joined by a Columbian fighter jet! After the old “Sorry, our radio's busted” trick, McBain, in the co-pilot’s seat, pulls a gun, shoots it past his pilot’s head, through the window without breaking it, across to the fighter jet, through that cowling without breaking it, and into the pilot’s head! Ha ha, talk about a magic bullet!"
Well, it was an ultra-cool scene anyway.
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Post by Wolverine10005 on Jun 12, 2022 21:38:07 GMT
Watch it!
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Post by politicidal on Jun 12, 2022 22:05:36 GMT
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Post by Wolverine10005 on Jun 12, 2022 22:40:04 GMT
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Post by dwightmachinehead on Jun 13, 2022 17:18:00 GMT
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Jun 13, 2022 19:13:45 GMT
This movie is more addictive than marijuana by ten times.
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Post by Wolverine10005 on Jun 13, 2022 23:42:30 GMT
This movie is more addictive than marijuana by ten times.
Walken's McBain is the definitive best weird action hero in history.
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Post by dwightmachinehead on Jun 18, 2022 15:30:12 GMT
I just watched this. It's not bad. Very cheesy. Some of it was very funny, like the drug house scene.
Reminded me of the Dogs of War (1980) another Christopher Walken, mercenary movie. Although, that's a more serious, grounded film.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 19, 2022 1:13:12 GMT
I just watched this. It's not bad. Very cheesy. Some of it was very funny, like the drug house scene. Reminded me of the Dogs of War (1980) another Christopher Walken, mercenary movie. Although, that's a more serious, grounded film.
I remember renting 'The Dogs Of War' on video back in the 1980s. That's about all I remember.
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Post by Wolverine10005 on Jun 19, 2022 1:31:45 GMT
I just watched this. It's not bad. Very cheesy. Some of it was very funny, like the drug house scene. Reminded me of the Dogs of War (1980) another Christopher Walken, mercenary movie. Although, that's a more serious, grounded film.
Yeah, man. Glad you enjoyed the ride.
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Post by dwightmachinehead on Jun 19, 2022 11:25:39 GMT
I just watched this. It's not bad. Very cheesy. Some of it was very funny, like the drug house scene. Reminded me of the Dogs of War (1980) another Christopher Walken, mercenary movie. Although, that's a more serious, grounded film.
I remember renting 'The Dogs Of War' on video back in the 1980s. That's about all I remember.
You should check it out again, it's a cool movie. Based on a Frederick Forsyth novel, it's well researched. |
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Post by Wolverine10005 on Jun 21, 2022 0:33:48 GMT
I remember renting 'The Dogs Of War' on video back in the 1980s. That's about all I remember.
You should check it out again, it's a cool movie. Based on a Frederick Forsyth novel, it's well researched.
Shannon and McBain. The best.
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Post by movielover on Jun 21, 2022 0:46:45 GMT
That was the first thing I thought of too. 
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Post by politicidal on Jun 21, 2022 0:49:41 GMT
That was the first thing I thought of too. They should make a full length animated McBain movie.
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Post by Wolverine10005 on Jun 21, 2022 0:57:19 GMT
That was the first thing I thought of too. They should make a full length animated McBain movie.
Or a "McBain 2" movie starring a very aged Christopher Walken.
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Post by Wolverine10005 on Aug 4, 2022 21:22:05 GMT
So what's going on? Have you watched it?
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