your favorite CANNON film?
Sept 27, 2022 14:04:28 GMT
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Sept 27, 2022 14:04:28 GMT
Quality wise, Runaway Train (1985), 52-Pick Up (1986), Barfly (1987) is surely up there, among their very best made, acted and written films, at least of the more serious ones, and also makes me wonder if they have anyone that is near those three, coming from their huge movie catalog.
However, favorite, as in most enjoyable and re-watched, fun, crazy and just down right hilarious b-movies? Well, I guess Death Wish 3 (1985) is hard to top, but Cobra (1986), while not as hilarious or lighthearted, in fact probably the complete opposite, is another golden gem of that explosive and hard hitting sleazy movie era.
Kind of sad, to hear how many used to automatically dismiss a lot of their films, just because of the Cannon Group name, but as Charles Bronson put it so well and towards those who blasted his 80s releases:
"We don't make movies for the critics, since they don't bother to pay to see them anyhow."
Anyway, Runaway Train, 52-Pick Up and Barfly are not just three damn great Cannon films, but 3 great 80s films, that could easily stand their ground compared to what others studios had to offer.
But one has to wonder if they would have done even better, without the Cannon name "holding them back", or so I think Eric Roberts or Jon Voight said something about, from a documentary of Runaway Train as a bonus feature.
However, favorite, as in most enjoyable and re-watched, fun, crazy and just down right hilarious b-movies? Well, I guess Death Wish 3 (1985) is hard to top, but Cobra (1986), while not as hilarious or lighthearted, in fact probably the complete opposite, is another golden gem of that explosive and hard hitting sleazy movie era.
Kind of sad, to hear how many used to automatically dismiss a lot of their films, just because of the Cannon Group name, but as Charles Bronson put it so well and towards those who blasted his 80s releases:
"We don't make movies for the critics, since they don't bother to pay to see them anyhow."
Anyway, Runaway Train, 52-Pick Up and Barfly are not just three damn great Cannon films, but 3 great 80s films, that could easily stand their ground compared to what others studios had to offer.
But one has to wonder if they would have done even better, without the Cannon name "holding them back", or so I think Eric Roberts or Jon Voight said something about, from a documentary of Runaway Train as a bonus feature.
