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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 25, 2020 12:36:37 GMT
In spite of the ridiculous storyline I just found Highlander 2 on dull side... especially when Connery wasn’t on screen. And Ironside didn’t do much for me. Really paled in comparison to Clancy Brown. Hell, even Mario Van Peebles in part III 😀. They were both eccentric... I Just wanted to see him really break out. when I was watching all those Seagal, Lundgren, Van Damme DTV’s in the late 2000s and early 2010s it was mainly pay tv/cable... with the odd DVD (mainly Van Damme). They seemed to flood the action channel around that time. I was curious to see ‘em, but not to own them.yeah I might kick into the Sidaris set in the next week or two... Yeah, coming up after Clancy Brown was always gonna be a hard task, even for someone as good as Michael Ironside. Somehow I ended up both buying most of them, and owned them for a while, but most of the time it was through very cheap and often used rental DVD copies, and I think very few of those are left behind in my movie collection, and if so, they are mainly there cause I find them hilarious to re-watch every now and then, not much else. I am looking forward to your reviews if you choose to pick up a bit of Sidaris and his legendary "tits and ass" action films, as some of them was actually not that bad, even a few very enjoyable cheesy ones that I guess is the main reason to why I still have the 12 movie Disc DVD set of his, titled: Girls, Guns and G-Strings - The Andy Sidaris Collection.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 25, 2020 12:46:32 GMT
Enemy Territory is a good one. Great suspense and performances. Would make a fitting double bill with Roberta Findlay’s 1985 film ‘Tenement: Game of Survival’. Both have similar plots, but this one is way more exploitive, cheaper and with an amateur cast. That is funny, as when I used Letterboxd in order to rate Enemy Territory, the first film that showed up in "similar films" or something like that, was that of Tenement, and I hope it might be lying around, as it sure looked very interesting, maybe even more as how you have described it.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 25, 2020 13:17:58 GMT
![](https://i.imgur.com/Ev4pIaJ.jpg) Guilty as Sin (1993) by Sidney Lumet "I don't need to work, women pay for me." A tough no-nonsense lawyer (Rebecca De Mornay) captures the attention of a notorius womanizer (Don Johnson), who sees her as his perfect "weapon", in order to clear him of the charges of having his wife killed.Okey, so not exactly a great movie, and sure, a rather typical court-room thriller from the early 90s, but one I have seen before, however it has been a while since then. Anyway, Rebecca De Mornay was probably looking for a "little time-out" from having to be pretty much well known as the new "killer-bitch" with the success of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), while her male co-star Don Johnson seemed to have a bit of trouble getting used to the fact that while he was a big tv-star back in the day, now he was just one of very many moviestars, and I guess he just never quite reached or got lucky with trying to become a potential leading man back then. The result is actually not a bad movie, as I think they both delivers the goods, and it was specially entertaining seeing how sleazy and diabolical at times, Johnson was in this film, but sadly some of the "nerve" was missing, which for me is very important in kind of separating the better thrillers from, well, not that good of movies, and while Guilty as Sin is enjoyable, as a late night movie, it is not one that sticks with you for very long. 6/10
![](https://i.imgur.com/hlZ23Sx.jpg) Jade (1995) by William Friedkin With the grisly murder of a very high placed politician is revealed, the brutal case is handed directly over to the District Attorney (David Caruso), but it will soon show that this job might be become far more "personal" than what he had in mind, as several of the suspects turns out to be that of people who are very close to him.One of two potential big budget films released back in 1995, where I guess they tried to sell David Caruso as a potential new and upcoming leading man, but, well things just did not work out that way. I saw Kiss of Death last year, and while it certainly was not all that "bad", and Nicolas Cage handed in a truly great villain part, it sadly become all too clear that Caruso just did not seem to be able of taking on the job as the "main man", and kind of drowned out, in comparison to several of his co-stars in that film. Sure, there is no "shame" in being outstaged or outperformed by someone like Cage, but it did show that maybe Caruso was not all ready to go for these kind of big movie roles, yet. Anyway, William Friedkin has gathered along a rather interesting and likeable gallery of people in this one, as you had talents such as Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Biehn, and Richard Crenna in other parts, and for me I remember mostly the movies sleazy and steamy poster, that used to hang inside one of the many VHS rental stores back in the 90s, and I guess only judging it by that, and the fact that Joe Eszterhas name is also linked with the film, a guy who also happened to be involved with some of the most well know erotic titles of that decade, such as Basict Instinct (1992), Sliver (1993) and Showgirls (1995), so you kind of expected it to be very sleazy and kinky, but Jade turned out to be more of a police-crime thriller, that had barely much to do with the titles brought up above, as those expecting lots of nakedness and sex, well, they might be a bit disappointed. Sure, towards the end, there is a bit of a portion of sex and sleaze, but nothing that I guess will look very "shocking" today, so I think maybe bad promoting could have a bit of a way of putting the film into becomming a box-office flop, but one of the "worst" movies of the 90s? No way! I think Caruso delivers a much better performance in this one, than that of Kiss of Death, and of course, it might help that he is not completely overshadowed by guys like Nicolas Cage, and that his co-stars seems to be more on the same wavelenght or so. And there is of course no mystery to why the lovely Linda Fiorentino was so often and frequently used as a classical femme fatale during the mid 90s, as along with her deep seductive voice and sexy looks, she surely was the perfect temptress, and you also had great character actors such as Michael Biehn, who once again shows that he could deliver, even if his part is not that big. Speaking of Friedkin, this film like a few of his others, also contains one hell of a car chase, and while it might not be up there with stuff like To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), I thought it was a pleasant surprise to watch. All in all, a rather enjoyable crime-thriller, that I guess could have been done better, but surely it has absolute nothing to do on lists of the worst movies of the 90s, and I ended up rating it with a: 6/10
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 26, 2020 1:32:56 GMT
![](https://i.imgur.com/Ev4pIaJ.jpg) Guilty as Sin (1993) by Sidney Lumet "I don't need to work, women pay for me." A tough no-nonsense lawyer (Rebecca De Mornay) captures the attention of a notorius womanizer (Don Johnson), who sees her as his perfect "weapon", in order to clear him of the charges of having his wife killed.Okey, so not exactly a great movie, and sure, a rather typical court-room thriller from the early 90s, but one I have seen before, however it has been a while since then. Anyway, Rebecca De Mornay was probably looking for a "little time-out" from having to be pretty much well known as the new "killer-bitch" with the success of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), while her male co-star Don Johnson seemed to have a bit of trouble getting used to the fact that while he was a big tv-star back in the day, now he was just one of very many moviestars, and I guess he just never quite reached or got lucky with trying to become a potential leading man back then. The result is actually not a bad movie, as I think they both delivers the goods, and it was specially entertaining seeing how sleazy and diabolical at times, Johnson was in this film, but sadly some of the "nerve" was missing, which for me is very important in kind of separating the better thrillers from, well, not that good of movies, and while Guilty as Sin is enjoyable, as a late night movie, it is not one that sticks with you for very long. 6/10 I liked Guilty As Sin. Both leads were fine and they played off each other quite well. I especially enjoyed Don Johson's performance as the handsome slimeball who really knows how to manipulate people and the system. He was very B & B (brash and brazen). I agree with you that it wasn't great, but still a pretty good and entertaining courtroom thriller. And who would have thought that Sidney Lumet would actually be directing from a Larry Cohen script! Remember, this was the man who brought us such classics as 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network. Maybe movie offers were very limited at the time, and he was probably anxious to get back in the director's chair, so he decided to take this one on strictly as a director-for-hire.
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Post by lostinlimbo on May 26, 2020 7:19:07 GMT
Enemy Territory is a good one. Great suspense and performances. Would make a fitting double bill with Roberta Findlay’s 1985 film ‘Tenement: Game of Survival’. Both have similar plots, but this one is way more exploitive, cheaper and with an amateur cast. ![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQzLypD_oFxNRrI0CS37j-9WSMHQ4IthYB9BdthwFYG8YIbpeFR&usqp=CAU) I was reading up on Tenement and it looks interesting. How did this one escape me? I'm always up for one of those vigilante-type urban crime thrillers. It appears it earned an X rating soley for graphic violence, so that means the studio refused to cut it to get an R rating; that is something that's very rare. The film can be a real nasty piece work... especially the rape scene. Grimy, and intense exploitation to the tee. I cannot remember the complete details but the bluray commentary track on the film provided a lot of insightful behind the scenes information. Especially they were filming on location in a gang hotspot, and I think there was something mentioned about police protection, or even permission to film there.
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Post by lostinlimbo on May 26, 2020 8:03:56 GMT
Enemy Territory is a good one. Great suspense and performances. Would make a fitting double bill with Roberta Findlay’s 1985 film ‘Tenement: Game of Survival’. Both have similar plots, but this one is way more exploitive, cheaper and with an amateur cast. That is funny, as when I used Letterboxd in order to rate Enemy Territory, the first film that showed up in "similar films" or something like that, was that of Tenement, and I hope it might be lying around, as it sure looked very interesting, maybe even more as how you have described it. In regards to the Andy Sidaris Collection. I also have the 12 film collection. Been sitting on it for a couple years now. Any you recommend to see first, or is it more fitting to watch them in release order? You might dig it? While ‘Enemy Territory’ had a comic book mentality. ‘Tenement’ is unsavoury, down and dirty survival. Maybe a little slower in pace, but it packs a sting. Letterboxd hey. Similar films section? I know IMDB does it. Never knew letterboxd had that function. Anyhow I’m on there too. Stop using it for a year (Oct 2018 to Oct 2019). But I got back in it, and updated everything. I just followed your profile
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 26, 2020 10:06:51 GMT
I liked Guilty As Sin. Both leads were fine and they played off each other quite well. I especially enjoyed Don Johson's performance as the handsome slimeball who really knows how to manipulate people and the system. He was very B & B (brash and brazen). I agree with you that it wasn't great, but still a pretty good and entertaining courtroom thriller. And who would have thought that Sidney Lumet would actually be directing from a Larry Cohen script! Remember, this was the man who brought us such classics as 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network. Maybe movie offers were very limited at the time, and he was probably anxious to get back in the director's chair, so he decided to take this one on strictly as a director-for-hire. I had almost forgot that Larry Cohen was involved with this movie, but he semed to be so during the 80s and early 90s, not just his own stuff, but writing and producing for others as well. Yeah, I guess fans of many of the classic films you mention that of Sidney Lumet, might not be to "fond" of films like Guilty as Sin, but I still think it is fairly above the more "usual" late night sleazy cable b-movies, as it has a certain elegance and style going on, and again, the leads are doing a fine performance also.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 26, 2020 10:18:28 GMT
In regards to the Andy Sidaris Collection. I also have the 12 film collection. Been sitting on it for a couple years now. Any you recommend to see first, or is it more fitting to watch them in release order?To be honest, I would have just started up with the first one, which I think is Malibu Express (1985), as the thing with that one (as I remember from back in winter of 2017) is that it is one of the few where the lead is played by a man, and the plot is more like a detective/mystery with some action here and there, but oh boy, you will surely be in for a surprise, as the amount of tits and ass, it is almost like a damn soft-porn movie at times, and yeah, it kind of is a "great" way of getting introduced into the sleazy world of Andy Sidaris and his style of making sexy movies. After that one, I think Hard Ticket To Hawaii (1987) is next up, which is surely his most famous or infamous film, very funny and sexy and seems to be quite the cult-classic within 80s b-movies. Also it marks the first introduction (I think) of two very lovely women, who (I forgot their names) but they will do a lot roles (pretty much the same as always) in the later films, playing these adventurous and crime-fighting women who somehow often lose all of their clothes, very often. The rest after those, I just, well, I think I might need to re-watch some of them, while others, maybe not so much, as I also remember as the further away of the more "innocent" and charming b-movies of the 80s and early 90s, you just ended up with lots of airheads and silicone filled bimbos, with absolute no personality or charm what so ever, just boring stuff really. Letterboxd hey. Similar films section? I know IMDB does it. Never knew letterboxd had that function. Anyhow I’m on there too. Stop using it for a year (Oct 2018 to Oct 2019). But I got back in it, and updated everything. I just followed your profile Looking up the Letterbox page, that of Enemy Territory (1987), it seems I might have been to hasty, as it turned out I ended up with one of the top-reviews, which came with a link towards Tenement. So, I guess maybe there are no "similar movies" section, beside maybe the more popular ones, which I guess have been created by other members on the board/place. Wow, are you sure, because on Letterboxd I go under a different name as the one I use here and on IMDb, was either taken or I could not somehow use it when I started out my Letterboxd account back in 2018. But, I have been using that place for all movies as of since then, to rate and search up or find new new films and so on, and yeah, I enjoy that place more, but kind of still miss the old IMBd board, every now and then. Anyway, it would be nice to get to follow you and other members of this place, if they happen to be on Letterboxd.
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Post by lostinlimbo on May 27, 2020 4:11:54 GMT
In regards to the Andy Sidaris Collection. I also have the 12 film collection. Been sitting on it for a couple years now. Any you recommend to see first, or is it more fitting to watch them in release order?To be honest, I would have just started up with the first one, which I think is Malibu Express (1985), as the thing with that one (as I remember from back in winter of 2017) is that it is one of the few where the lead is played by a man, and the plot is more like a detective/mystery with some action here and there, but oh boy, you will surely be in for a surprise, as the amount of tits and ass, it is almost like a damn soft-porn movie at times, and yeah, it kind of is a "great" way of getting introduced into the sleazy world of Andy Sidaris and his style of making sexy movies. After that one, I think Hard Ticket To Hawaii (1987) is next up, which is surely his most famous or infamous film, very funny and sexy and seems to be quite the cult-classic within 80s b-movies. Also it marks the first introduction (I think) of two very lovely women, who (I forgot their names) but they will do a lot roles (pretty much the same as always) in the later films, playing these adventurous and crime-fighting women who somehow often lose all of their clothes, very often. The rest after those, I just, well, I think I might need to re-watch some of them, while others, maybe not so much, as I also remember as the further away of the more "innocent" and charming b-movies of the 80s and early 90s, you just ended up with lots of airheads and silicone filled bimbos, with absolute no personality or charm what so ever, just boring stuff really. Letterboxd hey. Similar films section? I know IMDB does it. Never knew letterboxd had that function. Anyhow I’m on there too. Stop using it for a year (Oct 2018 to Oct 2019). But I got back in it, and updated everything. I just followed your profile Looking up the Letterbox page, that of Enemy Territory (1987), it seems I might have been to hasty, as it turned out I ended up with one of the top-reviews, which came with a link towards Tenement. So, I guess maybe there are no "similar movies" section, beside maybe the more popular ones, which I guess have been created by other members on the board/place. Wow, are you sure, because on Letterboxd I go under a different name as the one I use here and on IMDb, was either taken or I could not somehow use it when I started out my Letterboxd account back in 2018. But, I have been using that place for all movies as of since then, to rate and search up or find new new films and so on, and yeah, I enjoy that place more, but kind of still miss the old IMBd board, every now and then. Anyway, it would be nice to get to follow you and other members of this place, if they happen to be on Letterboxd. Malibu Express and Do or Die caught my eyes because of Sybil Danning and Pat Morita. The only one I’ve seen bits here and there from; Hard ticket to Hawaii. And the scene that never left my mind; skateboard, inflatable sex doll and bazooka. It wasn’t too hard. As I went to the Enemy Territory letterboxd page. Clicked into the section of the star ratings, and the first profile of each star rating is the most recent profile to rate it. Lucky it wasn’t a big, mainstream/ or popular film as it would have been harder with the amount of people constantly rating those films. As for people on this site using letterboxd. Profondo_rosso was only one from here I followed and that was back when I first started using this site. I think she’s rarely on it now. On my stream I’ve seen people like reviews by Lebowskidoo, so I’m not too sure if it’s the same user from this site? Other than that
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 27, 2020 11:30:23 GMT
Love Hannibal. Sure it's different from The Silence of the Lambs, but different doesn't mean bad, not to me. I remember when I went to Florence, Italy, all the tour guide wanted to talk about was this movie, which was filmed there. Back before the movie was made it was in the news that Florence city officials didn't really want to allow filming there because they didn't want to be associated with a gory horror movie. And now they are and seem to have embraced it. Mason Verger is a villain to give you nightmares, and although they made some real changes from the book, I think they were for the betterment of the movie.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 27, 2020 11:34:39 GMT
Malibu Express and Do or Die caught my eyes because of Sybil Danning and Pat Morita. The only one I’ve seen bits here and there from; Hard ticket to Hawaii. And the scene that never left my mind; skateboard, inflatable sex doll and bazooka. It wasn’t too hard. As I went to the Enemy Territory letterboxd page. Clicked into the section of the star ratings, and the first profile of each star rating is the most recent profile to rate it. Lucky it wasn’t a big, mainstream/ or popular film as it would have been harder with the amount of people constantly rating those films. As for people on this site using letterboxd. Profondo_rosso was only one from here I followed and that was back when I first started using this site. I think she’s rarely on it now. On my stream I’ve seen people like reviews by Lebowskidoo, so I’m not too sure if it’s the same user from this site? Other than that Yeah, the skateboard thug and the blow-up doll, along with the bazooka is quite a unique movie scene, but thankfully the film it is taken from, has so much more silly and ridiculous scenes and moments in it, so I think you might enjoy all the crazy stuff that happens in Hard Ticket to Hawaii. Somhow I did not realize until a bit later that you had followed me, but also because you had a bit different username than the one you have on here. I do rarely follow people back on that page (Letterboxd), not because I do not want to, but mostly because it seems that every now and then, lots of unfamiliar names suddenly arrives and they seem to just try to include me along with as many names/numbers as possible, in the shortest time. But I prefer to include those I kind of stay in touch with, and also those with a similar movie taste as myself, so I often check upon what they have seeing or watched, what kind of movie list they have and so on, but it was very nice to see that you also have a user there.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on May 27, 2020 11:36:19 GMT
Back-to-back on the same night: Pet (2016) and Hayride (2012). ![](https://www.backtothemovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PET_DVD_2D_TEMP-1.jpg) It's that timeless story: Boy likes girl, girl doesn't like boy, boy kidnaps girl and puts her in a cage in the basement of a dog shelter. This movie doesn't go where you might expect it to, which is why I liked it as much as I did. It raised my eyebrows, more than once, so that's good. Dominic Monaghan does manage to drop his Hobbit accent here and does a good job, but man, it's Ksenia Solo, as Holly, who owns this movie. Great performance! ![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QxZSs-ZAL5Q/UIC1OeV_dKI/AAAAAAAAMx4/YBFI1rL0eq4/s1600/Hayride-Movie-Poster-Terron-R-Parsons.jpg) At first I was worried by the low budget, but it was better than I was expecting. It's still maintained that cheapness quality while sating my horror-loving heart's blood lust. There's a bit of mystery also. And a sequel. Guess I'll be watching that at some point too.
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