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Post by anthonyrocks on Oct 29, 2019 2:48:45 GMT
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Post by anthonyrocks on Oct 30, 2019 6:35:30 GMT
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Post by lostinlimbo on Dec 7, 2019 6:10:04 GMT
Cop (1988) Kinda generic police procedural story, yet it still packs a punch. The performance of James Wood as an on-edge, insubordinate homicide detective is really good & the ending downright memorable (which the movie trailer spoils).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Dec 7, 2019 6:17:28 GMT
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Post by anthonyrocks on Dec 7, 2019 10:00:29 GMT
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Post by Xcalatë on Dec 7, 2019 10:28:33 GMT
Badge 373 (1973) -Ridiculously dated Robert Duvall cop flick but its so bad it feels like a parody on bad 70's action/crime movies.
5/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 25, 2020 13:50:32 GMT
Cyborg 2 (1993) by Michael Schroeder In a near future, a rivalry between two large companies of trying to gain complete dominance is about to hit a new level of warfare, as one part is planning on using the old "Trojan horse" tactic, by eliminating their opponent for good. This will happen once they can rely on a top secret project only known as "Glass Shadow", which is used along with unkowing test subjects, or androids. These subjects can be anything from just another soldier, to a prostitute, but one thing they do have in common, is that once they get hot, real hot and are activated, you better be sure to get as far away of them as possible.I guess it was a low-budget attempt of trying to cash in on the success of that of the Jean-Claude Van Damme post-apocalyptic martial arts film, Cyborg (1989), where he had to save the future or something like that, from a bunch of evil cyborgs. In the second one, it seems like they have decided to cut down on the action and martial arts, and try to, well go for something a bit "similar" in both tone and story to that of Blade Runner, as you have these two large companies run by powerhungry yuppies, and between all of this, there is a bit of a love-story taking place, between a female android (Angelina Jolie) and her human friend (Elias Koteas). The couple is also later on backed up by the mysterious Mercy (Jack Palance), who has a certain talent of always showing up on all kind of tv-screen, that just seems to be lying around, all over the place, and delivers cheesy puns and quotes. The always reliable Billy Drago makes sure that the film nevers hits towards boredom, even if it might drag a bit here and there, but as mentioned when Drago steps in, as a nasty cyborg-hunter, things do start to happen quite more often. Anyway, this "sequel" is never on the same page when it comes to entertainment or action as the first one, but you get a very sexy and young Angelina Jolie (who shows us, almost everything) along with her sidekick, Casey Jones (Koteas) and as mentioned the always likeable Jack Palance who goes all in for a bit of all guns blazing towards the end, and all those "ingredients" makes sure that, at least for my part, I just cannot be to critical of what I get in return, and I kind of have bit of a soft spot for these kind of b-movies, specially from the early 90s. Speaking of action, the good and often well used Arnold Schwarzenegger buddy, Sven-Ole Thoresen shows up, in a rather small scene, all dressed up as his more famous buddy, with a huge gun and a cigar, so that was kind of funny to notice. All in all, nowhere near a "good" film, but as cheesy b-movies go, I quite enjoyed this 99 minutes of entertainment. 5/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 25, 2020 14:14:36 GMT
Assassins (1995) by Richard Donner Two very unlike hitmen, suddenly engages in a private war against each other, as where the tired veteran (Sylvester Stallone) only wants to get out of the business, while his younger and more "eccentric" colleague (Antonio Banderas) wants only to become the very best within the business. I had not seen this, since spring of 2012, but I decided to have another go at it a few nights ago, and while the first 20-30 minutes is a fantastic and intense action all the way, kind of performance, where I started to question why the hell did I not rate it higher back then? Sadly, it soon hits me, as the runtime of almost 2 hours and 10 minutes is just way too long for this kind of film, specially with such an uneven plot and what could have been a fantastic Sly Stallone film, turns into just another, well, not bad but almost forgettable mid 90s ride. However, I think what kind of "screws" it up a bit, certainly the tempo and pace, is the whole poor excuse of just pushing forward with another poorly timed "romance" taking place, and for me, it never worked, it seemed or felt very pushy, and the chemistry was just not there, and I could not buy that this ice cold killer suddenly just completely goes all crazy in love for a "random" female (Julianne Moore) he saves, even declaring his love for her to her cat, later on in a hotel room. Neither funny or romantic, just, why? It just do not work out for me, and there is nothing wrong with a bit of romance, every now and then, but for a film that opens up so hard hitting and then just "dies" out with all these overlong and boring moments, that seems all forced upon the characters, and it took up far too much time and space. Just let the romance part be and go all the way out for a explosive showdown between the two fighters, cut dowon at least 20-30 minutes of time, and the film might have become much better. Anyway, Banderas is truly in on the action in here, as he surely delivers one of the most coolest villains of that from Slys many action titles during the 90s, and while Antonio may not have such a great movie to rely on, as guys like John Lithgow (Cliffhanger) or Wesley Snipes (Demolition Man) I think he did one heck of a job with what he got to work with. Sadly, Assassins starts with a bang, then almost becomes, well not bad, just disappointing, before it then hits back, a bit, but some ridiculous and silly cliches happens during the last showdown, and it felt so random and cheap, and no, this might be along with The Specialist (1994) and Judge Dredd (1995) as Sly and his attempt on doing more "straight" heroic roles, but for me I rather prefer his combination of macho-underdog heroes anyday, and he did kind of return to that with Copland a few years later, but that film is a much better one, than most the ones he made around 1994-1996. 6/10
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Post by wolf359 on May 25, 2020 15:35:45 GMT
Cyborg 2 (1993) by Michael Schroeder In a near future, a rivalry between two large companies of trying to gain complete dominance is about to hit a new level of warfare, as one part is planning on using the old "Trojan horse" tactic, by eliminating their opponent for good. This will happen once they can rely on a top secret project only known as "Glass Shadow", which is used along with unkowing test subjects, or androids. These subjects can be anything from just another soldier, to a prostitute, but one thing they do have in common, is that once they get hot, real hot and are activated, you better be sure to get as far away of them as possible.I guess it was a low-budget attempt of trying to cash in on the success of that of the Jean-Claude Van Damme post-apocalyptic martial arts film, Cyborg (1989), where he had to save the future or something like that, from a bunch of evil cyborgs. In the second one, it seems like they have decided to cut down on the action and martial arts, and try to, well go for something a bit "similar" in both tone and story to that of Blade Runner, as you have these two large companies run by powerhungry yuppies, and between all of this, there is a bit of a love-story taking place, between a female android (Angelina Jolie) and her human friend (Elias Koteas). The couple is also later on backed up by the mysterious Mercy (Jack Palance), who has a certain talent of always showing up on all kind of tv-screen, that just seems to be lying around, all over the place, and delivers cheesy puns and quotes. The always reliable Billy Drago makes sure that the film nevers hits towards boredom, even if it might drag a bit here and there, but as mentioned when Drago steps in, as a nasty cyborg-hunter, things do start to happen quite more often. Anyway, this "sequel" is never on the same page when it comes to entertainment or action as the first one, but you get a very sexy and young Angelina Jolie (who shows us, almost everything) along with her sidekick, Casey Jones (Koteas) and as mentioned the always likeable Jack Palance who goes all in for a bit of all guns blazing towards the end, and all those "ingredients" makes sure that, at least for my part, I just cannot be to critical of what I get in return, and I kind of have bit of a soft spot for these kind of b-movies, specially from the early 90s. Speaking of action, the good and often well used Arnold Schwarzenegger buddy, Sven-Ole Thoresen shows up, in a rather small scene, all dressed up as his more famous buddy, with a huge gun and a cigar, so that was kind of funny to notice. All in all, nowhere near a "good" film, but as cheesy b-movies go, I quite enjoyed this 99 minutes of entertainment. 5/10
I think that that was Angelina Jolie's First Movie.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 25, 2020 16:07:56 GMT
I think you are right about that, as she was probably no older than 17-18 years but still I think she handled herself rather well, and seemed way more mature than what one might "expect" so early on as well.
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Post by Utpe on May 25, 2020 17:18:22 GMT
Bad Boys for Life (2020):
Poor Martin Lawrence. The guy acts like he rose from the grave just to star in this film.
At least it's a hair better than the second installment from 2003.
6/10
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 25, 2020 20:11:52 GMT
Walking Tall (1973)
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Post by Archelaus on May 25, 2020 20:20:07 GMT
Licence to Kill
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Post by politicidal on May 25, 2020 22:24:26 GMT
A repeat watching of Air Force One (1997). It still holds up for the most part. Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman are great in this. Except for the cgi plane crash at the end. Also, did I miss something or did they not ever explain why the secret service agent played by Xander Berkeley was a traitor? It moves the plot in motion but it’s weird that it never mentions something like “I did it for the money.”
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 26, 2020 11:44:59 GMT
RoboCop 2 (1990) av Irvin Kershner I was somewhat, "excited" to have a re-watch of this one, as I had not seen it since, I think back in 2011, but also because I took notice that I had only given it a 5/10 rating, so maybe it was time to give it another go, and hopefully it would do better this time around. Sadly, that was not to be, as I almost felt like my old rating was far too "kind" and where the original from 1987 is one of my all-time favorite films, and surely among the greatest action movies of the 80s, this sequel become almost painful and embarrassing to see again. Anyway, I will just start up with some of the few positive things, which there sure are, throughout the time, and where the focus on Detective Alex Murphy's (Peter Weller) former life, still clearly haunts him, and where he often would just sit outside in his car, to that of the home of his once beloved wife and family, which of course do not make the situation any better for neither of them. This all leads up to a rather emotional and painful scene to witness, as Murphy is forced and told by some sleazy yuppie-lawyer sent from OCP, to stop imediately to "stalk" his former wife, and also forget all and everything about Alex Murphy, as he is dead and buried, while all there is left is just an "empty" machine, without any feelings, and that is all. Then we get later on to watch as Murphy's ex-wife suddenly shows up, to meet RoboCop, but just brush her off, by telling her that her husband is gone. I think it is a shame, that the movie did not put way more weight upon the whole human factor, instead of just handing out far too much over-the-top mess of poorly delivered action and all these pathetic and very, very annoying bad guys, whom all just looks like a bunch of clowns, especially compared to that of the ruthless Clarence Boddicker and Dick Jones. And what do we get in the sequel? Robo-Cain and that horrible annoying little brat, who we are to believe, is more than capable of running an small army of bad guys. In RoboCop 2, they constaly miss out on what made the original such a hit, by combining satirical comedy along with extreme violence, and when it tries to go "above" the first one, by doing a bit of shocking scenes, it just falls flat, all over. As it is far more painful to watch poor Murphy having to tell his wife, that he no longer excist, than to see Cain and his gang, playing a bit of "doctor" on officer Duffy. And speaking of terrible and just downright lame villains, what can be more "menacing" than to be run over by a bunch of junior baseball team? Nancy Allen in the part of Murphy's friend and partner, Anne Lewis, has sadly little to offer, beside some awful attempts of jokes along with her robotic partner, noticing she has gotten a new hairstyle However, some things just do not change, and that is the good old OCP, still run by The Old Man (Dan O'Herlihy), and right behind him, the always reliable and loyal ass kisser Johnson (Felton Perry), with then a bunch of sleaze and dirtbags on the payroll. Their goal is to gain from their earlier RoboCop and ED-209 fiasco, and now look for the perfect candidate to go with RoboCop 2. But to find that certain someone, is easier said than done, but along the way, the criminal cult-leader Cain (Noonan) is suddenly targeted without his approval, as the one who will make sure that OCP is back on track. Sadly, the film is just far too long, and the pace suffers of this, specially the lame final climax, which remind me of why I usually despise so many of the modern super-hero films, as you have these "super-creatures" going up against each other, destroying everything but themselves, and when you finally think "now, is it over?", no chance, they just continue on and on and on, until I was very tempted on hitting the skip forward button on the remote control. I would rather sit for hours of having RoboCop vs Boddicker vs ED-209 vs Dick Jones, than to go through yet another 10-15 minutes of Robo-Cain, along with all that dull and forgettable action that just never seemed to end. Speaking of forgettable and lame, how abouyt the music? Damn, what the hell happened? All of a sudden I am reminded of Superman II (1982), where the first film had this iconic and fantastic soundtrack, which almost blew me backwards, with so much melody and power, then what meets my ears in this sequel, is just so thin and "random", which feels like a complete parody compared to the great soundtrack done by Basil Poledouris. Anyway, here is the original theme: and, well the "other one": The last one is a god damn joke, and not a very funny one either. The original packs more intensity and melody within the first 2-3 seconds, than what the sequel theme tries to manage of with 2 minutes of music, and it just, I had completely forgotten how bad that one was. Okey, so there is a lot of not very nice things that I have written about RoboCop 2, and I guess it is not all that bad, but, coming up after one of the best action movies of the 80s, I surely went in, at least with some kind of expectations of, maybe getting something "better" in return, but this is really just a very mediocre b-movie, with a huge budget and names along the way. Sad, because the talents are there, but I guess sometimes it is not enough. 5/10
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on May 26, 2020 17:28:01 GMT
True Lies, on HBO Now. The app is supposedly going to become HBO Max, based on the 12-month discount rate I signed up for.
Not having scene True Lies for awhile, the Simon subplot took much longer than I remember.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 27, 2020 12:13:08 GMT
True Lies, on HBO Now. The app is supposedly going to become HBO Max, based on the 12-month discount rate I signed up for. Not having scene True Lies for awhile, the Simon subplot took much longer than I remember. It is quite strange, how such a famous and beloved action 90s classic as True Lies, still have not been released to Blu-ray, as both my old DVD copies, I think is from the early 00s, and have pretty much no bonus features or anything included on them. Yeah, I re-watched True Lies a few months back, still a great movie, but some scenes felt, as you say, far too overlong or drawn out, such as the whole Simon part, which at times was just downright annoying, and then the whole interrogation part with Helen Tasker (Jamie Lee Curtis), that also felt a bit too, well, "much". But still, I really do hope someone will give it a upgraded release, as I remember there were some heavy talk back in 2018, but since then I am not sure what went wrong.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on May 27, 2020 13:00:28 GMT
RoboCop 3 (1993) by Fred Dekker After the rather huge letdown that was RoboCop 2 yesterday, I thoguth it might just be as well to dig in and give the third one a go, and be done with it, for this time. However, it turned out that the third film actually was much "better", or should I say, more enjoyable to watch, and very far away of this "horrible" movie, which so many seems to label it as, but, yeah, I liked it quite a bit. Not that there was a lot of "competition" from the sequel, but somehow the third one just sat down far better with me, and where the more cheesy and light hearted approach seems to benefit better with what it had to offer, than just try to milk the over-the-top violent and satirical style of the classic first film, and while I have no problems understanding this might not sit well with many, I do think it suited the last chapter of the triligy. Peter Weller is no longer in the series, instead he has been replaced by Robert Burke as Alex Murphy, and since I was too impressed by Weller's performance for most of the part in the second one, I thought Burke did okay with what he was handed to him. Infact, Burke has a few really good and rather emotional scenes along with a couple of rather cool bad ass ones, as well. However, it was kind of sad how Officer Anne Lewis (Nancy Allen) got treated in this one, but then again in the second film she did not have much to do there either, so it was not a scene which "shocked" me or made the movie any lesser, but still I had hoped she would get more screen time than the last two entries. Anyway, in the third chapter, the evil OCP have some rather nasty business going for the citizens of Detroit, as the new Delta City is coming and where it will make for a "better and brighter future", if you are so lucky that you can afford a slice of it. If not, you will along with your beloved ones, be sent to a permanent "camp" to be never seen again. Alex Murphy, along with a small group of people would not stand by and watch their neighborhood go to ruins, but the chances of fighting back is gonna be very tough, and maybe more as behind OCP there is a new threat, known as Kamimitsu, a japanese company who seems to run the show, and this is very bad news for Detroit city. ED-209 is back, but now in a far more "gentler" version, and also the incredible music that of Basil Poledouris is also a very nice return, as such talent can help to lift a "ordinary" movie scene to become, well, more enjoyable or sometimes better, where what the sequel ended up with through its terrible score, was pretty much the very opposite of that. The Old Man is no longer with us, however, the always reliable Rip Thorn have "taken over", and is probably a bit more comical and over-the-top than his former and more cold hearted and cynical boss. Still, well placed behind him, is the always asskissing Johnson along with a bunch of not very likeable yuppies. Sure, there are few bit of annoying stuff taking place here and there, such as the little sweet girl, who just happens to know exactly how to hack the computer to that of ED-209, and make it from a lethal killing machine who gave RoboCop a pretty good fight in the first film, and now he all of a sudden is turned into a little obedient "puppy", within a few seconds of time. But then again, the movie seemed to approach very early on, towards a more comcial almost childlike tone or setting, so I guess stuff like that is maybe not a big surprise if one have seen it a few times over. I really enjoyed the scene where the Detroit police department decided to go up again OCP and the scum on the streets, and I could see that they had something good going on in several scenes in the film, but I guess maybe the way of toning things down, was what went wrong for so many fans of the first two films, specially within the way of violence and action, but still, I think the third one is nowhere near being a "disaster" or even close of being the worst RoboCop movie ever made. So with that, I end up giving it a very kind rating, probably one that is because I actually thought it was more enjoyable and entertaining than the second film. 6/10
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 27, 2020 23:25:31 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on May 27, 2020 23:33:58 GMT
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