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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jun 22, 2020 9:13:51 GMT
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jun 25, 2020 0:36:24 GMT
stefancrosscoe , I noticed the other day you watched the 1984 film ‘Flashpoint’. How did you like it? It popped up on my radar only last week when I was searching YouTube, and I put it on back-burner. Curious if I should push it forward?
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 25, 2020 5:38:40 GMT
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Post by Xcalatë on Jun 25, 2020 7:50:03 GMT
Bird on a Wire (1990)
-An old flame (Goldie Hwn) discovers her ex-boyfriend (Mel Gibson) is a relocated FBI informant out to stop the bad guys.
very late 80s early 90s action flick with enough comedy and fun leads 7/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 25, 2020 8:32:53 GMT
stefancrosscoe , I noticed the other day you watched the 1984 film ‘Flashpoint’. How did you like it? It popped up on my radar only last week when I was searching YouTube, and I put it on back-burner. Curious if I should push it forward? Yeah, I remember that Flashpoint was being brought up in the old RoboCop (1987) thread back in 2017, and then I guess mostly because of Kurtwood Smith's contribution, whom did a pretty solid job as a bad guy here, of course not anywhere as "colorful" or brutal as Clarence Boddicker, but creepy, I guess. However, the film felt a bit too "slow", I do not mind that kind of entertainment, but somehow the atmosphere and story has to be at least a bit more "punchier", and I thought Flashpoint had the potential and talents involved, but somehow it (think it was a HBO tv-movie) felt very hasty produced, and there was never a moment where it seemed like anything above a 5/10 (which was what I ended up with). All in all, Kris Kristofersen, Treat Williams and Kurtwood Smith all delivers, but the story sadly was not strong enough too keep my interest up, all the way, and a bi disappointed by the rather dull and forgettable score done by Tangerine Dream. So, yeah, not my kind of movie, but did not expect too much from it, and since it was just lying around free on the net, I cannot complain too much. |
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jul 2, 2020 13:34:17 GMT
Top Knot Detective (2017)
A rather entertaining mockumentary following the behind the scenes of a fictional Japanese samurai TV series, which became a popular cult hit in the early 90s. Going by the clips I saw throughout, made me wish this outlandish show, along with its spin-off/incarnations existed.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 11, 2020 13:32:32 GMT
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Post by rizdek on Jul 11, 2020 13:50:46 GMT
The last action movie I watched was Jurassic World 2015. I liked it as well as the first JP movie and more than the second two. I liked the interaction between Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, who, BTW is daughter of Ron Howard.
I also watch Rampage about once a month. For some reason it never gets boring watching an ape, wolf and "alligator" tear up Chicago.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jul 11, 2020 18:16:35 GMT
Probably Mission Impossible Fallout
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jul 15, 2020 23:52:07 GMT
Sky diving double shot;   |
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Post by Dramatic Look Gopher on Jul 16, 2020 3:12:32 GMT
 Ah the days when Cannon ruled the action genre, and Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson were their main employees. Good times! |
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 16, 2020 4:27:15 GMT
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 16, 2020 4:27:40 GMT
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Post by SciFive on Jul 16, 2020 16:12:56 GMT
I watched The Equalizer with Denzel Washington again last night.
I love this movie!
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Post by lostinlimbo on Sept 16, 2020 9:54:01 GMT
The awesomeness that is ‘Stickfighter’. Great party movie.  |
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Dec 19, 2020 9:47:46 GMT
The Hidden (1987) by Jack Sholder Have not written here for a while now, but last night I finally got around to watch the long awaited sci-fi/action-thriller The Hidden. Which was surely worth the wait, and while I do not go "all the way" up with my ratings, there is surely lots of re-watchability potential lying here, and I am pretty sure it might jump at least one step up the rating ladder in the future. Anyway, this film felt very much like a buddy-cop movie, that meets up with John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), and that is of course never a bad thing. In The Hidden, we early on learn that the all-around nice fellas in town, those who could never hurt a fly, are suddenly turning into vicious and cold hearted serial killers, on a rampage. Killing off everything in sight, just as long as they get what they want, which is to listen to heavy metal, drive around in fast and expensive cars, score with sexy women and run for president of America. In comes two very different types of cops, one an L.A. veteran (Michael Nouri), the other a much younger FBI agent from Seattle (Kyle MacLachlan), and what I really enjoyed about this film, is that it did have more of a "dry" comedy and chemistry going on, between the main leads, not trying to end up as yet another Lethal Weapon or Beverly Hills Cop laughing riot, but it kept a certain low tone of comedy, but it was still doing its job, and very well so. Anyway, I had a pretty good time last night, well, at least until I got around to Nightmare Sisters (1988), and surely among the better made sci-fi/action-thrillers of the late 80s and early 90s. One which I think would go down well along with Dark Angel (1990) and Split Second (1992), as part of a three movies-a-night mini-marathon. 7,5/10
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Dec 19, 2020 10:26:22 GMT
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 19, 2020 10:35:31 GMT
Die Hard.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
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Post by Xcalatë on Dec 19, 2020 11:58:48 GMT
Fatman (2020)
-A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.-
7/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Dec 19, 2020 12:25:10 GMT
What did you think of this Seagal adventure? Have not watched any of his newer films, beside maybe The Perfect Weapon (2016), but that is at least 2-3 years ago. I guess there is a reason to why I barely bother with his 2010s DTV/VOD stuff anymore. Still, it would be interesting to see if he have it in him, to at least throw in one decent performance or better, film, anytime soon.
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