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Post by mgmarshall on Jan 28, 2023 3:29:24 GMT
AsherPerfectly average crime thriller has an aging ex-Mossad hitman (Ron Perlman) losing his touch as he finds himself smitten with a young ballet instructor (Famke Janssen). It's your standard "tough guy trying to find a human connection" story; but Perlman lends the material a great deal of weight and pathos, Richard Dreyfuss is fun and hammy as the main villain, and the subplot centering on Jacqueline Bisset as Janssen's dementia-adled mother is well acted and immensely tragic. Worth a watch.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jan 28, 2023 11:56:24 GMT
Cold Sweat (1970)
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Post by theravenking on Jan 28, 2023 14:08:26 GMT
Virtuosity (1995; Brett Leonard) I remember enjoying this when I saw it on TV many years ago, however it's one of those movies I never felt the need to revisit, but then I came across a podcast where they talked about this film rather favourably and so I thought, why not give it another look? Well, let me say, I should've listened to my original instinct and left this alone, since after a somewhat spirited opening it turned into a subpar 90s action flick. That the CGI effects haven't aged well, I can accept, but the needlessly overcomplicated plot and Brett Leonard's uninspired direction are far bigger problems. Washington plays an imprisoned ex-cop, who was arrested after shooting a terrorist who killed his family and now gets the opportunity to test a virtual reality system that is going to be used for training police officers by hunting down dangerous virtual criminals who have been created by using the personalities of real-life serial killers. One of these is SID 6.7 (Russell Crowe) who after an accident manages to escape from the computer, taking on material form and it's up to Washington's character to stop him. It has dodgy science and plotholes galore, but still, had they kept the the story simple, or even had the plot play out in real time, it might've worked, but there are just too many unnecesary or plain ridiculous elements, such as Washington's character wearing a prosthetic arm for seemingly no reason at all, or Kelly Lynch, originally intended as a love interest for Washington before the star decided that an interracial romance could hurt the movie's box-office chances and had the script changed, resulting in Lynches character becoming comletely superfluous. It didn't help much, Virtuosity tanked anyway. (Interestingly Strange Days which came out the same year and did feature an interracial romance became a flop too, which seems to indicate that audiences didn't care either way.) What makes this almost worth watching is Russell Crowe's delightfully unhinged performance as the evil android, sort of a mixture between Agent Smith from The Matrix and the Terminator. He's close to indestructible, since he can regenerate himself by touching glass, because he's made of glass fibres or something like that. In a better film it could've been labelled a star-making performance, but it's definitely an effective display of the newcomer's talent and screen presence. Crowe's darkly hilarious performance also injects some much needed humour into an otherwise rather dour movie, along with providing a further facet of the actor's incredible versatility, SID is unlike any character he's played since. If only they had hired a director to match his zeal. 5/10
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jan 29, 2023 6:27:01 GMT
A Traci Lords’ PM Entertainment Group action double-bill; Intent to Kill (1992)A Time to Die (1991)
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jan 30, 2023 6:28:09 GMT
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jan 30, 2023 7:04:56 GMT
L.A Bounty (1989). A decent, if pretty run-of-the-mill crime-action feature when it came to the plot and set-pieces. However Wings Hauser is always watchable, especially when playing the more than lively, and unhinged bad guy with artistic ambitions. On his trail is the silent, but tough as nails bounty hunter seeking to settle a score. Sybil Danning - Hiding behind black sunglasses, leather jacket, mum jeans and always packing heavy heat… doing her best Man with no name/Cobra impression. Cue in those drum beats, and wailing guitars and a few nice atmospheric night time visuals for maximum effect too. Watched on YouTube.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jan 30, 2023 12:28:14 GMT
L.A Bounty (1989). A decent, if pretty run-of-the-mill crime-action feature when it came to the plot and set-pieces. However Wings Hauser is always watchable, especially when playing the more than lively, and unhinged bad guy with artistic ambitions. On his trail is the silent, but tough as nails bounty hunter seeking to settle a score. Sybil Danning - Hiding behind black sunglasses, leather jacket, mum jeans and always packing heavy heat… doing her best Man with no name/Cobra impression. Cue in those drum beats, and wailing guitars and a few nice atmospheric night time visuals for maximum effect too. Watched on YouTube. Have had this one lying on wait, in a playlist (I put up sometime ago) named: "80s and 90s b-movie trash, that I want to see" I guess for some, the need to see them, is maybe not all that much, but any sleazy 80s or early 90s film starring Sybil Danning and Wings Hauser, I should probably try to get around and watch. Speaking of Sybil, I managed to get through the recently purchased 101 Films DVD named "The Lou Ferrigno Cult Collection", which included Hercules (1983), The Adventures of Hercules (1985) and some Sinbad adventure. Anyway, the first Hercules movie was probably the "best" of the bunch, due to some very trippy and ridiculous special effects, movie sets, fight scenes and also due to having the lovely Danning appear in an unforgettable dress, which left very little to the imagination, and at times you kind of expected something to burst out and onto the scene, but sadly, all we got was a bit of a tiny "nip-slip", not unlike in another Danning "classic" The Phantom Empire (1988). However, in Hercules The Adventures, the budget is even smaller, among with the wardrobe for the female actors, and not only do we get a full nip-slip, but a full boob slip appears, all while Lou Ferrigno tries to strangle a smiling lady on the ground. Anyway, the budget (according to Wikipedia) of the first film, was almost 6 million dollars, and you have to wonder where the other 5 went, as I guess Golan and Globus already were thinking of making a big series of Hercules "epics", but at least we do get another legendary Hercules vs. a bear fight, one which the hero ends up knocking the furry creature into kingdom come, and then some. All in all, the first Hercules was surely the most "impressive", at least fun of the trio, and the rest well, the second had even more flashy acid effects, going full time, while trying to replicate the bear fight, but this time with a cheap looking Chewbacca clone, jumping all over the place, and not even some very fine ladies in tight small costumes, can make it more interesting, as it just drags on, far too long. The Sinbad stuff, put me to sleep twice, and yeah, only for the die hard fans of Ferrigno. Sadly, all films came with some other peoples voices, as the same went on with Sybil, not sure why, but I guess this was pretty normal back then, for Italian movies with American actors. Will probably keep hold of the movie set, because of the first Hercules film, but again, I went in with probably a bit too high expectations.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jan 31, 2023 0:55:56 GMT
L.A Bounty (1989). A decent, if pretty run-of-the-mill crime-action feature when it came to the plot and set-pieces. However Wings Hauser is always watchable, especially when playing the more than lively, and unhinged bad guy with artistic ambitions. On his trail is the silent, but tough as nails bounty hunter seeking to settle a score. Sybil Danning - Hiding behind black sunglasses, leather jacket, mum jeans and always packing heavy heat… doing her best Man with no name/Cobra impression. Cue in those drum beats, and wailing guitars and a few nice atmospheric night time visuals for maximum effect too. Watched on YouTube. Have had this one lying on wait, in a playlist (I put up sometime ago) named: "80s and 90s b-movie trash, that I want to see" I guess for some, the need to see them, is maybe not all that much, but any sleazy 80s or early 90s film starring Sybil Danning and Wings Hauser, I should probably try to get around and watch. Speaking of Sybil, I managed to get through the recently purchased 101 Films DVD named "The Lou Ferrigno Cult Collection", which included Hercules (1983), The Adventures of Hercules (1985) and some Sinbad adventure. Anyway, the first Hercules movie was probably the "best" of the bunch, due to some very trippy and ridiculous special effects, movie sets, fight scenes and also due to having the lovely Danning appear in an unforgettable dress, which left very little to the imagination, and at times you kind of expected something to burst out and onto the scene, but sadly, all we got was a bit of a tiny "nip-slip", not unlike in another Danning "classic" The Phantom Empire (1988). However, in Hercules The Adventures, the budget is even smaller, among with the wardrobe for the female actors, and not only do we get a full nip-slip, but a full boob slip appears, all while Lou Ferrigno tries to strangle a smiling lady on the ground. Anyway, the budget (according to Wikipedia) of the first film, was almost 6 million dollars, and you have to wonder where the other 5 went, as I guess Golan and Globus already were thinking of making a big series of Hercules "epics", but at least we do get another legendary Hercules vs. a bear fight, one which the hero ends up knocking the furry creature into kingdom come, and then some. All in all, the first Hercules was surely the most "impressive", at least fun of the trio, and the rest well, the second had even more flashy acid effects, going full time, while trying to replicate the bear fight, but this time with a cheap looking Chewbacca clone, jumping all over the place, and not even some very fine ladies in tight small costumes, can make it more interesting, as it just drags on, far too long. The Sinbad stuff, put me to sleep twice, and yeah, only for the die hard fans of Ferrigno. Sadly, all films came with some other peoples voices, as the same went on with Sybil, not sure why, but I guess this was pretty normal back then, for Italian movies with American actors. Will probably keep hold of the movie set, because of the first Hercules film, but again, I went in with probably a bit too high expectations. The YouTube channel i watched LA Bounty on actually had some interesting looking PM entertainment titles… also had the Traci Lords’ films I watched above. If you looking for anything sleazy from LA Bounty you’ll most likely be disappointed… outside of one hot tub scene. Sybil Danning plays it ice-cold, or bland to some. She doesn’t get much dialogue either. Action while serviceable isn’t anything truly special. Really it’s all on Wings Hauser being Wings Hauser. It was yonks ago when I saw those two Italian Hercules films. Don’t remember much, other than that ridiculous bear scene. I think I got old reviews on IMDb for both. Ferrigno and die hard film fans? - is that a reality 😁 I guess there is a niche, if they made a dvd pack with his films.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jan 31, 2023 11:55:45 GMT
The YouTube channel i watched LA Bounty on actually had some interesting looking PM entertainment titles… also had the Traci Lords’ films I watched above. If you looking for anything sleazy from LA Bounty you’ll most likely be disappointed… outside of one hot tub scene. Sybil Danning plays it ice-cold, or bland to some. She doesn’t get much dialogue either. Action while serviceable isn’t anything truly special. Really it’s all on Wings Hauser being Wings Hauser. It was yonks ago when I saw those two Italian Hercules films. Don’t remember much, other than that ridiculous bear scene. I think I got old reviews on IMDb for both. Ferrigno and die hard film fans? - is that a reality 😁 I guess there is a niche, if they made a dvd pack with his films. Dusty Reels Vault? Noticed it has quite a lot of PM titles, which I guess is why I ended up there in the first place, but also the same company did a few tv-shows as well. I like how there is playlists of each movie year, starting up from 1989 and onto the early 90s. Have been watching quite a few of the great Scott Adkins "The Art of Action" series, with former martial art stars and profiles from the 80s and 90s, and just went through Dolph Lundgren, Steven Seagal, Cynthia Rothrock and will try to see the episode starring Gary Daniels soon. Like how they all start up with the background and love for martial arts and how they soon would find their own style, before heading into the movie business. Yeah 101 Films seems to love putting "Cult Movie Collection" on pretty much every other release I have found of them, but few is really all that impressive, but at least I got something fun out of both Firewalker (1986) and Hercules (1983), the others of Ferrigno, not so much.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Feb 2, 2023 11:43:38 GMT
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Post by lostinlimbo on Feb 3, 2023 11:57:05 GMT
The 1980 film ’Caboblanco’ is somewhat a forgotten film in Charles Bronson’s filmography. Caught between the likes of ’Love and Bullets’ and ’Borderline’. This Bronson vehicle doesn’t hide its obvious influence (just look at the film title), yet it’s still a fair laid-back old school exotic island adventure filled with the usual staples of intrigue, danger and a touch of romance. Again the thrills are limited, but the tension mainly stems from the plot’s mystery and the characters’ interactions amongst a picturesque backdrop. Directed by J. Lee Thompson, who gives the production a polish touch and bestowing a solid cast that know what they’re performing in.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 3, 2023 12:52:44 GMT
Cold Sweat (1970) It seems like we are both on a Bronson 70s journey, lately. Have just the other day been through both The White Buffalo (1977) and Cold Sweat (1970), and might just try to continue on with a few unseen Bronson titles more. Might re-watch Telefon (1977) and check up titles like Copablanco or Someone Behind the Door (1971), but would also be interested in seeing House of Wax (1953). Anyway, while none managed to end up as immediately Bronson favorites of mine, I still got something out of both of them: The White Buffalo (1977) by J. Lee Thompson A rather interesting and well played out western-adventure, with a bit of horror movie thrown in, and where a monstrous white buffalo seems to be haunting our antihero (Bronson), who puts it up on his sleeve, do go deep into the wild and hunt his nemesis down. However, he is by far not the only driven soul out there, attempting to bring down the unstoppable force of nature. Among the later Bronson films, I have often wanted to get around to, but somehow it has just been put on wait. And finally picked it up (among with Cold Sweat), through a nice swedish Retrofilm.se and love how the intro for the mention DVD/Blu-ray collection, opens with a black and white scene of Bronson appearing with a Tommygun, mowing some mobsters down. Anyway, this film seems to pick up on the Moby Dick/Jaws/Orca a possessed man going up against a seemingly unbeatable beast, but instead of far out at the sea, this one makes great use of beautiful scenery within the nature and mountains of the old West. Bronson himself, puts in a fine performance and while as always tough as hell, it is still nice to have some friends under very lethal and unpredictable conditions. John Barry delivers the music, and in certain places, you kind of feel there is a bit of a "what to come" later on, as I could swear there were some cues which sounded very familiar to Dances with Wolves (1990), and I wonder if Costner was a fan of this film, since we also have a scene where Bronson delivers a speech about how the white man, will not just go away, and just keep on coming, in huge numbers, along with more greed and far deadlier weapon. All while his big Indian buddy (Will Sampson), seems to be living in the past. There is a quite a lot of well known faces and names arriving, some in smaller and other in larger parts, such as Ed Lauter, Martin Kove, Kim Novak, John Carradine, Slim Pickes and Jack Warden, among many. All in all, probably the one I enjoyed the more out of my two latest Bronson adventures, and might grow on me with another visit later on. 6,5/10
Cold Sweat (1970) by Terence Young "How well do you know your own husband?" The past is about to catch up with the familyman Joe Martin (Bronson, who seems to enjoy life and living happily with his new family, in beautiful surroundings, located in sunny France. However, when an old "friend" pays them a late night visit, it becomes very clear that Joe is holding back something from his former life, and which now might come back to haunt the Martins.Not a bad early 70s action-thriller, in which Bond director Terence Young, puts together an interesting gallery of personalities, and where Bronson of course sticks out, as the "normal" familyman, which for many, might be hard to take, as he sure looks anything like your average kind of man, and more like someone you would not get on the wrong side of, where as most of the baddies, well, they do look anything but threatening. However, things are not quite always as they seem, and while I think Liv Ullmann and Bronson did not go too handy behind the scenery during the filming, at least on camera, they appear as a solid couple. Young and Bronson did a few others films together during this time, and where Charles always comes off as one little tiny spark away, of exploding, yet still manages to keep calm, and instead wait for his more hot headed enemies to make first mistake, and then use brute force and deadly precision to full effect. As with many of his Bond films, Terence Young does not hold back when it comes to fight scenes and car chases, and while it felt at times, like some might have dragged it on a bit too far, there is still lots of fun and excitement, so it never becomes boring, even though I wished it would at times focus more on the tension, specially with James Mason going cold, and well, some of the more comedic lines was also a bit of hit and miss. All in all, maybe not a classic, but for fans of Bronson or Young, it is well worthy a watch. 6/10
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 3, 2023 13:18:55 GMT
Oh yeah, I almost forgot, since we were onto some late night Wings Hauser films of the late 80s and early 90s. Watched two of his early 90s "classics" Frame Up (1991) and Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1994) also known as Deadly Conspiracy just the other day, and thought it was nice to get to see Wings playing the heroic figure for a change, even though it sure felt like he sometimes "forgot" it, and was not far off heading into the more crazy eyed psychopaths of his past, but it sure made the films even more enjoyable. Of course, what is a Wings Hauser movie, without a dose of sleaze, cheese and some rather nasty stuff thrown in as well. I laughed when he (in the second one), was slowly taking in all these beautiful babes in a local gym, while looking like some sleazebag, then ending up (after some time), trying to pick up the nerve of proposing to his lady (Frances Fisher) in the locker room afterwards. Anyway, Wings plays a former big city L.A. cop, who ends up into a small town along with his daughter, and soon finds out what kind of people he has to work with, but also having to go up against. At times it felt like a potential for a tv-show, like two pilot episodes and would not mind a third adventure. Both are up on Youtube for free, and would proably have seen them earlier, but I guess it was just now, I found them lying around. They are both quite even in entertainment, but I felt the second was slightly better, due to having John Saxon as the asshole villain, and also a few familiar faces appears as his sidekicks henchmen, such as the main villain from Savage Streets (1984) or the little bald dude from Seinfeld or one of the Tales from the Crypt episodes, I think he is a stand-up comedian, but would have loved more scenes of those appearing together. Sadly, Margaux Hemingway felt like one that got not too much to do in this, and sadly her characters addiction and tragic lifestyle, was maybe not too far off reality, but all in all, two absolute decent late night cable films, and could surely go much worse than what I got out of them: 5/10
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Post by lostinlimbo on Feb 4, 2023 13:07:20 GMT
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Post by lostinlimbo on Feb 4, 2023 13:34:35 GMT
Cold Sweat (1970) It seems like we are both on a Bronson 70s journey, lately. Have just the other day been through both The White Buffalo (1977) and Cold Sweat (1970), and might just try to continue on with a few unseen Bronson titles more. Might re-watch Telefon (1977) and check up titles like Copablanco or Someone Behind the Door (1971), but would also be interested in seeing House of Wax (1953). Anyway, while none managed to end up as immediately Bronson favorites of mine, I still got something out of both of them: The White Buffalo (1977) by J. Lee Thompson A rather interesting and well played out western-adventure, with a bit of horror movie thrown in, and where a monstrous white buffalo seems to be haunting our antihero (Bronson), who puts it up on his sleeve, do go deep into the wild and hunt his nemesis down. However, he is by far not the only driven soul out there, attempting to bring down the unstoppable force of nature. Among the later Bronson films, I have often wanted to get around to, but somehow it has just been put on wait. And finally picked it up (among with Cold Sweat), through a nice swedish Retrofilm.se and love how the intro for the mention DVD/Blu-ray collection, opens with a black and white scene of Bronson appearing with a Tommygun, mowing some mobsters down. Anyway, this film seems to pick up on the Moby Dick/Jaws/Orca a possessed man going up against a seemingly unbeatable beast, but instead of far out at the sea, this one makes great use of beautiful scenery within the nature and mountains of the old West. Bronson himself, puts in a fine performance and while as always tough as hell, it is still nice to have some friends under very lethal and unpredictable conditions. John Barry delivers the music, and in certain places, you kind of feel there is a bit of a "what to come" later on, as I could swear there were some cues which sounded very familiar to Dances with Wolves (1990), and I wonder if Costner was a fan of this film, since we also have a scene where Bronson delivers a speech about how the white man, will not just go away, and just keep on coming, in huge numbers, along with more greed and far deadlier weapon. All while his big Indian buddy (Will Sampson), seems to be living in the past. There is a quite a lot of well known faces and names arriving, some in smaller and other in larger parts, such as Ed Lauter, Martin Kove, Kim Novak, John Carradine, Slim Pickes and Jack Warden, among many. All in all, probably the one I enjoyed the more out of my two latest Bronson adventures, and might grow on me with another visit later on. 6,5/10
Cold Sweat (1970) by Terence Young "How well do you know your own husband?" The past is about to catch up with the familyman Joe Martin (Bronson, who seems to enjoy life and living happily with his new family, in beautiful surroundings, located in sunny France. However, when an old "friend" pays them a late night visit, it becomes very clear that Joe is holding back something from his former life, and which now might come back to haunt the Martins.Not a bad early 70s action-thriller, in which Bond director Terence Young, puts together an interesting gallery of personalities, and where Bronson of course sticks out, as the "normal" familyman, which for many, might be hard to take, as he sure looks anything like your average kind of man, and more like someone you would not get on the wrong side of, where as most of the baddies, well, they do look anything but threatening. However, things are not quite always as they seem, and while I think Liv Ullmann and Bronson did not go too handy behind the scenery during the filming, at least on camera, they appear as a solid couple. Young and Bronson did a few others films together during this time, and where Charles always comes off as one little tiny spark away, of exploding, yet still manages to keep calm, and instead wait for his more hot headed enemies to make first mistake, and then use brute force and deadly precision to full effect. As with many of his Bond films, Terence Young does not hold back when it comes to fight scenes and car chases, and while it felt at times, like some might have dragged it on a bit too far, there is still lots of fun and excitement, so it never becomes boring, even though I wished it would at times focus more on the tension, specially with James Mason going cold, and well, some of the more comedic lines was also a bit of hit and miss. All in all, maybe not a classic, but for fans of Bronson or Young, it is well worthy a watch. 6/10Yeah, I might rewatch a couple more of Bronson’s 1960 or ‘70 films during the week. Maybe give ‘White Buffalo’ a rewatch. Kinda unique film. And like you mentioned, it does have horror shades with its execution when the White Buffalo appears on screen. Kinda reminded of ‘Razorback’, in how both films framed the boar/buffalo in action. Probably has Bronson’s most colourful performance too. ’Cold Sweat’ isn’t bad, but I always found it to be a stop-and-go affair. When you think it’s going to get going, it stalls. The story seemed a little unfocused, and rewatching it again i thought the payoff was underwhelming after a tightly tense opening setup. Disappointing since it was made during Bronson’s peak, and it showed in a few action set-pieces. Good supporting cast and beautiful locations too. Though stuff going on behind the scenes involving Bronson and Ullmann, probably added to the coldness between the two, which i thought showed on screen, especially from Ullmann. I didn’t find the two all that convincing as a steady couple.
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Post by politicidal on Feb 5, 2023 2:39:25 GMT
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Post by theravenking on Feb 5, 2023 10:50:44 GMT
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Post by lostinlimbo on Feb 5, 2023 12:22:00 GMT
The Getaway (1994)
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Post by mgmarshall on Feb 6, 2023 13:10:28 GMT
Iron MaskInane, cheap-looking, CGI-addled, atrociously dubbed wuxia nonsense/possibly a Chinese/Russian propaganda film. I know it's a sequel to Viy/ Forbidden Empire/ Forbidden Kingdom, which I have not seen; but I really don't know how much that would help this one. If, like me, you saw this in the United States (or in the UK) then you know that not only was this not marketed as a sequel to anything, but that it was also very deceptively promoted as starring Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sadly, this is totally untrue. The two of them get maybe about twenty minutes of screentime all told. While I am certainly miffed about the flagrant false advertising, I do have to admit it's pretty fun seeing them play off one another. Their fight scene (which more or less ends in a draw) is a pretty good one too. The movie actually concerns itself with an adventurous cartographer (Jason Flemyng) traveling through 1700's Russia. Upon discovering that Peter the Great has been replaced with an impostor, he's forcibly ejected from the country and must travel onward to China, where he endeavours to help a village under the thumb of a cruel witch who's impersonating a princess. Meanwhile, the real Peter the Great (Yuri Kolokolnikov) is imprisoned in the Tower of London, wearing the titular iron mask and chained to Jackie Chan's mystical kung fu master. After the two of them stage a jailbreak and Chan gets recaptured by the jailer, Captain Hook (Schwarzenegger, who thank Christ doesn't even attempt to do an English accent; and also doesn't have a hook hand, although I suppose that would've interfered with his and Jackie's big fight scene) Peter meets up with Flemyng's wife (Anna Churina) and the two of them head off on their own journey to China aboard a pirate ship captained by a drunken midget. Anyway, it's a long, muddled and ultimately inconsequential movie. The effects are mostly awful, the editing is haphazard, the dubbing as mentioned is laughable, the mythology is incoherent; it's really kind of a waste of the two hours. Some okay fight choreography here and there, but it's hardly worth it. A couple stay observations- I find it amusing that despite this movie's "historical" basis, Schwarzenegger is not playing Captain James Cook, but instead the very fictional Captain James Hook. Y'know, like the one from Peter Pan. Of course, Captain Cook was never a jailer in the Tower of London, so I suppose it wouldn't have made all that much sense either way. Also, in addition to totally wasting the presences of Chan and Schwarzenegger and the golden opportunity of seeing the two of them face off onscreen, the movie also doles out completely thankless near-cameo roles to Charles Dance and Rutger Hauer. Dance is at least apparently reprising a role he played in the first movie, but Hauer is the real insult. In one of his final roles, he gets to saunter around in period dress for all of about forty-five seconds, looking confused and overdubbed with somebody else's voice. It's the final indignity after a career filled with them, and he damned well deserved better.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Feb 6, 2023 13:43:13 GMT
The Getaway (1994) I was just wondering. What kind of version did you end up with? Picked up a German Blu-ray, which said to be "Uncut" version, but then later on, I found out there is even another longer uncut version, so maybe 3 different copies? Anyway, I remember it from decades ago, as a sleazy but somehow enjoyable late night cable action-thriller, probably most because of Kim Basinger, but felt it was still a pretty good mid 90s release, which at times came off as more a straight-to-video movie, with some big names attatched. Just wished James Woods had a bigger part here, as I believe he got written out, way too early.
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