Eye Of The Tiger - Vietnam vet Gary Busey with a little help from Yaphet Kotto takes on a group of psychotic bikers led by William Smith. Fun bit of 80’s mindless violence.
What’s the quality like on these 4 film sets?
Quality is pretty good. It’s Shout Factory, not one of those two-bit labels (which you could easily mistake it for considering the cover)
Nice. Those 4 western film packs look pretty good too.
Shoot First, 1953… take a camera out to a large English field, then film a dozen chase-scenes with 2, 3, 4, or more guys with guns. -At night: guns and flashlights. That’s the first half of this Joel McCrea spy-thriller, as it plunges into more chase-scenes involving cars and trains, culminating in a climax atop Madame Toussad’s Wax Museum. Sounds Hitchcockian, with some Straw Dogs thrown-in. And it is. Directed by Robert Parrish, McCrea teams with Herbert Lom; a Polish-mercenary on-loan to the British Secret Service. I’d give it an 8-out-of-10, easily.
@Yodlaf, Exterminator 2
Uncut?
Watched this last night, really liked it. Thought it floundered a bit midway through, but otherwise very enjoyable indeed. Cool theme song. In the midst of all these 90s PM Entertainment, straight to video releases, a film like this really stands out by comparison in how well its made, even still for a low budget action flic.
Guess I’ll need to rewatch Deliverance now. Have not seen it in many, many years and don’t remember much except the basic premise and select scenes. I only watched it when very young, and found it quite boring, but probably would have a different view now
@Yodlaf, Exterminator 2
Uncut?
- Don’t know, was it cut for an R in the States?
Yes
Exterminator 2 has audio commentary from Mark Buntzman and Mario Van Peebles that is suppose to be pretty good- I believe its uncut but not 100% sure
Uncut PAL runtime is 86:12 Minutes
By comparison, the uncut German DVD is open matte and this Shout Factory release is supposed to be anamorphic widescreen, so I think its probably cropped from the open matte picture. That could be wrong though, as I don’t have the disc
Thanks for that
Possibly some offensive stereotype stuff going on here, if you're prone to being offended easily. Lots laughs, lots of action. Thank you PM Entertainment
Yeah, found it very funny… Michael McFall was ok, but his dialogue seems forced most of the time, trying to imitate Samuel L Jackson
Violence at High Noon (1966) - 5/10 - I somehow couldn’t get into this one. It’s stunningly shot and deftly conceived, but its non-linear structure rendered the ensemble somewhat too distant and intangible to me.
The Last Detail (1973) - 9/10 - Filled with crackling dialogues and phenomenal acting, The Last Detail must be one of the best comedies I’ve recently seen - an excellent Nicholson vehicle. Notwithstanding, but for its outstanding script and likable, three-dimensional characters, it wouldn’t have been so enjoyable.
The Pornographers (1966) - 8/10 - This is a kind of film which can be executed only by Imamura. The flick is brimming with eccentricity and intelligence. Not a material strictly about pornographers, but a social satire on Japanese economical miracle and Japanese society.
The Violent Professionals (1973) - 5/10 - It is initiated quite neatly, but the further the flick goes, the more slapdash it becomes. Martino only intermittently proves to be a good stylist for me and his storytelling frequently emerges as a flaw. Overall, it is pretty entertaining, but ultimately not a very good movie. I found it difficult to believe that a proficient gangster (played by Richard Conte) hires a driver minus verifying elaborately whether the man is associated with the police or not. Apart from that, it topples on account of its precipitate, erratic pace, the tenuous plot, which unfurls in an exceedingly slipshod manner, the unexciting demise of a major character impersonated by Martine Brochard (the scene seems so insignificant that it barely came to my attention) and overall messiness. For me, it never achieved the level of Di Leo’s and Castellari’s efforts.
Yeah, found it very funny... Michael McFall was ok, but his dialogue seems forced most of the time, trying to imitate Samuel L Jackson
My girlfriend pointed out that the interactions between the cop-partners was a lot like Rush Hour. I don’t think I would have noticed, but she’s right… there’s even the “don’t mess with the radio station” scene when they are driving. Kind of interesting since Rush Hour came out in 1998 and The Underground was '97.
Scanners - Good, but I must have built it up too much in my head while waiting all these years to watch it. It just didn’t quite live up to my expectations. Still pretty cool, liked the old computer read-out style credits at the end. Recently heard this is up for a remake
Rats: Night of Terror - More schlock from Bruno Mattei & Claudio Fragasso. Watched in the background for the first hour, so I missed quite a bit on exactly what was up with those rats… Lots of nice color usage in this film, quite a bit of humorous dialouge and a great final scene. Unfortunately seems like quite a few rats are hurt or killed for real in this one. I guess it was filmed at Cinecittà in Rome, using the sets built for Once Upon a Time in America.
watched Gunhed (Gunheddo, 1989)
japanese cyberpunk postapo, which is confusing and little disarranged sometimes, nevertheless, there is some great atmosphere to it, which i love, so … plus pretty good soundtrack
[size=12pt]The Addiction -1995- Abel Ferrara[/size]
Ferrara cinema for me is something like Woody Allen taken to last consequences, for a long time The Funeral has been my favorite Ferrara’s movies, seeing The Addiction for the first time won’t change that, but I was surprised by how clever this film is.
This is very powerful stuff filmed in B/W with great cinematography and a cool soundtrack. The acting is first rate, Lili Taylor is great, and Christopher Walken must be the most incredible American actor from his generation, he really looks like a vampire, a real vampire, he keeps surprising me in every movie I see with him.
On another take on the film it’s a very intellectual material with plenty philosophical theories going around the plot open to interpretation, and there relays the major difficulty of the film to me, with so many possible interpretations, is not clear what Ferrara propose was, what is the addiction about? Religion, drugs, disease, evil are we addicted to evil? All very philosophical questions in a very philosophical but well displayed ins twisted vampire flick with some great scenes and fantastic dialogues.
Maybe not for everyone’s taste but a good art house film made with a small budget. Liked the ending.
Get The Gringo - Great fun, criminal Gibson ends up in a Mexican jail that is more like a village. Really enjoyed this, Gibson back on form.
Enter The Dragon - Lost count how many times I’ve seen this, classic.
Alucarda - found it quite hard to sit through but glad I persevered as the last 15 minutes or so was fucking mental.
Not heard of that Gibson film before, must check it out.
Not heard of that Gibson film before
Neither have I.
Odd, as I must be one of the last Gibson fans on this planet.
Apparently i’m not the fan I used to be …