The B Action Movie Thread - Page 1695

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Originally Posted by Fat Elvis 
Another blog I read besides Keith's is "Rupert Pupkin Speaks". He's doing a "Bad Movies We Love" series. A few today that peaked my interest:

 

THE STABILIZER (1984)—Directed by Arizal. Stars Peter O'Brien, Craig Gavin, Gillie Beanz, Dana Christina. One of the wildest, loopiest, most insane and hilarious action movies ever made, this Indonesian riot is packed with eye-blasting fashions, shootouts, kung fu fights, exploding cars, bloody squibs, dangerous stunts, and some of the funniest Ed-Woodian dialogue ever recited by dull voice dubbers.

 

WHEELS OF FIRE (1984) —Directed by Cirio H. Santiago. Stars Gary Watkins, Laura Banks, Lynda Wiesmeier, Joe Mari Avellana, Linda Grovenor. Gotta have a Cirio Santiago joint on a list like this. This ROAD WARRIOR ripoff is great fun, certainly not dull, and most memorable for shots of top-heavy Playmate Lynda Wiesmeier strapped topless to the hood of a car and driven across the desert. Practically wall-to-wall chases, fights, and shootouts in Santiago’s trademark desert.

 

STRIKE COMMANDO (1987)—Directed by Bruno Mattei. Stars Reb Brown, Christopher Connelly. This Italian-made action flick about the Vietnam War manages to copy RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II almost scene-for-scene, but hilariously mucks it up. Reb Brown's dialogue ranges from "Bwahhhhhh!" to "Auuuuuughhhh!" and director Bruno Mattei's ridiculous action scenes consist of Brown shooting a huge gun—not necessarily at anyone, just shooting it—and Viet Cong falling down or miniature buildings blowing up. STRIKE COMMANDO might be even more cartoonish than RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II, if that's possible

I can't say I have heard of that blog before but it does look interesting. As for the movies mentioned, I actually have The Stabilizer amongst my vast collection and sometime soon I'll try to watch it as I understand it's also quite insane. From Robowar I and others know that the combo of Mattei, Reb Brown and the jungle means it'll be awful but in a funny way. As for Wheels of Fire I haven't heard of it but I found a (NSFW, so I won't post it here) trailer and it looks like every low-budget post-apocalyptic film.

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Originally Posted by Odo19 
Samurai Cop is on another level than anything you've ever seen. Whenever someone brings up a movie they think is the worst in existance, this is what I bring up. Not brave enough to watch the entire thing but these clips should suffice.

I've actually seen most of those clips before and laughed heartily at them. I do not know if I could stomach watching it in full.

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Originally Posted by Moltisanti 
Well I've taken my fair share of shots at the guy but on this day I'll give him his due. Van Damme's son Kris has worked hard, put his nose to the grindstone, and found himself cast in an upcoming film as a Mountie:

 

http://www.facebook.com/notes/kristopher-van-varenberg/my-favorite-80s-songs/372742596112334

I like how he included the picture with a random list of 80's songs he likes, which include Simple Minds & A Flock of Seagulls.

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Originally Posted by Fat Elvis 
Here's another PSYCHOTRONIC NETFLIX (vol. 7):

 

http://dailygrindhouse.com/thewire/psychotronic-netflix-vol-7/

 

LIVE LIKE A COP, DIE LIKE A MAN has been on my radar for a while. And when I was a kid, THE FINAL COUNTDOWN was a fave. THE EVICTORS is a recent discovery. 70's low budget creepy goodness. Very curious about Roddy McDowall's TAM LIN.

I am also interested in Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man; besides the A plus title, the plot sounds interesting and I put it in my queue early on as I was looking for movies in that genre. I should be seeing it real soon as who knows how many more months I'll subscribe to Netflix.

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 
One Man Force sounds incredible. BUCK FLOWER and BRIAN TOCHI (aka TAKASHI) in the same movie?! I'm there. Too bad it's not available on Netflix, but the dvd is cheap enough.

I am also upset it is not on a platform like Netflix or Hulu as everyone needs to see it. While I had heard plenty of details about the movie before I saw it, there were also plenty of details that I did not know about. The movie was so amazing it rocked my world; it was as if one day I ran into-say-Rachael Leigh Cook or Minka Kelly and they gave me a big kiss on the lips... then punched me in the face. I wish they still made movies quite like that... or I am able to find more obscure gems like that due to the recommendation of podcasts, blogs, or other sources.

I can certify that Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man is pretty great. I blind bought the dvd and it's a violent and gore soaked police actioner. Like Contraband, only focusing on the cops rather than the criminal element bumping each other off.

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Originally Posted by Macready 

I had a dream that there was a film called, The Eagle Path.

There was! The once called FULL LOVE is mutating into a new form called SOLDIERS...! 

I watched Hard Times this evening, I picked it up on DVD today and it's such a great piece of minimalist filmmaking. It's fascinating to watch Bronson fight in this film, his fists pound at his opponent like lightning but he remains fairly rigid in his posture, he waits for his opponent to move then strikes like a Cobra, end fight aside, Bronson barely breaks a sweat during any of the fights during the film, it's great to hear guys make cracks about his age then get stomped. The romance with Jill Ireland's ok but you can tell Hill's more interested in watching Bronson arrive, destroy his opponents, then leave. This would make a great double feature with The Driver as they're both ruminations on the silent stranger. James Coburn and Strother Martin provide great support.

"He sure was something" Pretty much sums up Charles Bronson.

I still think Bronson's character is what happened to Harmonica after the events of Once Upon a Time in the West.

Fire With Fire (2012)- Bruce Willis

Awww, isn't that cute. They're still trying to put Fiddy Cent in movies.

It would take a bit of convincing for me to see that, but it does have shooting. And fire.

Also - "Fight Fire With Fire" by Metallica, still awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnCFWlso-UQ
 

I think by this point, Full Love/The Eagle Path/Soldiers/EYE LUV AY WO-MAN FUR DE FURST TYME EN MAH LYFE! has reached "The Day The Clown Cried" levels of legend. I hope the film gets released soon. You'd think it would to take advantage of Van Damme ALSO being in EX2.

Apparently Nick Stahl was in rehab, but now has fled and I guess is Stahl-ing rehab for himself.

http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=767151#.T-DROPUdyVo

That's a local news article for me too. I believe I posted it on here, but he was born in the same town I was.

Tonite: THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN!

Random movie I have the craving to see all the sudden: BACKDRAFT

Not a fan of Ron Howard anymore, but something about the old fashioned formula here has always clicked with me (I saw it two times during its theatrical run). Kurt Russell's presence definitely helps. And the special effects are cool. Firefighters are by the very nature of their job heroric, so the rousing treatment feels earned.

If it's on Blu I might pick it up.

Rachel Nichols and Zoe Bell star in RAZE. An all women fight flick.

Official Site is up.

Reviews for THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN have been mostly positive so far. I think we're all going to be pleasantly surprised by this. Hope everyone here gives Garfield and Stone a chance.

Are these people just picking from my brain or what? Rachel Nichols/Zoe Bell ALL WOMEN FIGHT FILM?!

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 

Are these people just picking from my brain or what? Rachel Nichols/Zoe Bell ALL WOMEN FIGHT FILM?!

wait they are also going to make out right?

If they want to sell tickets/videos they will.

If you want to start a Young James Bond-esque series, you don't start with Gene Simmons as a psychotic hermaphrodite (you can only go down from there)

http://dailygrindhouse.com/thewire/death-rents-a-video-looks-at-the-gene-simmonsjohn-stamos-classic-never-too-young-to-die-1986/

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 

If they want to sell tickets/videos they will.

Between Girlfight and Bitchslap, It doesn't sound like there's much bank for them. Hell, even dude heavy fight flicks (Warrior) don't seem to be selling like they should. Sounds interesting, though.

I still haven't seen Bitchslap. That just seems WAY to "wink wink" for my taste. The best way to make these throwbacks is to treat them un-ironically.

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 
I can certify that Live Like A Cop, Die Like A Man is pretty great. I blind bought the dvd and it's a violent and gore soaked police actioner. Like Contraband, only focusing on the cops rather than the criminal element bumping each other off.

Sweet. I will see it by the end of this month.

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Originally Posted by Kyle Reese 
Awww, isn't that cute. They're still trying to put Fiddy Cent in movies.

That looks like something I'll be skipping. Also, the movie has Quinton Rampage Jackson in it, who hasn't exactly done much acting since his "big" role in The A-Team. Then again he hasn't done much in the world of MMA in the past two or so years, besides looking unimpressive even when he does win fights.

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 

I think by this point, Full Love/The Eagle Path/Soldiers/EYE LUV AY WO-MAN FUR DE FURST TYME EN MAH LYFE! has reached "The Day The Clown Cried" levels of legend. I hope the film gets released soon. You'd think it would to take advantage of Van Damme ALSO being in EX2.

Nice reference; yeah it's pretty ridiculous how it's still on the shelf, although it hasn't been as bad (yet) as the famed Gallowwalker, which I still want to see, dammit!

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 

Are these people just picking from my brain or what? Rachel Nichols/Zoe Bell ALL WOMEN FIGHT FILM?!

Yeah that does sound pretty good, at least in theory.

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Originally Posted by Fat Elvis 
If you want to start a Young James Bond-esque series, you don't start with Gene Simmons as a psychotic hermaphrodite (you can only go down from there)

 

http://dailygrindhouse.com/thewire/death-rents-a-video-looks-at-the-gene-simmonsjohn-stamos-classic-never-too-young-to-die-

1986/

Oh man, I've actually seen that before... on VHS! It's shitty, but at least it's a funny sort of shitty. Of course, the best part of the movie: the opening credits song.

OK, so it's the second best thing, right after Vanity appearing nude.

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 
I still haven't seen Bitchslap. That just seems WAY to "wink wink" for my taste. The best way to make these throwbacks is to treat them un-ironically.

From what I understand it's pretty shitty so I imagine you are better off not seeing it; talk about lame, screwing up something as easy and awesome as trying to be like Russ Meyer.

Speaking of Rene, I had a haul today that would make him proud. Late in the afternoon I went to a MovieStop location I hadn't been to before and as usual, I spent quite a bit of time in there going through there carefully looking for various things. I found something I was looking for and something that I wasn't expecting to see there but I am glad it was available. Sad to say, no Cold Steel nor One Man Force, but I still found plenty.

The haul included (and I'm not mentioning everything I got)...

Much to my surprise I found another really hard to find Criterion film that has been long out of print: The Silence of the Lambs. It was only 8 bucks so of course I had to get it.

It's been out for like 2 years but today was the first time I saw Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy available in any store. As I've heard great things about it I got it in my hands as soon as I could.

A 1998 DVD release from Goodtimes Home Video (remember them?) of Judgement Night; I have no idea how they got that early 90's title but as it's been years since my last viewing... I do remember liking it at the time. I also remember that Jeremy Piven played (shock of shocks) a D-bag. And yes I do remember that it has an awesome hard rock/rap soundtrack where you see rockers duet with rappers on songs years before that became real popular.

Something that I know will at least make Hunter laugh: I found a sketchy all-regions DVD of... Dead Heat! Yes, the infamous Treat Williams/Joe Piscopo zombie comedy. From looking online it appears to be from a Hong Kong company so I had to check and make sure it worked in my portable player... which it does, and everyone speaks English too. I figured someone would yell at me if I didn't pick up something so strange.

I know how it'll look, but when I spot Josie & The Pussycats for only 2 bucks, how could I turn that down? It's a misunderstood movie which apparenty turned off people as they weren't expecting it to rag on such things as rampant consumerism. I am interesting in seeing it for those reasons as I am always happy to see that sort of thing to be deservedly bashed... oh, and it starring three hot-ass women is nice too! I'll enjoy Tara Reid back when she looked great and before various things sadly ruined her looks.

After that I had dinner at a nearby mall, walked around for a bit and then while driving home I stopped at a Planet Smoothie as they have some new lemonade flavors. I got the Pucker, which is mixed with raspberry and orange sherbet; it's pretty marvelous. Before I went in there, though, I made a pit stop at Barnes & Noble to use their facilities and then I happened to look in their DVD section and yep, I picked up some DVD's, as they were all cheap.

I got yet another movie I'll watch sometime later as I go through my Cook-a-thon as I found 11:14, an ensemble movie from 2003 that I've heard some pretty good things about. Plus, it has Patrick Swayze so that's another plus.

I then got two things that I know Rene has: that 12 movie Andy Sidaris collection, as I am clearly another person who needs to own so many wacky T&A action movies, and the Savage Cinema collection which includes a movie that I've known about even before I started posting here: the gay biker comedy Pink Angels.

So yes, I had a pretty good day today.

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 

Are these people just picking from my brain or what? Rachel Nichols/Zoe Bell ALL WOMEN FIGHT FILM?!

Meanwhile, as near as I can tell from the trailer the new Total Recall features Jessica Biel vs. Kate Beckinsale.

That's quite the awesome haul, Perfect. I've got that Criterion of The Silence Of The Lambs as well. Found it in a pawn shop back in 2005 for 5 bucks. REALLY lucky finding it. I've already got the special edition dvds of Hard Boiled and The Killer, but I think I would get the Criterions of both if I found them cheap enough.

Judgement Night is pretty cool, and I was coincidentally thinking about that the other day. Leary plays a good villain, something he should do more of.

a little bit of DREDD footage before the trailer on Thursday featuring sparkly slo-mo and grumpy Karl Urban:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzm3X_nuHRI#t=2m49s

wadew1, I cannot wait til we get to see the whole trailer.  Thanks for the snippet, but it is not enough to properly...Judge...DREDD!  I hope the trailer is in the...AM!

That Criterion of The Silence Of The Lambs has a great Jonathan Demme commentary track.

Oh, and The Pink Angels is a lot of fun. Plus I love the main theme song.

Depressing news. Phil Nobile posted over on facebook that Richard Lynch died.

Rostov's time shouldn't have been now! He still had many more films to bring us!

Awful news about Richard Lynch. You just can't unsee his charred-up appearance in Bad Dreams.

Awesome haul, Perfect! Dead Heat is too silly for my taste, but have fun trying to buy Joe Piscopo as a Diet Schwarzenegger badass. Love Judgment Night.

Meaning to see Never Too Young to Die for a while. God knows I have to see Uncle Jesse play straight in a stupid movie like that. And you and Elvis are killing it with the recommendations based on what you've said!

Watched Cold Steel again last night. I still can't help but be a laughter zombie at that car chase. Also grabbed Adaptation. and Terminal Velocity on Blu-ray at Best Buy earlier today.

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Originally Posted by NathanW 

I watched Hard Times this evening, I picked it up on DVD today and it's such a great piece of minimalist filmmaking. It's fascinating to watch Bronson fight in this film, his fists pound at his opponent like lightning but he remains fairly rigid in his posture, he waits for his opponent to move then strikes like a Cobra, end fight aside, Bronson barely breaks a sweat during any of the fights during the film, it's great to hear guys make cracks about his age then get stomped. The romance with Jill Ireland's ok but you can tell Hill's more interested in watching Bronson arrive, destroy his opponents, then leave. This would make a great double feature with The Driver as they're both ruminations on the silent stranger. James Coburn and Strother Martin provide great support.

 

"He sure was something" Pretty much sums up Charles Bronson.

 

I still think Bronson's character is what happened to Harmonica after the events of Once Upon a Time in the West.

Since it's the Depression, he's probably a descendant of Harmonica, and likewise Paul Kersey a descendant of Bronson here.

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Originally Posted by felix 

Fire With Fire (2012)- Bruce Willis

 

The CDC? What, so that the movie doesn't give people a terrible disease when they watch it?

I saw Moonrise Kingdom today, and if you're a fan of Wes Anderson, get yourself to it ASAP. Bruno is a supporting role here, but he's more on key than he's been since Sin City, let alone since Pulp Fiction. A lovely hairpiece too, and Bill Murray throws a shoe at him.

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Originally Posted by Fat Elvis 

Random movie I have the craving to see all the sudden: BACKDRAFT

 

Not a fan of Ron Howard anymore, but something about the old fashioned formula here has always clicked with me (I saw it two times during its theatrical run). Kurt Russell's presence definitely helps. And the special effects are cool. Firefighters are by the very nature of their job heroric, so the rousing treatment feels earned.

 

If it's on Blu I might pick it up.

As long as your curiosity doesn't turn morbid and you're watching Ladder 49, I'm fine with it.

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Originally Posted by Moltisanti 

Well I've taken my fair share of shots at the guy but on this day I'll give him his due. Van Damme's son Kris has worked hard, put his nose to the grindstone, and found himself cast in an upcoming film as a Mountie:

 

http://www.facebook.com/notes/kristopher-van-varenberg/my-favorite-80s-songs/372742596112334

 

 

Pardon me, I've just learned that he was cast as a Mountie in his pop's flick ENEMIES CLOSER. My mistake. I should have read a little more about the part.

If it's about The Mountie of WWF fame, I'm there.

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Originally Posted by Hammerhead 
Meanwhile, as near as I can tell from the trailer the new Total Recall features Jessica Biel vs. Kate Beckinsale.

Not even the promise of those two doing battle makes me want to see that utter shite.

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 

That's quite the awesome haul, Perfect. I've got that Criterion of The Silence Of The Lambs as well. Found it in a pawn shop back in 2005 for 5 bucks. REALLY lucky finding it. I've already got the special edition dvds of Hard Boiled and The Killer, but I think I would get the Criterions of both if I found them cheap enough.

Yeah I have been lucky in getting some rare Criterion's. Besides today I found Robocop in an FYE, of all places, and last year I found Seven Samurai in another MovieStop.

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Originally Posted by Rene (Mr.Eko) 
Depressing news. Phil Nobile posted over on facebook that Richard Lynch died.

Well, this sucks. I just came to this thread to search for something and I get this news. And to think that just last night I saw a film he was in, of course referring to the magnificent One Man Force. That does bring me down from what I had started watching a short while ago, which was The Italian Connection, a famous entry in the word that me and Keith F. can't memorize how to spell exactly but you know what we're talking about. It's great so far. It stars the guy that I referred to as a psychotic tan Jay Leno when he was a villain in Cailber 9, along with Woody Strode and Laura De.. I mean Henry Silva. Leno headbutts a guy and then bitchslaps him. The opening credits song is funky awesomeness. Underaged (but cute) whores get referred to as such and also get called "little bitches". Silva wears a bright yellow bathrobe in one scene and him acting like a big dumb American on purpose literally makes me laugh out loud most of the time. I really should have watched this sooner; I am sure I will enjoy the rest, which I'll get to now.

Some great action scenes in The Italian Connection. LOL at how you still remember the Henry Silva/Laura Dern joke from what feels like AGES ago.

A warning that The Boss is nowhere nearly as good as Fernando Di Leo's earlier efforts.

Random thoughts...

That FIRE WITH FIRE trailer.  Bruce: phoning it in.  Rosario Dawson with a gun: SEXY.  D'Onofrio: What happened?  The movie: looks like a local public library rental to me.

I want THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN to kick my ass.  I'm traveling to NYC specifically to see it.  Pleeeeease be good.  At least it's got Leary.  Speaking of which...

JUDGEMENT NIGHT.  Classic 90's b-molvie for me.  Steven Hopkins was hit-and-miss there for a while.  I'm glad he got on board "24" (we miss you, Jack Bauer) in the early stages.

BITCH SLAP.  Fun despite the over-GRINDHOUSEization.  America Olivio is the Hot Chick Joe Pesci.  Russ Meyer meets Michael Bay, well suited for the midnight drive-in show.  A ridiculously trashy Friday night beer movie.  Crap, but deliriously silly crap. 

CRITERION dvds.  Much love, of course.  I have that SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.  Wish I had SID & NANCY.  Think I need the new Soderbergh/Spalding Gray discs.

RICHARD LYNCH, RIP. 

Currently watching: Roland Emmerich's JOEY (aka MAKING CONTACT).  His Spielbergian fantasy flick from the mid 80's ("E.T. meets POLTERGEIST in German")... on YouTube.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/MakingContact

I try to only use it sparingly, but the passing of Richard Lynch demands it:

My favorite Richard Lynch memory, is his befriending and then trying to rape Pacino in SCARECROW.

Just watched an interesting crime film noir from 1954 DRIVE A CROOKED ROAD, written by of all people Blake Edwards. It stars Mickey Rooney (yes Mickey Rooney ...the number one star...in the world). Rooney is a sad sack loner working as a mechanic and raceing part time. One day a beautiful girl comes into the garage he works at and asks for him by name. He fixes her car, and, to his surprise he is asked out for a date to the beach. Making an effort to come out of his shell, he meets up with her, and before ya know it, with her guiding the relationship, they start seeing each other. This being a Noir the dame of course has ulterior motives. She's really Kevin McCarthy's girl, and the plan is for Rooney to be wooed into driving getaway after they rob a bank. After being introduced to those in on it, and told of the role they want him to play (not only as the driver, but for him to use his skills to soup up the car), he at first is shocked and says no. However, he's persuaded by the girl to do it for himself, to do it so he has a shot at his dreams, and for her so they can escape their ruts together. So he says yes, and the plan is set and underway. What comes next is a bank robbery, and a dark and bittersweet final twist and turn. Verdict: Rooney is surprisingly good, as is Diane Foster as the femme, and, slight genre movie this may be, has something for fans of said genre. Look for it to pop up again on the Sony Movie Channel

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Originally Posted by HunterTarantino 
Awesome haul, Perfect! Dead Heat is too silly for my taste, but have fun trying to buy Joe Piscopo as a Diet Schwarzenegger badass. Love Judgment Night.

 

Meaning to see Never Too Young to Die for a while. God knows I have to see Uncle Jesse play straight in a stupid movie like that. And you and Elvis are killing it with the recommendations based on what you've said!

 

If it's about The Mountie of WWF fame, I'm there.

Thank you for the compliments. I thought I heard you mention awhile ago that you were a fan of Dead Heat. My mistake. I'll still watch it one of these years as I have heard a detailed review of it so I know how strange it is, especially during a certain scene set in a butcher shop...

Ha at The Mountie reference; I actually had the pleasure of seeing him wrestle live and in person, against The Big Boss Man way back in the summer of '91.

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Originally Posted by HunterTarantino 
Some great action scenes in The Italian Connection. LOL at how you still remember the Henry Silva/Laura Dern joke from what feels like AGES ago.

 

A warning that The Boss is nowhere nearly as good as Fernando Di Leo's earlier efforts.

That joke actually makes me laugh. Also, it reminds me of the one dame who used to work at the local Buffalo Wild Wings who I said look like a hot Laura Dern, and was busty too. The last time I saw her was over a year ago. Sigh... she had quite the extroverted personality too, so that's why I thought she was awesome.

I just finished watching The Italian Connection and I thought it was AWESOME. Really, I loved it. There were many hilarious moments, some of which I highlighted already. I mean, Woody Strode sits by a tall chick who wears a blue curly wig and she flirts with him. A bunch of whores for no reason swarm Henry Silva. It's stuff like that which cracked me up. Yet, the story was pretty great too and lead Mario Adorf was tremendous. As mentioned already there are some great action scenes and also many great moments of badassdom. I do plan on plowing through various poliziotteschi films the rest of the month, even if they aren't as good as what I've seen already. I just may enjoy them.

By the way, Rene should check out the film; it has one of his favorite ladies, Femi Benussi, and there's an extended scene of her where she's wearing zero clothing. Sure, I imagine he's seen her naked before but it still has to be mentioned. Oh, and when she is clothed, one of the outfits had me dying. It was black hooker boots, bright red hot pants, and a black shirt obviously sans bra... and on the shirt was a bright red rotary phone! Why, I don't know but I guess I'll never get Italian fashion... I also enjoyed the outfits, as some of them were definitely quite 70's in nature.

Viewing that film did make me feel better after the sad news that broke earlier tonight.

By the way, I am cracking up at the thought of MICKEY ROONEY being just like Driver and wearing a certain jacket... I hadn't heard of that film before but it certainly has an interesting-sounding plot. 

Rene (Mr.Eko), Richard Lynch's passing is truly the end of an era of one of the...Greatest...EEEEEEEvil Villains in film and television.  He was a villain in everything from...Battlestar Galactica's rif on...Guns Of Naverone, in Gun on Ice Planet Zero, and a planet full of Britt Ekland clones. He was an...EEEEEEEvil Count on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and he was the only notable part of the exorable Galactica 1980!  He hunted Judson Scott in...The Phoenix, and tried to sell Heather Locklear's Stacy Sheriden into white slavery in...T.J. Hooker!  He was a terrorist that could only be stopped by...Blue Thunder!  He was a mob boss chased by...The A-Team!  It was Lynch whom was opposed by Chuck Norris in Invasion USA!  Other appearences were on...Hunter, Cover Up, Airwolf, The Fall Guy etc.  He embraced the role of villain, as if he were born to be...EEEEEEvil on screen til time immemorial!

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Originally Posted by Engineer 

Random thoughts...

 

I want THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN to kick my ass.  I'm traveling to NYC specifically to see it.  Pleeeeease be good.  At least it's got Leary.

I am really looking forward to this. And based on the lots of positive reviews so far, i am hopeful that we won't be dissapointed.

Also if anyone had previously missed it.

Thanks for the update Fleed.

Watching Exit Humanity (Redbox) right now and it's pretty damn great so far. Post Civil War soldier all alone against all the undead in the world (so far). All the trailers before it seemed pretty interesting too,

Also got Sherlock 2 waiting here from the Redbox.

I'm looking forward to renting Act of Valor on July 3rd, Lockout on July 17th, probably gonna buy 21 Jump Street, Hard to Kill, Next of Kin, God Bless America, Get the Gringo, Mean Streets, Strikeback, Six Bullets, Grosse Pointe Blank blus when they come out and definitely The Raid: Redemption. Damn that's gonna be expensive!

Did I forget anything?

p.s. well Exit Humanity was okay, it started a lot stronger than it finished I guess, still a decent cheap zombie movie.

Seagal's career as a UFC Coach continues.

"I have (trained with Anderson Silva for this camp). I gave him some stuff that I consider to be very special, and I think it is also stuff that I don't think most people will be expecting."

I've been watching a metric fuck-ton of stuff recently. The Mrs. and I revisited the Alien flicks in preparation for seeing Prometheus. The third and fourth installments were much better than I remembered them being, though I watched the director's cuts, which I hadn't before. Alien 3 struck a chord with its atmosphere and the performances of Charles S. Dutton and Charles Dance, the latter of whom was vanquished far too quickly. Alien: Resurrection especially impressed me. Sure, its goofy, comic book-y tone doesn't really gel with the rest of the franchise, but I found it to be surprisingly entertaining. I'm still more on the Aliens train than the Alien one, but both are undeniably classic. Though it lacks the mood of the first flick, Aliens connects with me on a deeper level as I feel it better develops its characters and delves into deeper thematic material, i.e. the loss of Ripley's daughter in the director's cut or her subsequent relationship with Newt. Prometheus isn't the shit-show that many have made it out to be nor is it a classic as its ardent defenders have claimed - it's a solid albeit deeply flawed film. There's far too many characters in the flick and it's obvious that significant cuts were made, i.e. jumping three to four years with no explanation beyond a title card, the lack of development in regards to the Engineer, etc. A lot of things worked like gangbusters for me - the performances of Idris Elba and especially Michael Fassbender, the C-section sequence and the production design.

I've caught a couple other things theatrically - That's My Boy and Moonrise Kingdom. That's My Boy is a return to form for Adam Sandler in my humble opinion. I've always liked Sandler despite not liking much of his output. Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer, Punch-Drunk Love, Reign Over Me and Funny People are his only efforts that resonate with me. Sandler's latest is a callback to the vulgarity of his early-career comedy records. This is the dirtiest flick he's ever made, and yet it still has heart in spades. I think a lot of this may be attributable to director Sean Anders, who directed the vastly underrated Sex Drive, as well as co-writing Hot Tub Time Machine and She's Out of My League.

Moonrise Kingdom is yet another great entry into Wes Anderson's catalogue. It probably ranks somewhere in the middle of his output for me - it doesn't rank as highly as The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore or The Fantastic Mr. Fox but I liked it better than Bottle Rocket, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Darjeeling Limited. Bruce Willis and Edward Norton do their best work in ages here, but it's Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward as the film's youthful couple on the run that make the greatest impression. Neither of these kids have acted onscreen before and therefore are a pair of naturals. In a film as star-studded as this one - its cast consists of the aforementioned Willis and Norton, as well as Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Bob Balaban and Jason Schwartzman - it's a wonder that these two novices walk away with it. Emotionally-resonant and cartoonishly comical, Moonrise Kingdom is one of the better movies I've seen this year.

I also received and watched my Blu-ray copy of Red Scorpion the other day. I had never seen it before, but blind-bought it due to all the enthusiasm here on the Board. All in all, the flick was pretty entertaining. I could've gone for more action and the exploding head Tom Savini had rigged up, but the gun Dolph sports in the film's climax is boss as is the performance of M. Emmett Walsh. Red Scorpion sort of felt like Blood Diamond for mental deficients, and I mean that in a complimentary way.

This is getting long-winded and I'm wanting to get back to Max Payne 3 (Has there ever been a game where dying is as entertaining as it is here? Those split-screen bullet hit freeze frames are the shit!). Hope all's well with you cats.   

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Depressing news. Phil Nobile posted over on facebook that Richard Lynch died.

 

 

Rostov's time shouldn't have been now! He still had many more films to bring us!

 

 

RIP Richard Lynch.  As Molt posted already, he is responsible for possibly the greatest moment of a Chuck Norris film (and Carlos is nowhere to be seen).

I saw he film he did with David Carradine before he died called, Dark Fields.  It was an low-budget horror.  Lynch has a topless scene and you could see he was getting on, he had the spine curvature that elderly people get.

Let's hope his final major role in Lords of Salem gives him a decent send-off.

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Not even the promise of those two doing battle makes me want to see that utter shite.

Not that it really matters to any of us, this is probably going to be the biggest bomb of the year.  John Carter and Battleship had decent overseas figures to save face with.  Total Recall is going to likely be a Conan, underperformer around the world.  This is a much more expensive film, too.  I will watch it, but i'm not expecting much.

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Seagal's career as a UFC Coach continues.

 

"I have (trained with Anderson Silva for this camp). I gave him some stuff that I consider to be very special, and I think it is also stuff that I don't think most people will be expecting."

 

Never change, Sensei.

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The Limey is great Soderbergh, and so is Out of Sight. Those two films are what makes me believe in and be interested in the man as a director, and now I can add Haywire to that list too!

 

Molti thanks for the rec about Hard Rain, still haven't got out there, but I will.

 

Had a friend watch Red Dawn for the first time and he wasn't that enthused, me and his other friend tried to tell him "imagine you saw this when you were 12", because that's around when we did and we loved it. Then we started watching a boot of The Raid, but the subtitles were fucked so we quit that. Then we watched the blu-ray of Perfect Weapon, and oh boy, what great 90's cheese that was. "I've got the power" indeed, and the bass on the audio track throughout the movie was outstanding! You could feel all the hits everyone was taking.

 

Gonna order Cold Steel right now!

 

Also, great news, my Red Scorpion blu-ray is in town as we speak and should be delivered to me today!

 

Anything coming out soon that you guys are looking forward too?

Oh man, there's so many upcoming flicks I'm geeked for: The Amazing Spider-Man, Savages, The Dark Knight Rises, The Bourne Legacy, The Expendables 2, Lawless, Gangster Squad, Dredd, Killing Them Softly, Looper, Argo, The Master, Seven Psychopaths, Skyfall, Life of Pi, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Osama bin Laden Film, Jack Reacher, This is 40, Django Unchained and The Great Gatsby.

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 I gave him some stuff that I consider to be very special,

 

What, his cherished "potato chips shaped like celebrities" collection?

Cold Steel tonight. Don't let me down, B-Action folks.

I'm a fan of Dead Heat, and Hunter knows that, and hates that. I need to get on The Italian Connection so I can "connect" with 1970's Femi Benussi.

Right now I'm watching the Blu-ray edition of 42nd Street Forever. I've got the dvd set, but getting the HD set for 12 bucks along with a few extra trailers is pretty cool. The trailers themselves are of course not in HD.

Still, there's gems like TEENAGE MUDDAH, College Girls, and Sugar Hill. Damn, I REALLY need to see Sugar Hill.

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Seagal's career as a UFC Coach continues.

 

"I have (trained with Anderson Silva for this camp). I gave him some stuff that I consider to be very special, and I think it is also stuff that I don't think most people will be expecting."

Yeah, I am quite excited for Silva's next fight, which is July 7 against Chael Sonnen, a dude who is hilarious as he's a giant troll who does a great job of pissing off traditional MMA fans.

Violence of Action so does sound like the title of something he'd star in.

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Oh man, there's so many upcoming flicks I'm geeked for: The Amazing Spider-Man, Savages, The Dark Knight Rises, The Bourne Legacy, The Expendables 2, Lawless, Gangster Squad, Dredd, Killing Them Softly, Looper, Argo, The Master, Seven Psychopaths, Skyfall, Life of Pi, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Osama bin Laden Film, Jack Reacher, This is 40, Django Unchained and The Great Gatsby.

Outside of the summer, yeah there's more that I'm anticipating then just The Dark Knight Rises and The Expendables 2. I am hoping that Skyfall is good; Gangster Squad looks interesting, and so does Django Unchained. I am sure there's others which are slipping my mind now.

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I'm a fan of Dead Heat, and Hunter knows that, and hates that. I need to get on The Italian Connection so I can "connect" with 1970's Femi Benussi.

Oh, so you were the one who loved that movie. Like I said, what a strange way for me to find a copy of it.

Sometime today I am sure I'll watch at least one more Italian movie from the 70's.

I was continuing with the 42nd Street Forever Blu-ray, but I stopped it so I could finally see Deadly Blessing on Netflix Instant. Its got Ernest Borgnine as a HITTITE. Michael Berryman too. Running around calling good looking broads "Incubus!" Obviously he's not talking about the band.

1981 Sharon Stone is also a looker, and Maren Jensen is no slouch herself. duke fleed would know her from Battlestar Galactica, a show I still haven't seen in either of it's iterations.

You be the judge.

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I was continuing with the 42nd Street Forever Blu-ray, but I stopped it so I could finally see Deadly Blessing on Netflix Instant. Its got Ernest Borgnine as a HITTITE. Michael Berryman too. Running around calling good looking broads "Incubus!" Obviously he's not talking about the band.

 

1981 Sharon Stone is also a looker, and Maren Jensen is no slouch herself. duke fleed would know her from Battlestar Galactica, a show I still haven't seen in either of it's iterations.

It's crazy, isn't it? Especially that ending...yeesh. I remember wanting to be around more people who saw it just so they would get the joke when I bellowed out "INCUBUSSSS" whenever I felt like it. I remember seeking it out because of how damn slick I thought the poster was.

Rene (Mr.Eko), Yes, Maren Jensen from the...Classic...Glen A. Larson Battlestar Galactica was so hot she could have gone...Supernova, and wiped our memories of that...Horrid Galactica Series by that...Moore, Ron!  There is no other series, that I actually...HATE!  There are many I dislike, but not on the level of Moore's sy fy reject!

Basically Larson's Galactica was in the same vein as Star Wars, Good vs EEEEEEEEEEEvil, dashing heroes, Lovely Leading Ladies, ray guns, space clothes, and a wonderful Score by Stu Phillips!  Moore tried to make Battlestar Galactica serious, just like a...West Wing in space, where The Colonial Fleet were outfitted in Earth Clothes even though none of them had even been there as that was the...Goal of the series!

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It's crazy, isn't it? Especially that ending...yeesh. I remember wanting to be around more people who saw it just so they would get the joke when I bellowed out "INCUBUSSSS" whenever I felt like it. I remember seeking it out because of how damn slick I thought the poster was.

I really liked the film a lot more than I expected to. I'll definitely be getting the dvd when it comes out in a few months from Shout! Factory.

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Rene (Mr.Eko), Yes, Maren Jensen from the...Classic...Glen A. Larson Battlestar Galactica was so hot she could have gone...Supernova, and wiped our memories of that...Horrid Galactica Series by that...Moore, Ron!  There is no other series, that I actually...HATE!  There are many I dislike, but not on the level of Moore's sy fy reject!

duke fleed, sounds like I should check out that Battlestar Galactica series then!

As a general rule 90's Horror sucks, but I watched a fun one tonite. THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE -it's kind of Troma's EVIL DEAD. Goofy and creepy, it does the meta/referential humor thing that SCREAM was lauded for a few years later first. Plot: a group of teenagers on vacation head out to an isolated cabin in the woods, only to find their weekend of fun ruined by some kind of frog-like alien/monster. There's a Horror geek amongst the group and he's like a cross between Ash and Jaime Kennedy (in other words, he's both voice of the audience and annoying as hell) over the course of the running time, cliches and tropes are mocked by the film, with the girls in the group getting naked for comic pleasure. The movie mixes comedy and creeps effectively, with creature special effects that are an affectionate throwback to the previous decade's f/x. Verdict: I had a blast with it. Well worth a viewing on Amazon Instant or a pick up of the pretty cheap 20th anniversary DVD.

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Cold Steel tonight. Don't let me down, B-Action folks.

Mark our word. You will not be disappointed.

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I'm a fan of Dead Heat, and Hunter knows that, and hates that. I need to get on The Italian Connection so I can "connect" with 1970's Femi Benussi.

 

 

Right now I'm watching the Blu-ray edition of 42nd Street Forever. I've got the dvd set, but getting the HD set for 12 bucks along with a few extra trailers is pretty cool. The trailers themselves are of course not in HD.

 

Still, there's gems like TEENAGE MUDDAH, College Girls, and Sugar Hill. Damn, I REALLY need to see Sugar Hill.

I don't hate that you love Dead Heat. It fits in perfectly with your batshit taste.

Oh, and TEENAGE MUTHUH...MEANS NINE MUNTZUH TRUBBUL!!!!

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I was continuing with the 42nd Street Forever Blu-ray, but I stopped it so I could finally see Deadly Blessing on Netflix Instant. Its got Ernest Borgnine as a HITTITE. Michael Berryman too. Running around calling good looking broads "Incubus!" Obviously he's not talking about the band.

 

 

1981 Sharon Stone is also a looker, and Maren Jensen is no slouch herself. duke fleed would know her from Battlestar Galactica, a show I still haven't seen in either of it's iterations.

Wait, a Hittite? Like the ancient civilization?