The B Action Movie Thread - Page 1725

felix, Doom was...Ok!

Saw Total Recall.  No fun.  Kate Beckinsale absorbs the roles of Michael Ironside and Sharon Stone which was... interesting.  The best part was that the movie opened with a giant logo from the company ORIGINAL FILM.  That got a good laugh.

 

 

Dwayne Johnson is a ton of fun in that movie, but mostly it was boring.

 

I laugh at you saying Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter looks too stupid but you're willing to see Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies... I know what you're saying but on the surface it looks funny. I know Vampire Hunter played it deathly serious while I imagine Zombies is at least a little campier. I have heard the dude who played Honest Abe in Zombies delivers a legit great performance (!) and the movie is far classier than you'd expect from The Asylum. As for Air Collision... I haven't seen it yet but I plan on seeing it soon, as I've heard several different reviews say the film is "absurdist surrealism", that's how ridiculous it is. As for the video you provided for a degenerate like me, it's exactly what I expected, which means I did laugh.

 

 

Awesome. I take back what I said about him being a hipster.

 

 

Oh, Original Film. I recognize the name but it turns out they've produced a handful of movies we all know, from Torque to the Fast & Furious movies, from The Green Hornet to 21 Jump Street. Hilariously, at least right now on Wikipedia if you look up the company, the movie they put out yesterday is identified as "Total Recall, ironically". Well-put.

 

I thought I saw a picture of him once wearing glasses like that. I'd love to see a movie where he plays an overprotective Father who intimidates the boyfriend. That would be hilarious. Plus it would give him a chance to use his comedy chops, and he doesn't get a lot of chaces to use them.

 

 

 

I've always thought it was an ok movie. I revisited it some time ago, and it's still something that could have been a lot better. As kain said, Dwayne Johnson does a good job in the film, and it has RICHARD BRAKE in the movie, really channeling Buscemi.

 

 

 

A legit great performance? Perhaps I'll rent it tonight then instead of waiting until tomorrow.

This Expendables tv spot is kind of weird. It's full of WARM SMILE shots of every character, even Van Damme!

 

 

And here's a scary shot of Van Damme  promoting Expendables 2. Maybe that's what JC will look like as a VEGAN VILLAIN in Pete Hyams' Enemies Closer. That movie is still happening, right?

 

 

Do we actually get a shot of the 3 breasted hooker?

 

THE RAID: REDEMPTION Blu Ray review.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Raid-Redemption-Blu-ray/47087/#Review

 

That's actually not a bad idea, if only for something different and like you said, him getting to use an underrated part of his talent.

 

 

As far as I know, yeah. We must see at least one wacky animal-related JCVD adventure, you know.

 

 

I read on a site that you actually do, which was a surprise to the person who wrote the article, as PG-13 movies rarely have that sort of nudity anymore. At least the movie has that going for it, even if it otherwise sounds absolutely pointless.

I'll eventually see the Total Recall remake, and the whole plot is up on Wikipedia. It sounds pretty "meh", and Beckinsale is the real villain of the film. I like her well enough, but making Quaid's wife the real villain of the film is pretty stupid and smells of Wiseman just wanting to beef up the role because his wife is playing it. It would actually have been more ballsy of him to keep it like it was before, and maybe even have Quaid bump her off during the initial fight in the apartment, rather than have her come back later. It would have been different already from the original, AND since Beckinsale is already a "name" actress, it would be pretty surprising to see one of the stars of the film get taken out fairly quickly.

 

it pains me to even discuss how a TOTAL RECALL remake could have been better.

 

I am sure I too will watch it once it hits one of the movie channels but I am avoiding it in theaters for now.

 

Just to catch up, that last supper EX2 poster has become my facebook cover photo.  SO GENIUS.

 

I am really getting pumped for the flick.  I think its going to be one of those critic proof old school summer movies that everyone is just going to love!

 

As for Nolan/INCEPTION...I think I've made my thoughts pretty clear on Nolan when it comes to action.  He isn't great at it.  BUT and this is a big BUT, what he pulled off in INCEPTION was pretty brilliant.  Sure the plot is a bit too complex and almost comes off being overly complex for the sake of being overly complex, but the action is really quite top notch.  Its probably the most impressive part of the movie.  The zero grav fight scene that JGL was involved in is one of my favorite sequences of the last 10 years.  Tom Hardy's assault on the Snow fortress was quite impressive as well.

 

With that said, I'd still take Verhoeven's TR anyday in a straight up fight between the two.  Arnold's presence as a lead is just unbeatable.  Sure he isn't as great an actor as DiCaprio, but Arnie just has that on screen charisma that comes once in a generation.

Total Recall for the win over Inception and the remake any day of the week. I don't think the remake would ever have been good, but like I mentioned, at least make it a bit different, instead of taking away most of what made it interesting (Mars, aliens, Kuato, Richter) and leaving everything else.

 

 

Bob Plissken and I were talking about it late last night via text message since he saw it, and he liked it. Kind of seems like it could have been better had it not used the name Total Recall.

 

 

However, if there's one thing I want to see, it's John Cho as BOB McCLANE. Even if it's just a cameo. Love that guy.

Just watched DePalma's devastating masterpiece BLOW OUT. Everybody knows how much I love it. Travolta's best as well.

 

Ran to the video store and picked up Arnold's THE 6TH DAY, because I'm curious if it's as good as i remember. I seem to be the only person I know who likes it, so I may have just been off my rocker.

I am at THE EXPENDABLES 2 Official Site and reading the Cast & Crew section.

 

Wow. Very detailed. I didn't know Chuck Norris has his own Newspaper Columm and written 3 books. He sure seems to have kept busy over the years.

Seeing that in theaters in 2005, I actually felt good about Arnie possibly being done with action cinema forever because The Rock's hammy as fuck performance in Doom made me think he could take the torch and run with it.

A dark time it was then, no Arnold, no Sly, Diesel had fizzled out by that point, JC, Seagal and Snipes where well into DTV land by that point (I hadn't discovered it was a magical land full of goodness yet), Bruce Willis and Jet Li where the only guys consistent.

Then there was the English Bruce Willis lookin' motherfucker who had potential, but was probably going to fuck it up. Who knew Crank was a few short months away.

I'm reading Adkins' one, it praises the shit out of him. Undisputed II being one of the best American martial arts films of recent times is indeed correct. Hopefully it encourages some folks to check it out.

 

Expecting something intelligent from Mr. Wiseman is a mistake, as you can see. Sure, it's Hollywood too so no surprise that you rarely get that sort of intelligent plot twist that doesn't make no sense any longer.

 

 

I should call him "the English Bruce Willis lookin' motherfucker" from now on instead of his Christian name. And I do agree Undisputed II is great and I am glad Adkins is getting more attention now.

 

As for the UFC show tonight on Fuel TV and then FOX, it was definitely better than expected. The ratings probably won't be that great considering it went against the juggernaut known as the Olympics, but it was awesome. In terms of celebrities none were shown... or at least I did not see any. However, during one moment they showed the hot female MMA fighter known as Ronda Rousey in the crowd and I'll be honest, I was checking her out. On a forum I was on, some guy commented "Robocop behind her!" and I asked if it was a guy who looked like Peter Weller or if it was actually him; there was no response so I don't know for certain. I'll just pretend that it was him for comedy's sake.

 

Yes.  I was a bit surprised with how "meh" they played the scene though.  In fact, a lot of the movie felt like a mish-mash of every sci-fi trope or detail the writers and set designers enjoyed since Blade Runner.  We get people jumping through glass, a weirdly Asian dystopia, ads everywhere, crowded rainy streets and clear raincoats, Matrix-y slo-mo shots, Dark City/Matrix shots looking down spiral staircases, zero gravity sequences straight out of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Inception, robots from I, Robot, and yeah, that three tittied chick.  Original Film, my ass.

 

 

Yeah, I read his column now and again and have one of his books.  The guy has a lot to say... not all of it worth hearing, mind you, but I would certainly do dinner with him.

 

 

Pretty much a whole dark decade.  I remember being jazzed for Diesel after I saw Pitch Black and then horribly let down with each film afterward.  Statham was always there for me, though.  I was a fan since Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.

Yeah, Statham was the real deal out of the gate.

 

Didn't find THE 6TH DAY so charming this time out, despite the fun of two Arnolds running around. It was more convoluted than I remembered. And not enough clever near-future touches like the virtual girlfriend or the SimPal Cindy life-like doll. The boring action of the climax was more tiring than exciting. Glad i didn't put this in my Arnold Top 10 I did last week!

Not to bring up my personal life, bit a few ladies have decided I should visit Rekall again tonight.

Cool, BIG DOLL HOUSE is up on Instant.

 

 

 

I liked The 6th Day. Even all the way back when I saw it in the theater in 2000. Between it and Collateral Damage, I take The 6th Day. Even though it's PG-13, it's still quite a bit of fun, and has Michael Rooker and Terry Crews.

Just watched ACT OF VALOR.

 

I was pretty meh on the entire thing.

 

Seemed to concentrate too much on these guys as family man rather than bad ass operatives.  There was some decent action.  But the bandito brothers seem to have an endless love affair with POV shots that got tiresome after a while.

 

One thing I will say, it felt like one big Call of Duty cut scene.  I know that seems almost backwards given what COD is based on, but I think the Infinity Ward/Treyarch guys did a much better job of engrossing gamers in a story than ACT OF VALOR did.

Checked my mailbox earlier and found this in it.

 

 

 

I barely ordered it a few days ago, so it's awesome that it got here so fast. That and it came with a letter that his wife typed up thanking me, because it's fans like me who make it all worthwhile. Put a big smile on my face, and it's getting framed up on my wall.

That's pretty cool, Eko.

 

Oh, wonderful. What a nice waste of 100 million dollars plus making something useless and entirely unoriginal.

 

 

That's one I've never seen. I guess that is for the best. I do know the XFL still exists in that universe, which is certainly lol-worthy. I still have an XFL shirt I got from a Spencer's Gifts like 10 years ago for only about 3 bucks. It has the logo on the front and all the team's helmets on the back.

 

 

Oh, a *few* ladies. Good job on your part. I'll refrain from making any crass comments and I'll say that it sounds like a hell of a night to not only watch a great film but do it accompanied by several females. In fact, it sounds like a night I'd love to have. Hopefully you had a good time getting your ass to Mars.

 

No matter what, I personally still laugh at the film in a good way and it was cool to see it on the big screen back in February. That's just me, a dude who has played exactly zero seconds of any Call of Duty games.

 

 

Awesome. That's very cool.

 

After looking online, several celebrities were at the UFC show tonight. Not big ones, but still familiar names. Once again Kim Coates and Theo Rossi were there. Also, to my surprise there was a brunette Laura Prepon and Wilmer Valderrama. Unfortunately, no Kurtwood Smith. I tell you, I really hope the rumor from earlier in the year that the ultra-sleazy Wilmer actually hooked up for a brief time with one of my favorite gals (Minka Kelly) is untrue.

New details on RAMBO: THE VIDEO GAME.

 

Apparently they'll doing scenes from the first 3 films.

Could be fun.  Can't say it's high on my anticipation list.

I just read a rumor that Russell Crowe might be up for the role of Roland in Ron Howard's Dark Tower project. I don't know how I feel about that yet, but I do think that Russell Crowe is a good enough actor to pull it off.

This is premiering on IFC August 16. Thoughts?

Looks suitably crazy.

Watched that SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE flick on VOD. Christian Slater stars as a soldier who is dishonorably discharged after he disobeys orders during a botched mission in Afghanistan. A few years later he's living in a trailer running his own floundering security business. He's offered a job protecting a group of wealthy folks who have paid for the chance to help a group of rebels overthrow a dictator in eastern Europe. The group includes Ving Rhames as an African arms dealer, Sean Bean as a metals magnate, James Cromwell as an oil tycoon, and Dominic Monaghan as a video game developer who's addicted to first person shooters. Colm Meaney also shows up as a CIA spook-turned-mercenary who works for the evil dictator.

 

SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE has lots of explosions and gunplay but very little style to it. Everyone is just going through the motions. Sorta fun seeing a somewhat odd cast all interacting in a war zone but their chemistry isn't quite enough to save the film. Not much in the way of surprises either. The group figures they'll have the time of their lives blowing away bad guys but wouldn't you know it they soon learn that war is hell and not something to take lightly. Lesson learned.

 

Farewell, $6.

 

Awesome. I hope it lives up to the high expectations. Getting to do battle against such guys as Teasle, Galt, and Murdock... yes, please.

 

 

I hadn't even heard of it until now. Looking online, I see it's executively produced by the dude who gave us Sledge Hammer!, so there's that. It certainly looks wild.

 

 

For some reason that is not a surprise to me. This weekend it actually got a limited release in at least a few cineplexes. Not that I'd see it even if it was in Orlando. I figured it was going to be a blah exercise and unfortunately it was true.

 

I was channel surfing about a half hour ago and I noticed Gene Hackman on my TV in a movie on my local Fox affiliate. I looked up which film it was, and Rene will be delighted that it was one of his favorites, Company Business. One of these months I'll finally watch that movie, as I have it on DVD. I swear I will, eventually.

 

A little dissapointing that they're not adapting JOHN RAMBO though. I want to see Sly blow away some Boy raping Burmese soldiers!

I hope you can play as all the villain characters ala GOLDENEYE for the N64 in some sort of Multiplayer madness.

 

Yeah, I pretty much hated that movie. The only memorable aspects of it were the first-person shooter sequence and the lovely Rosamund Pike. I hoped to like it as I enjoyed director Andrzej Bartkowiak's team-up with the Sensei, Exit Wounds, and had really dug the work of Karl Urban going into the flick (the second and third Lord of the Rings flicks, The Chronicles of Riddick and The Bourne Supremacy) and since (Star Trek, Red). As for The Rock, his action chops were much better served by The Rundown and Fast Five.

 

 

You will be enchanted once you see it by GORBYMAN! Also the fact that Mikhail Baryshnikov looks like Klaus Kinski.

 

 

 

Yeah, I was expecting there to be a screenshot of the Burmese jungle, or a first person shot of Rambo on the back of that truck shooting the hell out of the soldiers.

 

 

 

Now that would get me to pay full price for it, and I would actually play multiplayer for once.

 

 

So last night, Bob Plissken and I decided to do a podcast. It's our first one, and it's pretty rough, no music edits intercut in there or anything. It's just the 2 of us jabbering away for a little over 2 HOURS. If you can sit through that, my hat's off to you. Hope you gents dig it, because we name drop the thread, along with the site.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tqnejvuf1b0r68p/First%20Podcast.mp3

 

 

 

This is definitely not a one off type thing, and the both of us will definitely be doing more of them.

 

That is a hell of a idea. I'm sure it doesn't have that mode, but if only... that game was pretty great, as many of us will attest to.

 

 

Sweet. I do have to mention, though, that despite what it looks like, you can't just right-click on the link and download. You have to left-click to go to the site and once you do, in the upper right corner there's an option for direct download. Only then does the 130 MB file download. I might listen to all of it tonight, or tomorrow at the latest. I'll then offer up feedback, as it's something that will take place once in awhile.

A few of the director's top 10 lists from the "Sight & Sound" poll. Love QT's love of PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW + BAD NEWS BEARS. And who would've guessed Michael Mann dug AVATAR:

 

Michael Mann
"Apocalypse Now" (1979, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
"Battleship Potemkin" (1925, dir. Sergei Eisenstein)
"Citizen Kane" (1941, dir. Orson Welles)
"Avatar" (2009, dir. James Cameron)
"Dr. Strangelove" (1964, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
"Biutiful" (2010, dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
"My Darling Clementine" (1946, dir. John Ford)
"The Passion Of Joan Of Arc" (1928, dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer)
"Raging Bull" (1980, dir. Martin Scorsese)
"The Wild Bunch" (1969, dir. Sam Peckinpah)

Quentin Tarantino
"The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" (1966, dir. Sergio Leone)
"Apocalypse Now" (1979, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
"The Bad News Bears" (1976, dir. Michael Ritchie)
"Carrie" (1976, dir. Brian DePalma)
"Dazed And Confused" (1993, dir. Richard Linklater)
"The Great Escape" (1963, dir. John Sturges)
"His Girl Friday" (1940, dir. Howard Hawks)
"Jaws" (1975, dir. Steven Spielberg)
"Pretty Maids All In A Row (1971, dir. Roger Vadim)
"Rolling Thunder" (1977, dir. John Flynn)
"Sorcerer" (1977, dir. William Friedkin)
"Taxi Driver" (1976, dir. Martin Scorsese)
 

Martin Scorsese
"8 1/2" (1963, dir. Federico Fellini)
"2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968, dir. Stanley Kubrick)
"Ashes And Diamonds" (1958, dir. Andrzej Wajda)
"Citizen Kane" (1941, dir. Orson Welles)
"The Leopard" (1963, dir. Luchino Visconti)
"Paisan" (1946, dir. Roberto Rossellini)
"The Red Shoes" (1948, dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
"The River" (1951, dir. Jean Renoir)
"Salvatore Giuliano" (1962, dir. Francesco Rosi)
"The Searchers" (1956, dir. John Ford)
"Ugetsu Monogatari" (1953, dir. Kenji Mizoguchi)
"Vertigo" (1958, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)

 

 

 

Yeah, it's still a work in progress trying to find a suitable website that we can upload to. I was going to try 4shared, but that thing starts off with a commercial THEN goes to the podcast. Lame.

 

 

What people tend to forget is how funny the film is.  We all remember Arnie's puns but there's a lot more.  Everybody gets a great line or three, the cartoonishly excessive violence (it needed some trims to get a R), Arnies spends a LONG time wearing that bizarre towel, the bow that he gives the lady he snatches the briefcase off etc. 

 

Let me guess, the new one has none of this. Am i right?

 

 

Not disputing the fact, but Ex2 is made by the very same company.  Of course they would say that.  Why not mention III, also?

 

 

I'm still shocked that he has built a sustainable career.  I specifically remember a 'positive' review for The Transporter in a british magazine.  They said said something along the lines of, '....maybe he won't be the next Bruce Willis, the next Michael Dudikoff, maybe?'    It was not meant as a compliment as some here may take it,  They reckoned Blockbuster bottom shelf ignominy beckoned. 

 

Less than a decade later, Statham buys a $10 million home.  They were way off.

 

 

I was intrigued by the idea initially, but when it became apparent that it was an overachieving military recuitment ad, I stayed away.

 

Critics here weren't kind to it.  At least they corrected the spelling of 'Valour'

 

 

I read all the books, Bardem was WRONG for the role.  Crowe would work, as would Viggo Mortensen and Hugh Jackman. 

 

 

Shame it isn't anything memorable.  Has anyone here seen Cleanskin?  It has been released here on Blu-ray, but I haven't had a chance to check it out.

 

 

I certainly appreciate the effort.  I will give it a listen at some point during this week, but anyone good at doing podcasts is so because of sticking with it.  All the best if you choose to do it. 

 

I'm sure you'll find plenty of regular listeners among us.

About to watch Danny Boyle's 28 DAYS LATER. One of the brilliant Horror films of the '00's. And one of the best post-apocalyptic movies ever; the worthy heir to Romero's throne, not Snyder's DAWN.

Fazer, I like DiCaprio, but in no way does he even approach...Schwarzenegger!  I would take...Any Schwarzenegger film not  named...Junior over a  DiCaprio film.  I think even  less  of  Christopher Nolan's films.  The only...3 Nolan films I enjoy  are...Batman Begins, The Dark Knight Rises  and  The Dark Knight!

 

That is the correct assumption.  And it's a damn shame.

About to snag the Expendables 2 game off the PSN for my pleasure.

 

I'll pretend we weren't contemplating seeing this remake.

 

 

Disappointing to hear the audio isn't too great on it, but psyched by the features and original score.

 

 

Blow Out is my favorite De Palma, no questions asked. Have you picked up the Criterion edition yet, Elvis?

 

The 6th Day was a blast when I was 13. Schwarzenegger, the director of Tomorrow Never Dies? I didn't need to ask my parents to take me? I was there! But despite some cool things I remember, it's lesser on his repertoire. Lol, a future where the XFL is thriving.

 

 

I keep hearing it's superior to The Big Bird Cage and Women in Cages. I gotta get on this one.

 

 

Our buddy Gruber was enthusiastic about this one. Might have to look into it.

 

I don't think I expressed this flat out, but the fact that Magnet snagged the new Universal Soldier is wonderful news and I'll have it downloading onto my PS3 the day it's on there. That is, if I can see it in 3D.

 

 

Really, it owes as much to Romero as it does to The Stand. Saw it again in my horror class a couple years back and was scared shitless all over again.

 

That's 3 films; a good chunk of his filmography.  If we're being pedantic though, it's one big project.

 

 

 

I take it Cranston is used about as much as he's been discussed in your comments?

 

 

Oh, once you hear it, and if you get to the end, (no shame in fast forwarding if we bore you. haha) you'll hear that we are both set on this becoming a regular thing and we're going to keep going at it. Whether we talk about specific movies or just ramble on like we did on this one, we're going to keep on keeping on.

 

I've just got to find a good place that will upload them for free, and maybe even stream them. If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to suggestions.

 

 

Oh yeah, there's TONS of funny stuff in the original Total Recall. Bob Plissken actually saw it this weekend, and if you don't mind being spoiled, we talk about it quite a bit on the podcast.

Wait, what podcast?

 

 

I made the mistake of seeing all three in a row.  They're all kind of the same movie with about the same cast... so I couldn't tell you how they compare.

 

 

He basically shows up at the end and goes, "Hey, I'm the villain!  I know I've been absent for the whole picture, but you're all supposed to hate me!"

 

He does kick Colin Farell's ass though, which I found hilarious.

This one. It's just me and Bob Plissken chatting away. You have to download it to play it though. I'm still trying to find a place that will let it stream.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tqnejvuf1b0r68p/First%20Podcast.mp3

I'm a GOONIES man, but Fred Dekker rules!

 

Summer of '87:  THE MONSTER SQUAD: Wolfman's Got Nards!

 

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2012/08/summer-of-87-the-monster-squad-wolfmans-got-nards/#more-30382

 

I hadn't even heard of it until now. I presume it hasn't come out in any format here in the States yet. The plot (a Brit secret service agent goes against a terrorist cell) at least sounds cool.

 

 

Figures. What buffoons.

 

 

I had nothing to do tonight so I listened to all 2 hours plus. It went by in a breeze as it certainly wasn't boring. I enjoyed the rambling nature of how many different topics were broached. I mentioned already on Facebook that the service known as Talk Shoe appears good. I know some people who decided to use it after Blog Talk Radio went to shit and started charging outrageous fees (something like 40 bucks a month!) to provide more than the bare minimum when previously the entire service was free.

 

Just about a half hour ago the NASA rover known as Curiosity landed on Mars. That has inspired many great comments on services such as Twitter. Ghosts of Mars, Red Planet, John Carter, and Mission to Mars have all been mentioned in recent minutes. At least something this weekend got its ass to Mars. But best of all is that while people (and I) were watching the final minutes online of the NASA crew watching the rover land, it was discovered that someone at NASA has the all-time great name of... FUK LI. Honest. I wonder if they are related to Jet or not. That is even better than the recently-mentioned Dong Dong.

Revisiting I Come In Peace via that MGM dvd-r that Amazon and other sites are selling that I got last November. Still a sci-fi action classic that really deserves a better release. The Jan Hammer score makes it seem like a Pilot for a Miami Vice spinoff that was a really flashy and violent precursor to The X-Files. A Pilot that should have been turned into a tv series. On HBO. Brian Benben could have done it concurrently with Dream On.

If I had to put one of these films in the spotlight it would be LAST MAN STANDING starring Michael Wincott’s older and kick-happy brother Jeff.