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Country: United States
Genre: Drama
Director: William Lustig
Year: 1983
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Vigilante wastes no time laying it’s cards out on the table. Before the credits even start, we have Fred Williamson staring straight out into the audience, giving us the arguments in favor of taking the law into your own hands.
Williamson plays Nick, who heads up […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Martial Arts/Comedy
Director: David Lai
Year: 1992
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TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
For the first five minutes of Operation Scorpio, I thought I was going to hate it. The opening sequence is chock full of cheesy wire-fu, you know — that people flying through the air crap that doesn’t require any martial arts expertise or even […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Director: D.J. Caruso
Year: 2002
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The first big laugh of The Salton Sea comes about a minute in. Before we even see an image, we hear a mournful trumpet melody. We pan down into a sea of flames. An apartment is on fire. We pan down further and what do […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Year: 2004
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
It’s easy to see why Hollywood took a risk on director Timur Bekmambetov, allowing him to direct the James McAvoy/Angelina Jolie vehicle, Wanted, as his first English language picture. Night Watch looks like nothing else. It’s obvious that you’re looking at the work of a […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Drama
Director: Carlos Brooks
Year: 2008
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Quid Pro Quo has a pretty classic trash cinema hook: imagine that there is a group of people who fantasize that they’re paralyzed, who in fact go so far as to bribe doctors to cut off their healthy limbs. It doesn’t take too much imagination to […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama
Director: Yau Nai-Hoi
Year: 2007
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
When I sat down to watch Eye In The Sky, I was dreading a computer-saturated, technology-glorifying marathon of surveillance assisted pursuit, ala the television series 24. Thank goodness, Eye In The Sky is nothing like that, but it has it’s own problems.
The Hong Kong Police […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action
Director: Jon Cassar
Year: 2008
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Considering that 24: Redemption was designed as a placeholder to bridge the sixth and seventh seasons of 24, rather than as a standalone feature, it holds together pretty darned well.
The producers of 24 are very, very good at what they do.
24: Redemption takes place […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Martial Arts/Drama/Comedy
Director: Tsui Hark
Year: 1992
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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
This installment of the Once Upon A Time In China series, which takes place in Canton, is not quite as convoluted as the first, but it still pays to know a little Chinese history before you watch it.
In the early 1900s, a long […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Drama/Suspense/Comedy
Director: John McNaughton
Year: 1998
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
There’s no justice in the world. Director John McNaughton’s last major studio flick to date was 1998’s Wild Things, an almost flawless modern noir swimming in sleaze. On the basis of this gem, he should have been knee deep in work. You might recall […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Martial Arts/Drama/Comedy
Director: Tsui Hark
Year: 1991
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
To appreciate Once Upon A Time In China to the fullest, it helps to know a little Chinese history. In the early 1900s, Western influence was becoming pervasive in China, mostly from the Brits and Americans.
The Chinese had a dilemma. How best to accept […]