Country: United States
Genre: Drama/Comedy/Suspense
Director: David Dobkin
Year: 1998

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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Clay Pigeons is excellent in so many ways, it’s a pity that screenwriter Matthew L. Healy couldn’t come up with a stronger ending. I appreciate that the filmmakers wanted to avoid cliches, but still….
The core of the story is the relationship between serial killer Lester […]

Country: Italy
Genre: Poliziotteschi
Director: Fernando Di Leo
Year: 1973
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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
In most ways, The Boss AKA Il Boss is pretty delightful. The film is crammed full of flavorful performances, from the leads down to the tiniest character parts; the dialog is often laugh out loud funny; the way scenes are constructed is often cunning […]

Country: United States
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: Raul Inglis
Year: 2008

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NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Max Walker (Michael Madsen) is a vice cop in deep psychological trouble. Between his wife dying of cancer, his alcohol addiction, and the day in and day out exposure to the worst that humanity has to offer, he has begun to mistake the world he […]

Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama/Category III
Director: Johnnie To/Wai Ka-Fai
Year: 2007

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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The Mad Detective could not be more different from the films Hong Kong used to put out during the Golden Age (1985-1995), but for once, that’s not a bad thing.
Bun (Lau Ching-Wan ) was a detective with an extraordinary record of solving […]

Country: United States
Genre: Action/Drama/Satire
Director: Mike Figgis
Year: 1990

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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Internal Affairs is a very odd movie. It starts out being almost anthropological in the specificity of it’s observations, but imperceptibly, the tone of the film coarsens until it plays like broad satire. Some people might be tempted to reject Internal Affairs on that […]

Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Year: 1988

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TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
Tiger On The Beat is one deliriously schizophrenic flick. On the one hand, it’s full of the silly comedy stylings of Chow Yun-Fat. On the other hand, the fight scenes are brutally choreographed, the bullet hits are squibelicious, the stunts are awesome, and there’s even […]

Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Suspense
Director: Robert Aldrich
Year: 1967

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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
How odd it is to go back and check out a movie like The Dirty Dozen, now more than 30 years old. At the time, it was revered as a blistering action movie. Now, the action barely registers. In fact, there’s no real […]

Country: Korea
Genre: Action/Drama/Comedy
Director: Ha Yu
Year: 2006

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WORTH A LOOK
Considering that there are a number of brutal and well-choreographed brawls in A Dirty Carnival utilizing baseball bats, pipes, and knives, why is it that the dominant emotional tone isn’t excitement but rather overwhelming sorrow?
Kim Byung-doo (In-seong Jo) may be a gangster, but his life seems awfully […]

Country: United States
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Walter Hill
Year: 1982

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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
It’s been quite a few years since I’ve seen 48 Hours, but a couple of things struck me right away. There’s an awful lot of profanity in the dialog — I would estimate the characters use variations on the F-word dozens of times. And the […]

Country: Japan
Genre: Action/ Swordplay/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Year: 1973
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
I have to admit, I’m beginning to acquire a taste for the adventures of Zatoichi. These movies aren’t quite as accessible as the Lone Wolf & Cub series because they aren’t as bold visually, in their sound design, in their graphic depiction of […]