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Country: United States
Genre: Drama/ Action/ Romance/ Martial Arts
Director: Various
Year: 2012
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
My wife prefers television to movies, so I keep a lookout for anything that she might enjoy that won’t drive me completely nuts. Generally, she likes action, comedy, and anything that won’t make her think too hard or shake her emotional equilibrium. […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts
Director: Scott Mann
Year: 2009
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
I don’t expect a lot of a picture like The Tournament. I assume the choreography will be sloppy and the writing lunkheaded. The best one can normally hope for from a flick like this is a few decent kill moments.
But The Tournament surprises, […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Mainstream
Director: Gary McKendry
Year: 2011
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Killer Elite doesn’t set out to be anything more than a reasonably intelligent action movie set in the real world, but that isn’t as easy as it sounds. The story itself can’t insult the intelligence. For the most part, Killer Elite manages that, […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts
Director: Joe Wright
Year: 2011
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is a sixteen year old girl who has been raised to be a warrior; her father Erik (Eric Bana), a former spy, has taught her survival, weapon and hand to hand fighting skills. She is told that either she must kill […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Comedy/ Mainstream/ Martial Arts
Director: Richard Donner
Year: 1998
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
At first, it seems like Lethal Weapon 4 is going to be an unmitigated disaster.
In the opening sequence, some nut is running around Hollywood Boulevard with a flame thrower and an automatic rifle, rocking out on AC/DC or something. (You think I’m […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts
Director: James Glickenhaus
Year: 1985
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
For those who don’t know, there are two versions of The Protector. The Protector started out as a project written and directed by James Glickenhaus, the American B-movie auteur behind The Exterminator.
The original movie is a mess. The pacing is sluggish, the story […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Comedy
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Year: 2003
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Here’s my biggest problem with Kill Bill Volume 1. It doesn’t work as drama because Quentin is too busy geeking out.
Why should that be a problem? After all, Quentin Tarantino has been archly quoting from his favorite movie genres as long as […]
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Country: United States/Phillipines
Genre: Action/Horror/Martial Arts/Comedy
Director: Edward D. Murphy
Year: 1982
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
I recently caught Raw Force in a quadrupal feature of 35 mm trash cinema in my local independent movie palace, the Castro theater. Full disclosure — it’s not really my kind of flick.
I think there are two basic kinds of trash cinema aficionados. […]
