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Tag Archives: action
Double Team
Two On One The latest in a series of Jean-Claude Van Damme action films that puts a slight twist on the usual bullets-and-badmen formula. This time the main gimmick – and the focus of all publicity – is the feature … Continue reading
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Tagged action, gun fu, Italy, Jean-Claude Van Damme, kung fu, Mickey Roarke, Movie, prison, Review, spy, thriller, Tsui Hark, vehicle chase, Xin Xin Xiong
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Fireworks
“Beat” Cop Goes On Sad to say, but “Beat” Takeshi Kitano is probably most recognized for his guest spots as villains in movies like Johnny Mnemonic and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. But to those in the know, Takeshi is the … Continue reading
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Tagged action, blood, cops & robbers, gun fu, Japan, kung fu, Movie, murder, psycho killer, Ren Osugi, Review, Takeshi Kitano
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First Strike
Chan, Jackie Chan Although New line is trying to build excitement for their latest Jackie Chan film by using the tag line “Fighting for America for the first time”, the hype is only partly correct. Jackie’s by now familiar Hong … Continue reading
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Tagged action, car chase, comedy, explosions, gun fu, Hong Kong, Jackie Chan, kung fu, Movie, Review, shark, spy, vehicle chase
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Mars Attacks!
Playing with a Full Deck? In 1964, two films were released with essentially the same plot: the United States accidentally sends the order to use atomic weapons against the Soviet Union and is unable to correct the mistake. While Sidney … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Christina Applegate, comedy, Danny DeVito, Danny Elfman, destruction of city, disaster, explosions, gadgetry, giant monster, Glenn Close, gore, gun fu, horror, Jack Black, Jack Nicholson, Jim Brown, Joe Don Baker, Las Vegas, Lisa Marie, Lucas Haas, mad laboratory, mad scientist, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, monster, Movie, mutants, Natalie Portman, New York, Pam Grier, Pierce Brosnan, Review, robot, Rod Steiger, sci-fi, space alien, spaceship, Sylvia Sydney, Tim Burton, Tom Jones, zap guns
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L5: First City in Space
Space was Never Spacier The biggest science fiction film ever made – literally!
Last Man Standing
Last Remake You Can Stand Walter Hill tries his hand at Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (itself based on Hammett’s Red Harvest), with Bruce Willis playing a prohibition era American samurai.
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Tagged action, adaptation, blood, Bruce Dern, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, gangster, gun fu, Movie, murder, psycho killer, remake, Review, Walter Hill, William Sanderson
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Maximum Risk
Minimum Wage Better than average Jean-Claude Van Damme action fare, enlivened greatly by the veteran hand of director Ringo Lam (Full Contact) and location shooting in France and New York.
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Tagged action, evil twin, explosions, France, gun fu, Jean-Claude Van Damme, kung fu, Movie, murder, Natasha Henstridge, New York, Review, Ringo Lam
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
Theater of Pain Why remake Island of Lost Souls, one of the most chilling horror classics of the ‘30s, which has already been remade at least twice? Two possibilities: public domain source material and modern creature f/x.
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Tagged action, adaptation, Fairuza Balk, island, John Frankenheimer, mad laboratory, mad scientist, Marlon Brando, Movie, murder, mutants, remake, Review, sci-fi, talking animal, Val Kilmer
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Chain Reaction
A Big Bomb Chicago residents who were disappointed that our city was destroyed off-screen in Independence Day can find some consolation in this new Andrew Davis thriller, in which a big chunk of the south side is flattened by an … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Andrew Davis, Brian Cox, Chicago, conspiracy, disaster, explosions, Fred Ward, gadgetry, Joanna Cassidy, Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Movie, Neil Flynn, Rachel Weisz, Review, sci-fi
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The Frighteners
Ghost Ghostbusters Those that feared that kiwi auteur Peter Jackson would turn “respectable” after Heavenly Creatures can rest easy – his latest offering is as solidly psychotronic as anything he’s ever done.
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Tagged action, blood, Dee Wallace, ghosts, gore, horror, Jake Busey, Jeffrey Combs, John Astin, Michael J. Fox, monster, Movie, murder, Peter Jackson, psychic phenomena, psycho killer, R. Lee Ermey, Review
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