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Tag Archives: gun fu
The Crow: City of Angels
Tar & Feathers Why this unnecessary sequel is set in LA beats me. This poor retread looks the same as Detroit did in the great original. Good perfs by punk vets Iggy Pop and Ian Dury, but otherwise there’s really … Continue reading
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Tagged future, ghosts, gun fu, horror, Ian Dury, Iggy Pop, metropolis, Movie, Review, sequel, superhero, supervillain, witchcraft, zombie
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Independence Day
Fireworks from Space Nearly every country in the world seems to have some kind of independence day holiday, and they all celebrate the same way – by blowing up stuff real good! It’s some kind of shared tension/release effect that … Continue reading
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Tagged action, atomic bomb, blood, Brent Spiner, explosions, gadgetry, gun fu, horror, invasion, Jeff Goldblum, mad laboratory, mad scientist, monster, Movie, nuclear holocaust, Randy Quaid, Review, Roland Emmerich, sci-fi, space alien, spaceship, Will Smith, zap guns
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Mission: Impossible
Self-destructs The TV show followed a strict formula: every week, the Impossible Mission Force pulled off some outrageously contrived sting operation against the evil dictator of a small third world country. No soap, just pure plot, with a solid ensemble … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Brian De Palma, car chase, explosions, gadgetry, gun fu, helicopter, Jean Reno, John Voight, kung fu, Movie, Review, Tom Cruise, train, TV, vehicle chase, Ving Rhames
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Cemetery Man
Dig This! Aka: Dellamorte Dellamore. Argento protégé Michelle Soavi steps firmly out from the maestro’s shadow with this 1994 exploration of the macabre black comedy he’d only hinted at in his previous films.
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Tagged Anna Falchi, blood, comedy, Eurotrash, ghost, gore, graveyard, gun fu, heads roll, horror, Italy, Michelle Soavi, Movie, necrophilia, Review, Rupert Everett, zombie
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Broken Arrow
Die Hard … in Utah?! Modern action movies have been compared to roller coaster rides, which is true in more ways than one. When you board a roller coaster, you pretty much know what to expect: you’ll be going up … Continue reading
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Tagged action, atomic bomb, car chase, Christian Slater, explosions, gun fu, helicopter, John Travolta, John Woo, kung fu, Kurtwood Smith, Movie, psycho killer, Review, Samantha Mathis, train
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From Dusk Till Dawn
Another Kind of Pulp Fiction For the movies, the single most important individual of the ’90s is Quentin Tarantino. A few years ago, nobody had heard of him. But the success of the two features Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction have … Continue reading
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Tagged action, blood, Cheech Marin, comedy, Fred Williamson, gadgetry, George Clooney, gore, gun fu, Harvey Keitel, heads roll, horror, John Saxon, Juliette Lewis, kung fu, Mexico, monster, Movie, murder, psycho killer, Quentin Tarantino, Review, road trip, Robert Rodriguez, Salma Hayek, Tom Savini, vampire
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GoldenEye
Bond is back – 007 strikes Gold again In the 1960s, James Bond movies represented the height of hipness and sophistication in pop entertainment. Sean Connery’s portrayal of Ian Fleming’s super secret agent appealed to just about everybody. Men wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged 007, action, adaptation, explosions, Famke Janssen, gadgetry, gun fu, James Bond, Judi Dench, kung fu, Movie, murder, Pierce Brosnan, Review, Russia, Sean Bean, sequel, spy, superhero, UK, vehicle chase
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Judge Dredd
Not the People’s Court This movie is based on a British comic-book that started before a lot of you were born, so I’m sick of hearing about how it’s so “derivative”. The concepts, look and character have influenced Road Warrior, Bladerunner, … Continue reading
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Tagged action, adaptation, Armand Assante, blood, cops & robbers, Diane Lane, explosions, future, gadgetry, gun fu, Ian Dury, Joan Chen, Jurgen Prochnow, Max von Sydow, metropolis, Movie, murder, mutants, prison, psycho killer, Review, Rob Schneider, robot, sci-fi, superhero, supervillain, Sylvester Stallone, UK, zap guns
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Mummy A.D. 1993 VHS
Rocky Nelson Video Shorts Volume 3 David “the Rock” Nelson knows what he likes: monster movies! And he likes his own monster movies more than any other. Heck, even the many characters he plays himself are fans of his movies. … Continue reading