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Have to say, I watched it recently, and still found it very enjoyable. Frankenheimar does long movies well, he draws you in with strong characters.
And besides, its worth the wait for that nail biter of a climax!
Remember vividly coming out of the cinema, dazed at Rob Bottins effects. Went back to see it again and appreciated John Carpenters taut direction and Bill Lancasters paranoid screenplay. Superb horror movie, really well made with Dean Cundeys excellent cinematography and a very Carpenteresque score from none other than Ennio Morricone. Great cast, and some chilling scenes among Bottins eye popping (literally!!) mechanical effects! The celebrated and very tense blood testing sequence still makes me jump!
An Alistair MacLean Western, all the usual MacLean elements.
Can't believe it took me 46yrs to finally see Gilliam's masterpiece, but better late than never.
Immediately ordered the Criterion blu-ray as this film has been haunting me since and I can't wait to watch all the fascinating extras that accompany it.
Better than I remembered it, and odd to see a film about a Virus. with Nightmare visions of hundreds of bodies stacked across city squares.
Get Shorty
Runaway Jury
Narrow Margin
Mississippi Burning
The Chamber
Twilight
Prime Cut
An enjoyable line-up of films. I think Get Shorty and Twilight are the ones I liked the most, while The Chamber and Prime Cut I liked the least.
My latest watch, Prime Cut (my 21st Hackman film) I found too sparse in its storytelling, though full of interesting, disturbing images, and its surreal tone is engrossing. Splendid music score by Schifrin. Lee Marvin is always great to watch, as is Hackman, though his screen time is too brief for my taste.
Love 'Prime Cut' , its meant to be a black comedy, but works better as an action movie. Marvin looks so cool, and his final assault on Hackmans farm is thrilling!
And, yes, love Lalo Schifrins whistling score!
Kristen Stewart was smoking in that one. ;-)
What an odd film. It's like the typical Liam Neeson action thriller, with a.... strange sense of humour. I don't know if I completely understood the humour, I might need to rewatch this.
1. Non-Stop (2014)
2. Unknown (2011)
3. Taken (2008)
4. Taken 2 (2012)
5. Cold Pursuit (2019)
6. Taken 3 (2014)
I still haven t seen this one, but the original was very entertaining.
I still need to see the original. If it's remotely in line with the remake, I'll thoroughly enjoy it.
I cannot compare, but found this trailer with English translation.
I knew a Twilight joke was coming, and did nothing to prevent it.
What can I say, I am a fan of Twilight.
One of the most action packed films ever.
Does anything come close to this film in terms of action ?
And you're right.
It's only the second time I have seen this insane film, when it all came flooding back my brain almost melted. Definately a film if you have never seen you have to go in knowing nothing about.
Ultimately very clever and to say its messed up is an understatement.
I still think Max 2 has better action! And is a better film overall!
I had read the story and then discussed it in physics class prior to seeing the movie, but I still loved every aspect of Predestination. It's a nice little film, with solid performances overall.
Incredibles 2 (2018). The filmmakers knew that their core audience grew up, and it shows! It's more for adults than for kids! A great sequel, up there with the Toy Story movies.
Difference being, Beyond Thunderdome is not very good at all while Fury Road is a very good film - even if Furiosa steals the limelight.
The first hour of Beyond Thunderdome is good, the rest prett y poor.
And, yes, there was too much emphasis on the Furiosa character in Fury Road.
The thing is, all of the Mad Max sequels have characters that steal the limelight from him. Max himself isn't all that interesting. His arc was essentially completed in the first film. Beyond that, he's just a vessel that accidentally stumbles into these situations. So, quite a lot of the Furiosa stuff was welcome and the fact that it was played by someone as good as Theron made it even better. And despite that particular criticism, Max is still in almost every single scene of the film.
Road Warrior is best, Fury Road is tremendous and I have no reservations on it. Confronting Max with the escaping women and their plight is genius, and the handling of action, humor, death, social commentary, and the rest is true to Max's world.
The first (legitimate) UniSol sequel. Not on par with the original, but it's ok, for a quick JCVD fix. And Michael Jai White is a welcome presense in anything. I know he was in Spawn, but how come he was never bigger? Van Damme, at least, had a golden age from the late 80's to the mid-to-late 90's. Jai White, though still kicking, seemed never to have caught a break.