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Looking at that cheesy trailer on Youtube, McQ certainly looks like a Dirty Harry/French Connection cash in, but at the same time a little interesting - especially that car chase!
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Continued with the Kommissar X series last night, and the fourth film, Death Trip (1967). This one follows private detective Joe Walker (Kommissar X) and New York City Police Lieutenant Tom Rowland in a plot involving the delivery of a shipment of LSD to be used by American armed forces stationed in Turkey. When the shipment is stolen by the criminal organisation known as "the Green Hounds", the pair must try to recover it.
The plot is - as with the other previous entries, quite bad. As is everything else, really. Where the other films have more to make up for a lack of plot, this one comes out quite boring, and never really manages to entertain in the same way. Should probably do a ranking now, so here it goes:
So Darling So Deadly (1966)
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill (1965)
Death is Nimble, Death is Quick (1966)
Death Trip (1967)
Will probably just watch the rest of the series now as I've come this far - if available in English on Youtube. Next up is Kill, Panther, Kill (1968). Got to love these titles!
You're right about Part IV. I love it. Crispin single-handedly killed rock-'n-roll with that awesome dance he performed. Corey is fascinating. But lots and lots of T&A... that always gets the job done, no? :)
I agree. I enjoyed it but would never revisit it. That's why I rented it from the Redbox. Only cost 53 cents
Other than that point, you summed up my stance on the film precisely to hit the nail on the head.
McQ has a pretty decent score by Elmer Bernstein as well.
Smart- I should Redbox more often. I was just so damned intent on hopping on the Steelbook!
It seems every now and then a movie will come out in Steelbook, sell out immediately, and go for $100 or more on ebay!
I'm still sore about missing Ash vs Evil Dead, lol
Now that sounds like a score I can enjoy! Hope the film delivers too!
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Finished the fifth Kommissar X film, Kill Panther Kill (1968)). This film takes the two leads, private detective Joe Walker (Kommissar X) and Los Angeles Lieutenant Tom Rowland (as opposed to New York Lieutenant in the previous films) to Calgary, in a case where both are trying to recover a stash of stolen jewels. Rowland is after the criminal who has escaped in a prison transfer breakout so he can meet up with his brother to reclaim the jewels from the heist in which they were stolen. Walker on the other hand has been hired by an insurance company to recover the jewels.
Kill Panther Kill (and to some extent the previous one, Death Trip) moves away from the eurospy-ish elements from the first films to a more straightforward crime film - a shift in style that makes it a more mundane affair. As with all the other films, this one is also rather silly and unintentionally funny in certain situations. Some rather Trinity-like fistfights are the highlights in this one!
Ranking:
So Darling So Deadly (1966)
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill (1965)
Death is Nimble, Death is Quick (1966)
Kill Panther Kill (1968)
Death Trip (1967)
It’s also another one, like McQ, that I started as a teen and never finished- but I’m really enjoying it now! I’m wondering how it will end! (I can’t think of a movie where The Duke dies...though I haven’t seen them all either)
I've written those films down for the next time I'm in the mood for westerns! Thanks!
As disturbing and well made as the first, although not quite up there for me. But close enough. It stands on its own, and I have to mention the score, it really adds to the tension in several scenes, so very effective.
Very grounded and straightforward. Good cast, Forest Whitaker is a favorite. I liked this a lot.
I agree. It was a 'small' movie, tightly focused on character. Action was a bonus.
I like it because it does not fit easily into either category. ;)
This movie had some problems but overall, it was super enjoyable. The most exciting of all the jurrasic films even perhaps.
7/10
Mean Streets and Taxi Driver were both inspirations for Frank Miller when he did Batman: Year One.
By William Friedkin
I'm still not sure what to think, to be honest. I find it an incoherent though very fascinating film, I guess, but I'm not sure my fascination with it equates to anything positive otherwise. Pacino is neither bad nor great, but he's certainly interesting. Compulsively watchable, especially because it's a film of such ill repute. Hard leather and some male-on-male..., you better be prepared. The film has plot holes the size of THE ROOM. So I will sooner recommend it as a curiosity rather than as a film you will be entertained by.
Serious question: the ending. What's your read into it?
@peter
Count me in here. I don't know why anyone would think Campbell has lost his spark. The BnB scrap between Chan and the henchmen was great - somewhere between the dancing of Chan's old choreography and Campbell's more brutal style. A highlight amongst many good sequences.
I found the film overall very engaging, with Brosnan and Chan both putting in great performances. A very well-made political thriller. And the score by Cliff Martinez is exceptional - it lent so much to the atmosphere.