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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Seconding Wind River, and also Sicario, which you've probably already seen, but the same guy (Taylor Sheridan) wrote Sicario, Hell or High Water, and Wind River, and just debuted some Western show with Kevin Costner. Hey that reminds me - Open Range is pretty darn good, and it has Robert Duvall in it IIRC. He's always worth a watch.
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Cop Car and Cop Land are good neo-westerns.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Hey that reminds me - Open Range is pretty darn good, and it has Robert Duvall in it IIRC. He's always worth a watch. Realising that Robert Duvall was Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird was a recent  moment for me because I'd never looked at the credits beyond Gregory Peck and never connected them in my mind.
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Neo Rasa posted:Albert Pyun directed a movie called Vicious Lips that when you read the synopsis and watch the first ten minutes or so of it seems like it's going to be the raddest movie ever made and then........nothing happens for the rest of the movie. Wheat Loaf posted:I'm reminded of something I'm not keen on: dvds that make old movies look like direct-to-video movies from 2007. I will give you some examples:
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So apparently the Superfly remake is like, really good? It’s been getting some really great buzz. It’s definitely jumped up on my watch list now. https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2018/06/14/superly-review-digital-dope-game
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Neo Rasa posted:Endgame, if you mean the one directed by Joe D'Amato that stars George Eastman, unfortunately sucks (I know I was also stunned that a movie from the directing/writing/acting duo that brought us Porno Holocaust is not good) because it's REALLY slow after a fun first act. The only flaw is that they don't really show the audience for the deathsport show in any way. The plot's basically concerned with the consequences of letting informatics and algorithms run everything. (It's remarkably prescient in that way.) Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Jun 19, 2018 |
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Wheat Loaf posted:This might be the wrong thread to ask in, but I'm not sure where would be more appropriate: does anybody have any recommendations for sort of "neo-western" movies? I am thinking of things along the lines of No Country for Old Men or Hell and High Water, but I'd also be happy with things on the pulpier end of the spectrum like Walter Hill's Extreme Prejudice. Drive
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Has anyone seen Hotel Artemis yet? It looked fun.
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Franchescanado posted:Has anyone seen Hotel Artemis yet? It looked fun. Haven't seen anyone mention it, I'd be interested to hear if it's good because it seems like it could be a bit too goofy for my taste. What about The Debt Collector? I read the positive review that someone linked to a few pages back but I don't recall if anyone in the thread actually watched it.
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Basebf555 posted:Haven't seen anyone mention it, I'd be interested to hear if it's good because it seems like it could be a bit too goofy for my taste. It's a little under 100 minutes, so that's really appealing. The premise sounds fun, too. But I've heard zero buzz, which isn't great.
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Friend of mine said it was worth it 'for the Goldblumiing'. I believe this.
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Goldblum as the villain was what sold me.
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Oh well yea I somehow missed that Goldblum was the villain, the trailer kinda implies he really only shows up for a quick cameo but maybe that's not the case. You have Goldblum, you have my money, that's my philosophy.
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I heard it isn’t an action movie and Goldblum is barely in it. I don’t even think it’s in theaters any more
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Basebf555 posted:What about The Debt Collector? I read the positive review that someone linked to a few pages back but I don't recall if anyone in the thread actually watched it. I had an Amazon video credit so I watched it Friday. Liked it a little less than Accident Man but it was still quite fun, pretty good performance from Adkins. $5 is pretty expensive for the rental though, so maybe best when it can be seen a little cheaper.
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FancyMike posted:I had an Amazon video credit so I watched it Friday. Liked it a little less than Accident Man but it was still quite fun, pretty good performance from Adkins. $5 is pretty expensive for the rental though, so maybe best when it can be seen a little cheaper. Amazon does weekly 99cent movie deals so I expect it'll pop up there sooner rather than later. I hope this trend of Adkins getting actual parts where he has a lot of lines continues. Although I recently watched Boyka: Undisputed and he's great as the mostly silent hero too. Is there another Boyka in the works?
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Basebf555 posted:Amazon does weekly 99cent movie deals so I expect it'll pop up there sooner rather than later. How do you find out about this? I never hear about them doing this, despite having Prime for several years now. They sent me an e-mail during Christmas for a free $7 towards rentals, but that's the only time I've had notice.
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Franchescanado posted:How do you find out about this? I never hear about them doing this, despite having Prime for several years now. Google to the rescue on this one. Once a week or so just google "99 cent Amazon Movie Rentals" and you get a link with all of them. I'm sure there's a way to manually get Amazon to sort for them but whatever this is easier. This week's batch is a lot of the recent DC animated movies, but also Call Me By Your Name is now 99 cents.
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Basebf555 posted:Google to the rescue on this one. Once a week or so just google "99 cent Amazon Movie Rentals" and you get a link with all of them. I'm sure there's a way to manually get Amazon to sort for them but whatever this is easier. Pro advice. Thank you. I'll start doing that. I watched Cyborg over the weekend. Not my favorite JCVD, but it was fun. So far my top 3 for him are Hard Target, Inferno and Nowhere To Run. I've only seen about 7 of his movies, none of the real big names except for Universal Soldier; I just keep watching them as they get added to Amazon Prime and Starz.
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Franchescanado posted:Goldblum as the villain was what sold me. I am probably the only person in the world who liked Mad Dog Time and I endorse this message Basebf555 posted:Is there another Boyka in the works? If there is, they better loving bring back Gaga
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Franchescanado posted:I watched Cyborg over the weekend. Not my favorite JCVD, but it was fun. Watching the progression of Italian dystopian films in the 80s is wild because they ripped off American hits as they went, just sort of bolting on appealing cliches as they went. Let's say the movie is set in a post-apocalyptic New York, but then they have to travel across a wasteland full of biker gangs, and there are cyborgs running around for no particular reason. As near as I can tell, the biggest inspirations were The Warriors, Escape from New York, Mad Max, and Terminator. Cyborg combines all of them. Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Jun 19, 2018 |
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Clipperton posted:If there is, they better loving bring back Gaga If there's one thing lacking from the past two Undisputed movies, it's a true villain that can stand toe-to-toe with Adkins like he did for Jai-White in Undisputed II. The guy at the end of Boyka was physically impressive but barely a character, and I thought Undisputed II had no memorable villains at all.
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Franchescanado posted:I'm watching Streets of Fire for the first time and it's loving great. Streets of Fire owns, it’s a weird beast and I can see why it didn’t do well, but I had a dumb grin on my face the whole time I watched it and I’m disappointed it never became the trilogy Walter Hill intended. Going Nowhere Fast is a hell of an opening number. Wheat Loaf posted:This might be the wrong thread to ask in, but I'm not sure where would be more appropriate: does anybody have any recommendations for sort of "neo-western" movies? I am thinking of things along the lines of No Country for Old Men or Hell and High Water, but I'd also be happy with things on the pulpier end of the spectrum like Walter Hill's Extreme Prejudice. The Quick and the Dead is set in the Old West, but it’s a lot of fun, Sam Raimi really cuts loose with the crash-zooms, and the cast is bonkers good. And you can’t forget everyone’s favorite vampiric neo-western action/horror movie, NEAR DARK!! Franchescanado posted:I watched Cyborg over the weekend. Not my favorite JCVD, but it was fun. So far my top 3 for him are Hard Target, Inferno and Nowhere To Run. I've only seen about 7 of his movies, none of the real big names except for Universal Soldier; I just keep watching them as they get added to Amazon Prime and Starz. I’m not a Van Damme expert by any means, but Timecop and Sudden Death (both by Peter Hyams!) are really fun.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Streets of Fire owns, it’s a weird beast and I can see why it didn’t do well, but I had a dumb grin on my face the whole time I watched it and I’m disappointed it never became the trilogy Walter Hill intended. Going Nowhere Fast is a hell of an opening number.
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Halloween Jack posted:Streets of Fire is awash in great style and great pulp characterization--except for the main character, a big void right in the middle of all of it. Tom Cody is the straight man to everyone else being, well, interesting, and Michael Pare wasn't the Steve McQueen that Walter Hill was looking for. (McQueen also had experience with ensemble roles before being put in the spotlight.) Michael Pare and Rick Moranis didn’t get along on-set at all, Bill Paxton should have swapped places with Michael Pare.
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Basebf555 posted:If there's one thing lacking from the past two Undisputed movies, it's a true villain that can stand toe-to-toe with Adkins like he did for Jai-White in Undisputed II. The guy at the end of Boyka was physically impressive but barely a character, and I thought Undisputed II had no memorable villains at all. III had Lateef Crowder! But yeah he didn't have anything to do outside of the ring, he just looked a bit lost the whole time. I don't know what happened there, Crowder was a great villain in Tom Yum Goong even with like 2 minutes of screen time. Nothing against Marko Zaror either, but his fights in III were a bit underwhelming.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Michael Pare and Rick Moranis didn’t get along on-set at all, Bill Paxton should have swapped places with Michael Pare. I spent most of the movie looking for Bill Paxton to pop up more. I would have loved him in the lead. X-Ray Pecs posted:I’m not a Van Damme expert by any means, but Timecop and Sudden Death (both by Peter Hyams!) are really fun. Timecop is on my radar, so I'll check out Sudden Death as well. My problem so far with Van Damme is that the more well-known movies, like Universal Soldier, kinda hold back on what makes Van Damme fun for me. The three I mentioned earlier are more bizarre movies in general, but they let JCVD kick more rear end and take more of a beating. The action is just more satisfying and fun. But I haven't even seen Bloodsport yet, so I may just have a skewed perspective. Am I right in thinking that Prime is the better streaming service for action flicks?
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Franchescanado posted:
You have seen Kickboxer I hope? If you want to see Van Damme take a beating, I guess Lionheart is the movie for you. Double Impact is a fun one too and it has Bolo Yeung, It also kicked off a thing where JCVD plays two characters in a movie, I think he did like 5 movies where he has a dual role. Maximum Risk is a movie where Van Damme plays his own dead brother, it is directed by Ringo Lam and is full of car chases. It is also a fun movie. And of course, Assassination Games if you want to see Scott Adkins team up with Van Damme.
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Fun fact: back in the mid-80s, the BBC's future leading movie critic Mark Kermode thought that of Arnie, Van Damme and Lundgren, Lundgren would be the one to make it big because he had the least distracting accent / best American accent.
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MrBling posted:You have seen Kickboxer I hope? I haven't seen any of the ones you listed, so thank you.
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Franchescanado posted:I spent most of the movie looking for Bill Paxton to pop up more. I would have loved him in the lead. If you haven’t seen Trespass, you should. It’s a Walter Hill joint about two firefighters (Bills Sadler and Paxton) following a map to East St. Louis looking for hidden treasure, only to witness a gang murder, and they have to survive the gang (Ices T and Cube, along with Argyle from Die Hard) while finding the money. It’s solid as hell. Franchescanado posted:Timecop is on my radar, so I'll check out Sudden Death as well. Sudden Death is basically Die Hard, But At The Stanley Cup. JCVD fights the Pittsburgh Penguin in a kitchen. It’s goofy and fun as hell.
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X-Ray Pecs posted:If you haven’t seen Trespass, you should. It’s a Walter Hill joint about two firefighters (Bills Sadler and Paxton) following a map to East St. Louis looking for hidden treasure, only to witness a gang murder, and they have to survive the gang (Ices T and Cube, along with Argyle from Die Hard) while finding the money. It’s solid as hell. I haven't seen Trespass. It's currently on Starz streaming (along with several other Hill movies), so I added it to my list. Thank you. My buddy's coming over tonight to watch a movie, so I'm looking for something exciting and fun. That may be Trespass.
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MrBling posted:You have seen Kickboxer I hope? Yeah if you want to see JCVD kick rear end and get his rear end kicked, you want to see these two, plus Sudden Death and Death Warrant.
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is The Tournament worth a watch? It sounds pretty crazy.quote:A group of the world's wealthiest and most powerful men, who are themselves tied into law enforcement agencies and criminal underworlds alike, and who also control the international media with their billions, have devised the ultimate entertainment for themselves, simply referred to as "The Tournament", which takes place at intervals of every seven or ten years in an unspecified location, usually a large city. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471041/ Cast doesn't look half bad either.
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Halloween Jack posted:Yeah if you want to see JCVD kick rear end and get his rear end kicked, you want to see these two, plus Sudden Death and Death Warrant. Well gently caress it, I'll watch Kickboxer or Lionheart tonight, then.
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Bloodsport and Hard Target remain my favorite JCVD movies. If you're in this thread and haven't seen Bloodsport, do something about that.
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I'm surprised anyone hasn't seen Bloodsport. There was a time you couldn't walk into a department store or a discount store without immediately being buried in a flood of $5 Bloodsport DVDs. Bloodsport doesn't have Hong Kong style or quality choreography, but it's basically a fantasy UFC before the UFC existed, and JCVD edited it himself so that you can always see what everyone is doing, a relative rarity in Hollywood-produced martial arts films.
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Bloodsport and Kickboxer are the greatest of the JCVD movies. Kickboxer especially has a totally killer 80s faux-oriental score to it. Also Van Damme dancing. Timecop is also cool. You just have to understand that going into them that you're about to watch a Van Damme movie, and set your expectations accordingly. What's that one where he's in prison and kicks a dude into a furnace? That one was cool, too. I think it also had Bolo in it.
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Bloodsport is not just Van Damme's best, it's also just an all-around legit great movie. It's an absolute blast to watch, no matter how many times you've seen it. Hard Target's just so nuts that it's impossible not to love it. My dude gets a murder clue from a bird in that movie.
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Narzack posted:Timecop is also cool. You just have to understand that going into them that you're about to watch a Van Damme movie, and set your expectations accordingly. What's that one where he's in prison and kicks a dude into a furnace? That one was cool, too. I think it also had Bolo in it. Death Warrant is the prison fight movie, Double Impact has a Bolo Yeung rematch.
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