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Narzack posted:Is Versus the movie where a bunch of scenes open with a dude tumbling through the trees and another dude who says'i hate guys who hit women' and then clocks a chick? yeah, that's the one.
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Man I've not seen Versus in so long, I need to watch that soon.  *edit: it's on amazon prime to rent. The image is shrunk in the centre of my screen, I'm assuming this is what amazon does with SD content? *edit edit: an account called Ryuhei Kitamura (the director of the film) has uploaded the ultimate version to YouTube. https://youtu.be/RANFolDDsy0 Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Jun 20, 2020 |
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Netflix released the French movie called Lost Bullet yesterday and if you like car stunts it's well worth your time. You will also find the "police station sequence" to be extremely memorable.
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OK, versus is worth your time. I haven’t been to the whole thing yet, but every time I get bored it switches genres.
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It's an incredibly silly movie but I was honestly kinda impressed that the fights scenes in it were as decent as they are, it has taken this long for Hollywood to catch up in quality to a super-low budget movie made by some dudes in a forest in Japan 2 decades ago
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Olympic Mathlete posted:It's an incredibly silly movie but I was honestly kinda impressed that the fights scenes in it were as decent as they are, it has taken this long for Hollywood to catch up in quality to a super-low budget movie made by some dudes in a forest in Japan 2 decades ago It's also that hollywood, despite being full of really good stuntmen and performers, kept shooting itself in the foot. I remember seeing the b-roll of some lovely quick cut film years ago, and was amazed at how fluid the choregraphy was if you didn't cut every half a second.
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Time to repost this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1PCtIaM_GQ
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37 minutes of Scott Adkins and Mark Zaror talking about their fight ridiculous fight in Undisputed 3 https://youtu.be/kYPWW6n5wtI
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Olympic Mathlete posted:It's an incredibly silly movie but I was honestly kinda impressed that the fights scenes in it were as decent as they are, it has taken this long for Hollywood to catch up in quality to a super-low budget movie made by some dudes in a forest in Japan 2 decades ago The shoot was kinda bonkers. They decided to use real knife without rehearsing because the fake knives looked too fake and the lead actor was hired because the director met him during a street fight.
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Alhazred posted:The shoot was kinda bonkers. They decided to use real knife without rehearsing because the fake knives looked too fake and the lead actor was hired because the director met him during a street fight. he also broke his teeth trying to rack a pistol with them. Luckily one of the zombie extras was a dentist. The making ofs on the old eastern eye (remember them?) dvds were great. One of them just spends the whole time making up stories about his childhood and loosely tying it to the film.
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Continuing my quest to try and watch every 2020 action movie instead of seeking out actual good movies to watch: Royal Warriors (1986) - 2.5/5, Amazon Prime Breaks down in a similar way to predecessor Yes, Madam, where you get several extremely good and memorable action set pieces strung together by just the absolute worst plot. This one ends up slightly better than Yes Madam because the level of insane escalation throughout the whole movie is a sight to behold. Michelle Yeoh is as invincible as ever and Hiroyuki Sanada is also very good. The stand-out aspect of the film is the integration of the environment with the action, with so much of each location getting smashed or blown up during the wonderfully choreographed fights. The back half of the movie is dragged down by a slowed pace leading to a ridiculous finish, but the early sequences on the airplane and at the nightclub are ones that I'm going to be thinking about for a long time. Lost Bullet (2020) - 3/5, Netflix This was a good action movie, based mainly around car stunts. It was weird to me that for some thing with so many deaths and so much action, the acting felt rather low energy, but it didn't hurt the movie too much. Alban Lenoir was good in the lead role. The most memorable part of the movie to me was the police station sequence, which was well shot and so full of chaos that it was very exciting. It's worth watching the movie for that scene and the cars. I'm not usually a car guy, but there was a lot of innovative action on that front that kept me interested. I Am Vengeance (2018) - 1/5, Netflix I Am Vengeance is a thoroughly unwatchable movie. The editing is atrocious, the script is bad, Bad News Barrett is playing a no-charisma stone, and everything looks extremely cheap. To be honest it reminds me of how British pro wrestling is by and large a pale imitation of what makes wrestling in other countries good. This is that, for action movies. Gary Daniels was good in the final fight. But don't waste one minute of your time on this. Legacy (2020) - 1/5 A lot of nothing in this one. Very little action along with too little plot for you to care about any of the characters. The movie doesn't even explain the story until almost an hour in, so it's just a collection of confusing scenes up to that point. The one bright spot is Alain Mora, who is in the movie for like five minutes playing an insane character with twenty times more charisma than anything else going on in the movie. Other than that, it's a movie about people climbing around rocks. Survive the Night (2020) - 1/5 Bruce Willis is Chad Michael Murray's dad and through the first half it seems like 2020 Bruce Willis is going to get through this one entirely in a sitting position, but he ends up having a few nice action moments. That's just about the only thing the movie ends up having going for it. The premise is so contrived beyond belief, even as far as out there movie plots go. None of the characters act realistic at all, and even at 88 minutes the movie drags a lot. Can't knock the lack of action too much because it's supposed to be more of a thriller than an action movie, but it doesn't accomplish any genre goal, it's entirely dull. I Am Vengeance: Retaliation (2020) - 3/5 Considering that the original I Am Vengeance was nearly unwatchable, I did not know what to expect going into this one. But I Am Vengeance: Retaliation is a very good movie that's well worth your 82 minutes. I believe the key to this improvement is an increased budget and especially the addition of Tim Man (Triple Threat, Boyka Undisputed, Ninja) as the Fight Choreographer. The hand-to-hand fights in this movie are tremendous and there are a ton of them packed into the runtime. Both Phoebe Robinson-Galvin and Katrina Durden are excellent and I would really like to see more of them in action movies in the future. Extra points to the movie for letting Bad News Barrett perform Wrestling Stunts during his fight sequences. Vinnie Jones was good and the supporting cast of mercenary thugs were as well. The weakest points of the film were the script and the gunplay. It seems like they held back on the gun budget to put it into other parts of the film and it made it stand out as lackluster. Boco_T fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Jun 30, 2020 |
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Snowman_McK posted:It's also that hollywood, despite being full of really good stuntmen and performers, kept shooting itself in the foot. I remember seeing the b-roll of some lovely quick cut film years ago, and was amazed at how fluid the choregraphy was if you didn't cut every half a second. I agree. And, for me, one of the worst offenders is the GI Joe sequel. If you watch some of the production footage, they had some pretty decent set pieces and choreography, but it was all cut to poo poo in the edit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvYOyY2vVno
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Narzack posted:I agree. And, for me, one of the worst offenders is the GI Joe sequel. If you watch some of the production footage, they had some pretty decent set pieces and choreography, but it was all cut to poo poo in the edit.
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Just rewatched Born To Fight, and goddamn that movie is so much fun. It's like if suicidal Thai stuntmen got together to make a super violent version of Gymkata. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXzL-r5DHGw
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Payndz posted:Love how in the video thumbnail, it looks like he has a rotating police light mounted right in front of his scope. Dwayne Johnson joins Police Squad! In Color
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Action Movie Fan Streaming Update: July 2020 Amazon Prime: The Running Man, Ronin, Bulletproof Monk, Death Wish Pluto: Outrage Hoopla: Paycheck, Righteous Kill Netflix: Total Recall, Ip Man 4 (7/20) Hulu: Die Hard 4, Tetsuo: The Bullet Man
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Boco_T posted:Action Movie Fan Streaming Update: July 2020 Netflix UK offered me the Colin Farrell Total Recall like some kind of sick joke  Next to it in the list is Last Action Hero which feels like it deserves a rewatch though.
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Yeah I fancied watching Total Recall on UK Netflix, searched and got that dross. There aren't enough Arnie movies on the service and the horror selection also sucks rear end :/
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jojoinnit posted:Netflix UK offered me the Colin Farrell Total Recall like some kind of sick joke
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Payndz posted:It's been funny seeing some of the stuff that happens in Last Action Hero's plainly ridiculous and satirical Action Movie World later appear in movies that aren't meant to be overtly taking the piss. The minigun that pops out of someone's car sunroof in LHA was played straight in Fast Five, for instance. The same thing happened to Commando. I'd always concluded it was a satire, but the timeline doesn't line up. Turns out they did it as a comedy and everyone else played it straight.
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Narzack posted:I agree. And, for me, one of the worst offenders is the GI Joe sequel. If you watch some of the production footage, they had some pretty decent set pieces and choreography, but it was all cut to poo poo in the edit. gently caress. Even that big setpiece in the warehouse/base got trashed. As it is in the film, that's a montage, not a scene. But it had clear geography and everything at some point.
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Snowman_McK posted:The same thing happened to Commando. I'd always concluded it was a satire, but the timeline doesn't line up. Turns out they did it as a comedy and everyone else played it straight. Commando was unironically ahead of its time.
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Boco_T posted:Action Movie Fan Streaming Update: July 2020 Goddamn Bullet Man was a disappointment. The monster is very cool when it's on screen (so for about 10 seconds) but the lead actor was terrible and Shinya Tsukamoto trying to recreate his balls-out turn from the first movie as a beer-gutted 40something was just depressing.
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I just watched Braven. Standard fare but some of the deaths are pretty cool.
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Oh, god, yeah. Tetsuo: The Bullet Man is such a let down. It's not quite that Every Frame a Painting video but this is very good, particularly for considering Jackie Chan as a combat arena in himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPjG6fe-eTQ
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pandemic scott adkins has been pretty good content https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVmTcI8ZlOg
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Guns Akimbo is one of the most obnoxious movies I’ve ever seen, and I’m not sure that’s entirely a criticism
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Narzack posted:It's on Prime, is it worth watching? Not really, not as an action movie anyway. It's more of a comedy with a few decent action scenes. But not a particularly good one.
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Basebf555 posted:Not really, not as an action movie anyway. It's more of a comedy with a few decent action scenes. But not a particularly good one. Yeah it's basically a poor man's Neveldine/Taylor movie, if you've seen the Cranks it doesn't have much to offer at all. The title is the best part  That said, Radcliffe is engaging as always, as is Rhys Darby. Also I found the OTT bad guy (who I was convinced was Barry Otto until the credits rolled) and the physical comedy with the guns bolted to Radcliffe's hands amusing Clipperton fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Jul 5, 2020 |
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What are everyone’s favorite revenge flicks ala The pUnisher or death wish. I watched Kite yesterday. Solid violence
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Pillowpants posted:What are everyone’s favorite revenge flicks ala The pUnisher or death wish. My faves are 70s exploitation things like Lady Snowblood and Ms 45 and Thriller - A Cruel Picture. The ultimate revenge stories for me are Bugs Bunny cartoons, where his revenge is so far beyond what the original insult was.
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Pillowpants posted:What are everyone’s favorite revenge flicks ala The pUnisher or death wish. I really like Punisher: War Zone and it's a crime it failed and we don't get movies like that from Marvel now. Heads up that both MI4: Ghost Protocol and MI6: Fallout are up on Netflix (UK). Dunno what happened to Rogue Nation but they're still 2 of the best in the series.
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Pillowpants posted:What are everyone’s favorite revenge flicks ala The pUnisher or death wish. Avengement Revenger Kinda revenge: universal soldier day of reckoning Hardcore Henry witch part 1 subversion Re:born
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I agree, Warzone is great. Straight revenge: Warzone Sin City I Saw the Devil Oldboy Blue Ruin Gladiator Revenge-ish Logan Taken The Fugitive Road Warrior Fury Road
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I like the ones where a random badass gets drawn into a situation they aren't connected to but then by the end it's basically a revenge story. Like The Man From Nowhere, Jack Reacher, The Accountant, or Leon: The Professional. Yojimbo/Fistfull of Dollars obviously being the originators.
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There are just so many good ones, that I keep thinking of more revenge-type movies that rule. I do remember,though, bouncing off Payback when I was a teenager. I wanted to like it, but I made it about halfway through before I got bored and turned it off. Is it worth giving another shot?
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Narzack posted:There are just so many good ones, that I keep thinking of more revenge-type movies that rule. I do remember,though, bouncing off Payback when I was a teenager. I wanted to like it, but I made it about halfway through before I got bored and turned it off. Is it worth giving another shot? Definitely give Darwyn Cooke’s comics adaptation of the original Parker novel The Hunter a shot. It’s goddamned beautiful.
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Yeah and the much more faithful version of the story is the Payback Director’s Cut
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