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Somehow Paul was the Vincent Price role in a Roger Corman produced remake of Masque of the Red Death? That's bizarre. I'd guess that a big reason he never became a bigger star is how much different the t.v. experience was back in the mid-90s. When you're the star of a show that has 20+ episodes per season, and you don't get long hiatuses like they often do today, there's just not a whole lot of time to go off and shoot a movie for 6 months or whatever. And he did Highlander from 92-98 so by the time he's done with that I think the ship had kinda sailed on his A-list potential. Basebf555 fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Dec 20, 2022 |
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One thing I will say for The Source is that it made clear to me a big reason why the Highlander sequels failed (besides the fact that a sequel doesn't make sense in concept): they just kept trying to do the Kurgan again. Tall, gravelly voice, big sword, boom you're done. The Guardian looks like a Default Kurgan Template that they forgot to give any features, and he mainly speaks in offhand references to the other movies. When I was a kid, I thought Kell was a lousy character and Payne was a terrible overactor. I eventually realize that he was one of those prestigious British theatre guys that you hire when you want to class up a lovely movie, and he chewed the scenery like a dog with a peanut butter sandwich. Yeah, I liked Highlander a lot. It was the 90s, and he had a trenchcoat and a katana, and unlike He-Man and Leonardo he cut people's fuckin' heads off.
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He had amazing sweaters too. Or turtlenecks I guess, technically.
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Dec 20, 2022 17:15
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The Highlander wearing turtlenecks makes a lot of sense.
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If I were a highlander I'd simply have a steel ring welded around my neck to create a permanent turtleneck
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feedmyleg posted:If I were a highlander I'd simply have a steel ring welded around my neck to create a permanent turtleneck How it started:  How it's going: 
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This guy makes good videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FdfCuF12Hs This is every movie he discusses: Top Gun Maverick Ambulance Valimai Lost Bullet 2 INDIAN RRR K.G.F Chapter 2 Vikram Ponniyin Selvan: I Kantara James Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Sardar An Action Hero Saani Kaayidham Ajagajantharam Thallumaala KOREAN Carter The Roundup Alienoid, part 1 Hansan: Rising Dragon The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves To Die Project Wolf Hunting Hunt Spiritwalker WOMEN-LED ACTION MOVIES The Witch: Part 2. The Other One The Woman King Ladki: Enter the Girl Dragon Prey The Princess Baby Assassins JAPAN Bad City Good Morning, Sleeping Lion Shin Ultraman Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday HONG KONG G-Storm Man on the Edge Detective vs. Sleuths Warriors of Future Water Gate Bridge CHINESE DTV MOVIES Fierce Cop Song of the Assassins Eye for an Eye AKA Defiant Snipers Blind War Athena ANIMATION Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind New Gods: Yang Jian Demigod, The Legend Begins The Big 4 The Northman Avatar: The Way of Water Everything Everywhere All At Once Violent Night Christmas, Bloody Christmas
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Right on. Also dig the Highlander talk, any takes on Highlander 3: The Sorcerer? That's the one I didn't see. I liked that Yoshiaki Kawajiri Highlander anime.
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Oh God the sequel hook of The Big 4. Timo really thought he was making a Kill Bill volume or something. Stick to Headshot and When the Night Comes For Us, it's a lot more fun and funny when he's not trying to make a funny movie. I think one of those films has the fight with the white mercenary who just goes like BROOO...BROOO. Genuinely just fast forwarded through most of the second half just sticking around for fight scenes, it's not like you miss anything significant plot wise.
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dokmo posted:This guy makes good videos. That was really good, I've seen a small part of these and mostly agree on what he thinks of them. Finding the stuff in there is a challenge, apparently there is a Finnish 2022 movie named Sisu for which not even a trailer is available, only reviews saying it's awesome.
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Heavy Metal posted:Right on. Also dig the Highlander talk, any takes on Highlander 3: The Sorcerer? That's the one I didn't see. I liked that Yoshiaki Kawajiri Highlander anime. The Sorcerer / The Final Dimension is basically a straight remake of the first movie with the serial numbers filed off. It's very unmemorable and everyone seems to be sleepwalking through it, especially Mario Van Peebles (who is basically playing a store-brand version of The Kurgan). It's not the worst way to spend an hour and a half that I've ever heard of, but it's not something I'd actively search for.
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One unfortunate thing about The Final Dimension is that modern releases lack the part from the first US release where Lambert cuts Mario van Peebles in half but thanks to *THE POWER OF ILLUSION* HIS LEGS are able to run away while he holds is upper body in place on some railings.
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Timby posted:The Sorcerer / The Final Dimension is basically a straight remake of the first movie with the serial numbers filed off. It's very unmemorable and everyone seems to be sleepwalking through it, especially Mario Van Peebles (who is basically playing a store-brand version of The Kurgan). It's not the worst way to spend an hour and a half that I've ever heard of, but it's not something I'd actively search for. It does have a delightfully stupid premise, though. Turns out Connor never really won the Prize because these three assholes were buried in an avalanche! Can Connor defeat Unfrozen Mongolian Wizard and have sex with a woman who looks exactly like his dead ex?
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Man, the semi-final not-fight in Man of Tai Chi between Tiger Chen and Iko Uwais is simultaneously fantastic and such a mean tease. When the latter gets into position to fight, you really want poo poo to go down, but then lol. But it's a great bit of growth for Tiger and a great lead-in to a kick-rear end final fight. I kind of get disappointed at Triple Threat all over again watching that scene.
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Grendels Dad posted:Man, the semi-final not-fight in Man of Tai Chi between Tiger Chen and Iko Uwais is simultaneously fantastic and such a mean tease. When the latter gets into position to fight, you really want poo poo to go down, but then lol. But it's a great bit of growth for Tiger and a great lead-in to a kick-rear end final fight. My thoughts exactly, Triple Threau is still fun at times (the jungle scenes), but everything else is just so mediocore at best. Basically if a UFC fighter is involved in the movie, it's going to suck. As for Man of Tai Chi - I loving love that movie. Keanu's debut for those that don't know, and man I love Iwo but he was wasted in that film. If you ignore the "Police can trace IP's of encrypted high tech networks" - it's like a modern day Bloodsport. Keanu is so cool in that movie with his Masks
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Hirez posted:if a UFC fighter is involved in the movie, it's going to suck. Ahem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZT_sWjcNis
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Looks like Marko Zaror has a new movie coming out with Ernesto Diaz Espinoza. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vD_WswiuJU Looking forward to this. If you're not familiar with Zaror, he is probably best known for a couple of Scott Adkins movies, Undisputed III and Savage Dog. He and Espinoza have made a bunch of movies together, including the James Bond spoof Mandrill and the vigilante flick Redeemer, a personal favorite. Zaror's screen fighting style is pretty memorable, he combines super athletic kicks with grounded mma-style choreography. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9YCNCVFUI8 I've always loved that fight. It's way better than you'd expect from a tiny budget Chilean (!) action flick, and it's always great in an action movie when the hero has a lot of trouble fighting a random low-level goon.
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Watched Special Delivery, kind of a Korean Transporter, starring the swaggering Park So-dam. It was really good, with excellent chases. For some reason it's on dailymotion complete with english subs. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8dyf3p
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Watched Alienoid, a crazy Korean action/sf movie with tonnes of interesting ideas and some good fight sequences. It's clearly intended as the first of a series, so it doesn't tell a complete story and finishes abruptly with a clear leadoff to the sequel. Maybe 7/10. I'll probably watch the next one just to see how insane the plot gets.
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There's some kind of new action movie coming and the only reason it even floated across my timeline was that Mercedes Varnado (aka. former WWE wrestler Sasha Banks) is in it. https://deadline.com/2023/01/paul-ben-victor-mercedes-varnado-join-action-thriller-the-collective-1235221565/ quote:Paul Ben-Victor (Plane) and Mercedes Varnado (The Mandalorian) are the newest additions to the cast of the action-thriller The Collective from Yale Entertainment. They join a cast that also includes Lucas Till, Ruby Rose, Tyrese Gibson, and Don Johnson, as previously announced. I looked it up and Lucas Till is the guy that played MacGuyver in the reboot series, so I guess maybe he knows how to stunt and fight. I have no idea if the director is any good, but his imdb page doesn't look promising.
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Was wondering how Tyrese was in the "cameo in your Bulgarian-shot action movie" price range but googling "Tyrese Gibson divorce" solved that mystery
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morestuff posted:Was wondering how Tyrese was in the "cameo in your Bulgarian-shot action movie" price range but googling "Tyrese Gibson divorce" solved that mystery Wait, Fast 11? I thought 10 was the last one?
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Xenomrph posted:Wait, Fast 11? I thought 10 was the last one? Looks like whoever told you that pulled a fast one on you.
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Xenomrph posted:Wait, Fast 11? I thought 10 was the last one? They were going to do a Final Fantasy and release X and X-2 back to back but there was too much messy drama
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morestuff posted:They were going to do a Final Fantasy and release X and X-2 back to back but there was too much messy drama So 11's going to be online?
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Has anyone ITT watched PROJECT WOLF HUNTING yet..? I ask as I follow a couple gif accounts on Tumblr and they post scenes from recent movies, usually two or three gifsets - PWH has just been an ongoing, constant stream of the most bloody and gory gifsets I have ever seen, looking like it will put the likes of THE NIGHT COMES FOR US etc into a cocked hat.
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Has anyone ITT watched PROJECT WOLF HUNTING yet..? I ask as I follow a couple gif accounts on Tumblr and they post scenes from recent movies, usually two or three gifsets - PWH has just been an ongoing, constant stream of the most bloody and gory gifsets I have ever seen, looking like it will put the likes of THE NIGHT COMES FOR US etc into a cocked hat. I was really hyped for it because almost everyone on twitter I follow was going crazy for it but I was a little cold by it. While the violence is plenty, it was very repetitive compared to something like The Night Comes for Us (the GOAT imo) or The Sadness. Still worth a watch though
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To be fair The Night Comes for Us is kind of an unfair bar to hold action films to. It's like almost no film is ever going to be operating on that level, but they can still be fun.
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As much as I love TNCFU, I think I'd get burned out if every action movie was that intense. That's like if every wrestling show was the Tournament of Death.
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Halloween Jack posted:That's like if every wrestling show was the Tournament of Death. I, too, would become bored with paradise
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Has anyone ITT watched PROJECT WOLF HUNTING yet..? Is it a prequel or sequel to Good Will Hunting?
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Halloween Jack posted:As much as I love TNCFU, I think I'd get burned out if every action movie was that intense. That's like if every wrestling show was the Tournament of Death. lol I got burned out by the second act
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I don't know what is going on but for some reason every time The Raid 2 shows up on streaming it is messed up somehow. When it was on HBO Max they only had a Spanish dub of it and now that it is on Netflix they have the original Indonesian language but the English subtitles are Closed Captions so you get sound descriptions. Also while I would never watch it I know there is an English dub of it so it's weird that neither had it.
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muscles like this! posted:I don't know what is going on but for some reason every time The Raid 2 shows up on streaming it is messed up somehow. When it was on HBO Max they only had a Spanish dub of it and now that it is on Netflix they have the original Indonesian language but the English subtitles are Closed Captions so you get sound descriptions. Also while I would never watch it I know there is an English dub of it so it's weird that neither had it. [sizzling] [agonized screaming] [snap] [wet snap]
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Grendels Dad posted:[sizzling] [tense music] [scary walking] [man having arm snapped off and being beaten with it] [exciting music]
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Grendels Dad posted:[sizzling] Lmao I know the exact scene you're describing too
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Project Wolf Hunting was pretty disappointing. It delivered the gore without any novel action, plot, or characterisation. One of those movies where the effects team and actors did a decent job with a limited an unimaginative script.
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Chas McGill posted:Project Wolf Hunting was pretty disappointing. It delivered the gore without any novel action, plot, or characterisation. One of those movies where the effects team and actors did a decent job with a limited an unimaginative script. Yeah, I also couldn't get over how incredibly mundane the monster was. Someone mentioned it was like a Resident Evil boss so I expected something gross, fleshy and mutated, but it was just a guy with his eyes closed. Such a disappointment. I do give it credit for going through characters faster than anything I've ever seen, nobody was safe.
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Didn't get to watch much during my vacation. But had a long 20 hour flight back. -Accident Man Hitman's Holiday. I love Adkins but imo he has had a string of horrible movies in the last 2-3 years. Savage Dog and Avengement were the last really good ones. The action is meh here and the setting isn't interesting here either. -Top Gun Maverick. Never watched the first but loved this. I am not someone who really cares about military tech or fighter jets but this movie made them look so cool and awesome. The setpiece at the end was great but I think this also had a very nice story. Some good music as well although not as good as the first one. Danger Zone being in the opening was a great touch though. -Uncharted. It's not fully an action movie. I am a big fan of the games and always thought they might be even better as movies since the shooting aspect of the game is very repetitive. Tom Holland seems ok as Nate, Mark Wahlberg as Sully is just a weird casting choice but after watching the movie I actually thought both kinda played their characters well. The setpieces and plot seemed like a mix of different games. The CG looked fine I think. Definitely worth a watch if you like National Treasure/Indiana Jones or Uncharted games. It has really good pacing so doesn't really ever stall. -Bullet Train, I saw what people in this thread were saying about this movie. It seems definitely like a mixed opinion. I thought it missed the execution but the idea was really good and I love the zany over the top style. So I commend it for effort. I really hope there is a sequel for this but with Brad Pitt as a lead I doubt it. Someone mentioned the Kenshin movies on Netflix. Those are amazing, I have only watched the first two but the sword action is amazing. I still think the Japanese do sword fighting action the best and they really make the violence look real. For other good Japanese action movies I recommend Fable and anything by Tak Sakaguchi Also has anyone seen Pushpa The Rise or Vikram? Getting RRR/KGF/Bahubali vibes from those.
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