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Archisorcerus
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Dead End (France - 2003): Only one thing could save this gosh-awful movie from getting a 1/10, and it happened. 3/10
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adg211288
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Pretty good one from Roger Corman, though very short and heavily reminiscent of House of Wax. Michael Bay, it would not be unfair to say, is one of modern Hollywood's genuine hacks. This however is a solid 90's action flick. Potentially his only film worth a damn.
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adg211288
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As much a mixed bag as you'll ever find. Action sequences are fine, sets are pretty good, but the story is generic, the acting all over the place and the script often such pure innuendo loaded cringe you'd be forgiven for expecting it to suddenly turn into porn. Yet another movie that wastes the pirate genre.
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Vim Fuego
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What a complete fuck up, from start to finish. I knew Woodstock '99 was a bit of a mess, but not quite how big of a mess it really was! This was just destined to be a disaster, through bad planning, an unsuitable venue, a poorly thought through line-up, which in turn attracted an audience with a large proportion of complete cunts, and then there were cunts on stage too. Nobody comes out of it really clean.
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Triceratopsoil
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too hollywood
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Triceratopsoil
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Vim Fuego
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Love a bit of Bill every now and then. He's always been a champion of metal too.
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adg211288
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Just upgraded my copy of this to blu-ray. A great neo-noir from Robert Altman. Sometimes pushes into the 'so bad it's good' area, but with a cast of recognisable British stars including the ever underrated Bill Nighy, it's also got a relatable charm for the Brit viewer like me, with some darkly comic parts underlying what is basically a strange romcom. I've seen it before some years ago, but it stands up to the occasional revisit.
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adg211288
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Random fact: The car smash during that scene is completely real and unplanned due to the film crew not having permission to film it. The sequel for this is pretty good too, by the way, though not based on actual events like this one.
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Vim Fuego
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Worth it for the car vs el-train chase alone.
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Triceratopsoil
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adg211288
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Probably my preferred version, though I've only seen the 1950's one once. Trouble is with the original is that the DVD I have is such an old DVD release it's been formatted as a widescreen movie to be shown on an old 4:3 screen. Results on a modern TV as a tiny picture in the centre of the screen. Luckily there's a new blu-ray coming out next week, which I plan to pick up at some point. The 1970s one will always have one of the all time great endings though. |
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adg211288
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Saw this a while ago off the TV and just picked up the Arrow blu-ray. Disappointing that there is no restoration work been done, because it sure needs it in a few scenes. The movie is great though and criminally unknown among western enthusiasts. I've only seen this in English before today and I have to say, the original Italian version really uplifts this movie!
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Vim Fuego
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I always wondered why this movie had such a high age rating. Curiosity answered. It deserves it. Love Maggie Gyllenhaal as an actress, and James Spader does psychotic well too.
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Vim Fuego
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I watched it a wee while back too. It's got some incredibly good music in it. My choir mistress reminded me of it. She said Daft Punk got the inspiration for some of their costumes from it.
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adg211288
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Stepping out of my comfort zone with this one and it was sensational. Probably the most out and out entertaining movie I've watched for a while (that wasn't a re-watch anyway).
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Triceratopsoil
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Vim Fuego
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YES! Finally someone has given this story the treatment it deserves! See it. It's spectacular. Erase all memories of that 1984 abomination.
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Vim Fuego
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The Exorcist 3 is the proper sequel to the original. I personally don't think The Exorcist 2 is as bad as people make out, but it's not a patch on the other two movies. It gets a bit lost in biblical plagues and prophecies and shit.
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adg211288
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Powerful stuff. This is actually really good. A worthy sequel to the original (I have not seen The Exorcist II but fortunately it is not required and from all accounts that movie needs an exorcism itself).
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