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midge posted:I wanted to bring to everyone's attention, one of my pleasures - no guilt required. I started watching this and a bad guy (Billy Drago in full on creepo mode) tells Shannon Tweed (sporting a ridiculous Russian accent) "This cocaine is like you.....the best." Then he's convinced to cover the cost of her shipment by the promise of seeing her tits, which he could have seen for free if he just watched Showtime After Dark. This unironically rules.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I started watching this and a bad guy (Billy Drago in full on creepo mode) tells Shannon Tweed (sporting a ridiculous Russian accent) "This cocaine is like you.....the best." Then he's convinced to cover the cost of her shipment by the promise of seeing her tits, which he could have seen for free if he just watched Showtime After Dark. This unironically rules. There's a front page SA article from many years ago about the many movies where Billy Drago kidnaps women and takes them to an island.
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Oh shiiiiiiiit https://twitter.com/wesleysnipes/status/1163171178883633152
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Ohhhhhh sheeeeeyyyeeeeeett. Wesley think of your future man, Disney owns all now...on the one hand yes for drama on the other hand maybe try for a role or something other than Blade. I’m sure *looks down list* uh Maggott the XMan is available. His superpowers are two giant maggots that can eat anything but are actually Maggott’s intestines. I think Wesley may make an interesting Mr. Sinister tho. Gatts fucked around with this message at 16:52 on Aug 19, 2019 |
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I'm sure if he could go a week without running his mouth or getting jailed he woulda had a kickass cameo in Disney's G-rated Blade.
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More of like a thriller than an action movie, but Destroyer starring loving Nicole Kidman of all people, and directed by Karyn Kusama, who directed Aeon Flux, is a really solid flick. A great female-led take on the Max Payne sort of burnout fuckup undercover cop at the end of their rope. There's a really good bank robbery shootout in there, it just takes a while to get up to that point.
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Taintrunner posted:More of like a thriller than an action movie, but Destroyer starring loving Nicole Kidman of all people, and directed by Karyn Kusama, who directed Aeon Flux, is a really solid flick. A great female-led take on the Max Payne sort of burnout fuckup undercover cop at the end of their rope. There's a really good bank robbery shootout in there, it just takes a while to get up to that point. Since I'm apparently the only other person who bothered to see this movie: did you notice that Modern Day Nicole Kidman was styled and done up to look exactly like Tom Cruise? Or was that just me?
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Like an older Tom Cruise in a midlife crisis after doing meth for a decade, yeah, I can see it.
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Exactly like Tom Cruise (the real Tom Cruise).
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Triple threat is kinda underwhelming, i was expecting way more with such a promising cast.
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Honest Thief posted:Triple threat is kinda underwhelming, i was expecting way more with such a promising cast. If there's one thing I learned from renting random action movies from blockbusters' in my teens, the more stacked the cast, the lower your expectations should be.
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Honest Thief posted:Triple threat is kinda underwhelming, i was expecting way more with such a promising cast. Yeah. I enjoyed it, and it had some good fights, but it was oddly low-key and basic for a Jesse V Johnson movie.
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I know it's a series, but after finally finishing Punisher season 1, I jumped into Daredevil season 3. Episode 4 has a long take scene that is freakin KILLER. Better, I think, than the hallway fight from season 1.
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Honest Thief posted:Triple threat is kinda underwhelming, i was expecting way more with such a promising cast. It had a memorable fragging scene, apart from that I don't really remember anything else from the movie  There were action scenes, famous actors said lines, it was all just so forgettable.
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Yea for me Triple Threat was one of the biggest disappointments of the year. It's not bad but the difference between what I was hoping for and what I got was pretty huge.
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Avengement is definitely the better Jesse V Johnson movie this year. More in line with the offbeat type stuff he was doing in Accident Man and The Debt Collector. Triple Threat is alright, just kinda plain in comparison.
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Triple Threat was actually filmed like 3 or 4 years ago and Jesse Johnson complained that there was lots of Chinese interference which caused changes for the worse and much delays. In any case I don't think Johnson's primary interest or skill is in showing cool fights, but in more character driven crime stories like The Debt Collector. Even in Avengement, the fights were more brutal than showy, which worked really well for the story.
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And Jeeja Yanin too. Maybe she's getting as much work as she wants, but I want another Chocloate or Raging Phoenix.
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Anyone else see The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion..? I don’t know if I could really recommend it as the first three-quarters of the runtime is like some shot-for-tv twee Korean drama about a schoolgirl winning a talent show and it drags interminably but then the last half-hour goes bonkers, maybe the s-l-o-w start makes the sudden violence all the more  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch:_Part_1._The_Subversion
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dokmo posted:Triple Threat was actually filmed like 3 or 4 years ago and Jesse Johnson complained that there was lots of Chinese interference which caused changes for the worse and much delays. In any case I don't think Johnson's primary interest or skill is in showing cool fights, but in more character driven crime stories like The Debt Collector. Even in Avengement, the fights were more brutal than showy, which worked really well for the story. The Dept Collector is really good. It switched me from mildly disliking Adkins into a fan.
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Anyone else see The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion..? I don’t know if I could really recommend it as the first three-quarters of the runtime is like some shot-for-tv twee Korean drama about a schoolgirl winning a talent show and it drags interminably but then the last half-hour goes bonkers, maybe the s-l-o-w start makes the sudden violence all the more Yeah I liked this in the end. It does take its time though.
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NoneMoreNegative posted:Anyone else see The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion..? I don’t know if I could really recommend it as the first three-quarters of the runtime is like some shot-for-tv twee Korean drama about a schoolgirl winning a talent show and it drags interminably but then the last half-hour goes bonkers, maybe the s-l-o-w start makes the sudden violence all the more It's limitations (it was clearly on a tight-ish budget) worked in its favour. Only having brief spurts of super human fighting made the fights actually have structure and beats, rather than the music video montage you get when they have infinite money.
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Lurdiak posted:If there's one thing I learned from renting random action movies from blockbusters' in my teens, the more stacked the cast, the lower your expectations should be. the best illustration of this is the surprisingly good 'The Butcher' starring loving Eric Roberts.
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Snowman_McK posted:the best illustration of this is the surprisingly good 'The Butcher' starring loving Eric Roberts. I don't care what anyone says, I love DoA. Also, heads up, Mission Impossible Fallout is free on Prime right now.
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Narzack posted:I don't care what anyone says, I love DoA. And Hulu! drat, that was such a terrific movie. Definitely my favorite of the series.
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Wu Assassins is grown-up Power Rangers and I love it.
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I'm watching Hard Target 2 because well .. it has Scott Adkins and Robert Knepper. It also has absolutely nothing to do with the first movie. At all. Completely different characters, different setting. It is just another re-telling of The Most Dangerous Game. I also seriously doubt the Hard Target name has much marketing pull 20+ years after the original movie. But I guess it was a case of "eh, we have the name. Let's use it" Quick synopsis: Scott Adkins is a MMA fighter who accidentally kills his opponent (and friend) in a fight in the US. This makes him sad and he goes to Thailand to fight people there while being sad. Robert Knepper sees him and offers him a gig for $1m which then turns out to be human hunting in Myanmar. I'm assuming Scott will do some spinkicks in the jungle or something once he starts killing bad guys.
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MrBling posted:I'm watching Hard Target 2 because well .. it has Scott Adkins and Robert Knepper. He does gun-fu against Temura Morrison and not-Kate-Beckinsale has a rocket launching motorcycle. Hard Target 2 owns. They finally adapted the script i wrote with my action figures when i was
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I recommend the director's commentary on Hard Target 2, where he discusses a lot of the realities and limitations of low budget action filmmaking. IIRC he says they had less than twenty days to shoot the whole thing and just two days to rehearse the fight scenes. They averaged 100 setups per day, which is probably 8 times what they shot on John wick 3. It's a miracle any of these direct to video movies are any good at all.
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I'll take cheap Scott Adkins movies over most any big budget action movies, because at least I know the fight scenes will be well choreographic and I'll be able to see what the hell is happening. Speaking of our hero and saviour, is Eliminators any good? I'm filling out my Adkins back catalogue and I see he has a drat zombie in there called Re-Kill. Close Range is another one I need to find. He also did a movie with JCVD called Assassination Games that I have yet to watch.
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MrBling posted:Eliminators any good? Yes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvcOzHYWMVA Edit: this post made me want to watch the movie again, which I did, and it still rules. dokmo fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Aug 31, 2019 |
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dokmo posted:I recommend the director's commentary on Hard Target 2, where he discusses a lot of the realities and limitations of low budget action filmmaking. IIRC he says they had less than twenty days to shoot the whole thing and just two days to rehearse the fight scenes. They averaged 100 setups per day, which is probably 8 times what they shot on John wick 3. It's a miracle any of these direct to video movies are any good at all. 100 setups per day is insane, the average is like 30
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A day in the life of a DTV action star consists of tons of setups and sit-ups.
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I've been catching up on classic action movies I hadn't seen, with a rewatch thrown in for good measure. Bloodsport: I know it launched JCVD's career, but really this is pretty tame. The tournament set-up, showcasing the different fighters and techniques, is great, but pretty much everyone else is more interesting than JCVD. It's fun, though! Hard To Kill: Kelly LeBrock is gorgeous, but she falls in love with a man who's been in a coma for seven years. She's clearly unfit to be a nurse. I like that the bad guys are crooked cops instead of minorities, although the actual Big Bad Guy is underused, appearing for about 5 minutes of the run-time. Seagal is a huge piece of poo poo, but he really manages to make Mason Storm a bad-rear end. It's ultra-violent as hell, incredibly over-the-top. It's currently my favorite Seagal film I've seen. Commando: Wait. So, the whole movie takes place in California suburbia? Not a jungle? John Matrix is out to save his daughter from bad guys, and he blows up a million things in the process. The practical effects in this movie are great. The plot gets surprisingly convoluted. I wasn't really able to follow motivations and the major reveals/twists went unnoticed. I loved the villains in this, though, especially David Patrick Kelly. Great movie. Rambo: The First Blood, Part II: I saw this movie twenty years ago. My dad's go-to action movies were the Rambo movies, and then a few Seagal movies. I get this one and Part 3 blurred together as a single memory. Most memorable, for me, is when the love interest gets blown away as soon as they become an on-screen couple. The jungle setting is cool, the explosions and gun fights are awesome, but the villains all being nameless soldiers kinda make this more bland than it should be. Rambo stares a lot. Lionheart: Oh man. This movie loving rules. Basically a remake of Bloodsport, but with more of JCVD's characterization--nice guy Messiah, comes back in the end despite getting the living poo poo kicked out of him, a family member to take care of, every woman wanting to gently caress him, crazy leg moves--which ultimately pays off for a rich experience. This movie sincerely kicks rear end and pumps up the audience during the last fights. The music is great, the cast is great, the acting is fascinating; it's funny, it's cool, it's exciting. Possibly my favorite JCVD? It's not as over-the-top as Hard Target, but it feels like the perfect 1990 action movie. Tonally, I can't really ask for more from what I like about these movies.
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Commando is one of my go-to pick-me-up movies, it’s outrageously stupid but also a perfect showcase of why Arnold was so good in his prime. He was a massive slab of beef with good comedy chops, with the entire movie set up to show all that off. My personal favorite bit is something SMG once pointed out, in the hotel fight scene when they accidentally break into the room where a couple are having sex, the woman is loving the man from behind. It’s such a campy, fun movie.
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