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Movie opinions thread (what have you seen, what did you think?)
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watched Project Hail Mary. it was okay. a good watch overall. I saw lots of elements of recent space-based sci-fi movies in it. I liked what they revealed about gosling's character but I wish they did it a little earlier earlier. still, it falls short of my most recent favorite sci-fi movies - edge of tomorrow, district 9, and blade runner 2049 off the of my head.
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It's on Paramount+ (app is trash on my LG tv, buffers, crashes, wtf, this is 2026).
Watched it tonight with the boys, they enjoyed it, very silly stuff.
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Bounty Hunters - light-hearted action thriller about two bounty hunters caught up in a mob search for a hooker who witnessed a murder.
Stars Michael Dudikoff and Lisa Howard, who have a really good chemistry as the former couple now competing against each other for bounties. Despite a solid opening which introduces Dud's character, the film is a little short on big action sequences, but there are plenty of fights, and the light tone and pace keep you engaged.
If you've ever wanted to see someone rig their house with a shower dispensing pepper spray, then this is the film for you.
Stars Michael Dudikoff and Lisa Howard, who have a really good chemistry as the former couple now competing against each other for bounties. Despite a solid opening which introduces Dud's character, the film is a little short on big action sequences, but there are plenty of fights, and the light tone and pace keep you engaged.
If you've ever wanted to see someone rig their house with a shower dispensing pepper spray, then this is the film for you.
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Q & A - crime drama about a Deputy DA (Timothy Hutton) who is assigned to a "justifiable shooting" involving a tough and ruthless NYPD lieutenant (Nick Nolte) and the race to find the witness who can blow the whole case open.
Gritty, well paced and thoroughly engaging from start to finish, Q & A is a sadly overlooked film from master director Sidney Lumet. Nolte is great as Mike Brennan, the cop, who Hutton is going after - another solid turn as well, and there's a fine supporting cast in Luis Guzman, Charles Dutton, and Armand Asante.
I could less for the subplot involving Hutton and his ex-girlfriend, but fortunately this is not given an awful lot of screen time.
If you've ever wanted to see Nick Nolte put his hands down a transvestites panties and threaten to rip off its cock, then this is definitely the film for you.
Gritty, well paced and thoroughly engaging from start to finish, Q & A is a sadly overlooked film from master director Sidney Lumet. Nolte is great as Mike Brennan, the cop, who Hutton is going after - another solid turn as well, and there's a fine supporting cast in Luis Guzman, Charles Dutton, and Armand Asante.
I could less for the subplot involving Hutton and his ex-girlfriend, but fortunately this is not given an awful lot of screen time.
If you've ever wanted to see Nick Nolte put his hands down a transvestites panties and threaten to rip off its cock, then this is definitely the film for you.
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Eastern Condors- Sammo Hung’s take on The Dirty Dozen with a little Rambo and Deer Hunter thrown in for good measure.
Basically the US government sends a suicide squad of Asian convicts to Cambodia on a secret mission to destroy a cache of weapons so they don’t fall into the hands of the Viet Cong. They are aided by a trio of female Cambodian resistance fighters.
While it’s a war movie it’s still very much a Hong Kong style action movie with crazy stunts and highly choreographed hand to hand fighting. There’s still a ton of shooting and explosions but it’s mostly pretty sloppy and super unrealistic. Which is fine, it’s all pretty entertaining and rarely lets up.
Packed with recognizable HK actors including Yuen Biao, Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Wah and Joyce Godenzi. Everyone gets their little character moments which is fine but bogs down the action at times.
It’s an action packed extravaganza made at the height of the 80’s HK action boom by some of the best in the business. Highly recommended.
Basically the US government sends a suicide squad of Asian convicts to Cambodia on a secret mission to destroy a cache of weapons so they don’t fall into the hands of the Viet Cong. They are aided by a trio of female Cambodian resistance fighters.
While it’s a war movie it’s still very much a Hong Kong style action movie with crazy stunts and highly choreographed hand to hand fighting. There’s still a ton of shooting and explosions but it’s mostly pretty sloppy and super unrealistic. Which is fine, it’s all pretty entertaining and rarely lets up.
Packed with recognizable HK actors including Yuen Biao, Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Wah and Joyce Godenzi. Everyone gets their little character moments which is fine but bogs down the action at times.
It’s an action packed extravaganza made at the height of the 80’s HK action boom by some of the best in the business. Highly recommended.
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The Long Goodbye- Robert Altman’s (very) loose adaptation of the Raymond Chandler story. Elliot Gould plays Phillip Marlowe as a smart ass chain smoking slacker who finds himself caught up in a mess of murder and suicide that takes him through a sloppy maze of early 70’s Los Angeles after he drives a friend to Tijuana one night.
A bleary loose movie that’s more of a laid back ride than a typical noir mystery. Marlowe mumbles his way through some pretty bizarre and slimy situations with a nonchalant jaded perceptiveness. The loose camera work and naturalistic feel give the whole thing a surreal wonky vibe.
Highly influential, you can see obvious traces of it in everything from The Big Lebowski to Cowboy Bebop.
Definitely recommend.
A bleary loose movie that’s more of a laid back ride than a typical noir mystery. Marlowe mumbles his way through some pretty bizarre and slimy situations with a nonchalant jaded perceptiveness. The loose camera work and naturalistic feel give the whole thing a surreal wonky vibe.
Highly influential, you can see obvious traces of it in everything from The Big Lebowski to Cowboy Bebop.
Definitely recommend.
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I need to see that one, but if you haven’t seen The Long Good Friday check that one out as well. Peak Bob Hoskins and also a great flick.
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Long Good Friday is a great flick, definitely worth a watch
@terry.330 have you watched Farewell My Lovely?
I read a lot of your reviews and find we have similar tastes I have a suggestion too Mickey and Nicky
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Predator - pretty sure I've covered Predator before, but I recently acquired a nos copy of the WS LaserDisc so decided to give it a spin last night.
Fox did some really great transfers in the mid-90s, and the picture quality on this remastered widescreen release is excellent. If you still watch LDs and you like Predator, I'd highly recommend picking this one up. The uncompressed PCM soundtrack is also fantastic.
Fox did some really great transfers in the mid-90s, and the picture quality on this remastered widescreen release is excellent. If you still watch LDs and you like Predator, I'd highly recommend picking this one up. The uncompressed PCM soundtrack is also fantastic.
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Moving Target - mid-90s thriller starring Michael Dudikoff as a bounty hunter who gets caught up with the Russian mob.
Very mediocre, and it's only Dudi who keeps this floating, just, above being dull as fuck. It screams for more action scenes, but clearly there wasn't the budget, the soundtrack does not fit the action in several places, the direction is lacklustre, and the editing is wonky.
Also features Mr Lando Calrissian himself Billy Dee Williams in a supporting role - he clearly turned up for the check and not much else.
This promised so much, but failed to deliver. Shame.
If you've ever wanted to see a man chained to a radiator chained to the back of a truck and pulled down the street, then this is the film for you.
Very mediocre, and it's only Dudi who keeps this floating, just, above being dull as fuck. It screams for more action scenes, but clearly there wasn't the budget, the soundtrack does not fit the action in several places, the direction is lacklustre, and the editing is wonky.
Also features Mr Lando Calrissian himself Billy Dee Williams in a supporting role - he clearly turned up for the check and not much else.
This promised so much, but failed to deliver. Shame.
If you've ever wanted to see a man chained to a radiator chained to the back of a truck and pulled down the street, then this is the film for you.
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Tripwire - average but watchable action thriller about an ATF agent who goes rogue to rescue his kidnapped son from an international terrorist.
One of this film's issues is the lead - Terrence Knox. I'd never heard of him, but apparently he had leading roles in St. Elsewhere and Tour of Duty for a time. Anyway, he just doesn't have the charisma to lead a movie like this... it needed someone like Gary Busey. Aside from that, we have David Warner as the terrorist leader, Viggo Mortensen (in a very early role), Yaphet Kotto, and Meg Foster in a cameo, and Tommy Chong in a role so brief, if you blink, you will miss it. Charlotte Lewis is also in it, but doesn't have much to do.
Perhaps with a different lead and a better director this could have been elevated, although I suspect the script could have done with a do over as well.
One of this film's issues is the lead - Terrence Knox. I'd never heard of him, but apparently he had leading roles in St. Elsewhere and Tour of Duty for a time. Anyway, he just doesn't have the charisma to lead a movie like this... it needed someone like Gary Busey. Aside from that, we have David Warner as the terrorist leader, Viggo Mortensen (in a very early role), Yaphet Kotto, and Meg Foster in a cameo, and Tommy Chong in a role so brief, if you blink, you will miss it. Charlotte Lewis is also in it, but doesn't have much to do.
Perhaps with a different lead and a better director this could have been elevated, although I suspect the script could have done with a do over as well.
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House by the Cemetery- Part of Lucio Fulci’s “Gates of Hell” trilogy and by far the least interesting of the three.
A dysfunctional married couple and their repugnant child move into a spooky old mansion in New England. The house once belonged to the notorious Dr. Freudstien, a mad scientist who is said to have conducted heinous experiments on unsuspecting victims in the basement. The husband begins investigating what happened to the previous owners and discovers that the basement still hides a horrible secret…
It’s Dr. Freudstien. He’s still in the basement and he very awkwardly kills people.
Somehow he’s using his victims to prolong his own life. Though I’m not sure why he’d want to as judging by his appearance it’s not working out so well.
While the movie has a lot of atmosphere and Fulci’s signature style it’s a bit of a dud. Even for an Italian horror movie in the 80’s it doesn’t make sense and a lot of stuff just feels off, unintentionally. It also gives way too much screen time to Bob, the aforementioned child and he fucking sucks.
I fully expect janky nonsensical bullshit from Fulci but usually there’s at least some interesting ideas behind it. Not here unfortunately.
So yeah, it’s not great but it is weird and gross and it has a pretty good score by Walter Rizzati.
A dysfunctional married couple and their repugnant child move into a spooky old mansion in New England. The house once belonged to the notorious Dr. Freudstien, a mad scientist who is said to have conducted heinous experiments on unsuspecting victims in the basement. The husband begins investigating what happened to the previous owners and discovers that the basement still hides a horrible secret…
It’s Dr. Freudstien. He’s still in the basement and he very awkwardly kills people.
Somehow he’s using his victims to prolong his own life. Though I’m not sure why he’d want to as judging by his appearance it’s not working out so well.
While the movie has a lot of atmosphere and Fulci’s signature style it’s a bit of a dud. Even for an Italian horror movie in the 80’s it doesn’t make sense and a lot of stuff just feels off, unintentionally. It also gives way too much screen time to Bob, the aforementioned child and he fucking sucks.
I fully expect janky nonsensical bullshit from Fulci but usually there’s at least some interesting ideas behind it. Not here unfortunately.
So yeah, it’s not great but it is weird and gross and it has a pretty good score by Walter Rizzati.
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Crackerjack - Die Hard in a ski-resort, with Thomas Ian Griffith, Nastasaja Kinski, and Christopher Plummer.
Pretty entertaining for a low-budget Die Hard rip-off, Plummer seems to be enjoying himself in the Hans Gruber role, although he doesn't chew the scenery quite like Alan Rickman does.
I liked it. Doesn't overstay its welcome at just over 90 minutes, the cast and direction are both good, although, I would say Kinski is wasted in her role, has little to do other than look gorgeous... there's probably a dozen or more actresses they could have successfully put in this part, and the producers save some money.
If you've ever wanted to see Christopher Plummer play an East German terrorist with dreams of creating the fourth Reich, then this is the film for you.
Pretty entertaining for a low-budget Die Hard rip-off, Plummer seems to be enjoying himself in the Hans Gruber role, although he doesn't chew the scenery quite like Alan Rickman does.
I liked it. Doesn't overstay its welcome at just over 90 minutes, the cast and direction are both good, although, I would say Kinski is wasted in her role, has little to do other than look gorgeous... there's probably a dozen or more actresses they could have successfully put in this part, and the producers save some money.
If you've ever wanted to see Christopher Plummer play an East German terrorist with dreams of creating the fourth Reich, then this is the film for you.
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Last Man Standing - entertaining but completely unoriginal action thriller from 90s Cannon - PM Entertainment.
Jeff Wincott is a cop who gets caught in the middle of a bunch of corrupt cops and a gang of bank robbers, and naturally goes on to take them down.
Don't bother trying to engage your brain with this one, just go along for the ride, there's plenty of solid action scenes to soak up the 90 minute run time. We also get the bonus of the great Jonathan Banks as Wincott's partner, although, sadly, he's killed off fairly early on.
If you've ever wanted to see an excessive number of stunts involving men jumping through glass panels, then this is the film for you.
Jeff Wincott is a cop who gets caught in the middle of a bunch of corrupt cops and a gang of bank robbers, and naturally goes on to take them down.
Don't bother trying to engage your brain with this one, just go along for the ride, there's plenty of solid action scenes to soak up the 90 minute run time. We also get the bonus of the great Jonathan Banks as Wincott's partner, although, sadly, he's killed off fairly early on.
If you've ever wanted to see an excessive number of stunts involving men jumping through glass panels, then this is the film for you.
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Diplomatic Immunity - lame action thriller about a soldier out for revenge against the son of a foreign leader who killed his daughter.
I didn't know much about lead actor Bruce Boxleitner before watching this, and I don't care to know more after the fact. There's a great supporting cast that includes Billy Drago, Robert Forster, Robert DoQui, Matthias Hues, and Meg Foster, but they're all wasted in this borefest.
The biggest issue is the film has no tension. It's just flat. From start to finish. Its 90 minute run time feels a lot longer.
The score is rubbish, and the action feels like someone took inspiration from a weak episode of the A-Team and decided they could make it more edgy, but ended up doing the opposite.
Yep, even the awesome Billy Drago can't save this one.
If you've ever wanted to see a 10 year-old kid take on a small platoon of police, who have a mini-tank, with just an Uzi, then this is the film for you.
I didn't know much about lead actor Bruce Boxleitner before watching this, and I don't care to know more after the fact. There's a great supporting cast that includes Billy Drago, Robert Forster, Robert DoQui, Matthias Hues, and Meg Foster, but they're all wasted in this borefest.
The biggest issue is the film has no tension. It's just flat. From start to finish. Its 90 minute run time feels a lot longer.
The score is rubbish, and the action feels like someone took inspiration from a weak episode of the A-Team and decided they could make it more edgy, but ended up doing the opposite.
Yep, even the awesome Billy Drago can't save this one.
If you've ever wanted to see a 10 year-old kid take on a small platoon of police, who have a mini-tank, with just an Uzi, then this is the film for you.
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This and Solo will be the only SW movies I won’t bother to see in theaters.
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I mean i’m probably not going to watch it lol. Just wondering if any of the dad goobs here took their kids to it.
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Watching movies at the theaters has become less interesting since my Atmos 5.1.4 upgrade.
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Is it available on LaserDisc?
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