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I particularly love the score of that film! Amazing stuff.
A prequel..
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Under Siege 2 Dark Territory.
Both Seagal and Van Damme started falling apart around the same time.
That movie is pretty bad. Seagal made a deal that he will do Under Siege 2 if he could be the director for On Deadly Ground.
Above The Law, Hard To Kill, Marked For Death and Out For Justice are just as good.
I Prefer 2nd one over the 1st.
I know that Van Dame had some drugs troubles back in the 90's, but I am not going to lie, I have enjoyed a lot of his recent films, as well as those in his heyday. He has kept in shape, and is still believeable at what he does. Whereas Seagal can barely move these days. I think the film is called Code Of Honour, where Seagal spends most of the film sitting down. Which is probaly for the best, as these days during fights, he is either filmed in an extreme close up, or from behind where it is obviously not Seagal.
I watched that one a lot as a kid. I always enjoyed the jewelry store fight scenes, never get tired of watching Seagal whip those boys into glass display cases.
If I had to pick I'd say Seagal last good movie was Exit Wounds.
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It's a spectacle, coming from a guy who genuinely appreciates Seagal and who takes us through all of his films. So in order to make some sense of it all, I committed myself during the first lockdown to literally watch every . single . film Seagal's ever been seen in. Oh boy... I wasn't sure my girlfriend would say yes when I proposed to her a few days after finishing this marathon. :D
His acting and his fight scene was the best you will get in his older films. His acting got worse and worse in his newer movies and his fight scene just looked like a lazy mess in his new movies. At least in his older movies he did care what he put out.
I had seen this in the cinema, but had forgotten most things about it. A quirky comedy thriller from John Landis, while having a great cast, crams it with cameos from Directors like Jonathan Demme, Don Siegel, Paul Bartel and even Jim Henson is in there, among others. A convoluted plot about smuggled diamonds, Jeff Goldblum plays an ordinary joe, suffering from insomnia, who, while out driving, has Michelle Pfeiffer fall on his bonnet, and the chase is on!
Landis himself plays part of a quartet of hitmen who steal the film with some silly slapstick. Oh, and theres a good appearance from David Bowie as a very nasty killer.
You gotta hand it to Landis, he seems capable of getting his leading ladies to disrobe in his films, Jamie Lee Curtis in 'Trading Places', Jenny Agutter in 'An American Werewolf in London' and Pfeiffer obliges here!
An oddity!
thriller. One odd bit of Information I learned was this started as a Tom Cruise
movie but he dropped out so the script was changed to suit a Female agent.
To be fair, Ms. Agutter has always been more than generous with her anatomy : Walkabout, Equus, Logan's Run....
Too true! She was, I believe trying to get away from her goody two shoes image from 'The Railway Children'!
No offence to Ms. Curtis and Pfeiffer but she would always be my choice. Particularly in 'Logans Run'! For fans of her, you can also catch sight of the delightful Ms Agutter in the altogether in a little seen western called 'China 9, Liberty 37' !
Pretty sure there's also a later role that was going to go to Jolie but was then tweaked and given to Cruise instead, to bring things full circle (I swear I've read this a few times online before but can't find anything on it now, so perhaps I'm wrong. Interesting if it's true.)
Definitely my favorite Italian film of all time and one of my favorites in general. Every shot in this is a work of art and I love getting lost in Sorrentino's films. It's incredibly beautiful.
Classic Ealing Studios crime drama. Not only does this film feature an early appearance from Dirk Bogarde as a wrong 'un, but also the first appearance of Jack Warner as PC George Dixon, a role that he would reprise on tv in Dixon of Dock Green from 1955 to 1976.
I remember the massive hype for this in '89. For me, i was more stoked for Daltons return in LTK!
Question is, did it live up to the hype? For me, its a resounding No! I always have issues with Tim Burton. Theres no doubt he creates great images, and, well, weirdness. But i think his story telling is lacking. Most of this film bored me. There are memorable moments, but I never find it really enjoyable to watch. And then theres Jack! Well Nicholson is always worth watching, but I think he dominates this too much. It probably should have been called 'The Joker'! Anyway, my favourite thing about 'Batman' is Danny Elfmans wonderful theme!
And the Batmobile, designed by the late, tragic Anton Furst! Other then that, it was overrated!
Even better than Fellini's films ?
Waterworld Ulyssus edition - I saw this movie originaly in cinema and liked it, this Arrow presentation is excellent and the movie has not aged all that much. Still a good movie
This one just lingers with me like no other, though that's not to put down Fellini by any stretch, as he's certainly one of the masters. I've got more of his work to get through, haven't seen it all, but Fellini Satyricon and Amarcord have always stood out to me.
I’ve yet to see those two Fellini films, but I’ve seen La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vida, all masterpieces, especially La Strada. If you haven’t seen any of those, then I very highly recommend you do.