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I was surprised by Pistol Whipped. Given the quality of his films at that point, it's very good. He even put more effort in with his performance. I don't know what he had been paid..... a harem of 20-something eastern european budding actresses, but something kept him engaged in the film. However, what betrays the film as a late 2000's Segal, is his noticeable weight.
I am aware of The Foreigner and Ticker by name only. Massive CGI explosion? :-? Could that be Sniper Spcial Ops?
No, it's from the 2000s. There's a CGI explosion when Seagal and his female co-star and leaving the top of a building in a helicopter.
Edit: I think it's Black Dawn.
It’s still as funny as it was when it came out. A easy watch for anyone, nothing sad happens. Yzma is still one of the best Disney villains. Highly recommended for anyone. It definitely had a unique history of what it was originally supposed to be.
I wanted to revisit the Big G. It's mainly a popcorn movie, but the monsters are (almost) all top notch, especially Kumonga.
Interesting only for being Buster Keaton s debut short film, where he plays the character Slim, a rival to Fatty Arbuckle.
Aliens (1986)
Great and entertaining sci-fi/action/horror film, directed by James Cameron.
4/5
Have zero interest in these films since I saw the original in the cinema! But brought my service users to see it, most of whom were big fans! Surprisingly enjoyable for the first hour or so, and then I lost all interest as it limped to its poorly staged finale. Great to see Jeff Goldblum doing his schtick, but what producers see in that actiing vacuum that is Chris Pratt, I will never know ( Pratt by name....!) Like Tom Holland, I will try and avoid anything either of them are in!
It takes many cuts.
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The Glimmer Man is like SE7EN meets Seagal. Half Past Dead is like The Matrix meets Seagal. Interesting how despite being a theatrical release, it already feels like a DTV movie. The supporting cast, while featuring a couple of cool performances, consists of actors with less market value than before. Seagal fights very little and disappears for long stretches.
That's not cutting, that's how Seagal can kick you out of the window. So much force, you smash through the window repeatedly.
Isn't Glimmer Man the one where he went on set one morning, and out of the blue, decided that he didn't want to kill anyone onscreen anymore? I think it is. I haven't got around to watching that one yet.
That's the one. Stephen Tobolowsky told that story. He tried to persuade Seagal to kill him by appealing to the concept of reincarnation.
The Glimmer Man is good fun with a clever story. I feel much of its success rests on the casting of Keenen Ivory Wayans. The film is much better than Half Past Dead, at least.
I'm going to be honest, I did not expect to like this film as much as I did. I didn't think Pattinson could pull this off, I was wrong. Easily my favourite Batman since the Burton/Keaton films. And that Batmoble, oh my lawd...
More like this, please.
Watching this film, I could actually feel myself lose the will to live. About the only good thing that I can say about End Of A Gun, is that as least the film didn't expect us to buy into a romance between Seagal and his 36-years-his-junior female lead, as if it were Entrapment. And how on earth does he sneak up on anyone, wouldn't they hear him wheezing from the exertion from having to stand up longer than 5 seconds? I know movies are make believe, but that's pushing it.
---The Good
1. Under Siege (1992)
2. Nico (1988)
3. Out For Justice (1991)
4. Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
5. Exit Wounds (2001)
6. Pistol Whipped (2008)
7. Fire Down Below (1997)
---The Bad
8. Out Of Reach (2004)
9. The Keeper (2009)
10. Into The Sun (2005)
11. Against The Dark (2009)
12. Flight Of Fury (2007)
13. Submerged (2005)
---The Ugly
14. Beyond The Law (2019)
***15 . End Of A Gun (2016)***
16. Born To Raise Hell (2010)
17. Sniper: Special Ops (2016)
On the upside, I had to go and cleanse my palette by watching Hard Target. :-bd
As always, funny and inventive. Like you, I have also been on a Keaton kick, but have mostly watched his shorter films.
Pretty much every film Keaton made between 1920 and 1929 is excellent, aside from The Saphead, which he only starred in.
Here's my personal ranking of his shorts. It's not too far from the general consensus. The list goes from masterpiece to merely very good:
One Week
The Boat
Cops
The Goat
The Playhouse
Day Dreams
Neighbors
The Scarecrow
The Paleface
Convict 13
Hard Luck
The High Sign
The Blacksmith
The Frozen North
My Wife's Relations
The Electric House
The Haunted House
The Balloonatic
The Love Nest
And's here's my ranking of his features, again going from best (masterpiece) to least best (very good):
The General
Sherlock Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
The Navigator
Our Hospitality
Seven Chances
Go West
The Cameraman
Battling Butler
College
Three Ages
Spite Marriage
After sound came in Keaton lost creative control, so none of his MGM starring features are essential viewing. The best of the bunch are Parlor, Bedroom, and Bath, The Passionate Plumber, and Speak Easily. The absolute worst is Free and Easy. His best sound feature was made away from Hollywood: Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (1934).
The best part of the film...
I felt the same way entirely. Amazing costumes and set design, a good sense of atmosphere, but nothing beyond that for me. I found it slightly better than his Baby Driver but that's not saying much, as I despised that one.
I forgot about Baby Driver I have still not seen it.
I found the the main character quite irritating in Last Night in Soho which did not help, after an interesting start I don't think the film knew what it wanted to do.
I enjoyed Last Night in Soho to an extent. I thought it was well shot and well performed. The seamless in-camera transitioning between Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy was the best part, and it was wonderful to see Diana Rigg in a final role that wasn't simply some cameo but rather a significant part of the story.
That said, the film fell flat for me in the end. I couldn't help but compare it to Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan and realize Aronofsky had already said everything Wright wanted to but so much better. That's the problem with Soho: it's all surface level with heavy-handed management of the story's themes. The overabundance of CGI apparitions detracted somewhat from the atmosphere too.
While there were elements to be admired here, as the credits rolled I realized I had no interest in seeing it again...but did feel inspired to revisit Black Swan. Wright's best for me are still Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Scott Pilgrim.
You're entering some Dark Territory here by watching these most recent Seagal movies. I won't venture that far.
Hard Target... a full-course dinner. Van Damme with greasy hair, Lance Henriksen being a mean bastard, Arnold Vosloo's accent, Wilford Brimley riding a horse, the coolest slow-mo action with great choreography and sound design...
I've got 3 theatrically-released, Seagal-starring films left to watch. I've already got them in my hands, but I'm saving them for later in the year. Further down the line, I'll make time for some Seagal DTVs, with The Patriot, Ticker, The Foreigner, Black Dawn, Pistol Whipped..... and Van Damme's Assassination Games which you recommended a while back. Subject to when I can get them.
In one of Keaton s shorts (I believe its one from the early 20s), there is a scene similar to the "couch gag" from the Spectre pts. Even the facial expression as he gets up and walks off is almost the same, which makes me think it s an intentional Buster Keaton homage.
That's gold. I'm guessing you don't remember the title? I've seen a lot of Keaton love in films of late, whether it's Johnny Knoxville recreating a small stunt from one of Keaton's feature films to the overt nod in John Wick: Chapter 2 and more.
Not forgetting the striking beauty of Yancy Butler (she had a great 'wide-eyed stare', like when Van Damme grabs the rattlesnake as it was about to strike her). Hard Target is my favourite Van Damme film. I would also go a step further, and call it my favourite action movie ever, for all the things that we have both just listed.
"Eh Randle, next time I come back here, I cut me a steak. *stabs scissors into the wall*"
Assassination Games is is another firm favourite Van Damme film. With that one, you get two for one, as it also stars Scott Adkins. And the actor that plays the main villian, gives off nasty piece of work vibes. Though he is no match for the Van Damame / Adkins team-up.
As for Seagal films, when I started out with this ranking, I had seen no Segal movies made after Submerged (2005). I had only heard about his post 2005 films from other people. I wanted to see with my own eyes. With the exception of Pistol Whipped, it's as I feared. He could have saved himself a lot of ridicule if he had retired years ago. Van Damme has (or had?) an ego, but he at least also has self awareness. I couldn't imagine Segal poking fun at his image in something like Welcome To The Jungle (2013).
I have seen it, but this was back in the 80s, so I don t recall much of it.
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This film does admittedly have a weak script with some clunky and hokey dialogue, despite that there is enough crazy shenanigans going on to make this a lot of fun.
Sam Raimi delivers with the direction and visuals, that's why this film is worth watching.