Category: 80s Action
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Blade Runner: Director’s Cut (1982)
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Read more: Blade Runner: Director’s Cut (1982)Blade Runner is simply a masterpiece. There is no other way to put it. Minus the story, which is a good Philip K. Dick one, the production design alone could hold my attention for two hours. The visuals are absolutely foreign without being beyond the realm of belief.
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A Few More Ruthless Villains: 80’s Action Edition
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Read more: A Few More Ruthless Villains: 80’s Action EditionA Few Ruthless Movie Villains is a popular article that I wrote a few years ago. Time flies, and it is now past time to honor some more unsavory bad guys, this time, 80’s Action style. I will concentrate on the attributes or tags of villain, bully, and sheer nastiness. Most of the movies are…
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Starring Debuts # 22: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian (1982)
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Read more: Starring Debuts # 22: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan the Barbarian (1982)Arnie actually made his starring debut in 1970’s Hercules in New York (in which he must have been about sixteen) but I’m going to ignore it because it’s a cheapie load of embarrassing rubbish.
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Wake of Death: 90’s Inaction
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Read more: Wake of Death: 90’s InactionIs there another kind of wake?
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Against The Dark: 90’s Inaction
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Read more: Against The Dark: 90’s Inaction28 months too late.
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Every Predator Movie: Is too much of a good thing a bad thing?
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Read more: Every Predator Movie: Is too much of a good thing a bad thing?I love Predator. But do I love him after watching all 5 movies in a row?
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Full Metal Jacket
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Read more: Full Metal JacketWar, from the loss of self to ultimately the loss of life, has never been as thoroughly examined as in Kubrick’s much misunderstood Full Metal Jacket.
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Commando: Dave Franklin says…
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Read more: Commando: Dave Franklin says…If you’re the sort of guy who dresses his semi-automatic rifle in a see-through negligee just before beddy-byes and snuggles up tight while dreaming about his erect penis turning into the aforementioned weapon and walking butt-naked down the street spraying cock bullets at all those other puny men, then Commando is the one for you.…
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Year of the Dragon (1985)
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Read more: Year of the Dragon (1985)Synopsis: ‘Chinatown, it’s a different scene/There are people there, they are so obscene’ Director: Michael Cimino Cast: Mickey Rourke, John Lone, Ariane, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Dennis Dun, Leonard Termo You got any idea what it’s like to scale the heights and then plunge into a shit pit as a fair chunk of the…
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The Cannonball Run
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Read more: The Cannonball RunAmerica before The Fall. The Cannonball Run. Could a film more accurately encapsulate the competitive ass kickery that once consumed our culture? I think not. Let’s delve into the devolution of how us Americans interpret a race