Movie review thread...
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Shakedown (aka Blue Jean Cop) was one of my favourite childhood movies.
Review of ‘Shakedown’ (1988) ★★★★
Two movies in one, the first is a relatively breezy courtroom drama about a public defender played by Peter Weller, who goes all in on the case of a drug dealer who killed a crooked cop in self…
Two movies in one, the first is a relatively breezy courtroom drama about a public defender played by Peter Weller, who goes all in on the case of a drug dealer who killed a crooked cop in self defense all the while falling back in love with an old flame who is the ADA, the other is high-80s action with Sam Elliot as a Texas shitkicker who also an undercover narc. This movie luxuriates in the depravity of crack-era New York City. Multiple scenes of crack orgies, crack parties, women getting turned out for crack, dirty cops, and crack dealing. Its gritty portrayal of 80s NYC, with all real locations, is slightly undercut by scenes where Elliot and Weller do shootouts on motorcycles and Elliot takes down a plane by shooting the engines from the landing gear and it narrowly misses the Twin Towers. High-test 80s shit. A must see.
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Started watching Gunpowder Milkshake last night (it's on Netflix US for free but at cinemas in NZ).
Much drier than the ads make out, trying a bit too hard to be a cool female action movie that appeal to men.
I snoozed off so may have to have another go to see if it was a slow burn -
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Tomorrow War
Time travel version of Aliens and Starship Troopers. Much, much worse than it sounds.
oh i cam to review this
watched on friday. had a couple of wines first. Got in trouble from family by yelling "it doesn't matter because x will happen you fucking idiots"
They then go "oh, but we could do x" and look it works. sorta
it's very very average despite Chris Pratt and a hot chick.
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@mariner4life I didnt mind it.
Not a great film or a classic, but a decent watch
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@crucial said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Started watching Gunpowder Milkshake last night (it's on Netflix US for free but at cinemas in NZ).
Much drier than the ads make out, trying a bit too hard to be a cool female action movie that appeal to men.
I snoozed off so may have to have another go to see if it was a slow burnOk. Watching again now. Was obviously too tired last night for it. Think John Wick with chicks and a sense of humour.
Three and a half milkshakes out of five library books. -
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
yelling "it doesn't matter because x will happen you fucking idiots"
Could be the tagline for pretty much every single time travel movie.
But this one - jesus, even all the work they went to in creating a purpose and/or emotional weight/importance to that first half... thrown away. Or rather, blown up... with C4.I keep meaning to re-watch Primer... as I have a vague memory that it actually kinda made sense. But I was a young optimistic fool when I watched it. Now - re-watching as a G.O.M. - I'll probably be spluttering with rage at the inconsistencies, without even having the decency of a veneer of aliens and 'splosions and a hot chick to distract.
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@Kruse if you are looking for a movie to watch...
Currently has a rating of 7.2/10 (10 people have rated it)
It is very topical
Nine people have been locked down together in a house while trying to make a movie. Unknowingly, one of their group is infected with Covid-19. The next three weeks become a life and death struggle for survival with no help from the outside amidst a global pandemic and national chaos.
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@kruse said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
yelling "it doesn't matter because x will happen you fucking idiots"
Could be the tagline for pretty much every single time travel movie.
But this one - jesus, even all the work they went to in creating a purpose and/or emotional weight/importance to that first half... thrown away. Or rather, blown up... with C4.I keep meaning to re-watch Primer... as I have a vague memory that it actually kinda made sense. But I was a young optimistic fool when I watched it. Now - re-watching as a G.O.M. - I'll probably be spluttering with rage at the inconsistencies, without even having the decency of a veneer of aliens and 'splosions and a hot chick to distract.
was about to say 'watch Primer' when I read your second paragraph. It holds together really well, but absolutely screws with yoru head. You may need (SPOILER ALERT) something like this
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@taniwharugby said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Kruse if you are looking for a movie to watch...
Currently has a rating of 7.2/10 (10 people have rated it)
It is very topical
Nine people have been locked down together in a house while trying to make a movie. Unknowingly, one of their group is infected with Covid-19. The next three weeks become a life and death struggle for survival with no help from the outside amidst a global pandemic and national chaos.
10 people have rated it... let's count... 9 cast members, 1 producer/cameraman?
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The Hitman's bodyguard. Samuel L Jackson being Samuel L Jackson. Ryan Reynolds being Ryan Reynolds. A cameo from the lovely Salma Hayek. Lots of gun play, explosions and dead Belarusian mercenaries. A fun mindless watch, 4 unkillable assassins out of 5 emotionally retarded ex-AAA level bodyguards
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Hitman's bodyguard. Samuel L Jackson being Samuel L Jackson. Ryan Reynolds being Ryan Reynolds. A cameo from the lovely Salma Hayek. Lots of gun play, explosions and dead Belarusian mercenaries. A fun mindless watch, 4 unkillable assassins out of 5 emotionally retarded ex-AAA level bodyguards
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@crucial said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@crucial said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Started watching Gunpowder Milkshake last night (it's on Netflix US for free but at cinemas in NZ).
Much drier than the ads make out, trying a bit too hard to be a cool female action movie that appeal to men.
I snoozed off so may have to have another go to see if it was a slow burnOk. Watching again now. Was obviously too tired last night for it. Think John Wick with chicks and a sense of humour.
Three and a half milkshakes out of five library books.Enjoyed it
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@bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Hitman's bodyguard. Samuel L Jackson being Samuel L Jackson. Ryan Reynolds being Ryan Reynolds. A cameo from the lovely Salma Hayek. Lots of gun play, explosions and dead Belarusian mercenaries. A fun mindless watch, 4 unkillable assassins out of 5 emotionally retarded ex-AAA level bodyguards
I'm bound to give that a go too
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The Courier. 60s period spy film set at the time of the Cuban missile crisis, based on a true story. The two leads, one was Benedict Cumberpatch, had a great chemistry. The film pulled you in and was quite gripping at times, as the characters played cat and mouse with the KGB, with barely a shot fired. 4.5 everyday businessmen doing extraordinary things out of 5 soon to be disgraced Soviet colonels
House of Quarantine (2020) ⭐ 2.4 | Thriller
