Country: Japan Starring: Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Aaron Banks, Judy Lee, Bill Louie Director: Tatsuichi Takamori (1973) Director: Simon Nuchtern (1976) Cinematographer: Joel Shapiro Music: Maurice Sarli Producer: Susumu Yoshikawa (1973) Producer: Terry Levene (1976) AKA: Chiba The Bodyguard, Viva Chiba Original Title: Karate Kiba Sometimes in this day and age it is easy to [...]
19Nov13
The Bodyguard (1973 / 1976)
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Tagged Asian Cinema, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Exploitation, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
Tagged Asian Cinema, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Exploitation, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
6Oct13
Payback
Director: Brian Helgeland (and reshoots by John Myhre) Starring: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, James Coburn, Kris Kristoferson, Willaim Devane, Bill Duke, Lucy Liu, David Paymer, Deborah Kara Unger, Jack Conley Music: Chris Boardman Based on the novel ‘The Hunter’ by Donald E. Westlake (under the pseudonym Richard Stark). The book, The Hunter on [...]
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Tagged Crime, Donald Westlake, Kris Kristopherson, Lucy Liu, Mel Gibson, Parker
Tagged Crime, Donald Westlake, Kris Kristopherson, Lucy Liu, Mel Gibson, Parker
4Sep13
Le Doulos
Like any film fanatic I have a huge mountain of films that I need to watch. I have a stack of Spaghetti Westerns that I haven’t even gotten close to, along with piles of Eurocrime, Eurospy and Eurosleaze films that are all crying out to be reviewed. I try, but a man can only squeeze [...]
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Tagged Crime, EuroCrime, French, Jean Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville
Tagged Crime, EuroCrime, French, Jean Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville
30Dec12
McGrave
Author: Lee Goldberg Publisher: Adventures in Television Published: February 2012 McGrave is a quick fire novella from Lee Goldberg, based on a pilot script for a television show, which never eventuated. And its humble beginnings are very evident as you read it. It is written in present tense as a script would be, and the [...]
30Oct12
Hurricane Smith (1992)
Country: Australia / United States Director: Colin Budds Starring: Carl Weathers, Jürgen Prochnow, Cassandra Delaney, Tony Bonner, David Argue, John Ewart Music: Brian May When Hurricane Smith was released in the early 1990s, I didn’t realise it was an Australian film – so I didn’t bother with it – figuring I would catch it at [...]
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Tagged Australia, Carl Weathers, Crime, David Argue, Jurgen Prochnow, Ozploitation
Tagged Australia, Carl Weathers, Crime, David Argue, Jurgen Prochnow, Ozploitation
29Oct12
Oasis of Fear (1971)
Country: Italy Director: Umberto Lenzi Starring: Ray Lovelock. Ornella Muti, Irene Papas, Michel Bardinet, Jacques Stany, Umberto Raho, Antonio Mellino Music: Bruno Lauzi, Claudio Fabi AKA: Dirty Pictures, An Ideal Place to Kill Original Title: Un posto ideale per uccidere On multiple occasions I have extolled the virtues of the movie Flash Gordon, starring Sam [...]
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Tagged Crime, EuroCrime, Giallo, Italy, Ornella Muti, Ray Lovelock, Umberto Lenzi
Tagged Crime, EuroCrime, Giallo, Italy, Ornella Muti, Ray Lovelock, Umberto Lenzi
12Sep12
She Shoots Straight (1990)
Country: Hong Kong Starring: Joyce Godenzi, Tony Leung, Carmina Lau, Wah Yuen, Anglie Leung, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue Pik-Wan Tang, Sarah Lee, Agnes Aurelio, Sammo Hung Screenplay: Cory Yuen, Barry Wong Director: Cory Yuen Cinematography: Moon-Tong Lau, Chi Ming Leung Music: Lowell Lo Producers: Lenard Ho, Sammo Hung Original Title: Huang jia nu jiang For [...]
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Tagged Asian Cinema, Cory Yuen, Crime, Hong Kong, Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung
Tagged Asian Cinema, Cory Yuen, Crime, Hong Kong, Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung
Country: Japan Director: Teruo Ishii Starring: Sonny Chiba, Eiji Gô, Yutaka Nakajima, Etsuko Shihomi, Kanjûrô Arashi, Ryô Ikebe, Tetsurô Tanba, Makoto Satô Music: Hajime Kaburagi Original Title: Chokugeki jigoku-ken: Dai-gyakuten The Executioner II: Karate Inferno is a broad comedic caper film, with a pinch of extreme violence added at the end (which may be somewhat [...]
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Tagged Asian Cinema, Caper, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Japan, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
Tagged Asian Cinema, Caper, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Japan, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
16Aug12
Hunter Will Get You (1976)
Country: France Director: Philipe Labro Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bruno Cremer, Jean Negroni, Patrick Fierry, Jean-Pierre Jorris, Victor Garrivier Music: Michel Columbier Original Title: L’Alpagueur One of the first movies I ever ordered from France, was L’Apagueur starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. I was going through a Belmondo phase at the time and wanted to get hold of [...]
27Jun12
French Connection II
Country: United States Director: John Frankenheimer Starring: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt Music: Don Ellis The French Connection was such a good film that any sequel was bound to pale in comparison. But French Connection 2 is not a bad film – just an inferior sequel. They key to the success of [...]
