Title: Gunshine State Author: Andrew Nette Publisher: 280 Steps (pictured above) First Published: 2016 The Heist Always Goes Wrong You may have met Gary Chance, the central protagonist in Gunshine State, before. I’m reluctant to describe him as a hero, because Chance is a career crim – yeah, he’s a bit of a bastard. Chance previously appeared in the […]
Tagged Andrew Nette, Australia, Crime, Crime Fiction, Gary Chance, Gunshine State
Recently, I had a chance to throw a few tough questions at my friend and mentor, Paul Bishop, about his latest novel, Lie Catchers, which has just been released by Pro Se Productions. From my hollowed out volcano, I grilled him on the story, and his writing career. David Foster: Firstly, Paul, welcome to P2K, […]
Tagged Crime, Crime Fiction, Lie Catchers, Paul Bishop
Country: United States Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman, Albert Popwell Music: Lalo Schifrin I am sure that I do not have to introduce the character of Dirty Harry Callahan. Sudden Impact was the fourth film in the Dirty Harry series, preceded by Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, and The […]
Tagged Bradford Dillman, Clint Eastwood, Crime, Dirty Harry
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 […]
Tagged Asian Cinema, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Exploitation, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
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 […]
Tagged Crime, Donald Westlake, Kris Kristopherson, Lucy Liu, Mel Gibson, Parker
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 […]
Tagged Crime, EuroCrime, French, Jean Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville
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 […]
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 […]
Tagged Australia, Carl Weathers, Crime, David Argue, Jurgen Prochnow, Ozploitation
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 […]
Tagged Crime, EuroCrime, Giallo, Italy, Ornella Muti, Ray Lovelock, Umberto Lenzi
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 […]
Tagged Asian Cinema, Cory Yuen, Crime, Hong Kong, Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung