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The Shadow (1994)
Directed by Russell MulcahyWritten by David Koepp Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Anne Miller, Ian McKellen, Peter Boyle, Tim Curry, Johnathan Winters, Sab Shimono, James Hong. Not long after the First World War, Lamont Cranston (Baldwin), has set himself up in Tibet as Ying-Ko, a drug kingpin. one day he is kidnapped by a mysterious…
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Die Hard 2
Directed by Renny HarlinWritten by Steven E de Souza, Doug RichardsonBased on the novel 58 minutes by Walter Wager (characters by Roderick Thorp) Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedilia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Franco Nero, Reginald VelJohnson, John Amos, Dennis Franz, Art Evans, Fred Dalton Thompson, Tom Bower. In this sequel to the 1987 smash hit, sees…
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
Director Renny HarlinWritten by Shane Black Geena Davis, Samuel L Jackson, Craig Bierko, Brian Cox, Patrick Malahide, Tom Amandes, Yvonne Zima, David Morse, Melina Kanakaredes, GD Spradlin, Rex Linn, Joseph McKenna. Eight years ago Charlene Baltimore (Davis) was one of the best assassins within the secret US Government group ‘Chapter’. When her potential target, tried…
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Lethal Weapon (1987)
Directed by Richard DonnerWritten by Shane Black Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitch Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Woolfe, Jackie Swanson, Mary Ellen Trainor, Steve Kahan, Grand L Bush, Al Leong. In this 1980’s action yarn, also set at Christmas (but a Christmas movie?), introduces two newly partnered cops. There is traditional family…
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Die Hard (1988)
Director John McTiernanWritten by Jeb Stuart, Steven E deSouzaNovel by Roderick Thorp Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Alexander Godunov, Paul Gleeson, De’voreaux White, William Atherton, Hart Bochner, James Shigeta, Clarence Gilyard Jr, Al Leong, Robert Davi, Grand L Bush. Its Christmas Eve and New York police detective John McClane (Willis) heads to…
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Bullet Train
Directed by David LeitchWritten by Zak Olkewicz Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree-Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benito A Martinez Ocasio, Zazee Beetz, Logan Lerman, Masi Oka, Michael Shannon, Sandra Bullock. Set on the Bullet Train in Japan, this action yarn sees an assassin – code-named Butterfly (Pitt), taking over for another hit-man…
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The Hunt (2020)
Directed by Craig Gobel Written by Nick Cuse & Damon Lindelof Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Ike Barinholtz, Amy Madigan, Glenn Howerton, Ethan Suplee, Emma Roberts, Sturgil Simpson, Reed Birney, Steve Coulter, Wayne Duvall. A group of individuals awaken to find themselves in a field. They all have gags locked into their mouths, and having been given a small array of weaponry, they…
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Breakdown (1997)
Directed by Jonathan Mostow Written by Jonathan Mostow & Sam Montgomery Kurt Russell, JT Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan, MC Gainey, Jack Noseworthy, Rex Linn, Ritch Brinkley, Moira Sinese, Jack McGee. In my re-watch of the mid 1990’s films, is a tense action thrill ride from the get go, right up until the closing credits. Russell plays Jeff, who is moving cross country with wife…
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Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Zelko Ivanek, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Pitt, Michael Stuhlbarg. Marty (Farrell) is an alcoholic screenwriter with writers block, who is best friends with Billy (Rockwell). Billy and his friend Hans (Walken) are partners in a dog-napping business where…
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Nobody (2021)
Director Ilya NaishullerWriter Derek Kolstad Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Neilsen, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Ironside, Colin Salmon, RZA. Long time married man Hutch (Odenkirk) is living a monotonous and repetitive life. His job is boring, his son tolerates him and his marriage is hanging by a thread. One night his family is a target of…
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The River Wild (1994)
Director Curtis HansonWriter Denis O’Neill Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, Joseph Mazzello, John C Reilly. In this mid 90’s action thriller we see the story of former thrill seeker Gail (Streep), now a middle aged housewife with a troubled marriage. She has planned a white water river travel for her son’s (Mazzello) birthday, having…
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Guns Akimbo (2020)
Written & Directed by Jason Howden Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Ned Dennehy, Grant Bower, Edwin Wright, Rhys Darby. Miles (Radcliffe) lives a fairly ordinary life as a computer programmer, in a post modern and alternate to ‘real life’ city. He enjoys ‘trolling’ people on internet comments sections. One night he logs onto…
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Eraser (1996)
Director Chuck RussellWritten by Tony Puryear, Walton Green, Michael S Chernuchin. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, Gerry Becker, James Coburn, Robert Pastorelli, James Cromwell, Danny Nucci, Nick Chinlund, Andy Romano, Joe Viterelli, Mark Rolston, John Slatterey. Arnie is at his 90s’ “Arnie-est” – playing a US Marshal John Kruger who is responsible for putting…
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