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486,299 | 386,241 | 105,898 | 4 | Amateurish , but not as bad as it looks | The first thing you should know about " Zipperface " is that it was shot on video , so it has that peculiar " home-video-ish " look that is terribly distracting and makes it hard to take this seriously as a " real " film . And " Zipperface " indeed looks as if a bunch of amateurs got together for an attempt at a " real... |
486,351 | 386,241 | 82,399 | 4 | Really tacky . | The only thing " Force : Five " proves is that the chances of finding a good American martial-arts film are about as many as those of finding a good Hong Kong Western . Yes , the film stars real martial artists who obviously know their stuff , but keep in mind that : a ) most of them can't act ( Richard Norton is excep... |
485,856 | 386,241 | 70,672 | 4 | Great car chase , but can you stay awake until then ? | I don't know if this exceptionally dull movie was intended as an unofficial sequel to ' The French Connection " , but it does have many of the same drawbacks : the script is so confusing that the viewer remains uninvolved and feels left out of the picture , and the direction is so cold , so lacking in energy , that eve... |
486,408 | 386,241 | 94,889 | 4 | Extremely superficial . | Cocktail is a slick , thoroughly empty comedy-drama in the corny-junky tradition of " Dirty Dancing " . The people are all beautiful , the locations gorgeous , and the soundtrack is packed with MTV-style songs . Dramatically , it's just a collection of old cliches and LAUGHABLY old stereotypes ( Shue's typically stup... |
487,363 | 386,241 | 114,666 | 4 | A familiar and drawn-out thriller . | Awfully familiar thriller stuff that takes longer to play out than it should and ends with a particularly overdone , overextended climax . The performances are generally good and there are a few bits of imaginative camerawork , but the familiarity of the material proves to be overwhelming . The film has no personality ... |
486,522 | 386,241 | 86,051 | 4 | With this cast , it should've been much better . | With this once-in-a-lifetime cast ( reuniting the four greatest blaxploitation stars of the early seventies ) , this picture should be more fun than it is . Someone seems to have drained the life out of these performers ; Jim Brown , in particular , comes off very badly ( judging only from this movie , you'd come to th... |
486,219 | 386,241 | 79,488 | 4 | Bronson is fatigued , and so are we . | This is an extremely boring Bronson thriller , one of those movies that nobody has seen , and deservedly so . Charlie looks understandably fatigued , Rod Steiger gives a hammy performance as the gangland boss and Henry Silva plays an assassin very much like the one he played in " Sharky's Machine " , only far less memo... |
485,739 | 386,241 | 79,522 | 4 | Overrated - to say the least . | Many films that remain even today wildly overrated come from the 70's . They are films that have either aged badly ( " Jaws " ) or were never any good in the first place ( " The French Connection " ) , and continue to receive excessive praise over the years , without really deserving it . " Manhattan " should be includ... |
485,600 | 386,241 | 110,108 | 4 | Not among Tweed's best | Illicit Dreams is not the first film to feature the premise of a woman who has recurring nightmares ( remember " Still of the Night " ? ) , and it certainly isn't the best , either . But this being an erotic thriller that fails both with the eroticism and with the thrills , we have to content ourselves with whatever ... |
486,342 | 386,241 | 90,970 | 4 | There are about 100 tortures in your living room . . . the 101st must be the pacing of this movie . | In the opening and closing credits , the filmmakers acknowledge the services of sleep research centers and consultants in the making of this movie . But while there is some educational dialogue about dreams , the main concept - the heroine acting out her dreams - is not as innovative as they seem to think ; haven't the... |
486,027 | 386,241 | 59,549 | 4 | Tedious . | Mostly tedious spy / WWII film , filled with uninteresting characters and lifeless , inexpressive performances . There are maybe one or two tense moments and some good explosions at the end , but generally the pace is way too slow for a movie that goes on for 112 minutes . |
486,677 | 386,241 | 90,927 | 4 | Claptrap ! | Dumb , claptrap about the hijacking of a plane by Arab terrorists and the rescue attempt by the all-American Delta Force unit . Of course , there is absolutely no suspense , since the movie stars Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin as the good guys - how can the viewer have even the slightest doubt about whether they will succ... |
486,829 | 386,241 | 86,141 | 4 | - all of them for Kay Lenz | This stereotypical , low-grade fantasy lacks both the budget and the directorial imagination to be really exciting . The only epic thing about it is the music score . The film is too cheesy for most adults , but it also has some unpleasant scenes that are unsuitable for kids - making you wonder what audience exactly th... |
486,751 | 386,241 | 90,934 | 4 | Purposeless . | This movie will really give you better understanding of such terms as " purposeless " and " pointless " . It's simply a series of episodes , which never add up to anything . The only thing one can recommend about this familiar drama ( which still doesn't make it worthwhile ) is the solid acting : Barkin's performance s... |
486,906 | 386,241 | 90,887 | 4 | Boring . | Amateurish effects ( the critters usually seem to be thrown into the frame by offscreen hands ) , a boring , bland storyline and a few explosions too many make even the moderate box-office success of this film inexplicable . If you thought " Attack of the Killer Tomatoes " was funny or scary , you might enjoy this one ... |
486,005 | 386,241 | 66,995 | 4 | One of the worst | Diamonds Are Forever is my personal candidate for " worst Bond film of all time " ( rivaled perhaps only by " The Man With The Golden Gun " and " Licence To Kill " ) . The flaws here are too numerous to list : incoherent , illogical script ( you can watch this film 100 times and still not be able to follow the story ... |
486,986 | 386,241 | 67,004 | 4 | Vapid film | What's the point of this film ? What does it have to say ? And why does Dyan Cannon disappear so early on ? You'll have all those questions running through your mind while you're watching " Doctor's Wives " , but this vapid , pointless , soap-opera-level film provides no answers . A very superficial treatment of potent... |
486,312 | 386,241 | 85,601 | 4 | Too silly . | Hill and Spencer are mistaken for secret agents . At the time , the Bond franchise was still popular , so this film was probably an atempt at a Bond spoof , but it clearly lacks the wit to put it over . It's unabashedly silly - too silly to engage anyone over the age of ten ( wait till you hear the villain's plan for w... |
486,993 | 386,241 | 118,644 | 5 | Morally repugnant , cinematically exciting . | Michell Seraut is an aging assassin who trains the young , disoriented Mathieu Kassovitz ( who also directed ) to be his successor . And this is yet another movie that blames TV and video games for the violence in our society , and repeats the idea of killers with moral codes , who are not really butchers and . . . wel... |
487,107 | 386,241 | 118,645 | 5 | Sexy Shannon Tweed sparks a typical , brainless action film | Shannon Tweed spends much of this movie bikini-clad , and if there is a 40-year-old actress out there with a better body than hers ( except maybe for Ursula Andress ) , I can't remember her right now . She also looks spectacular firing two guns simultaneously , and her fighting moves are quick and graceful - you don't ... |
485,848 | 386,241 | 66,093 | 5 | Lacks focus . | Noble intentions do not necessarily make a satisfying film . " Monte Walsh " has good acting , a good score and generally good sequences scattered about . . . . BUT , it's just not terribly interesting . There's just not enough action here - physical OR emotional . The script lacks focus and most of the time it seems t... |
486,449 | 386,241 | 442,857 | 5 | One great match . . . . | . . . . and it most certainly is NOT the heavily hyped main event , but the match right before it . 1 ) Rey Mysterio and Eddie Guerrero ( RIP ) vs . The Basham Brothers ( for the WWE tag team title ) . Good teamwork by the Bashams , who go for an interesting mix of power moves and technical holds . Eddie does some crea... |
485,640 | 386,241 | 118,615 | 5 | OK pic . | This movie has been viciously attacked by most reviewers , yet it's actually an OK horror pic . At least it's acceptable , while " Jaws 3-D " , for example , isn't . The effects were uneven and the snake DID look fake at times , but the performances were all decent . Voigh is supposed to be slimy , and he pulls it off ... |
487,138 | 386,241 | 105,121 | 5 | Acceptable but flawed . | This bloody horror movie had the potential to be a terrific little picture ; great , inventive set design , original story , a likable kid as the lead . But the performances of the actors who play the villains get increasingly over-the-top ( " I got him ! I got him ! I got him ! " ) , and the movie begins to slip into ... |
486,707 | 386,241 | 88,044 | 5 | I have seen this film before - it was called " Class of 1984 " then | Seriously , replace Linda Blair's vigilante high school student with Perry King's vigilante high school teacher , change a few other minor details , and you have that exploitation film instead of this one . Blair makes a terrific , fiery " bad girl " , with some classic one-liners ( " it's a pity you're not double-join... |
486,734 | 386,241 | 95,626 | 5 | An OK change-of-pace for Bronson . | Bronson is rather miscast as a reporter ( who still can punch and defeat any opponent ) , but this is one of his least typical and most solid vehicles from the 80's . It begins with a weird , effectively staged massacre and includes some offbeat elements along with the familiar ones . It's still nothing special , thoug... |
486,267 | 386,241 | 156,408 | 5 | Well-directed but pretty ho-hum French thriller | Using dreams as a means of expressing a character's hidden fears and desires is an old trick , and Claude Miller overdoes it ; there are probably more dream sequences than actual events in this movie . Some of them are startling ( one involving a severed talking head , another a machine-gun massacre ) , but the story i... |
486,552 | 386,241 | 73,744 | 5 | A " so what ? " kind of film . | This Italian crime film is interesting at first , but the pace never picks up . Fabio Testi is a good-hearted robber stranded at the " Last Chance Motel " , Ursula Andress is the beautiful ( but somewhat stiff ) wife of the motel's owner , and Eli Wallach is Testi's partner , who comes after him when the diamonds they ... |
486,203 | 386,241 | 95,719 | 5 | Unimaginative . | Unimaginatively directed , often preposterous horror / sci-fi film that borrows heavily from a lot of other movies - but mainly from " The Birds " , " The Fly " ( it's here that the movie gets really preposterous ) and " Alien " . It isn't terrible , but it isn't successful , either . Even if you seriously hate cockroa... |
487,263 | 386,241 | 83,642 | 5 | Energetic but insipid . | Boisterous and insipid musical comedy . Burt Reynolds is quite likable in one of his least typical films ; Dolly Parton is well-cast ( and buxom beyond belief ) ; Dom De Luise's performance is overshadowed by his awful wig ; and Charles Durning has the film's best number , in which he celebrates his own elusiveness ( a... |
487,186 | 386,241 | 455,362 | 5 | A clichéd but effective horror film | Movie concepts don't get much simpler than this : on a supposedly deserted island , genetically enhanced , rabid-like dogs attack five college kids who have gone there for a weekend of fun . It's kind of surprising that a movie like this , made in 2006 , still gets theatrical release in some countries ; this is usually... |
487,470 | 386,241 | 65,143 | 5 | No big deal . | This was the first film that the famous Italian horror master Dario Argento made , and it has some of the ( expected ) amateurishness of a directorial debut ( especially in the guidance of some of the actors ) . The plot , mixing slasher-movie elements with a homage to Hitchcock , is clever enough to keep your interest... |
485,768 | 386,241 | 78,087 | 5 | Decent , bloody " Jaws " rip-off . | Often mistaken for a parody , " Piranha " is actually a full-blooded ( and extremely bloody ) " Jaws " rip-off , with only a handful of humorous lines . While it can't even approach the level of " Jaws " , it's a lot better than the three fairly terrible " Jaws " sequels , and provides decent entertainment . . . if you... |
485,950 | 386,241 | 47,794 | 5 | Loaded with technical trickery , but not with laughs | Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops is a film about the early days of cinema , and contains a lot of cinematic tricks itself : stunt doubling , back projection , fast motion , reverse motion , freeze frame , special effects , etc . Some of these tricks work ( the horse jump over a cliff is a fantastic shot whi... |
486,307 | 386,241 | 112,782 | 5 | Disappointing Andy Sidaris fare | The Dallas Connection delivers the expected breasts , travelogue footage , explosions , and even some legitimate plot twists , but it has too many drawn-out non-action sequences , probably the result of Andy Sidaris & son Christian stretching the film to make it reach the 90-minute mark . As the female lead , Sam Phi... |
487,555 | 386,241 | 105,212 | 5 | Mediocre | Richard Norton and Cynthia Rothrock have teamed up several times in martial arts movies , either as partners or as opponents , both in Hong Kong and in America . This is one of their American pairings , and it cannot qualify as one of their best . The story is sloppy in parts , and the fight scenes are only so-so ( and... |
487,340 | 386,241 | 160,644 | 5 | Hollow . | Although the premise is far from original ( like someone else already said , it had been used only two years earlier by Raoul Ruiz in a film called " Shattered Image " ) , it is certainly interesting . It's the kind of premise that makes you want to see a movie , and that keeps you watching it all the way to the end . ... |
486,744 | 386,241 | 30,696 | 5 | Big disappointment . | A big disappointment from the Marx Brothers . The few and weak " memorable quotes " simply indicate the low level of invention in this stagey picture . Groucho Marx in particular looks tired and indifferent . Harpo seems to be in a happier mood , but he has hardly enough screen time . It's hard to believe it , but this... |
487,008 | 386,241 | 118,541 | 5 | Not recommended . | The premise of eight elusive disembodied heads is promising , for a black comedy at least , but the rest of the script is way too convoluted , with way too many characters . The entire cast tries hard ( in Dyan Cannon's case , TOO hard ) , and there are some sporadic laughs , but overall this is a pretty desperate - no... |
486,549 | 386,241 | 78,330 | 5 | Straightforward Craven thriller is not bad - for a TV movie | Linda Blair is this film's main draw today , but Lee Purcell is the real star of the show : at first I wasn't too sure about her , but she has the mysteriously seductive presence that her role calls for , and her performance literally gets better by the minute . This may be a Wes Craven movie , but it is also a TV movi... |
487,200 | 386,241 | 91,193 | 5 | Forget the " names " . . . . Nelia is the real show here | Maud Adams ( of " Octopussy " fame ) is a Nazi hunter who tries to get close to an infamous Nazi war criminal ( Stewart Granger ) by marrying his nephew . But the Nazi finds out her plans and has her killed . Now it's up to her daughter and a young soldier ( who saves her life ) to go to Paraguay , discover the Nazi's ... |
485,841 | 386,241 | 104,998 | 5 | Works best as a celebration of Tweed's body . | Shannon Tweed , who is of course incomparably better that Tanya Roberts ( the star of the first " Night Eyes " ) in every possible way , spices up this erotic thriller that is a sequel only in the sense that Andrew Stevens plays the same character . Tweed has some really steamy workout scenes , and her sex scenes are v... |
487,466 | 386,241 | 87,909 | 5 | Visually impressive but unmemorable . | This gory and somewhat dreamy horror film has acquired a cult following over the years , but don't count me among its fans . Argento does deliver some effective shocks ( especially in the scene where the face of the mutant kid is revealed ; it is far more grotesque and repellent than you might expect ) , but they don't... |
486,957 | 386,241 | 26,138 | 5 | Warning : this is an irreverent comment . | Right from the extremely hokey prologue , I knew that I was going to be disappointed with this film . I was right . This film has lost much of its edge over the years . You can still appreciate it intellectually , of course , for its historical importance ( the prototype for horror sequels ) , you can admire its great ... |
486,684 | 386,241 | 78,294 | 5 | . . . And You Won't Care To Find Out Who It Was | What do you get when you mix together cutesy-poo romance , self-conscious comedy and a muddled mystery plot that nobody cares about ? You get this Hitchcock imitation that can't stand up to any kind of comparison with the real thing . Farrah Fawsett is too flat here to make us believe that any man would become infatuat... |
487,150 | 386,241 | 198,279 | 5 | The absence of many good serial killer thrillers is indeed a problem . . . | This is a fairly dull , yet still moderately engaging police procedural . Stephen Baldwin plays the detective who tries to stop a serial killer by finding the clue to his motives in his sordid childhood . The detective has also lost his son recently , a side-plot which adds nothing to the main plot whatsoever , except ... |
485,817 | 386,241 | 61,401 | 5 | Tepid comedy . | A tepid , extremely mild , fairly tedious , slightly overlong comedy . The first half has some reasonably funny bits ( like the one that takes place in a phone-booth ) , but in the second half things get pretty desperate . Jerry Lewis himself is appealing when he is playing the " straight man " , but irritating when he... |
486,262 | 386,241 | 160,484 | 5 | Some good shocks , but the story is very tired . | This movie does offer a couple of good shocks , and Ben Chaplin is impressive as the-man-destined-to-be-Satan ( he gives a new meaning to the phrase " Sympathy for the Devil " ) , but the story is tired - just another " Omen " / " The Exorcist " knockoff ( and if you're an atheist , very close to being mindless hokum )... |
486,063 | 386,241 | 83,959 | 5 | Too dark and choppy to be enjoyed . | Yet another " Alien " imitation , except that the monster here is not an alien but the product of a genetic mutation , and also appears to be able to understand English and operate computers at one point . Exploitations fans will be thrilled to know that the film has not one , but TWO sensuous ( and promiscuous ) women... |
486,334 | 386,241 | 87,796 | 5 | You've seen it all before . | Toxic chemical fluid infects the residents of a small Southern town , turning them into mutated , bloodthirsty monsters . So what else is new ? This totally ordinary film ( technically not a zombie flick , though the monsters do look a lot like zombies ) , has good acting by Wings Hauser and Bo Hopkins and OK special e... |
486,466 | 386,241 | 105,399 | 5 | Terrible but fun . | By any objective standards , this movie is absolutely terrible . The direction is extremely sloppy , the " special effects " ( though undeniably time-consuming ) are pathetically obvious and the script . . . well , let's just not go there . Nevertheless , it does boast some witty , top-notch fight choreography and some... |
487,385 | 386,241 | 101,004 | 5 | Lots of heavy breathing and local color . . . | This is a great-looking film , filmed in rich colors and beautiful New Orleans locations . But dramatically it doesn't fare so well ; it's mostly a monotonous series of heavy-breathing sequences , interrupted by dialogue passages that seem to exist only because a film can't be made ONLY with sex scenes . We also get lo... |
487,574 | 386,241 | 91,575 | 5 | OK if predictable . | An OK if relentlessly , thoroughly predictable Bronson thriller , certainly better than a " Death Wish " sequel . Some amusing profanities stand out and almost save the very boring script . Thomson's direction is routine . |
486,714 | 386,241 | 105,459 | 5 | Totally derivative | Split Second is nothing more than a transparent " Predator " ripoff . The script of this sci-fi thriller is hopelessly derivative . . . . and stretches out an overly simple premise to 90 minutes of repetitive situations ; try counting how many times we see the two heroes walking slowly side-by-side , holding their " ... |
485,924 | 386,241 | 213,984 | 5 | Monty Python Live , Part II : Not Exactly Live | I suppose if you see this compilation as a stand-alone feature , you'll probably find it good enough . But I saw it as part of the 2-disc " Monty Python Live ! " DVD edition ( and this comment is meant ONLY for those who see it this way ) , and although it has some funny moments ( " nobody ever expects the Spanish Inqu... |
486,313 | 386,241 | 118,301 | 5 | Attempted vehicular homicide . . . whatever the f that is ! | Can a comedy be likable and dismal at the same time ? If your answer is " no " , you obviously haven't seen " Dead Man On Campus " yet . On the one hand , this is a blatantly insensitive and tasteless film , with some moralizing thrown in at the end , as if the filmmakers want to convince you that yes , deep down insid... |
487,337 | 386,241 | 105,242 | 5 | Routine horror cheapie . | Like another film based on H . P . Lovecraft's books ( " From Beyond " ) , " The Resurrected " takes such high concepts as time , immortality and even the control of the universe and reduces them to a cataclysm of messy , jelly , gruesome special effects . The effects , even in their occasional clumsiness , do have a m... |
486,335 | 386,241 | 87,622 | 5 | Mostly talky and boring , but offers a few shocks . | The Lift does have some suspenseful scenes scattered here an there , but too many talky , boring stretches leading up to them . The premise is handled in a way that has us knowing all along what is causing the horrible " accidents " , and we're simply left in the uncomfortable position of waiting for the characters t... |
486,126 | 386,241 | 112,995 | 5 | Standard action film with a solid female lead | Excessive Force II has a thin revenge plot ( which can almost be summed up in the following sentence : " They left her for dead . . . . and now they're going to pay " ) , but the action ( fights , explosions , and a car chase ) is not bad , and Stacie Randall is a solid heroine . Not only does she have a stunningly b... |
486,962 | 386,241 | 105,219 | 5 | Formulaic but painless . | Highly formulaic action picture , Brandon Lee's last fully completed film . It's far inferior to the stylish , almost poetic " Crow " , and Lee's fighting skills aren't quite in the class of those that his father presented in his movies , but it's not too bad if you're looking for a childish , painless actioner , where... |
487,517 | 386,241 | 83,791 | 5 | Plods . | The Dark Crystal is a technical achievement , to be sure , no arguments there . . . but it's also as ponderous in its pace as the eternally plodding Mystics themselves . There are two major possible responses to a film like this : the first ( and obviously the most popular one , especially for those who saw it for th... |
487,289 | 386,241 | 66,434 | 5 | 2378 , can you come to 7654 , we have a 4721 . . . . | Muddled , pretentious sci-fi allegory , though it does have some good ideas , buried under a load of pretension . I'd recommend this only to the most fanatic genre fans . But try , if you can , to see the widescreen version , because I've rarely seen a film that suffered so badly from being presented in the standard fo... |
486,544 | 386,241 | 206,220 | 5 | Rent it for Shannon Tweed , stay with it for Danielle Ciardi | Shannon Tweed is beginning to look her age here ( she was 42 when this was made ) , but she is still in top physical shape , and she briefly gets to put her kickboxing lessons ( probably from the two " No Contest " films ) to use . Although her name is the main - er , the ONLY - reason anybody will rent " Powerplay " ,... |
486,085 | 386,241 | 95,246 | 5 | Excruciatingly muddled | Tommy Lee Jones certainly knows how to deliver a sharp line when he gets one : a man tells him " I want you to find my wife . She's following me everywhere " , and he immediately responds " Why don't you slow down and let her catch up to you ? " . But soft-core sex scenes are not exactly his forte , especially when his... |
487,315 | 386,241 | 83,755 | 5 | A grim , straightforward WIP drama | The Concrete Jungle doesn't offer anything you haven't seen before , but it's still an absorbing , fairly well-made & acted little Women-In-Prison drama . What the fans of this sub-genre need to know is that the filmmakers have taken a mostly serious-minded approach here , at least until the last 10 minutes when a ma... |
486,370 | 386,241 | 65,486 | 5 | Disappointing teaming of two top French stars . | When a movie pairs Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo , casting them as initially small-time crooks who work their way up the underworld ladder in 30's France , I think we have a right to expect something better than this . Pedestrian direction and a script that manages to be both dull and rushed make for a pretty unex... |
487,239 | 386,241 | 87,578 | 5 | Broadly silly , at times funny Jackie Chan comedy . | How much you'll enjoy this film depends on how much silliness you're willing to tolerate . Sample exchange : " I know seven ways to break into that castle " " Why not six or eight ? " " Because seven is my lucky number ! " It's all rather shoddily made , but at the same time winningly lighthearted . There's very little... |
486,397 | 386,241 | 100,968 | 5 | A mess , with some redeeming factors | Okay , since nobody else has commented on " Born To Fight " / " Angel's Mission " so far , I should probably write a short plot synopsis to give you an idea what it's all about . Problem is , the script of this movie is so disjointed and sloppily thrown-together that it's quite hard to keep track of all its characters ... |
487,301 | 386,241 | 61,176 | 5 | Chaotic | The first half is promising : Blake Edwards ridicules the foolishness of militarism and sets up an unusual situation full of comic possibilities . But in the second half the film changes tone and the action is so poorly staged that it all becomes a loud and chaotic mess . It's still better than " The Great Race " , tho... |
486,880 | 386,241 | 390,463 | 5 | Should have been better | Despite the ( wooden ) family drama and the ( half-baked ) sci-fi elements , this is essentially a fighting movie , in the style of , say , " Mortal Kombat " . The fights are acceptable , but nothing special . The film makes a noble attempt to include a variety of styles ( grappling , streetfighting , weapons fighting ... |
487,325 | 386,241 | 108,588 | 5 | OK film with wooden acting . | Moderately interesting mystery tale , but hampered by some unclear plot points and wooden performances by the three main leads ( Robert Mitchum , in a supporting role , towers above them all ) . Bo Derek is in great shape for a woman in her late thirties , but she's totally expressionless ; still , it's the smug Steven... |
486,052 | 386,241 | 83,715 | 5 | Slapdash comedy | Bud Spencer plays a cop ( named , in an obvious attempt to pass him off as an American , Alan Parker ( ! ) ) who has to temporarily cancel his family vacation to re-capture a gigolo ( named Tony Roma ( ! ) ) who seduces older women and then steals their jewelry . But when that man becomes a witness to a Mafia killing ,... |
486,382 | 386,241 | 95,311 | 5 | Acceptable , if ordinary , action film . | Hit List is a perfectly acceptable little actioner . Anyone who has seen a fair amount of action pics will agree that the quality of this movie is average , and not nearly as low as it often gets in this genre . An extremely untalented lead is a major disappointment here , but the good supporting roles ( particularly... |
486,235 | 386,241 | 95,299 | 5 | Not the worst of its type . | Yes , it's another ( belated ) slasher film , and not the worst of its type , actually . It has at least SOME believable characters ( though a few are poorly played ) , and for a while it's fun just trying to predict who's gonna die first and who will be the ultimate survivor ( s ) . The resolution is dumb , though , a... |
486,812 | 386,241 | 95,296 | 5 | Very minor . | Chuck Norris is better than usual here . He's still not much of an actor , but at least he gets the rare chance to portray some human emotions like fear and doubt , and he also gets to flash his appealing smile . But the rest of the movie is a tiresome , familiar cop thriller ( with slasher-flick overtones ) , and it's... |
486,485 | 386,241 | 83,734 | 5 | Banal Delon vehicle with well-executed violence | As an Alain Delon vehicle , " Le Choc " is a shockingly ( pun intended ) banal programmer , occasionally livened up by the well-executed moments of violence ( and they are plenty : fork through the palm , knife through the head , fireplace poker through the stomach , etc . ) . As one of the very few Delon-Deneuve pairi... |
486,758 | 386,241 | 171,326 | 5 | Standard straight-to-video erotic / courtroom thriller | High-profile lawyer falls for her client , a suspect in a kinky murder case , but is he innocent or guilty ? Could she be in danger of becoming the next victim or is it all a conspiracy ? As you can see , " Forbidden Sins " is the umpteenth variation on the familiar " Jagged Edge " / " Body Of Evidence " formula and un... |
485,750 | 386,241 | 69,920 | 5 | How did that woman get yellow all of a sudden ? | This disappointing giallo does offer some atmospheric sequences and lots of nudity , but the story progresses in a very fragmented fashion , making it hard for the viewer to even tell the characters apart , and the gore effects are embarrassing , actually some of the worst I've ever seen in an Italian horror film . As ... |
487,306 | 386,241 | 65,555 | 5 | Aimless , but with some imaginative sequences . | One of Bronson's oddest films , but still not as odd as Morricone's ultra-weird score . The plot is standard " revenge " stuff , but there are some imaginatively shot sequences ( like the unexpected finale ) by the Italian Sollima , who shows some flair . The fast-cutting , " neurotic " editing is clumsy , however , an... |
486,023 | 386,241 | 87,538 | 5 | Good for kids , lethargic for adults . | This is a good film for kids and a pleasant diversion for the whole family . But it's just SO utterly predictable ! It suffers from lethargic pacing , which makes the predictability even more apparent . If a " classic " is a film you can watch over and over , then this is no classic : if you're an adult and you've seen... |
485,657 | 386,241 | 69,947 | 5 | Tedious | Very tedious . It requires a lot of patience to keep watching , yet you're expecting a great finale . Unfortunately , the climax is pretty anticlimactic , and certainly not worth the wait . The film succeeds as a tour around Europe but fails as a suspenser . It's slow and unrewarding , with one plus : Fox's on-target p... |
486,364 | 386,241 | 221,889 | 5 | Bad imitation of Tarantino with female leads . | Too routine for a thriller , too unpleasant for a " comedy " ( a comedy ? please ! ) , too contrived for a crime caper ( let me get this straight : the whole mess begins when a dog bites off a corpse's finger ? ) and too reverse-sexist ( all the men are vicious , sleazy bs ) for its female characters to be even the lea... |
486,846 | 386,241 | 91,799 | 5 | A slight improvement over " II " . . . but still nothing new . | Psycho III is actually a slight improvement over the routine and muddled second part ; it has much better production values , Perkins gives a sly performance and his direction is often stylish . Still , it often feels like a typical 80's exploitation film , because of its explicit violence and nudity . And it contain... |
486,557 | 386,241 | 83,178 | 5 | Unpleasant , with a good Bruce Dern performance . | As a psychopathic tattoo artist , Bruce Dern has to work extra hard here , because the script is very sketchy as far as his motivations and background are concerned , but he is up to the task - he has some very creepy moments ( like his first outburst at a dinner table ) . As his " object of desire " , however , Maud A... |
486,271 | 386,241 | 109,515 | 5 | Trivial " Terminator " rip-off . | This is the first Don " The Dragon " Wilson movie I have ever seen , and nothing propels me to try out another one - sure , he is good at martial arts , but as an actor he has an uncharismatic screen presence . There's plenty of action in this film , with a new explosion every two minutes , and the effects are decent (... |
486,774 | 386,241 | 56,937 | 5 | Is it ever going to end ? ? ? | This one is only for patient viewers . It's visually dazzling , all right , with some truly breathtaking crowd scenes ( although some of them do seem to exist only to call attention to the film's extravagant budget ) , but it's so unbelievably draggy that it seems to last four centuries instead of merely four hours ! T... |
486,528 | 386,241 | 87,461 | 5 | Not much impact . | Despite wild chases galore , a great B-movie cast ( rather wasted ) and a very enjoyable score , this is an utterly routine action programmer . It pushes moviemaking back to the primitive " cops chase crooks " level , and does little to stand out in one's memory . It's not the worst way to spend a free hour-and-a-half ... |
486,795 | 386,241 | 69,986 | 5 | Crude but fun | The only other Ted V . Mikels film I had seen before this is " Blood Orgy of the She-Devils " . And the only thing I remember about it is that it was completely awful . Thankfully , " The Doll Squad " is considerably better . It is crudely directed , with often poor continuity and laughable " special effects " ( low po... |
485,938 | 386,241 | 87,464 | 5 | Disappointing . | Impulse is a movie for which I had relatively high expectations : the idea of people losing the ability to control their impulses and totally disregarding all the established social rules sounds very , very intriguing . However , the result we get here is ( despite a few unexpected twists ) a disappointing and very s... |
486,389 | 386,241 | 69,994 | 5 | Effective BECAUSE of its ineptitude . | Don't Look In The Basement is an ineptly directed cheapie that will no doubt be considered indifferent and trashy by most viewers . While it is by no means a good film , I found it surprisingly effective BECAUSE of its ineptitude , which gives it a strange authenticity . The performances , probably by amateur actors ... |
486,577 | 386,241 | 118,040 | 5 | Mediocre thriller . | A bungled whodunit that had good potential but was poorly executed by director John Dahl . He relies too much on cliched gimmicks ( mainly " shocking " illusions and dreams ) , and his plodding pacing only induces impatience on the viewer's part , which is the last thing a good mystery needs . But this isn't a good mys... |
485,740 | 386,241 | 69,995 | 5 | More yawns than chills . | This movie is wildly overrated . I think that most of the viewers who call it " wonderful " or " unforgettable " actually recollect only some isolated effective sequences . But if you sit down and watch the whole thing from beginning to end , then it probably won't live up to its reputation ; repeated viewings will onl... |
486,764 | 386,241 | 167,832 | 5 | Ambitious Gary Daniels vehicle . . . . but " Bloodmoon " was better | What do you get when you mix Hong Kong-inspired fights and stunts , John Woo-type shootouts , spaghetti Western-like faceoffs and post-apocalyptic settings ala Albert Pyun ? You get " Cold Harvest " , except that this ambitious mix is not as interesting as it sounds . Gary Daniels is fun to watch , especially in the fi... |
486,361 | 386,241 | 64,615 | 5 | Mediocre . | Pretentious Western , with a routine , ordinary " get-the-gold " script that can't match its pretencions . Still , there are some spectacular scenes and the unpredictability of the story does produce some mild suspense . Many big stars appear , but they don't give particularly memorable performances ; Sharif comes off ... |
486,098 | 386,241 | 485,976 | 5 | Overambitious and overlong , but has its moments | Rob-B-Hood tries to be too many things at once ( caper movie , slapstick comedy , action flick , " message " melodrama ) , and ends up quite messy . I found the story needlessly hard to follow , and the tearjerking at some points ( the " car battery " scene ) shamelessly overdone . The baby-in-jeopardy incidents aren... |
486,090 | 386,241 | 87,481 | 5 | A two-joke comedy | 2 Bud Spencers and 2 Terence Hills in this one ; they play two Brazilian millionaires with many enemies AND their exact lookalikes , a saxophone player who is often in trouble with the law and a daring stuntman , who are hired by the millionaires to impersonate them for a week . No doubt you are familiar with the term ... |
486,996 | 386,241 | 118,025 | 5 | Something is missing here . . . . | Now here's a movie that's hard to know how to react to . It's more interesting as a drama ; there are surprising complexities in Larry Cohen's script , and unexpected poignancy in some of the scenes with Isaac Hayes as a disillusioned war veteran . But as a horror film it's kind of half-hearted , and most of the blame ... |
485,998 | 386,241 | 43,425 | 5 | Mildly amusing at best , creepy at worst | In " Comin ' Round the Mountain " a 14-year-old girl ( actually the actress who plays her looks about 25 , but that's beside the point ) has the hots for Lou Costello , and after they both drink a love potion Lou falls in love with her and she gets the hots for Bud Abbott ! At another point Lou says " You can't marry a... |
486,282 | 386,241 | 74,258 | 5 | Well-made film is almost ruined by a stupid ending . | Until its last 5 minutes , " Burnt Offerings " is a highly intriguing , very well-made horror film that has you glued to the screen , trying to guess what will happen next . Unfortunately , the final " revelation " is all-too-apparent at least 20 seconds earlier and the ending feels stupid because it doesn't make sense... |
486,820 | 386,241 | 109,456 | 5 | Perfectly bearable mystery . | Critically trashed erotic thriller is not so bad , actually . Bruce Willis brings his trademark likability to his role , Ruben Blades gives a spirited and funny little performance and the rest of the cast is decent , as well . What the movie lacks is pacing ; the direction , although technically competent , has no rhyt... |
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