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486,963 | 386,241 | 75,147 | 5 | A spiritless film . | Spiritless , disappointing film that makes you feel as tired as its middle-aged " heroes " . You never really know how you are supposed to feel while you're watching awkward scenes like Robin Hood's last swordfight , and you sense that the filmmakers don't know why they included those awkward scenes , either . Connery ... |
487,446 | 386,241 | 113,982 | 5 | So forgettable you must be careful not to rent it twice ! | Yet another slasher film , with a scarecrow doing the killing ( and targeting young and old alike ) . Not bad production-wise , with impressive special effects and a couple of good-looking girls , but the cliched dialogue and the routine script ( minor SPOILER - they can only defeat the villain by destroying his bones ... |
486,991 | 386,241 | 117,420 | 5 | Keeps us waiting too long . | Van Damme and Roger Moore together ? Talk about an unlikely and mismatched team ! Roger actually looks bored most of the time , which is very uncharacteristic of him . Van Damme made his directorial debut here and I think he did an OK job in that department , but it's the script that dooms this film . We have to wait a... |
486,273 | 386,241 | 443,450 | 5 | Better if you're not a Seagal fan than if you are | There are two ways to approach this movie : as a Steven Seagal vehicle , or as just another DTV action film . If you choose the first way , you'll probably be disappointed . Seagal is overweight , gives his usual lazy performance , is off-screen for much of the running time , does only some arm-twisting , and in his lo... |
486,009 | 386,241 | 82,747 | 5 | Surreal , bizarre - and pretentious - erotic fantasy | The opening is intriguing : a mysterious woman invades the office of a book editor and forces him , at gunpoint , to read her manuscript aloud . Why is this so crucially important to her ? The manuscript itself , as we see it playing out on screen , is a surreal erotic fantasy about a young woman who checks into a biza... |
487,271 | 386,241 | 113,948 | 5 | Weaker than the first , but not overly bad . . . . | I have a certain affection for the first " Nemesis " film . I know that everyone considers it to be pretty bad , but at least it was fast-moving and enjoyable . This first sequel doesn't have the original's non-stop action and narrative force , and it's awfully reminiscent of both " The Terminator " ( in its " messiani... |
485,727 | 386,241 | 78,976 | 5 | Another late-70s disaster time-waster . | City on Fire was made in 1979 , when the disaster genre was already past its prime - and a dispirited , tired affair it is . Most of the actors ( except for the amusingly unbalanced villain ) sleepwalk through their roles , possibly knowing that the film had no chance of reviving the genre . At least there are some p... |
486,200 | 386,241 | 113,926 | 5 | Naked Pamela | Taken as a sci-fi thriller , " Naked Souls " lies somewhere between " mediocre " and " not bad " . The ideas ( mind-switching , memory transfer , etc ) are intriguing , even if they have been used in many other films ( the French thriller " La Machine " , with Depardieu , is one that comes to mind ) , but this film goe... |
485,652 | 386,241 | 284,867 | 5 | In-your-face . | This gory remake of an old Pam Grier vehicle is shot in an extremely annoying pseudo-MTV-ish style ( color filters , quick cuts and flashes , overamplified sounds ) , but if you take it strictly as an assault on the senses , it is partly effective . Lisa Dergan ( the blonde ) completely outshines her co-star in the act... |
485,782 | 386,241 | 117,473 | 5 | Spoiler . . . | Halle Berry's beauty is ALMOST reason enough to sit through any film , and here she's surrounded by a good supporting cast . But this glossy thriller ( great cinematography by Haskell Wexler ) spins a familiar tale , and in the end turns out to be a blatant rip-off of " The Usual Suspects " ( even using pretty much the... |
487,036 | 386,241 | 44,662 | 5 | Weak . | Groucho Marx's sarcastic , occasionally fairly witty one-liners are the only saving grace of this otherwise weak , mediocre comedy . The cast tries , but the direction has no pacing , and the entire film is burdened with a convoluted , uninteresting plot . Strictly for Groucho devotees . |
486,141 | 386,241 | 64,397 | 5 | Shallow , unsatisfying film . | Be warned : despite some well-executed aerial stunts , this is basically a dreary , heavy melodrama . The major problem with it is that the three main characters come off as thoroughly unlikable people , and have too little depth . As a result , we never truly share their emotions , and the movie's big surprising momen... |
485,928 | 386,241 | 311,320 | 5 | Boring as cinema but thematically interesting | As a piece of cinema , " Blind Spot " is a bold experiment that simply doesn't work ; the filmmakers have one good idea - occasionally they show Traudl Junge watching her own interview and commenting on it - but for most of the film's 90 minutes they have the camera immobile and stuck on her face as she speaks , and al... |
486,234 | 386,241 | 82,806 | 5 | For tolerant genre fans . | Yet another entry in the " psychotic killer on the loose " genre . The premise of this one is somewhat original , but apart from that it has nothing else to distinguish it from dozens of similar films , so you're just sitting there waiting to see how it will tie everything up in the end . It does come up with an unexpe... |
486,180 | 386,241 | 236,397 | 5 | Crazy , man , just crazy | If you're looking for a totally crazy and off-the-wall film , you should try to track down a copy of this one ( it won't be easy ) . It has everything : threesomes , car and motorcycle chases , ESP , cold war espionage and naked female assassins ( only one , in a very brief scene , but I thought I should mention it ) .... |
487,544 | 386,241 | 86,605 | 5 | Crazy HK Hodgepodge | Watching " Winners And Sinners " is like going on a treasure hunt : you have to suffer through a lot of corny , childish comedy to get a few prizes . The prizes include : Samo Hung's fight scenes , Yuen Biao's all-too-brief cameo , the long sequence with Jackie Chan that begins with an exhibition of rollerskating stunt... |
486,767 | 386,241 | 152,620 | 5 | Passable low-budget action movie | Not a bad little actioner . Matt McColm shows impressive martial arts ability . . . at first I was thinking " Who the hell is this guy ? " , but it soon becomes clear that he knows his stuff , plus he has a sense of humor about himself . Jason Gould takes the " nerdy computer whiz " role and gives it a human face . And... |
485,823 | 386,241 | 67,458 | 5 | Poorly executed . | A potentially exciting story of vengeance becomes , under Peter Yates ' indifferent and by-the-numbers direction , somewhat of a yawner . Peter O'Toole has the stare of an obsessed , determined man down pat , but this is not quite one of his most remarkable performances . The whole movie is too routine to make an impre... |
487,199 | 386,241 | 71,344 | 5 | Ursula , Ursula , Ursula . . . . | I wonder how , in all those biblical epics they made , they never got Ursula Andress to play the role of Eve . After all , she is the perfect female specimen , so what better choice is there for the first woman ever created ? And can you believe that this incredible body and face belong to a ( then ) 39-year-old woman ... |
486,893 | 386,241 | 192,234 | 5 | Lisa Boyle shines in mediocre low-budget thriller | Lisa Boyle is beautiful , looks great with a gun ( too bad she gets to use one only at the very end ) , her acting is OK and she deserves a better vehicle than this low-budget thriller , where she plays an aspiring LA actress who gets hold of a computer disk that some bad guys are after . Although the film is amateuris... |
486,904 | 386,241 | 67,487 | 5 | Not too bad . | Did Evelyn really come out of her grave ? How did she die in the first place ? And who is killing all those people ? You'll have to find out for yourselves , by following a strange plot that does sustain interest but is full of holes ( SPOILER . . . . Why didn't the lord and the doctor act sooner at the end of the film... |
486,733 | 386,241 | 95,179 | 5 | Dumb and run-of-the-mill but well-done . | Friday The 13th , Part VII is probably the slickest and most professionally done entry in the series . There are some attempts at creating some " normal " , believable and likable characters along with the usual stereotypical ones . The reason this movie and the previous two parts are superior to the first four cheap... |
486,633 | 386,241 | 59,712 | 5 | Not much significance here . . . . | Well-intentioned , star-packed , but overlong drama . Many people have interpreted it as an allegory , but it lacks the unifying vision that would actually bring all the episodes together and give them a dramatic payoff ; the movie seems to be going around in circles for about 145 minutes , and the dwarf's final remark... |
486,967 | 386,241 | 117,011 | 5 | Over-plotted . | This Van Damme vehicle is plotty , yet the plot is mostly uninteresting , and ultimately cliched . The car chases are spectacular but repetitive , and that repetition quickly grows tiresome . Fight sequences are mostly impressive , but when Van Damme faced the same ( great ) opponent for the THIRD time , the thing star... |
486,589 | 386,241 | 95,188 | 5 | Wildly uneven . . . | This Chevy Chase vehicle moves along agreeably most of the way , occasionally takes off with some laugh-out-loud-gags ( like the sequence involving the bridge ) , other times disappoints with misfired jokes , generally keeps you lightly amused until it suddenly takes a wrong turn towards seriousness halfway through , a... |
486,750 | 386,241 | 36,855 | 5 | This one REALLY shows its age . | In my opinion , this film doesn't really deserve to be called " a classic " , because it really shows its age : it may be technically excellent , but the obvious script and Boyer's overacting ( he seems to have " I am BAD " written all over his face ) are unforgivable by today's standards . " Gaslight " has a few effec... |
487,394 | 386,241 | 82,111 | 5 | Middling comedy . | A dreary comedy with some isolated amusing moments . The ingredients for a potentially funny film are here , but most of the laughs just never materialize . The actors try their best ( although Jack Lemmon is often somewhat one-note ) , but it's the flat , uninspired direction that keeps this from taking off . ( ) |
486,404 | 386,241 | 55,841 | 5 | Glossy trash . | Vapid , profoundly trashy film , somewhat redeemed by fair performances and glossy production values . Jane Fonda's acting , however , is indeed surprisingly weak ; it's hard to believe that the same actress gave such a powerful and moving performance in " The Chase " , only four years later . The film is both sleazy a... |
485,887 | 386,241 | 82,163 | 5 | Who smoked up the script ? | This is the only Cheech & Chong comedy I've seen so far , so I can't judge it against their other works , but if you took out the drug references and the brief nudity and replaced them with a few fight scenes , I'd put it on the level of a lesser Bud Spencer & Terence Hill comedy ( like for example " All The Way , Boys... |
487,094 | 386,241 | 120,901 | 5 | Stale comedy . | Wrongfully Accused has more movie parodies than you can shake a stick at ( the jab at " The Usual Suspects " is a particularly nice bit ) , but overall there are more lame jokes here than clever ones . Like several people have said , the spoof fad has definitely run its course . Besides , Leslie Nielsen is starting t... |
487,331 | 386,241 | 75,339 | 5 | Caffaro is hot , the film so-so . | This is your ordinary mid-70s low-grade action-adventure with a female heroine , but it has two distinguishing features : the lead , Cheri Caffaro , is very sexy in an aggressive sort of way , and the director eroticizes the violence ( Caffaro is virtually turned on by pain and death ) . That is quite a daring thing fo... |
486,013 | 386,241 | 403,657 | 5 | Forgive and forget | In chronological order : 1 ) The Dudley Boyz vs . La Resistance and Rob Conway . So lame that even the commentators couldn't keep their attention on it . ) Test vs . Scott Steiner . The winner gets Stacy ( MY GOODNESS she's perfection ) Keibler . If they had Stacy simply standing in the middle of the ring , this would ... |
485,821 | 386,241 | 105,629 | 5 | Much ado about nothing . | This one is a genuine oddity . Apparently , it confused professional and non-professional reviewers , who don't know how to respond to it . So , they have either trashed it or praised it enthusiastically . I think that those responses are both somewhat extreme , and the movie doesn't deserve either one . While it's far... |
486,756 | 386,241 | 110,543 | 5 | A dud mostly , but it has its redeeming qualities | Model By Day is not a very good movie : it's clumsily directed , poorly scripted ( who could the " mystery opponent " be ? Hmmm , look at the cast ) , the editing is a disaster , roughly 70 % of the action appears to have been performed by stunt doubles , and the cinematography is annoyingly soft-focus . What it does... |
485,667 | 386,241 | 105,569 | 5 | What the hell is going on here ? ( actual quote ) . | I found this movie slightly better than the first " Tetsuo " ( which I HATED ) , mainly because it appears at first to be willing to tell a more coherent ( if still unique ) story . Soon , however , the story disappears into a farrago of violence , mayhem and senselessness ; by the time the completely baffling ending a... |
487,226 | 386,241 | 86,320 | 5 | Offbeat but repulsive . | The characters are idiotic , the acting is pretty terrible , the identity of the killer thoroughly predictable and the film repulsive and unpleasant . Of course , some viewers may consider those qualities good . I admit that it was offbeat , and the killing involving bees was original enough , but the " surprise " endi... |
486,099 | 386,241 | 105,592 | 5 | Worth a look for Rothrock fans | Cynthia Rothrock is quite hot in this movie , thanks to a combination of her hairstyle , her outfits ( if you hadn't noticed before what a busty , curvy figure she has , you'll notice it this time ) and her brutal , high-impact fight scenes . And even those who complain about her acting ( which I have always found OK f... |
486,495 | 386,241 | 71,110 | 5 | Not horrible , but not exciting either . | This is supposed to be a suspenseful and gripping story , but I watched it with a curious detachment , because it's so obviously a pre-programmed commercial package that there is never a genuine sense of danger . Charlton Heston is the most commanding performer here and lifts his scenes a notch above the general level ... |
486,392 | 386,241 | 44,320 | 5 | Weak , lowbrow comedy that can still make you laugh in spite of yourself | Considering that Abbott and Costello had done " Meet The Invisible Man " the previous year , this film was a big comedown for them . But then again , considering that around the same period they also did " Comin ' Round The Mountain " and " Lost In Alaska " , maybe " Meet Captain Kidd " was par for the course . The sad... |
486,130 | 386,241 | 139,487 | 5 | Fairly well-made , if slow-paced , thriller | The more you want to see Shannon Tweed in an action role ( as opposed to a strictly seduce - the - men - and - take - your - clothes - off role ) , the more you are likely to enjoy " Naked Lies " . Tweed proves once again that she is quite adept at handling martial arts scenes , and even if her face shows signs of agin... |
486,874 | 386,241 | 86,289 | 5 | Plodding rehash of " The Magnificent Seven " | The problem with this movie is not that it rehashes the plot of " The Magnificent Seven " ; after all , even that movie was a remake of something else ( " The Seven Samurai " , which I have not seen yet ) . The problem is that it rehashes it in a plodding and unimaginative fashion . The main difference between the two ... |
485,690 | 386,241 | 59,903 | 5 | Sloppy ( if occasionally amusing ) mess . | What's New , Pussycat marks the writing and acting debut of Woody Allen ; as an actor , he clearly steals the show , and he has a couple of hilarious scenes . Peter O'Toole is agreeable in a somewhat self-parodying role , but Peter Sellers is really disappointing in this film , constantly overacting and earning very ... |
485,857 | 386,241 | 90,685 | 5 | Schematic and predictable . | Overly predictable , overly formulaic comedy has some amusing gags but also some mildly dramatic moments which feel particularly phony because the whole plot ( and its inevitable happy ending ) is believable only as a fairy tale . The film is easy enough to digest , but thoroughly ordinary . Note-worthy , extremely win... |
486,752 | 386,241 | 110,463 | 5 | Atypical Jet Li movie , for HK cinema fanatics only | I have to disagree with one of the previous reviewers who said that this movie would be ideal for Hong Kong cinema neophytes . I believe that only HK fanatics should even attempt to watch it - the less experienced viewers will probably turn it off after about 30 minutes ( it's no wonder that no American distributor pic... |
487,246 | 386,241 | 121,074 | 5 | A disappointment for Cynthia Khan fans | This is only the third Cynthia Khan film I've seen so far , and I'm already a big fan of hers - but how could I not be ? She is a gorgeous woman , a good fighter , and a decent actress . In fact , I'm giving " Angel on Fire " a " out of 4 " rating basically thanks to her , because it probably deserves less . The plot i... |
487,053 | 386,241 | 94,997 | 5 | Technically well-made but boring . | This film comes up short in many areas , but it's still not Fulci's worst ( it's better than " Aenigma " , for sure ) . The script is thin , and the ending makes no sense , but there are enough well-executed gore set-pieces ( considering the budget , the scene where a man gets split in two is a real dazzler ! ) to make... |
485,772 | 386,241 | 438,486 | 5 | Audacious , gimmicky , twisty - and empty | Ten ' til Noon is one of those films that are more interesting for their form rather than their content . The concept ( how different but interconnecting characters spend 10 minutes of their life , from 11 : 50 to 12 : 00 p . m ) is intriguing , the twists ( that come when the concept is finally broken ) are genuinel... |
487,170 | 386,241 | 86,393 | 5 | A mixed bag , AT BEST . | The most boring of the Supermans . Most of the special effects look phony ( Superman does a lot of flying over matte paintings in this one ) , Richard Pryor's broad comic relief is out of place , and Richard Lester lingers on the violence too long , and as a result ideas that start out witty ( Superman turning into a d... |
485,631 | 386,241 | 79,837 | 5 | Gorgeous women , mediocre film | Three comic skits set in Milan . The first is lame , worth seeing only for a few glimpses of Edwige Fenech's body ( I doubt that many Japanese women - she plays one here - wear what she wears after taking a shower ) . The second is the best : Michele Placido is by far the best comic actor in the film - he doesn't push ... |
487,180 | 386,241 | 66,740 | 5 | Theater of Blood was much better . | Handsome , colorful , but also tedious , lackluster horror film . Much inferior to the VERY similar " Theater of Blood " . I agree with all those who said that Vincent Price's inability to use his voice in a " normal " way hurts the film . His completists will have fun anyway . ( ) |
486,546 | 386,241 | 117,238 | 5 | Futuristic spaghetti Western | Omega Doom is a movie whose ambitions clearly outweigh its budget . However , there is something to be said for genre filmmakers like Albert Pyun who try to make the most of the budget they do have . As others have already pointed out , this is essentially a spaghetti Western transported to a post-apocalyptic setting... |
486,064 | 386,241 | 90,630 | 5 | A fairly intelligent stupid movie . | I don't know exactly what to make of this . It's pretty obvious that you're not supposed to take it seriously , yet for a comedy it has far too much mayhem and not enough laughs . It's all quite stupid , really , and you might be tempted to shut it off even before the opening credits have finished rolling . But it has ... |
486,550 | 386,241 | 101,579 | 5 | Unexceptional programmer | Although this film is a Golden Harvest co-production , don't expect the fight choreography to be much better than average . For one thing , the villains are not very skillful fighters , and even those few who appear intimidating at first are defeated rather easily ( I hate it when that happens ) . There is still some o... |
485,941 | 386,241 | 82,308 | 5 | Corny , but not dislikable . | Corny sci-fi about a family of aliens ( they look A LOT like us humans ) who find themselves stranded on Earth , chased by the usual government officials , protected by an old man and his orphaned grandson . Strictly kid's stuff , but it has some appeal . The effects are mostly of the " well , at least you can't see th... |
486,326 | 386,241 | 59,465 | 5 | The ( misleading ) title is better than the movie | If there is one thing I don't like in horror films ( well , it's more than one , but never mind ) it's those long , dialogue-free scenes of people - investigating - strange - noises - in - dark - rooms . " Die , Monster , Die ! " has more than its share of such scenes , and this results in a draggy pace : the movie run... |
486,132 | 386,241 | 91,129 | 5 | Too long ; a mixed bag . | Generally considered a low point in Eddie Murphy's career , " The Golden Child " is actually a mixed bag . It's at its best when it spoofs the solemnity and the cliches of most exotic epics , and when Murphy delivers some sarcastic , witty wisecracks . And it's at its worst when it resorts to violence ( excessively gra... |
486,471 | 386,241 | 116,762 | 5 | Stagnant , overlong crime drama . | Keys To Tulsa is not completely uninteresting - that would be impossible with the cast it has ( including a made-up-to-look-like-Elvis James Spader and a HOT Deborah Unger ) . But the story never seems to build and the movie drags from one purposeless dialogue scene to another ; it goes on so long that it begins to r... |
486,244 | 386,241 | 91,080 | 5 | Amusing at first , ultimately tedious . | Friday the 13th Part VI begins by taking the whole Jason legend in an entirely different direction : in the pre-title sequence Jason imitates James Bond ( ! ) and there are a few other self-spoofing scenes to follow . In the first part , the film often approaches the style of a slapstick comedy ! I've never been a fa... |
486,878 | 386,241 | 374,627 | 5 | Unsophisticated but inoffensive comedy | The " James Bond spoof " has been done so many times by now that it should be considered a genre by itself , and " Double Zero " has very little that's fresh to offer . Do not think for a moment that because this is a French production it has any more sophistication or wit than , say , Leslie Nielsen's " Spy Hard " - i... |
485,752 | 386,241 | 21,165 | 5 | Dull Hitchcock . | Ponderous , plodding , dull Hitchcock thriller ( and to think I saw the shortened , American version ! ) , with interminable dialogue passages and little action . The director finds room for a few peculiar touches ( like the unanimous " Any answer to that , Sir John ? " in the " jury deliberation " sequence ) , but thi... |
485,840 | 386,241 | 94,961 | 5 | Wild horror comedy . | This outrageous comic-book style film crosses two genres : the buddy comedy with the zombie horror film . You'll get some undemanding fun from it , but there should be more . It has a fast pace and some good special effects ( the disintegration of a woman , etc ) , but too many repetitive puns about the dead cop's cond... |
487,257 | 386,241 | 82,338 | 5 | Entertaining trash . | Set in a totalitarian future society , this film has a bleak but quite vividly drawn vision of the world . . . for its first 20 minutes or so ; then it turns into a straight action-chase adventure . The uncut 90-minute version is extremely gory , but some of the effects are rather lame . Nevertheless , it's a fast-pace... |
486,454 | 386,241 | 116,769 | 5 | Customary Franco ineptitude . | What we have here is a story that looks promising on paper ( an isolated castle , a 100-year-old woman who wants to regain her youth and beauty but needs to drink fresh blood to do so , five lost punk-rockers who are destined to be her next victims ) , turned into a stupid horror movie " thanks " to Jess Franco's custo... |
486,818 | 386,241 | 82,367 | 5 | Derivative horror film . | This somewhat hokey thriller takes itself more seriously than it should ; although it does have some moderately effective sequences , it really suffers in comparison with the archetypal Antichrist movie , " The Omen " ; it lacks the maturity and strength of that 1976 classic ( despite a very solemn beginning ) . To be ... |
487,328 | 386,241 | 44,207 | 5 | A cheat ! | When you watch a movie titled " When Worlds Collide " , you obviously expect the " worlds " to . . . . . you know , " collide " . Well , they do , but it all takes place offscreen ; the movie skimps on effects and spectacle . There ARE some relatively impressive effects here , but they're very limited in their duration... |
486,286 | 386,241 | 86,154 | 5 | Routine and confusing sequel . | I've read somewhere that director Franklin is a devoted fan of Alfred Hitchcock . Unfortunately , he lacks the " Hitchcock touch " : his direction here is mostly routine , with only a handful of interesting shots . The script is stronger , and its attempts to build a new story and follow the rules of a murder mystery i... |
485,789 | 386,241 | 116,828 | 5 | Hopper as the good guy ? | Casually violent " crime comedy " about a verbally abused small-time " errand man " who decides he can't take it anymore , and plots an elaborate revenge against his boss , a sadistic gangster . Michael Madsen does what he does best ( looking cool and being baaaaad ) and Kiefer Sutherland is amusing as a desperate porn... |
486,787 | 386,241 | 105,900 | 5 | Good genre cast , mediocre - if passable - results | Look at the cast we have here ! Cynthia Rothrock , Chuck Jeffreys , Robin Shou , John Miller : all of them real-life martial artists . And then there is Donna Jason , who has probably had some martial arts training , and even though she's not at the level of the others , she gets extra points for hotness ( great smile ... |
486,398 | 386,241 | 105,893 | 5 | Fast-forward to the 50th minute , then start watching | First of all : as a principle I prefer subtitling to dubbing for Asian movies , but when the subtitles are as bad as they are with my ( Universe ) version of this movie ( bad = illiterate , moving too fast , and completely unreadable against white backgrounds ) , even the cheesiest dubbing voices would be an improvemen... |
487,383 | 386,241 | 70,680 | 5 | Burt is the only redeeming virtue . | A sarcastic , slightly self-parodying Burt Reynolds in his prime is the best thing this otherwise undistinguished actioner / mystery has to offer . Right from the opening scene , Reynolds sets up an unconventional action-movie character , who doesn't take himself too seriously . Unfortunately , he is plugged into an ov... |
487,250 | 386,241 | 114,683 | 5 | I agree , it's not so bad | Although Anna Nicole Smith will never be mistaken for a legitimate actress or action star , at least she doesn't embarrass herself in " To The Limit " because the film has been carefully designed to keep her confined within her acting / action limitations ( only one - brief - dramatic moment , only one - brief - fight ... |
486,190 | 386,241 | 82,425 | 5 | Sloppy but good-natured . | This horror spoof contains enough corny jokes to last you a lifetime , but is generally harmless and even has a certain schlocky charm . Produced on an obviously low budget and sloppily directed by Larry Cohen , it tries to do for werewolf flicks what " Airplane ! " had done for disaster epics the previous year , but i... |
486,738 | 386,241 | 82,418 | 5 | Forgettable and worthless , but moodily directed . | While you're watching " Friday The 13th , Part 2 " , it's important to forget for a while your normal requirements from a movie . The characters are pitifully uninteresting , the ending is super-idiotic , the whole movie is cheap-looking , exploitive and trashy in the extreme . However , what distinguishes it from the ... |
487,355 | 386,241 | 361,620 | 5 | Unchallenging fluff | One thing I noticed right away about " First Daughter " is that Forest Whitaker ( a great actor , by the way ) has a decent sense of visual style . So perhaps he should choose more challenging material for his next directorial effort - after all , there is only so much you can do with a script like this , where everyon... |
486,691 | 386,241 | 105,851 | 5 | Run-of-the-mill actioner . | Let's be honest here : if this exact same flick had been made in America , it wouldn't have been given a second look , but it's a Hong Kong production and , inevitably , a hyped-up " cult classic " . Go figure . Anyway , the revenge plot is familiar , and the film , lacking the emotional power of " The Killer " ( the o... |
487,139 | 386,241 | 86,050 | 5 | Agreeable stuff . . . | This one isn't quite as bad as you might expect . A cheap , schlocky horror movie that offers nothing new to the genre but remains watchable most of the time , thanks to fairly good direction and OK ( considering the low budget ) special effects . The climactic attack of the zombies is poorly handled , and the script s... |
486,586 | 386,241 | 86,036 | 5 | Trivial horror fare . | Peter Weller's excellent performance is the best reason to see this film ; he gives us a very realistic portrait of a man's descent into near-insanity . Otherwise , this horror film is rather trivial , with an one-note premise which is handled pretty poorly ( although there are some scattered effective moments ) . Fort... |
485,649 | 386,241 | 105,809 | 5 | Slow , obvious thriller . | The script telegraphs all of its " surprises " , the direction is strictly by-the-numbers and Dylan McDermott is a bland lead . There are only two noteworthy elements in this movie : the dangerous , edgy intensity Tom Sizemore brings to his role , and a couple of steamy moments provided by Sharon Stone , who was then a... |
486,231 | 386,241 | 94,834 | 5 | Not as good as its title . . . . and that says something . | With a title like that , I wasn't sure what to expect , but it definitely wasn't a low-low-low-grade comedy with endless pseudo-pointed conversations about the battle of the sexes ! The humor is very corny and some of the jokes are telegraphed well before they occur ! This still gets a generous rating of two stars , if... |
485,695 | 386,241 | 90,966 | 5 | Rambling , empty film . | This supposed " satire " lacks two things that are essential for a satire : a target and a purpose . The fact that it's even today considered to be a " satire " is extremely puzzling ; I wonder if there is one person who saw this film and understood what exactly this movie was meant to satirize . But the movie has othe... |
487,249 | 386,241 | 114,467 | 5 | The right grade for this film . . . | . . . is something around a " " . If you take Anna Nicole Smith out , it is a decent action film , with nice explosions , respect-worthy stunts ( people falling from great heights or being burned alive ) , and a few surprisingly solid martial arts fights with Branko Cikatik . And yet until today more than half of the 7... |
486,682 | 386,241 | 82,242 | 5 | Slow . . . ( mild spoilers ) | Small-town sheriff investigates a series of strange murders ( with the victims being mostly outsiders ) , and discovers that the corpses are being stolen from their graves and re-animated , forming an " army " of walking dead . A good premise , but it's undone by slow , labored direction and illogical plot twists . Som... |
487,062 | 386,241 | 82,247 | 5 | Well-done but thinly plotted . | A well-done action yarn , filmed on beautiful natural locations . The plot is very thin , though , and the film tries to fill the dead spots with pointless brawls . Not really for Bronson fans , since his role is almost wordless . Marvin's performance is stronger , but , as a whole , this film is routine . |
486,021 | 386,241 | 94,750 | 5 | A poor man's James Bond | Playing a cross between James Bond and Jackie Chan , Sho Kosugi is likable enough , but unlike Jackie when he does a stunt the camera is too far away from him and it's hard to know if he is doubled or not ( if you stick around for the end credits , you'll discover that he WAS doubled on at least two occasions ) , and u... |
487,364 | 386,241 | 90,930 | 5 | This stuff can no longer affect us . . . . | This rather tiresome sequel to the 1986 Italian horror hit has some clever ideas ( I liked the concept of a demon entering our dimension through a TV screen ) and the special effects range from simply good to jaw-dropping , but the structure is awfully repetitive . You are likely to become totally anesthetized after a ... |
486,798 | 386,241 | 464,913 | 5 | Lukewarm | Special Agent OSS 117 , perhaps France's most famous answer to Britain's James Bond , enters the 21st century with " Cairo , Nest of Spies " , but unfortunately the producers don't seem sure of how to package his return : as a legitimate period spy flick , or as a spoof of the genre ? As a result , although the film ha... |
487,323 | 386,241 | 82,288 | 5 | Dreary . | Dragonslayer is a dreary and gloomy fantasy that isn't nearly as much fun as it should have been . It needed a stronger sense of pacing , and more engaging characters . The much talked-about special effects are generally very convincing , although the dragon's face appears to be a bit stiff in close-ups . There are s... |
486,051 | 386,241 | 66,993 | 5 | Noise and chaos . | Is it perhaps the film's admittedly powerful ending that makes people so willing to forget just how chaotic and dull most of this picture is ? Yes , you read that right : dull ! The scenes simply don't hang together . Russell is at his best in the few " visionary " sequences ( like those where Vanessa Redgrave imagines... |
485,880 | 386,241 | 79,592 | 5 | Disappointing . | Atmospheric direction , wonderfully " foggy " and detailed production design and a first-rate cast would almost seem to guarantee a success here , but " Murder By Decree " is a stiff , disappointing film . With its annoyingly pretentious dialogue and the affected performances by the main leads ( Sutherland and Gielgud ... |
486,518 | 386,241 | 266,066 | 5 | Perverse , bizarre and thin on plot | Plotting and logic are not this film's strongest points : just the usual story of a female assassin ( with impossibly good aim ) who falls in love with one of her targets and wants to start a new life , but in this line of business " There's No Easy Way Out " , as that song in " Rocky IV " said . Basically , " Beautifu... |
487,568 | 386,241 | 80,380 | 5 | Something this bizarre cannot be dismissed so easily . | Vapid ( largely due to the male lead's inability to act - not surprisingly , this was his only film ) , bizarre fantasy-musical-allegory . It gets points for its sheer audacity and the effort that was put into it - it was probably made on a relatively low budget , yet it manages to create a world of its own ; apparentl... |
486,884 | 386,241 | 28,212 | 5 | Dated Hitchcock thriller . | This British Hitchcock thriller is dated and pretty weak , certainly weaker than " The Lady Vanishes " . Hitchcock tries hard , and he provides one memorable sequence ( the bomb in the bus ) , but he is defeated by the underwritten , poor script and the equally poor production values . |
486,749 | 386,241 | 32,536 | 5 | Weak Marx Brothers comedy . | After a brilliant and very promising opening sequence , this later Marx Brothers comedy goes downhill and never quite recovers . The film is still fitfully funny but it's also too conventional and not " wacky " enough . I found the romantic elements fairly appealing , but the " musical " parts - including Harpo's harp-... |
486,167 | 386,241 | 93,215 | 5 | Formulaic but pleasant . | Formulaic , uninspired but painless teen comedy . It's the typical formula where the young hero encounters every imaginable object as he tries to get to his ( constantly changing ) destination ; thanks to his wits , and to pure luck , he overcomes all of them . This film shares with many 80s comedies ( " Stripes " come... |
486,778 | 386,241 | 63,135 | 5 | The worst of the series . | It's already been said : the idea of replacing Peter Sellers with Alan Arkin in the role of Inspector Clouseau did not work at all . Arkin tries valiantly , but mostly he seems like a serious actor trapped in a comic role , and his efforts come off as forced . But regardless of who's playing Clouseau , this is a flat ,... |
487,396 | 386,241 | 116,731 | 5 | Average , protracted . | This high-profile star vehicle is generally a misfire . It has little to recommend it besides the leads ' performances : Demi Moore is utterly convincing , and Alec Baldwin displays his charisma and gives us a three-dimensional villain . Not quite an unwatchable film , as many reviews might lead you to believe , but or... |
487,281 | 386,241 | 68,273 | 5 | Disappointing " sequel " | First of all , I would like to say that I find Leonard Maltin's review of this film rather inaccurate . " Amusing SPOOF of prison films " ? Calling " The Big Bird Cage " a spoof is like calling " Die Hard " a spoof of action films because it contains some wisecracks and comic-relief characters . That said , I found thi... |
485,641 | 386,241 | 93,220 | 5 | Low-rent sequel to a low-rent movie . | This pseudo-sequel to " House " has no relation whatsoever to it , but the two films do share some common qualities : they are both low-rent , the " jungle " scenes here are as totally unconvincing as the Vietnam flashbacks there , and the comic moments work much better than the supposed " horror " ones . |
486,246 | 386,241 | 68,230 | 5 | Mechanically directed horror film . | Asylum is a four-part horror / anthology film that fails to satisfy the viewer . The first story is a familiar , one-note revenge tale . The second begins intriguingly but gets increasingly predictable . Still , it's the one that stands out , mainly due to Peter Cushing's delightful performance . The third story is c... |
485,949 | 386,241 | 59,282 | 5 | Slight Supposed Spy Spoof | Hot Enough For June tries to be both a James Bond spoof AND a serious spy thriller , but in truth it contains very little humor and very little action . What it does have is a lot of cold war espionage - it certainly feels more like a real spy movie than any Bond film of the period , with the notable exception of " F... |
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