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Demolition Man - (1993 movie)

2021-01-26

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106697/

Cryogenics is used to freeze a criminal and the cop who was framed while capturing him, and both are awakened to a seemingly-pristine world.

A classic that holds up well.

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What Happened to Monday - (2017 movie)

2020-11-14

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What Happened to Monday - (2017 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1536537/

In a world where siblings are illegal, seven of them struggle against being caught.

It was kind of okay to begin with but it sled downhill..

Aka Seven Sisters.
I don't know why there's no question mark for this title?

Metropolis - (2001 movie)

2019-06-18

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293416/

A city sculpted by technology has a poverty-stricken underbelly and grand political schemes.

aka Metoroporisu
Based on Metropolis (manga)

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That borg-eye is never seen.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/
https://web.archive.org/web/20200611015506/https://www.uphe.com/movies/12-monkeys

From a future destroyed by plague, a prisoner "volunteers" to be sent back in time to fetch pre-infection samples.

A great movie that stands apart both from its contemporaries and even from movies of today. It touches upon a lot of topics I find interesting in movies.

Inspired by La Jetée - (1962 movie), written by Chris Marker
See also 12 Monkeys - (2015 show)
TODO - watch with the commentary
TODO - At the end of the making-of is a secret menu and more stuff.

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Ten Years - (2015 movie)

2017-04-22

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5269560/

A criminal syndicate works toward panic to implement legal changes.

It was slow, awkward and amateur.. and I watched the first part and stopped watching after just 20 minutes.

aka Sap Nin
aka 十年

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Boda Secreta - (1989 movie)

2017-02-07

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094774/

A man wakes up naked with amnesia and seeks out his fiance from years ago.

Not great and not recommended. It's got a shaky story and a weakly-portrayed world. Both the movie's world and the film quality are particularly low. Its acting and speech are stiff.

In English, the title is Secret Wedding.

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The Matrix Revolutions - (2003 movie)

2017-01-15

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The Matrix Revolutions - (2003 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242653/

With killer-machines digging down to bypass the defences of the last refuge of mankind, a man with sudden magic powers magics with his powers.

Oh god, make it end. The writing is so fucking sloppy that the second movie and this third movie should not be watched by anyone, most especially fans of the first movie.

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The Matrix Reloaded - (2003 movie)

2017-01-12

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Just like this poster, this movie has no brains.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215/
https://web.archive.org/web/20040529194222/http://www.thematrix.com/

The war against The Machines escalates, and it's a race between them digging down to Zion and The One pushing his way into the core of The Matrix for reason that wasn't explained very well.

If there are people out there who saw the first one and somehow get to this post before seeing this movie, please avoid this. Yes it's more of the same and it's "good", but this is a shit story that should be skipped.

This movie does not have an ending. It is part one of a mandatory two-movie binge.

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Boy 7 - (2015 movie)

2016-05-11

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There are more than seven boys.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3620418/

College students LARPing as revolutionaries set a hacker up, but he causes a shitstorm in an agent training prison.

This is pretty good. It's essentially a Dutch revisitation of the concepts in the French movie La Femme Nikita - (1990 movie). It's straightforward and so it seems fairly low budget.