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Payback – (1999 movie)

2017-04-05

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120784/
paybackmovie.com

Betrayed by his partner-in-crime over syndicate buy-in money, and by his wife over his affair, a man returns from his assumed-murder to collect his cut from their last job.

An amazing movie that has a great tone throughout. It’s straightforward and blunt. Although Mel Gibson is flat, it works for both the character and the movie.

A remake of Point Blank – (1967 movie), which is in turn based on The Hunter – (1962 book), by Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake)
Original soundtrack on Varese Sarabande CDs.
Apparently there’s a “Mysterious Press” novel.

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Iron Fist – (2017 show)

2017-03-26

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322310/
https://www.netflix.com/title/80002612

The son of a billionaire family survives them in a plane crash in the Himalayas, and returns after being raised by monks only to find their ancient enemies throughout his old home and business. Basically Marvel’s Batman.

At first I was going to ignore this series, because the Iron Fist trailer made it look like utter trash, but the YUR A WHITE MALE “mainstream liberal media” response made me interested.

Even though the superhero genre is generally tiring, this show is well worth watching, and its response is a beautiful example of fake news manufactured by “social” “justice”.

Note that The Hand is unrelated to TMNT’s Foot Clan.

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Point Blank – (1967 movie)

2017-03-08

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062138/

Betrayed, robbed and left for dead by his friend, a man swears revenge.

A good, but not great, movie.

Based on The Hunter – (1962 book), by Richard Stark (Donald E. Westlake)
Payback – (1999 movie) is a remake.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187738/

A day-walking vampire halts his crusade against them, forming a truce to hunt an even worse monster.

An adequate movie, with an acceptable amount of over-the-top nonsense. Definitely worth watching for fans of the original. Easily stands the test of time.

Properly titled Blade II
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Dracula Untold – (2014 movie)

2017-02-25

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829150/

A boy turned into a horrifying soldier becomes a totally likable guy.

I believe I watched this movie already, but perhaps it faded from memory due to its mediocrity. I couldn’t watch very far in before being entirely turned off at the concept of the main character.

See also Dracula – (1897 book), by Bram Stoker

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Trance Music – 2017-02-17

2017-02-17

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Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://github.com/Davidebyzero/Snipes

A multiplayer, text, third-person shooter originally made for DOS, but I know it from Novell Netware.

I had a hell of a lot of fun with it. Perhaps it’s nostalgia which makes me stay so fond of it, but I think the fundamental gameplay still holds up today. I could easily imagine a great updated version of this but I have and still do see this same gameplay in all sorts of other top-down games.

DOS
Linux port (archive)
iOS port

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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.