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Payback – (1999 movie)

2017-04-05

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120784/
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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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Point Blank – (1967 movie)

2017-03-08

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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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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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Immortals – (2011 movie)

2017-02-06

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1253864/
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A warlord seeks to unleash the enemies of the gods to kill them.

While watchable, I would only recommend it to fans of the sword and sandal genre who can also stand the “quality” that Hollywood offers.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0275773/
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In a forest where any who die rise as zombies, an escaped convict does something something.

I got 1/3 in and got bored. It’s too over-the-top.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359013/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/blade-trinity

Blade meets other vampire hunters who are working against vampire plans to resurrect the progenitor vampire to try to make better vampires. Again.

A mediocre movie. For big fans of the first two, this is recommended. For people who found the first one okay and the second one merely passable, this can be safely skipped.

For fans of either of Jessica Biel or Ryan Reynolds, this is a look into their future movies.