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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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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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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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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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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.

Properly titled Blade: Trinity
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Uncanny – (2015 movie)

2017-01-28

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321502/
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A reported is invited for an exclusive story in a tech mogul’s closed-lab.

Quite good, though rather obvious.

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Deep Impact – (1998 movie)

2017-01-22

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120647/

An comet’s path crosses the earth’s, and a shuttle crew is to rendezvous with it to plant nukes to divert its course.

With a decent story and good characters, the science proves, unfortunately, fundamentally flawed. It’s still a good watch and doesn’t show its age.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102562/

An evil scientist constructs a robot surrogate and transfers his consciousness into it to carry out his plans for global domination by kidnapping a very wealthy sheikh’s son.

A watchable moderate-budget movie which somehow still falls into an 80s-cheese style. It’s rare to find such a bold movie, even with it being unashamedly graphic to the point of dark comedy. I think that’s why I like it.

It’s worth watching once.

See also RoboCop – (1987 movie)

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Payback – (1999 movie)

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Point Blank – (1967 movie)

Blade 2 – (2002 movie)

Boda Secreta – (1989 movie)

Versus – (2000 movie)

Blade 3 – (2004 movie)

Uncanny – (2015 movie)

Deep Impact – (1998 movie)

Robotrix – (1991 movie)

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