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Category: Action

  • Miami Vice (2006)

    Miami Vice (2006)

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    For a film version that didn’t give the 1980s pastel aesthetic that fans of the TV series grew up with, switching it up for intense drug enforcement research and grainy digital cameras, I’m always heartened by the cult love that Michael Mann’s Miami Vice (2006) generates for film lovers and Michael Mann fans. I completely… Read.

  • The Last Dragon (1985)

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    My favourite moment in Motown producer Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon (1985) is when a packed movie theatre showing Enter The Dragon is interrupted randomly by two break-dancers and a boom-box, who are then shouted down and told to leave. Right before the unforgettable Sho’nuff (played by Julius J. Carry III in an indomitable performance)… Read.

  • Gloria (1980)

    Gloria (1980)

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    The first time I saw John Cassavetes’ Gloria (1980) as a teenager I was like “I don’t know, it’s okay; not enough action scenes.” Watching it again, there is enough action scenes. However, the true action is not the shoot outs or any gun play – it’s more the indomitable Gena Rowlands herself. As the… Read.

  • Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)

    Assault On Precinct 13 (1976)

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    Over time, Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) has become one of my favourite John Carpenter films. Much like George A. Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead, which it was influenced by, it is a triumph of low budget genre filmmaking that cracked the market and inspired countless rip offs. It is the first action picture… Read.

  • The Wages Of Fear (1953)

    The Wages Of Fear (1953)

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    Tangerine Dream’s score for William Friedkin’s Sorcerer stuck in my head during. The original, The Wages Of Fear (1953; Le salaire de la peur), from my memory, generally keeps the music to the beginning and end, letting silence add a lot to the infamously gripping sequences of two trucks and four drivers transporting dangerous nitroglycerine… Read.