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May 16th, 2013: Desperado (1995)

May16 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Remake, Revenge, Sequel Tagged Antonio Banderas, Cheech Marin, Columbia Pictures, Danny Trejo, drug dealers, hit man, knives, mariachi, Mexico, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, triple threat

May 12th, 2013: Saving Private Perez

May12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fish-Out-of-Water, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, Suicide Mission, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smuggler, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

Saving Private Perez

Apr8 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Full Reviews, Gangster, Independent, Reviews, Slapstick, Special Operations, Spoof, War Movies Tagged brothers, childhood friend, drug dealers, drug smuggler, Guerrillas, hit man, hostage, Iraq, low-budget, machetes, Mexico, mother, narcos, rescue mission, The Marines, U.S. Army, younger brother

December 28th, 2012: Truck Turner (1974)

Dec28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Movie of the Day Tagged AIP, Alan Weeks, bounty hunters, brothel, cash-in, Charles Cyphers, dead partner, Dick Miller, Drive-In, Fred Weintraub, grindhouse, hit man, Isaac Hayes, Jonathan Kaplan, madame, Nichelle Nichols, party, Paul Harris, pimp, prostitutes, revenge, Sam Laws, Scatman Crothers, Stan Shaw, the declining years, Yaphet Kotto

June 17th, 2012: Fallen Angels (1995)

Jun17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Hit Man, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Romance, Slapstick Tagged Charlie Yeung, dad bomb, double cross, father, father-son relationship, forbidden love, hit man, homage, Hong Kong, insanity, jilted lover, low-budget, mobsters, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wong Kar Wai

June 7th, 2012: Branded to Kill

Jun7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Gangster, Hit Man, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, The Original Tagged alcoholic, Anne Mari, double cross, femme fatale, hit man, Japan, Jo Shishido, Nikkatsu, rice, Seijun Suzuki, Yakuza

May 9th, 2012: Miller’s Crossing (1990)

May9 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Drama, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Thriller Tagged "Looks like I'm just gonna have to Yojimbo it", 20th Century Fox, Albert Finney, alcoholic, Barry Sonnenfeld, before they were famous, Carter Burwell, double cross, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Gabriel Byrne, hit man, homage, J.E. Freeman, Joel Coen, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, Michael Badalucco, Michael Jeter, Mike Starr, mob, mob war, mobsters, moll, Sam Raimi, Steve Buscemi, tommy gun

March 12th, 2012: The Bourne Identity (2002)

Mar12 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Chase, Espionage, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, The Original, Thriller Tagged Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, amnesia, assassin, Brian Cox, Chris Cooper, CIA, Clive Owen, conspiracy, Czech Republic, double cross, Doug Liman, Frank Marshall, Franka Potente, Germany, hit man, Hypnotic, improvised weaponry, Julia Stiles, Kennedy/Marshall Company, Matt Damon, Mini Cooper, Paris, Robert Ludlum, rogue agent, shotgun, sniper, spies, spineless bureacrats, The Marines, Universal Pictures, upstairs downstairs, Walton Goggins

December 12th, 2011: Shaft in Africa

Dec12 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Blaxploitation, Crime, Detective, Espionage, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sequel Tagged Africa, double cross, Ethiopia, France, Frank Finlay, Frank McRae, hit man, human trafficking, Jacques Herlin, John Guillermin, Johny Pate, location shooting, Marne Maitland, MGM, Neda Arneric, Paris, Richard Roundtree, slavery, Sterling Silliphant, The Four Tops, Vonetta McGee

October 20th, 2011: Le Samourai (1967)

Oct20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Crime, Hit Man, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, The Original Tagged Alain Delon, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), cult, double cross, Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, France, hit man, homage, Italy, jazz, Jean-Pierre Melville, low-budget, mobsters, night club, Paris, subway, torch singer

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