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December 7th, 2014: High and Low — a.k.a. Tengoku to jigoku (1963)

Dec7 by bellabone

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Addicition, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Drama, Film Noir, Hostage Situation, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Stalker, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged Akira Kurosawa, class issues, detective, Ed McBain, heroin, industrialist, Japan, kidnapping, mistaken identity, noir, ransom, rock and roll, shoes, Sixties, Toshiro Mifune

September 10th, 2014: Gyakushû! Satsujin Ken aka The Streetfigher’s Last Revenge

Sep10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Sequel Tagged anti-hero, cash-in, disguise expert, drug dealers, half breed, heroin, Japan, karate, laser, low-budget, mariachi, mercenary, mob, mobsters, Sonny Chiba, strike, strong man, Toei Company, union

June 26th, 2014: The Stabilizer

Jun26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Bad Dubbing, cash-in, double cross, drug dealers, drugs, gimmick weapon, Golden Triangle, heroin, Indonesia, kidnapping, low-budget, quotably bad dialogue, revenge, rip-off, scientists, Troma

January 12th, 2014: Evil Under the Sun (1982)

Jan12 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Sequel, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged Adriatic, Britain, diana rigg, drug smugglers, EMI Films, Guy Hamilton, Hercule Poirot, heroin, island, James Mason, Jane Birkin, jewel thieves, Maggie Smith, murder, Peter Ustinov, resort, Roddy McDowall, Sylvia Miles

November 15th, 2013: Live and Let Die (1973)

Nov15 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Thriller Tagged Albert R. Broccoli, alligator, before they were famous, Bernard Lee, Best Original Song Nominee, Britain, Bullshitania, car chases, Caribbean, cash-in, CIA, Clifton James, coffin, cult, cult leader, cultists, David Hedison, double decker bus, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, Earl Jolly Brown, fight in a train car, fortune teller, funeral, gadgets, Geoffrey Holder, George Martin, Gloria Hendry, Guy Hamilton, Harlem, Harry Saltzman, heroin, Ian Fleming, island, James Bond, Jane Seymour, Julius Harris, Lois Maxwell, London, MI6, New Orleans, New York City, occult, Paul McCartney, prosthetic arm, racist cops, racists, rednecks, Roger Moore, secret agent, sheriff, speedboat, switchblade, tarot, train, United Nations, Voodoo

October 30th, 2013: The Crow (1994)

Oct30 by bellabone

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Based on a Comic Book, Crime, Drama, From Beyond the Grave, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original Tagged Alex Proyas, arson, Brandon Lee, children of famous people, comic books, Crow, Cure, Detroit, Devil's Night, Ernie Hudson, grunge, heroin, James O'Barr, Michael Wincott, nineties, Stone Temple Pilots

August 24th, 2013: American Gangster (2007)

Aug24 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Cops, Crime, Gangster, Movie of the Day, Period Film, True Crime Tagged Armand Assante, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, brothers, Carla Gugino, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clarence Williams III, Common, corrupt cops, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denzel Washington, drug addict, drug dealers, drugs, heroin, Idris Elba, Imagine Entertainment, John Hawkes, Jon Polito, Josh Brolin, Kevin Corrigan, maverick, maverick cops, mobsters, mother-son relationship, New York City, Nicholas Pileggi, Relativity Media, Ridley Scott, rise and fall, Ruby Dee, Russell Crowe, RZA, Ted Levine, Universal Pictures, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans

February 12th, 2013: Mitchell (1975)

Feb12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Allied Artists, Andrew V. McLaglen, cash-in, children of famous people, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, double cross, Drive-In, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, grindhouse, helicopter, heroin, Hoyt Axton, incompetent cops, it's not over, Jerry Hardin, Joe Don Baker, John Saxon, Linda Evans, low-budget, Martin Balsam, maverick, maverick cops, Merlin Olsen, mobsters, murder, rip-off

The Stabilizer

Oct7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Independent, Quick Reviews, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Bad Dubbing, cash-in, double cross, drug dealers, drugs, gimmick weapon, Golden Triangle, heroin, Indonesia, kidnapping, low-budget, quotably bad dialogue, revenge, rip-off, scientists, Troma

June 26th, 2012: The French Connection (1971)

Jun26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day Tagged Alan Weeks, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Sound Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, drug dealers, drugs, Ernest Tidyman, Fernando Rey, Frank Adonis, Gene Hackman, heroin, New York City, Roy Scheider, subway, Tony Lo Bianco, William Friedkin

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