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June 17th, 2012: Fallen Angels (1995)

Jun17 by Professor Mortis

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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 Professor Mortis

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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 Professor Mortis

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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 Professor Mortis

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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 Professor Mortis

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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 Professor Mortis

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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

September 16th, 2011: The Big Sleep (1946)

Sep16 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Mystery, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged adult bookstore, blackmail, Bob Steele, Dorothy Malone, double cross, drug addict, Elijah Cook Jr., femme fatale, gambler, hit man, Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Jack L. Warner, Lauren Bacall, Max Steiner, mobsters, musical interlude, National Film Registry, Phillip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler, shelved, William Faulkner

September 10th, 2011: The Streetfighter (1974)

Sep10 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, The Original Tagged cash-in, double cross, grindhouse, heiress, heterosexual life partner, hit man, homoerotic subtext, Japan, kidnapping, Masafumi Suzuki, mercenary, oil company, oil crisis, quotably bad dialogue, rip-off, sidekick, Sonny Chiba, stilted dialogue, Toei Company, Triad Gangsters, World War Two, Yakuza

July 15th, 2011: The Mechanic (1972)

Jul15 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged "The Organization", apprentice/mentor relationship, attempted suicide, booby trap, Charles Bronson, Chartoff-Winkler Productions, hit man, Italy, Iwrin Winkler, Jan Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Michael Winner, mobsters, Robert Chartoff, Rube Goldberg murders, twist, United Artists

July 12th, 2011: Avenging Disco Godfather

Jul12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Addicition, Blaxploitation, Cops, Crime, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "martial arts", basketball, before they were famous, Carol Speed, Cliff Roquemore, continuity errors, disco, DJ, drugs, drugs are killing our kids, flubbed lines, grindhouse, hallucinations, hit man, Howard Jackson, it's not over, Jerry Jones, Jimmy Lynch, Julius Carry, Lady Reed, low-budget, nightclub, PCP, rally, retired cop, rip-off, Rudy Ray Moore, wooden acting

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