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December 9th, 2014: Serpico (1973)

Dec9 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Cops, Crime, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged Al Pacino, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, corrupt cops, corruption, Dino De Laurentiis, double cross, F. Murray Abraham, Judd Hirsch, M. Emmet Walsh, maverick cops, New York City, Paramount Pictures, Sidney Lumet, Tony Lo Bianco, Tracey Walter

October 26th, 2014: Lady Terminator

Oct26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Event Film, Fantasy, From Beyond the Grave, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good, Witches Tagged cash-in, cops, flashback, helicopter, Indonesia, low-budget, maverick cops, mystics, opening kill, rip-off, rocket launcher, singer, underwater photography, unstoppable killer

August 2nd, 2011: Quiet Cool

Aug2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged awful cover, California, Chris Mulkey, double cross, drug dealers, drugs, Fran Ryan, homoerotic subtext, James Remar, Jared Martin, marijuana, maverick cops, New Line Cinema, Nick Cassavetes, showdown, survivalist, twist

May 8th, 2014: God Told Me To

May8 by Professor Mortis

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5 Comments Posted in Aliens, Cops, Crime, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller Tagged alien abduction, ancient astronauts, Andy Kaufman, asylum, cops, Drive-In, grindhouse, insanity, Larry Cohen, location shooting, low-budget, mass shooting, maverick cops, New World Pictures, New York City, parade, Richard Lynch, Sandy Dennis, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day Parade, stock footage, Tony Lo Bianco, water tower

April 24th, 2014: Lethal Weapon (1987)

Apr24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "I'm getting too old for this shit", Al "Kabong" Leong, attempted suicide, Christmas, cops, corrupt cops, Danny Glover, Darlene Love, Don Gordon, double cross, drug dealers, drug smugglers, drugs, Ed O'Ross, Eric Clapton, family, Gary Busey, Grand L. Bush, helicopter, Joan Severance, Joel Silver, maverick cops, Mel Gibson, Michael Kamen, Mitch Ryan, retirement, Richard Donner, Shane Black, suicide, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Tom Atkins, torture, Vietnam veterans

April 8th, 2014: Trancers (1985)

Apr8 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Cops, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Time Travel Tagged "Not Santa!", "race against time", 23rd century, Art LaFleur, before they were famous, Charles Band, Christmas, cop from the future, cops, elf, Empire Pictures, Helen Hunt, low-budget, mall, maverick cops, mind control, Old L.A., plot holes, police chief, punks, ray gun, ruins, Santa Claus, scooter, scuba, skid row, Tim Thomerson, time stopping watch, tool using zombies

January 6th, 2014: Nighthawks (1981)

Jan6 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Cops, Crime, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "illegal plastic surgeons have a short life span", Billy Dee Williams, Catherine Mary Stewart, Central Park, cops, decoy squad, disco, disguise expert, drag, hostage, hostage situation, Interpol, Jamie Gillis, Joe Spinell, Keith Emerson, Lindsay Wagner, location shooting, maverick cops, Metropolitan Museum of Art, muggers, New York City, Nigel Davenport, party, Persis Khambatta, plastic surgery, Roosevelt Island Tramway, Rutger Hauer, subway, Sylvester Stallone, terrorists, The Met, United Nations

September 6th, 2013: B13 aka District 13 (2004)

Sep6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Dark Future, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged "race against time", "You will self destruct in 24 hours", blackmail, Canal+, cops, corrupt cops, double cross, France, futures past, homage, hostage, Luc Besson, maverick, maverick cops, neutron bomb, Paris, Parkour, revenge, slums, street gang, undercover

August 25th, 2013: Alligator (1980)

Aug25 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animals Attack, Based on an Urban Legend, Cops, Disaster, Ecological Disaster, Event Film, Giant Animals, Great White Hunter, Horror, Independent, Kaiju, Monster Tagged 1968 Democratic Convention, alligator, alligator wrestling, balding, before they were famous, bomb defusing scene, cash-in, Chicago, cops, cult, Dean Jagger, Drive-In, evil businessman, father-daughter relationship, growth hormones, Henry Silva, it's not over, Jack Carter, John Sayles, Lewis Teague, Los Angeles sewers, low-budget, mad bomber, mad scientist, maverick cops, mother-daugther relationship, National Guard, overbearing father, overbearing mother, Perry Lang, Robert Forster, Robin Riker, scientists, sewer lair, sewers, survivor's guilt, SWAT, Sydney Lassick, wedding

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

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