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July 23rd, 2014: The Delta Force (1986)

Jul23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adaptation, Airplanes, Disaster, Drama, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Special Operations, Thriller, War Movies Tagged Alan Silvestri, Bo Svenson, Cannon, Chuck Norris, co-production, comes out of retirement, Delta Force, Eric Norris, Golan-Globus, Greece, hijacking, hostage, hostage situation, Israel, Joey Bishop, Kevin Dillon, Kim Delaney, Lainie Kazan, Lebanon, Lee Marvin, Liam Neeson, Martin Balsam, maverick, Menahem Golan, motorcycle, pilots, Robert Forster, Robert Vaughn, rocket launcher, Shelly Winters, Steve James, stewardess, super motorcycle, terrorists, the declining years, U.S. Navy, Yoram Globus

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 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

July 9th, 2013: He Knows You’re Alone

Jul9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Horror, Movie of the Day, Slasher, Stalker, Thriller Tagged bachelor party, before they were famous, Caitlin O'Heaney, carnival, cash-in, college, college students, cops, Dana Barron, decapitation, Don Scardino, Drive-In, ex-boyfriend, fish tank, grindhouse, headphones, insanity, interrupted wedding, it's not over, low-budget, maverick, maverick cops, MGM, morgue, mortician, movie theater, New York City, Paul Gleason, professors, restroom, revenge, rip-off, Staten Island, Tom Hanks, TV actors, wedding, wedding gown

February 17th, 2013: Slaughter (1972)

Feb17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Blaxploitation, Buddy Flick, Crime, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original Tagged AIP, casino, Don Gordon, double cross, Drive-In, funk soundtrack, Green Beret, grindhouse, handball, Jim Brown, MacGuffin, Mafia, Marlene Clark, maverick, Mexico, mobsters, racism, racist cops, racists, revenge, Rip Torn, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Stella Stevens, T-Men, veteran, 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

October 17th, 2011: Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

Oct17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Independent, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Spaghetti Western, The Original, Western Tagged "but I get results", Aaron Norris, apprentice/mentor relationship, arms dealer, Barbara Carrera, Chuck Norris, Dana Kimmell, David Carradine, drug dealers, drugs, Francesco De Masi, hero rage, karate, L.Q. Jones, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Little People, mastermind, maverick, maverick cops, Mexico, one man army, Orion, R. G. Armstrong, Robert Beltran, Sharon Farrell, snobs vs. slobs, Steve Carer, Texas, Texas Ranger, The Border, U.S.A.!U.S.A.!, William Sanderson

September 11th, 2011: Invasion U.S.A. (1985)

Sep11 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Event Film, Guerrillas, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Revenge, So-Bad-It's-Good, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged "I'm Done Killing", "They Wouldn't Let Me Do What Needed to Be Done", Aaron Norris, Alexander Zale, because its in the script nemesis, Billy Drago, black ops, boat people, Cannon, Christmas, Chuck Norris, Cold War, Cuba, Cubans, drug deal gone bad, drug dealers, hero rage, hostage situation, jingoism, Joseph Zito, less famous siblings, low-budget, maverick, Melissa Prophet, Menahem Golan, one man army, pushed too far, refugees, retired special ops, Richard Lynch, Soviet Union, spineless bureacrats, terrorists, U.S.A.!U.S.A.!, Yoram Globus

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