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South Shore Movie Guild Review: The Ultimate Weapon (1998)

Dec12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Buddy Flick, DTV, Full Reviews, Independent, Reviews Tagged absent father, bad accents, body shield, booby trap, broadsword, Canada, Canuxploitation, codenames, daughter, drive by, father, father-daughter relationship, hostage, hostage situation, Hulk Hogan, insanity, IRA, Irish, low-budget, mercenary, mine, nightmares, pimp, prostitutes, prostitution, Serbia, sidekick, special forces, SSMG, strip club, strippers, sword duels, terrorists, torture, United Nations

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

April 4th, 2014: Sweepers (1998)

Apr4 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, DTV, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged alcoholic, Dolph Lundgren, double cross, land mines, love wil heal your loss, low-budget, mercenary, Nu Image, pit fighter, South Africa, tragic past

June 20th, 2013: El Chuncho, Quien Sabe? aka A Bullet for the General

Jun20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Buddy Flick, Guerrillas, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Spaghetti Western, Special Operations, War Movies, Western Tagged Aldo Sambrell, assassin, assassination, assassination attempt, banditos, bandits, double cross, Ennio Morricone, Gian Maria Volonte, gimmick weapon, golden bullet, grenade, gringo, Italy, Klaus Kinski, Lou Castel, machine gun, Martine Beswick, mercenary, Mexican Revolution, Mexico, priest, revolution, revolutionaries, train, twist, ugly Americans

March 9th, 2013: The Professionals (1966)

Mar9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Columbia Pictures, Conrad L. Hall, double cross, explosives, Hispanic-face, hostage, Jack Palance, kidnapping, Lee Marvin, Maurice Jarre, mercenary, Mexico, Pancho Villa, Ralph Bellamy, ransom, Robert Ryan, Texas, trackers, train, veteran, Woody Strode

August 26th, 2012: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

Aug26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Coming of Age, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Remake, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, Western Tagged before they were famous, cash-in, Darlanne Fluegel, Drive-In, farm planet, farmers, George Peppard, hive mind, James Cameron, James Horner, Jeff Corey, John Sayles, low-budget, mercenary, New World Pictures, rip-off, Robert Vaughn, Roger Corman, Sam Jaffe, scientists, Seven Samurai situation, space cowboy, space trucker, Sybil Danning, teens, village

April 4th, 2012: The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Apr4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Buddy Flick, Independent, Last Stand, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, The Original, War Movies, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, before they were famous, Best Score Nominee, Brad Dexter, Charles Bronson, coward, Eli Wallach, Elmer Bernstein, farmers, greed, gunfighter, Horst Bucholz, James Coburn, John Sturges, knife thrower, mercenary, Mexico, remake of a foreign film, Robert J. Wilke, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen, The Mirisch Corporation, under siege, United Artists, Victor French, village, Yul Brynner

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

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