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December 10th, 2014: Billy Jack (1971)

Dec10 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sequel, Tragedy, Western Tagged "the role that made them famous", animal cruelty, Billy Jack, box office smash, coven, Delores Taylor, double cross, Drive-In, environmental message, Green Beret, half breed, Hapkido, hippies, Howard Hessman, Kenneth Tobey, low-budget, mustangs, one hit wonder, One Tin Soldier, private school, progressive school, pushed too far, racists, rape, rednecks, role-playing, runaway, shoe free ass kicking, stand-off, Tom Laughlin, veteran, Vietnam veterans

October 2nd, 2014: Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986)

Oct2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Animation, Arthouse, Based on a Comic Strip, Based on a TV Show, Black and White, Comedy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Short, Slapstick, Spoof, Student Film Tagged before they were famous, bounty hunters, Charlie Brown, double cross, gore, homage, insanity, low-budget, pushed too far

June 22nd, 2013: Stand Alone (1985)

Jun22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "cocaine cowboys", bayonet, booby trap, Burt Remsen, Charles Durning, cocaine, cops, diner, drug dealers, flashback, incompetent cops, James Keach, Okinawa, Pam Grier, post traumatic stress disorder, public defender, pushed too far, reluctant witness, stabbing, toys as weapons, traps, World War Two, World War Two Veterans

Ministry of Vengeance

Mar2 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Espionage, Full Reviews, Independent, Revenge, Reviews, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller Tagged "I'm Done Fighting", airport, attempted rape, cash-in, child death, Concorde Pictures, double cross, flashback, George Kennedy, hard ass seargant, hostage, Italy, James Tolkan, John Schneider, last stand, Lebanon, low-budget, Middle East, military training, minister, Ned Beatty, post traumatic stress disorder, pushed too far, Rome, terrorists, the declining years, torture, training sequence, TV actors, twist, under siege, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Yaphet Kotto

August 21st, 2012: Walking Tall (1973)

Aug21 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Biopic, Cops, Crime, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original, True Crime, Western Tagged "you can't go home again", before they were famous, brothel, Bruce Glover, courtroom scene, Deep South, Dixie Mafia, double cross, Drive-In, election, gambler, Hicksploitation, honky-tonk, Joe Don Baker, Kenneth Tobey, Leif Garrett, low-budget, lumberyard, mobsters, moonshine, Noah Beery Jr., prostitutes, pushed too far, Red West, Sam Laws, sheriff, sleeper hit, Tennessee

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

July 22nd, 2011: Willard (1971)

Jul22 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Drama, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Revenge, The Original, Thriller Tagged Bing Crosby, Bing Crosby Productions, Bruce Davison, character study, Cinerama Releasing Corporation, Elsa Lanchester, Ernest Borgnine, low-budget, pushed too far, rats, Sondra Locke

Redbelt

Sep30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Arthouse, Fight Film, Full Reviews, Martial Arts, Reviews Tagged Alice Braga, Cameo, Chiwetel Ejiofor, con artist, David Mamet, David Paymer, double cross, Ed O'Neill, Emily Mortimer, fixed fight, forced to fight, Jennifer Grey, Jiu-Jitsu, Joe Mantegna, magician, Mike Genovese, MMA, pushed too far, Ricky Jay, Sony Pictures Classics, Tim Allen

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