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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

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

June 8th, 2014: Brazil (1985)

Jun8 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Dark Future, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire, Sci-Fi Tagged Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Bob Hoskins, Britain, bureaucrats, dream sequence, Ian Holm, Ian Richardson, it's not over, Jim Broadbent, Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond, Kim Greist, Michael Kamen, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughn, plastic surgery, Robert De Niro, studio interference, terrorists, Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, torture, twist

March 2, 2014: The Democratic Terrorist (1992)

Mar2 by bellabone

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1 Comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Crime, Drama, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged bombing, CIA, East Germany, infiltration, Jan Guillou, nineties, nordic skiing, Per Berglund, spy, Stellan Skarsgård, Sweden, terrorists, Vasaloppet, West Germany

March 1st, 2014: Iron Man (2008)

Mar1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Comic Book, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, Superheroes, The Original Tagged A.I., Afghanistan, arms dealer, Best Sound Editing Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, children of famous people, Clark Gregg, coporate intrigue, Don Heck, double cross, engineers, Gwyneth Paltrow, industrial espionage, industrialist, inventors, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, Jeff Bridges, Jon Favreau, Marvel, Marvel Studios, mecha, Paramount Pictures, Peter Billingsley, power armor, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, scientists, Stan Lee, Terrence Howard, terrorists

January 14th, 2014: Network (1976)

Jan14 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Drama, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged anchorman, Best Actor, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress, Faye Dunaway, fortune teller, insanity, Ned Beatty, New York City, news broadcasts, Paddy Chayefsky, Peter Finch, reporter, Robert Duvall, Sidney Lumet, television, terrorists, Wesley Addy, William Holden

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

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

Condor

Jan6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Detective, Made for TV, Quick Reviews, Reviews, Robots, Sci-Fi, So-Bad-It's-Bad Tagged "They got Manny", androids, before they were famous, cash-in, Craig Stevens, drone, extortion, failed pilot, futures past, helicopter, informant, James Avery, laser, Los Angeles sewers, Orion, paramilitary group, Phil Fondacaro, ransom, Ray Wise, reused props, rip-off, scientists, sewers, stun setting, terrorists, TV actors, Virgil W. Vogel

December 24th, 2011: Die Hard (1988)

Dec24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adaptation, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Cops, Crime, Event Film, Heist, Holiday, Hostage Situation, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged "Fear of a Japanese Planet", "I shot a kid with a toy gun", "plummets to his death", 20th Century Fox, Al "Kabong" Leong, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, asshole reporter, before they were famous, Best Effects Best Visual Effects Nominee, Best Effects Sound Effects Editing Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Bonnie Bedelia, Bruce Willis, cops, double cross, Grand L. Bush, Hart Bochner, helicopter, hostage, hostage situation, it's not over, James Shigeta, Jan de Bont, Joel Silver, John McTiernan, maverick cops, Michael Kamen, office building, Paul Gleason, Reginald VelJohnson, reporter, Robert Davi, Silver Pictures, SWAT, terrorists, Wilhelm von Homburg, William Atherton, yuppies

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