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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

August 15th, 2014: Tropic Thunder (2008)

Aug15 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Action, Comedy, Spoof, War Movies Tagged Acting!, actor turned director, agent, Alicia Silverstone, Ben Stiller, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Bill Hader, children of famous people, Danny McBride, Dreamworks, drug dealers, Etan Cohen, film within a film, Jack Black, Jason Bateman, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jon Voight, jungle, Lance Bass, Matthew McConaughey, method actor, Nick Nolte, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan, Tobey McGuire, Tom Cruise, Tyra Banks, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Vietnam War, Yvette Nicole Brown

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

January 30th, 2014: Uncommon Valor (1983)

Jan30 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Drama, Movie of the Day, Special Operations, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Fred Ward, Gail Strickland, Gene Hackman, helicopter, James Horner, Jane Kaczmarek, John Milius, Ken Framer, MIAs, Michael Dudikoff, P.O.W.s, Paramount Pictures, Patrick Swayze, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Reb Brown, rescue mission, Robert Stack, Ted Kotcheff, Tim Thomerson, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, Wings Hauser

January 19th, 2014: Hard Target (1993)

Jan19 by Max Roland Ekstrom

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Based on a Book, Chase, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, Survival Tagged Arnold Vasloo, homeless, Jean-Claude Van Damme, John Woo, most dangerous game, New Orleans, veteran, Vietnam veterans, Yancy Butler

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 4th, 2013: Vigilante Force

Jul4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Cops, Crime, Heist, Independent, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged allegory, Andrew Stevens, before they were famous, Bernadette Peters, boomtown, Brad Dexter, brothers, Charles Cyphers, corrupt cops, Dick Miller, double cross, Gene Corman, George Armitage, Hicksploitation, Independence Day, Jan Michael Vincent, Kris Kristofferson, Loni Anderson, low-budget, marching band, maverick cops, mayor, oil, oil crisis, parade, Paul Gleason, prostitutes, rednecks, the declining years, U.S.A.!U.S.A.!, United Artists, Victoria Principal, Vietnam veterans, vigilantes

June 2nd, 2013: The Ninth Configuration aka Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane

Jun2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Satire, Thriller Tagged "who is the madman?", afterlife, astronauts, asylum, attempted rape, bikers, brothers, castle, it's not over, Joe Spinell, message from beyond the grave, Moses Gunn, Neville Brand, psychiatrists, rape, Richard Lynch, Robert Loggia, Scott Wilson, Stacy Keach, Tom Atkins, twist, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Vietnam veterans, William Peter Blatty

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

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

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