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Heat (1995) Douban Crititeca IMDb TMDB Min reol WikiData Eggplant.place Skybridge MovieBuff
Heat
8.3 (483 ratings) director: Michael Mann actor: Al Pacino / Robert De Niro …
other title: 盗火线 / 烈火悍将（台） …
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
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Dune: Part Two (2024) IMDb Eggplant.place Douban Bangumi TMDB Min reol Skybridge WikiData
Dune: Part Two
7.5 (912 ratings) director: 丹尼斯·维伦纽瓦 actor: 提莫西·查拉梅 / 赞达亚·科尔曼 …
other title: 沙丘2 / 沙丘：第二部(台) …
Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.
March 10, 2024 watched
Equal to the first part and, when taken together as a whole, a beautiful-to-look-at version of a boring book.
Jesse
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Surviving the Game (1994) Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Surviving the Game
director: 厄内斯特·R·迪克森 actor: 鲁特格尔·哈尔 / 艾斯-T …
other title: 幸存游戏 / 猎人A计划 …
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Douban TMDB Eggplant.place IMDb WikiData
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
7.9 (14 ratings) director: 约瑟夫·萨金特 actor: 沃尔特·马修 / 罗伯特·肖 …
other title: Il colpo della metropolitana / Togkapring …
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
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Malcolm X (1992) TMDB Eggplant.place IMDb Douban WikiData Skybridge
Malcolm X
8.3 (41 ratings) director: Spike Lee actor: Denzel Washington / Angela Bassett …
other title: 黑潮 / 马尔科姆 X …
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Feb. 10, 2024 watched
This was a really great biopic and was it snubbed by the Academy? Yes, I think it was.
Jesse
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Hard-Boiled (1992) Douban TMDB Min reol IMDb Skybridge WikiData
辣手神探
7.5 (179 ratings) director: 吴宇森 actor: 周润发 / 梁朝伟 …
other title: 辣手神探 / 枪神(台) …
A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he joins forces with an undercover cop who's working as a gangster hitman. They use all means of excessive force to find them.
Feb. 6, 2024 watched
Perfect choreographic precision. Mad Dog? More like rad, dawg!
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Hard Target (1993) Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Hard Target
6.6 (18 ratings) director: 吴宇森 actor: 尚格·云顿 / 查克·费尔 …
other title: 终极标靶 / 하드 타겟 …
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlists a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
Jan. 28, 2024 watched
This movie is a ton of fun. The action is spot-on. Jean-Claude and Lance Henriksen are terrific.
Jesse
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Witness (1985) WikiData Douban IMDb TMDB
Witness
6.9 (29 ratings) director: 彼得·威尔 actor: 哈里森·福特 / 凯莉·麦吉利斯 …
other title: 证人 / 目击者 …
A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit, and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.
Jan. 16, 2024 watched
Chekhov's corn.
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The House By The Cemetery (1981) TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData Skybridge
The House By The Cemetery
6.3 (16 ratings) director: 卢西奥·弗尔兹 actor: 卡特里娜 马科尔 / 保罗马 尔科夫 …
other title: 守墓屋 / Quella villa accanto al cimitero …
After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves his family into the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.
Jan. 9, 2024 watched
Kid really looks more like a Bobby than a Bob.
Jesse
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Evilspeak (1981) IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
Evilspeak
director: Eric Weston actor: Clint Howard / R.G. Armstrong …
other title: 死亡召唤者 / 이블스피크 …
A military cadet who happens to be a social outcast taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer.
Oct. 23, 2023 watched
Blood? Consecrated body?
\*sigh\*
Gotta have 'em.
This is the best Clint Howard has ever been.
Jesse
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Death Game (1977) Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Death Game
director: Peter S. Traynor actor: 桑德拉·洛克 / 考林·加普 …
other title: 死亡游戏 / 데스 게임 …
George Manning is a well-to-do businessman, husband, and father. While his family is away on his birthday, he invites a pair of rain-soaked young women into his house to wait out an evening thunderstorm. The two girls seduce Manning and ultimately kidnap and torture him in his own home.
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New York Ripper (1982) Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Lo squartatore di New York
5.6 (8 ratings) director: 卢西奥·弗尔兹 actor: Jack Hedley / Almanta Suska …
other title: 纽约杀人狂 / Lo squartatore di New York …
A burned-out New York police detective teams up with a college psychoanalyst to track down a vicious serial killer randomly stalking and killing various young women around the city.
Sept. 26, 2023 watched
Don't get me wrong, Silver Toes is good, but he's not *that* good.
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RoboCop (1987) Douban IMDb Min reol TMDB Eggplant.place WikiData Skybridge
RoboCop
7.7 (236 ratings) director: 保罗·范霍文 actor: 彼得·韦勒 / 南希·艾伦 …
other title: 로보캅 / ロボコップ …
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
Aug. 29, 2023 watched
*RoboCop*?
More like *IronButt.*
I was between 3.5 and 4, but a post-watch chat convinced me to go 4.
What can I say? Iiiiiiiii **like** it!
Jesse
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The AGFA Horror Trailer Show (2020) TMDB
The AGFA Horror Trailer Show
director: Miss N. Limbs
Unleashed from the dungeon of AGFA (the American Genre Film Archive), these are the most spine-ripping, slime-slinging, soul-shredding horror trailers in our arsenal. Meticulously constructed by AGFA's mad scientists to resemble an otherworldly night at the movies under the stars, this mix features a plethora of material unseen since the films' original releases.
Aug. 11, 2023 watched
Aug. 11, 2023 Review a review of - a review of The AGFA Horror Trailer Show
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Da 5 Bloods (2020) WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
Da 5 Bloods
6.0 (58 ratings) director: 斯派克·李 actor: 德尔罗伊·林多 / 乔纳森·梅杰斯 …
other title: Da 5 블러드 / ザ・ファイブ・ブラッズ …
Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
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Dangerous Men (2005) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dangerous Men
director: John S. Rad actor: Melody Wiggins / Michael Hurt …
other title: 殺戮摩托黨 / 杀戮摩托党 …
Dangerous Men is a film with many characters, like Mina, whose life is shattered when two bikers with rape on their minds attack and kill Daniel, her fiancé. Driven by grief, she embarks on a killing rampage, wreaking vengeance upon all the men that she seductively lures into her trap. In her twisted world, cops and killers are all the same. David, Daniel's brother, is a cop who relentlessly pursues the killers, while facing a nest of drug dealers, followed by the FBI and the police SWAT team, also in hot pursuit. Mina, a victim of violence, carrying a twisted obsession for justice, is caught between opposing forces in a world of dangerous men.
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Infinity Pool (2023) Douban IMDb Eggplant.place TMDB WikiData Skybridge
Infinity Pool
5.8 (66 ratings) director: 布兰登·柯南伯格 actor: 亚历山大·斯卡斯加德 / 米娅·高斯 …
other title: Piscina infinita / 无边泳池 …
While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you'll be executed, or, if you’re rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.