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Sampo (1959)
Charming, but low production values.
I think this movie has been unfairly maligned, having been spoofed on MST3K. Despite the low production values and the bad dubbing (as well as the difference in cultures), the movie is quite watchable, and even decently entertaining. The worst part of the film, I felt, was the "witch" Loki. "She" came off as being more irritable than sinister.
Chill Factor (1999)
You want cliches? Chill Factor has them in spades.
I think that this movie is merely a compendium of different buddy action picture cliches. We have:
- Scene with argument over car dash controls (air conditioning this time)
- Scene where the Hero (TM) flashes back to something that the now-dead Scientist(R) said to him while they were fishing(C) together.
- Standard pointless explosions
- Standard rejoicing over killing other people
- Standard femme fatale, who does even less than such "characters" normally do
- Vehicle endorsement. We learn that milk tankers are utterly annihilated when hit by a shoulder-mounted missile, but Chevy Suburbans can withstand a helicopter-fired missile strike.
- Yet another "Good guys win, bad guys get blown up or otherwise destroyed" final conflict
I swear this movie has the worst ending I've ever seen. We're talking about plumbing the depths, here.
The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
A well-conceived, well-plotted movie...
Although to some the Plot seems contrived, if you think about it, it does make sense. The Plot is centered around the con man(woman)[men]{women}'s attempt to predict the every move of his(her)[their] target(s). He(She)[They] use the target(s) nature against him(her)[them].
I shan't be specific for fear of ruining the plot, but watch it at least twice and take heed to a comment by a character at the end.
The Shining (1980)
A fascinating movie about a man's descent into complete madness.
Although it is sometimes considered to be a movie about a haunted hotel; I believe it to be a documentation of the descent of a man and his family into madness. In this it differs from the Steven King novel from which it takes the name, the characters, and the location. Although this has offended many King fans, I, for one, love both, though for different reasons.
If you love the book, keep an open mind; it's a tale of madness, not haunting, but it's still quite scary, and incredibly intense.