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Cobra (1986)
This is no review. Just call the Cobra!
Good evening,
To me this feature represents the best action hero melodrama ever! It is of course an action packed thriller...
I like it because it keeps things very simple, and at the same time conveys a sense of dread and screams all over-the-top!
The one-liners alone are sufficient to recommend this title. The intro-speech is UNSURPASSED!
To me this one constitutes an unadulterated action hero melodrama, and as such I consider it an absolute masterpiece!
If you consider it as something more, you may leave very disappointed.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
My best PIRATE movie so far.
Greetings,
I consider this the BEN HUR of pirate movies. I liked ++Master And Commander++ of Peter Weir-fame, starring Russell Crowe, but this one touched me even more deeper. Maybe because Brando excels at dying here.
I mean: I never saw anyone die this slow, this convincingly.
The art direction may also be of interest to Gauguin-admirers. So, I recommend this one to serious PIRATE MOVIE lovers.
(I even watched it dubbed in German, with German subtitles on the teletext, but the movie was simply too good to be denied.)
Other pirate movies they recommended me were: ++The Crimson Pirate++ with acrobat Burt Lancaster in the leading role.
But maybe I've been drinking too much lately...
Incubo sulla città contaminata (1980)
Brilliant Zombie Survival Masterpiece ! 10 out of 10 ! !
This film has been released in 1980, but it thoroughly radiates the atmosphere of the seventies, and thus has a corresponding campy feel to it. Expectedly, it tends to be somewhat misunderstood at times. . . . . But before passing judgement, let's ask ourselves what genre this movie belongs to. Sure it's a horror feature. But far from being horrific, it's main goal is high-paced entertainment. Indeed, we are dealing with a grindhouse/exploitation flick here. . . . . And for sure, it is puerile. However, just this IMMATURE TEENAGER JUVENILITY has a naive, boyish charm about it. Yes, the gore is phoney! (But who cares as long as a good breast gets cut off?) Lenzi has succeeded in directing possibly the greatest zombie chase movie ever made, packed with relentless action and plenty of fairground attractions. Even the explosions are for REAL, REAL explosions bursting high into the air, enough REAL gallons of gas to arouse unease with environmentalists everywhere. . . . . Also the non-linear story-telling keeps the movie as a whole interesting. . . . . Living dead on an aircraft are definitely nothing new. But Umberto in his brilliance lets the airplane land too! Great build up of tension when atomic physicist Hagenback descends from the plane. An outburst of ravaging, nuclear zombie-ism ensues. (Not unlike the rabies zombie-craze nowadays moviegoers are accustomed with.) . . . . Even the non-motivated, lame acting of Hugo Stiglitz adds to the drama: way beyond non-sensical timeless grandeur. . . . . Granted, this is not (apart from the non-linear story-telling) a thinking man's horror movie: it is a downright dubious entry in the fear genre. Likewise, I didn't think much of it at first. Until I started to have misgivings (after watching this interview with director Umberto Lenzi himself) and came to realize the sheer genius of his retarded mind. Indeed - in time - I came to realize: this is an underrated gem and a true classic. Therefore, I suggest everyone who didn't like it the first time around, give it a second viewing. (But do bear in mind to not take it serious. Nonetheless, should this not work, than open another canister of beer.)