Black Mask (1996)
After all but one of a team of professional assassins known as Squad 701 are killed off by the government, the survivor known as Black Mask (Jet Li, The Legend II) hides out and takes a...
Category: 1990s
El Mariachi (1992)
A roving mariachi (Gallardo, Grindhouse) in search of work hops from bar to bar in a small Mexican town, carrying his guitar case along with him. Problems arise when a hitman (Martinez) arrives in town, and...
The Firm (1993)
An ambitious young lawyer (Cruise, A Few Good Men) joins a close-knit firm of lawyers who offer him more money than he ever imagined and a seemingly idyllic life in the suburbs. Problem is that this...
Phenomenon (1996)
I once read that human beings use at most 10-20% of their brains’ capacity during their lifetimes. It staggers the mind to think of the capacity we have to learn and grow, yet we...
The Cable Guy (1996)
Ah, yes. The old Strangers on a Train formula. Unassuming good guy gets mixed up with a well-meaning but clinging psychotic who invades every aspect of his life and when told to go away determines to...
Clockers (1995)
A man is gunned down outside of a New York fast-food restaurant. The admitted killer is a hard-working and educated man (Phifer), who claims it was self-defense. The detective investigating the case (Keitel) doesn’t buy...
Singles (1992)
Singles doesn’t have much of a plot to speak of. Basically it’s just about six Seattle twenty-somethings and their interrelated stories about their search for love. Singles is a frustrating film to watch. Not because it’s...
Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)
Originally released in Hong Kong, the sound and titles have been redone for US release of this better-than-average Jackie Chan (Police Story 2, Dragons Forever) actioner. Here, Jackie is an agent who must seek out...
True Romance (1993)
A young comicbook dealer (Slater, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) falls in love and marries a young call girl (Arquette, Holy Matrimony) after killing her pimp. Unfortunately, he decides to steal a half million dollars worth of cocaine...
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
The best submarine commander in the Soviet Union (Connery, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) now leads the maiden voyage of the Red October, a spiffy new nuclear submarine capable of going undetected by sonar, to...