Due to revolving around the occupation of firefighting, Lifeline will likely be compared by most viewers to the American film by Ron Howard, Backdraft, by any who have seen both. However, even though Lifeline came afterward and should rightfully...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 23, 1999 · Last modified January 22, 2019
In my humble opinion, Rear Window is one of the true masterpieces of cinema. To this day, I can’t find one aspect of this film that doesn’t inspire a feeling of awe, from Hitchcock’s (Strangers on...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 22, 1999 · Last modified February 5, 2019
Based on the Elmore Leonard book, “Rum Punch”, a flight attendant (Grier, Foxy Brown) for a Mexican airline is smuggling up money to Compton from her criminal boss’s (Jackson, Trees Lounge) gun selling operation. She gets busted by...
1990s / Action / Drama / Thriller
by Vincent Leo · Published February 21, 1999 · Last modified February 4, 2019
An assassin (Yun-Fat, All About Ah-Long) inadvertently nearly blinds a young lounge singer (Yeh, Peking Opera Blues) during one of his assignments. Overwhelmed by pity, he decides to take care of her and soon they fall in love. ...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 18, 1999 · Last modified April 2, 2019
A young woman named Kitty exacts revenge for the murder of her father and is hunted down by the Hong Kong police, including Tinam (Yam), a man she was seeing who is seeking who...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 15, 1999 · Last modified February 23, 2019
A psychic New England writer (Bening) becomes haunted by dreams of upcoming murders by a serial killer who is hunting down little girls. It hits close to home when her own daughter becomes his next...
by Vincent Leo · Published February 7, 1999 · Last modified March 1, 2019
There’s a heavyweight championship bout going on in an Atlantic City casino, and the Secretary of Defense is in attendance. Shockingly, he is also assassinated during the fight, and although the assassin was taken...
A locally famous Chicago hostage negotiator (Jackson, Sphere) gets framed in the murder of his partner, then panics and takes hostages of his own in order to buy himself time to solve his case and clear...
Here’s one of these polarizing movies you either love or hate. I guess I fit into the former category, though I must admit writer-director Lynch (Mulholland Drive, The Elephant Man) has never impressed me...
by Vincent Leo · Published January 23, 1999 · Last modified February 11, 2019
A Bronx Tale starts off with a young boy witnessing a shooting in his Bronx neighborhood, but doesn’t finger the gangster that committed the murder. The gangster (Palminteri, Analyze This) practically adopts the boy as his own,...
Reviews from film writer Vince Leo, covering all eras and genres of films from classics to the latest releases.
Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.
