Armour of God (1986)
A hunter of fortune (Chan, Police Story) has an old flame get kidnapped when he has recovered a sword that was one of only five remaining pieces of the Armour of God, armor used during the...
1980s / Action / Adventure / Martial Arts
by Vincent Leo · Published December 20, 1999 · Last modified February 16, 2019
A hunter of fortune (Chan, Police Story) has an old flame get kidnapped when he has recovered a sword that was one of only five remaining pieces of the Armour of God, armor used during the...
Long before Three Kings there was this early 70s war-comedy gem called Kelly’s Heroes, with a terrific cast and funny situations. Set during WWII, this tells the tale of a small group of Americans who learn of a...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 17, 1999 · Last modified March 24, 2019
In Boston, two brothers of Irish descent, Connor (Flanery) and Murphy (Reedus), see themselves as the “saints” meant to rid the town of evildoers once they off some Russian hoods. The people of the city...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 15, 1999 · Last modified February 15, 2019
A 30+ year old loser (Sandler, The Waterboy) is living off of a lawsuit and loses his girlfriend (Adams, Chasing Amy) due to his inability to grow up and show responsibility. He soon gets his chance when he...
Clint Eastwood stars as Ben Shockley, a Phoenix cop sent to Nevada to transport a key witness for a well-publicized mafia trial. The woman in question is a feisty prostitute named Gus Malley (Locke),...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 10, 1999 · Last modified February 25, 2019
Based on the novel by Graham Greene, set in 1946 London. Maurice (Fiennes) is a struggling novelist who meets Henry (Rea), a man now married to his ex-lover Sarah (Moore). The two former lovers discover...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 5, 1999 · Last modified February 14, 2019
Truman Burbank (Carrey, Liar Liar) lives in an idyllic town, with a loving wife, good job and neighbors that love him. Yet, he feels that there must be more than just the life in his small...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 4, 1999 · Last modified February 13, 2019
Dr. Ethan Powell is a psychiatrist who studied apes in Africa then mysteriously disappeared for two years. Upon his discovery, he kills three men and is declared insane and sent to a shoddy mental...
by Vincent Leo · Published December 3, 1999 · Last modified February 12, 2019
While obvious comparisons to the American release, The Negotiator, will abound, credit producer-director Johnnie To (Lifeline, The Heroic Trio) for making this not only substantially different, but just as fun and exciting. The film casts Andy...
20 years before the Millennium, a newborn girl is tagged by some Satanists who need her to be the sex partner of choice for Satan when he appears before the year 2000. Satan himself...
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