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1990s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

The most comedic of the Beverly Hills Cop films turns out to be the least amusing, despite a veteran director (Landis, An American Werewolf in London) and screenwriter (de Souza, Hudson Hawk), ones who have worked with Murphy...

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2000s / Horror / Science Fiction

Cloverfield (2008)

Cloverfield‘s premise isn’t dissimilar to The Blair Witch Project in that it is a mock home video taken of a terrifying event shot by one of the eyewitnesses.  The opening written blurbs indicate that the...

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1980s / Action / Adventure / War

Rambo III (1988)

A purely propagandist return of the popular 1980s hero sees Stallone donning the tightly-bound bandana to the forehead again for another one-man rescue attempt.  This time it’s a bit more personal as his former...

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1980s / Action / Adventure / War

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Rambo: First Blood Part II is one of those films that doesn’t really have much going for it these days save for the social significance for the time in which it was released, where...

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1990s / Adventure / Fantasy

Jumanji (1995)

Based on Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 children’s book of the same name, Jumanji, the film, fleshes out the short book to include a story about Alan Parrish (Hann-Byrd, Little Man Tate), who, as a young boy...

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2000s / Action / Thriller

Mission: Impossible II (2000)

Rather than calling this basically in-name-only sequel to the successful De Palma directed outing of 1996 Mission: Impossible, they really should have just called it John Woo XI. This basically is just a continuation of the...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)

Die Hard 2: Die Harder is already inherently pushing the limits of credibility by having the same character involved in a similar plot of battling terrorists at their point of attack.  Some might view it...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Dick Tracy (1990)

Following on the heels of the ravenously successful Batman, director-star Warren Beatty (Heaven Can Wait, Bonnie and Clyde) gives us another crime-fighting detective from around the same era, full of stylish artwork, sets, and a score...

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1990s / Action / Thriller

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Although the theme song, self-destruct message, and spy capers are certainly derived from the television show, those who’ve watched the long-running series regularly in the 1960s or in reruns should note that this big...