A Perfect World (1993)
I dig Clint Eastwood, and I normally like Kevin Costner, so this pairing of the two would seem like a can’t-miss proposition. It misses. It’s a shame because there are many things going for A...
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The Fugitive (1993)
A film doesn’t necessarily have to be high art to be good, and The Fugitive is case in point. It would be a smash hit for 1993, amassing almost $200 million at the box office,...
True Colours (1986)
Lung, Wong, and May have been lifelong friends, but circumstances forced Lung to flee the scene for five years after being a not-so-nice guy. When he returns, he finds that his once tough friend...
The Three Swordsmen (1994)
It’s pretty difficult to give you a plot summary of a film that is not only faithless to its own plot, but at times does not even remember what it is. I’ll give it...
U Turn (1997)
I’m beginning to think Oliver Stone (W., World Trade Center) took a fierce tumble down a flight of steps that affected his head in some way. Here he employs the same short-attention span style of...
The Net (1995)
There’s three things you can’t have in order to properly enjoy The Net: (1) a knowledge of computers and/or the internet, (2) a familiarity with the works of Alfred Hitchcock, and (3) an adequate use...
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
The plot: A book-reader (Redford) for the CIA steps out to lunch; upon his return he finds all of his colleagues gunned down for reasons unknown. He informs his superiors, who want him to come...
Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (1994)
Lee is the head inspector for the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau of Hong Kong, a sort of swat team battling Chinese crime syndicates. Tung is the leader of one of Hong Kong’s most...
Chain Reaction (1996)
Keanu Reeves (A Walk in the Clouds, Speed) stars as Eddie Kasalivich, a machinist working on an experiment to rid the world of petroleum products and introduce hydrogen-based power into the world through an ever...
Midnight Run (1988)
An ex-cop turned bounty hunter (De Niro) will get $100,000 for bringing in an accountant (Grodin) that embezzled $15 million from a giant Chicago mob boss. It figured to be a piece of cake. Still, things...