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Gangster Squad 2013
Hmm... not a very good film at all. All the dialogue and action is lame and forced and the film takes an hour to get even remotely interesting. Very disappointed. It has a few flashes of scattered violence, but it's a yawner until the last 40 minutes.
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The Last Stand 2013
An OK actioner from the director of the FAR superior I SAW THE DEVIL. Arnold tries to stop a dude driving in a fast car. Yes, that's the plot. The action is fast, bloody and violent, but the scenes are few and far between... the best part is the attack in the town in the latter half. Johnny Knoxville's character is annoying and unnecessary.
Passable as a piece of lazy couch-potato entertainment, but the stench of Arnold's ragged face, overly tanned body and elder demeanor cannot mask the memory of his public infidelity. This is not the "comeback" film we were looking for.
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Maniac 2013
I really, really liked this one. I've been a fan of Lustig's version ever since I bought the original Media tape back in the 80s. Underneath all the sleaze and gruesome Savini effects, it has a certain "charm" (for the lack of a better word) to it that makes it compulsively watchable for me.
This remake, honestly, is pretty astounding. Shot almost entirely POV, the effects, the music, the photography... it all "one ups" the original, but is still its…
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The Meltdown Memoirs 2006
Love this documentary so much. It's longer than the film it celebrates, and is loaded with amazing information.