THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 is suffused with the kind of 90s energy you remember from Marilyn Manson videos. A camp and oversaturated Proto-legasequel to CARRIE fit for a time that gave the world both THE CRAFT and NATURAL BORN KILLERS. Only for the converted souls.
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Missing in Action 1984
MISSING IN ACTION jumps the gun on FIRST BLOOD PART II and crafts a genre spectacle out of an issue of political significance, but it somehow lacks propulsive heart of the Cosmatos-directed movie. Ironically, despite Chuck Norris's best efforts, the action is what's missing here.
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Jungle Fever 1991
JUNGLE FEVER sets out to take stock of where American society was in the 90s under the guise of a screwball narrative that slowly unravels and blossoms into a stinging biblical parable full of fury and pent-up resentment. One of those true hidden gems of Spike Lee's filmography.
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Fade to Black 1980
FADE TO BLACK is a "Find 99 film references in this picture" challenge where a good chunk of them are obvious and after a while it all becomes boring and grating. It's a journey through genre that lacks momentum and panache it could have had in spades had it committed better.
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Blue Steel 1990
Stylish, slick, and moody, BLUE STEEL is a synthesis of HALLOWEEN and THE TERMINATOR that still remembers all these movies trace back to westerns, but somehow - thanks to Bigelow's post-Mann iconography - it evolves the genre to feel appropriate for the 90s.