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There are certain scenes in movies that always stand out in your memory. The scene in Jaws where the shark attacks and destroys the entire ship. Bruce Willis jumping off the tower before it blows up in "Die Hard". This movie also has a scene that is memorable. First, let me explain. This is a western. Not just any western, but one of the first bloody western. That is to say, the first western that showed violent and bloody deaths. The story is about a group of outlaws in the year 1913, a year when the last of the old west was dying.They are aging outlaws in there fifties about, but they still have some guts left in them to pull bank jobs. However, the leader of this group of outlaws (William Holden) is getting too old for violent shootouts and his judgment is becoming very poor, which results in the deaths of all the gang members. That scene comes at the end which escalates into an orgy of hyper-violence the likes of which no one (at least at the time) had ever scene. That scene would inspire future directors such as Martin Scorsese and todays Quentin Tarantino. The director, Sam Peckinpah, was the man who started the ground breaking technique of "realistic" violence to enhance the action of the movie.
There are plenty of memorable scenes and lots of good acting including Holden, Ernest Borgnine as his second lieutenant, Edmond O'Brien as the oldest of the bunch, Robert Ryan as an ex-member of the bunch turned bounty hunter, and Mexican actor Emilio Fernandez as a ruthless Mexican general who the bunch now work for. This is a true milestone in movie history that you don't want to miss. Some of the violence in here may be a little tame compared to more recent films such as Pulp Fiction and The Terminator, but it's just as excessive as Rambo or Die Hard.
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A lonely teenager (Edward Furlong of Terminator 2) escapes reality by way of cyber-space. He has only one friend and is in love with a girl who doesn't even know he's alive. Then, one day, he gets a new CD-ROM for his huge entertainment system called "Brainscan". However, the game might be making him into a murderer. He keeps getting new discs from a guy named Trickster who seems to run the entire operation.The movie is okay and Furlong's performance is pretty good, but his acting and the special effects are the only standout's. As for Trickster, he most certainly is not going to be the next Freddy Krueger or Jason. It's more worth seeing Furlong than him.
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This is an pretty good film. It's in the vein of the "Wild Bunch" in the way of the camera work and the violence. This is the second western of the week, directed from a pupil of Sam Peckinpah. His name is Walter Hill, director of other such films as 48 Hrs. and Trespass. The story revolves around four famed western siblings that are played by four famed acting siblings.The brothers are the Younger's (David, Keith and Robert Carradine), the James brothers (Stacy and James Keach), the Miller's (Randy and Dennis Quaid) and the Ford's (Christopher and Nicholas Guest). The film tells of their adventures as bank robbers, wanted men and western Robin Hoods. The directing is good but the acting by the four groups of siblings is truly wonderful. It's always got some sort of bloody shoot-out, including one of the final scenes which takes place in Minnesota. The brothers are trying to rob a bank but the entire town is ready for them. I can tell you no more for fear of ruining a good story.
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This is the classic brain-eating Zombie film. At the time of it's opening, it was the goriest Horror film ever. It's toned down with age but still has the power to send chills up your spine. The story is about seven people trapped in a small country home with flesh-eating Zombies trying to get at them. It's very tense in seeing if any of them will get out alive or not. This is a cult film that should not be missed.
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