Neither, however, was really all that good. “The Last Hard Men” — snicker, snicker — is an update of the traditional Western, in which Coburn sets himself free of a prison chain gang using a railroad spike so he can exact revenge on a retired lawman (Charlton Heston, gruff as ever and hiding behind one monster […]
Death Wish
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The Last Hard Men / Sky Riders
Neither, however, was really all that good. “The Last Hard Men” — snicker, snicker — is an update of the traditional Western, in which Coburn sets himself free of a prison chain gang using a railroad spike so he can exact revenge on a retired lawman (Charlton Heston, gruff as ever and hiding behind one monster […]
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Boy Wonder
Making a writing/directing debut, Michael Morrissey shows talent in the look of his film, but deficiencies in scripting and pulling believable performances from his mostly unknown cast. Lanky Caleb Steinmeyer, who’s had only one-and-done roles on a few popular TV series (and, tellingly, worked as a behind-the-scenes assistant on one of the worst movies I’ve […]
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Boy Wonder
Making a writing/directing debut, Michael Morrissey shows talent in the look of his film, but deficiencies in scripting and pulling believable performances from his mostly unknown cast. Lanky Caleb Steinmeyer, who’s had only one-and-done roles on a few popular TV series (and, tellingly, worked as a behind-the-scenes assistant on one of the worst movies I’ve […]
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Boy Wonder
Making a writing/directing debut, Michael Morrissey shows talent in the look of his film, but deficiencies in scripting and pulling believable performances from his mostly unknown cast. Lanky Caleb Steinmeyer, who’s had only one-and-done roles on a few popular TV series (and, tellingly, worked as a behind-the-scenes assistant on one of the worst movies I’ve […]
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Sweet Karma
Add Shera Bechard to that list, based upon “Sweet Karma,” her one and only feature film appearance, according to IMDb. (As engaging as I’m sure it is, “World’s Sexiest Nude Women” doesn’t count.) That said, Bechard’s character is mute, so it’s not like she had to wrestle with dialogue or accents. For all we know, […]
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Defiance
And even if it weren’t, the film lacks the spine-tingling spirit of those three grittier, dirtier, now-iconic efforts. One-time matinee idol Jan-Michael Vincent (“The Mechanic”) is Tommy, a tough, unemployed man trying to learn Spanish in order to get a job on a ship when he befriends a neighbor who pours water on his head […]
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I Saw the Devil
Although “Devil” opens with a snow-filled scene shown in the South Korean film’s trailer, viewers’ nerves are on alert nonetheless from frame one as we await the stunningly inevitable: the murder of a pregnant woman stranded on the roadside by the serial killer Kyung-chul (Min-sik Choi, “Oldboy”). The madman may have picked wisely out of […]