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AKB48Fan rated Hang 'Em High

 Hang 'Em High 7/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he’s caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice. After making a name in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, Clint Eastwood returned to America and began cementing his name in the genre of movie that would come to define him. This is a different western disclosing a period when law and justice were in the beginning of implementation in the Wild West. The characters performed by Clint Eastwood and Pat Hingle have an interesting duel, with Marshal Jed Cooper following the traditional procedure of justice by his own hands, while Judge Fenton is concerned in introducing law and order to a wild place. I wouldn't say this is up there as one of Eastwood's best but it's pretty good to watch.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated The Big Deal

 The Big Deal 6/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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The “Saint Hero” is a secret group comprised of a martial arts master and his two oddball daughters. They rob from the rich and give to the poor. The HK police send for a man codenamed Lethal Weapon and team him up with troublesome female cop Super Canon to bring "Saint Hero" to justice. It's not often you get to see Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima in a wacky comedy but that's what you get here as they play sisters who help their master in stealing from the rich. This movie is chock full of slapstick gags. Most work well but some fall way off the mark. It's a HK crazy comedy that would be more suited to Stephen Chow. There are two other strong women in the Girls With Guns genre appearing in this movie - Sibelle Hu and Sophia Crawford along with Yuen Wah as the main villain. Don't expect any classic martial arts fights here although the final scenes at a theme park contain fairly good stuff. Insane, hilarious and not shy of action, this movie may not make a lot of sense to many, but it proves to be a fun and entertaining one if you're in the right kind of mood.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated The Relative Worlds

 The Relative Worlds 7/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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Shin has shut his heart ever since his mother died suddenly when he was young. His childhood friend Kotori has been keeping an eye on him ever since. Now that they are in the 3rd year of high school, it seems like they can finally move forward in dating each other when a doppelganger of Shin from another Japan suddenly appears in front of them. This is a great anime movie about parallel worlds with people that are "linked" to each other. If a person on one world dies, the other person on the other world dies as well. The story has a decent sci-fi set-up, even if its a variation on those that people have seen before: killer robots from another world; dystopian futures; parallel universes and visiting doppelgangers. The plot is straight forward to understand as a narrator explains at the beginning why there are two worlds. The characters are fairly likeable though Shin as the hero is the usual sullen and moody teen but viewers will gradually warm to him as the movie progresses. The most interesting person is Miko, an android sent to help protect Kotori. The action sequences in the story are well executed and exciting. CG animation by Craftar is fantastic and looks good. This movie has been slated by many people but I thought it was great and well worth checking out.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Hercules in the Haunted World

 Hercules in the Haunted World 5/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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Hercules learns that his lover, Daianara, has lost her senses. Acording of the oracle Medea, Dianara’s only hope is the Stone of Forgetfulness which lies deep in the realm of Hades. Hercules, with two companions, Theseus and Telemachus, embarks on a dangerous quest for the stone, while he is unaware that Dianara’s guardian, King Lico, is the one responsible for her condition and plots to have the girl for himself as his bride upon her revival. Even though this fantasy movie is directed by Mario Bava, this isn't a great Hercules movie. The main problem with the movie is there's very little action. The story is very slight and after a while, the excellent cinematography can do so much with so little. Some scenes are beautiful and the whole golden apple moment was excellent, and the living dead attacking Hercules was equally fun but there's simply nothing much going on here. Physically, Reg Park fits the bill as Hercules but he simply can't act and has no charisma whatsoever. Christopher Lee makes for a poor villain as well. There are many better Hercules movies to watch than this one. It's not a total disaster but it's not exactly memorable either.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

 I Want to Eat Your Pancreas 8/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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An aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a book in a hospital waiting room. Handwritten on the cover are the words: “Living with Dying.” He soon discovers that it is a diary kept by his very popular and genuinely cheerful classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, who reveals to him that she is secretly suffering from a pancreatic illness and only has a limited time left before she dies. Having watched the live action movie of this story some time ago, it was high time to watch the anime version. I have to say that both versions are excellent. The story is more or less the same: the changes and affects two people can have on each other at the most difficult of times and to live everyday like it's your last! As with the live action version, there is heartbreak right at the end of the movie which may bring tears to some viewers. Studio VOLN does a great job with the animation. Overall, a brilliant anime that will touch your very soul.

4 years, 1 month ago

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A woman blinds a martial arts master and his pupil The Silver Fox vows revenge on her. She is forced to abandon her loved ones without explanation in order to protect them from her ill-intentioned pursuer. With a startling visual style and innovative action aplenty, this is a great HK fantasy movie. Each frame of this production is filled with sharp, eye-catching colours that give the whole movie the unique texture of a larger-than-life comic book and the action at times is bonkers. Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Anita Mui are fantasic and it looked they were having a blast in their roles. Although elements from the Japanese manga City Hunter is put into the movie, you can't really say that this is a HK version of that manga. That would come 2 years later with Jackie Chan's official adaptation in 1993. The action sequences are well choreographed with a mix of swordplay, gunplay and wire-fu. The mix of comedy and action I thought seemed to gel really well. Definitely a movie to catch if you get a chance.

4 years, 1 month ago

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Isabella, the daughter of the noble York family, is enrolled in an all-girls academy to be groomed into a dame worthy of nobility. However, she has given up on her future, seeing the prestigious school as nothing more than a prison from the outside world. Her family notices her struggling in her lessons and decides to hire Violet Evergarden to personally tutor her under the guise of a handmaiden. I really enjoyed the Violet Evergarden anime series but this movie left me cold. It's not that the story wasn't sad (in a good way), it's just the execution of it and it missed the flair that made the series so memorable. I didn't really care for any of the characters. Kyoto Animation delivered as they usually do on the artistic side of things and the soundtrack was also good. Unfortunately as the movie wore on, I became totally bored and couldn't wait for it to end. Fans of the series might want to take a look but IMHO it's not worth watching.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Nowhere to Go

 Nowhere to Go 6/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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A professional thief Paul Gregory is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he’s hidden his loot. A bleak but stylish film noir from Ealing Studios. The plot is steeped in shadow and hopelessness with some good solid acting from George Nader, Bessie Love and Bernard Lee and even a cameo appearance from Harry H Corbett. It marks the first on-screen film credit of Dame Maggie Smith. And even at this early point in her career, you can tell that she has that certain something. A certain something that the others (as good as they are) don't possess. The movie has a good pace and the story kept my attention all the way through to the end. This is a quiet, brooding sort of movie that's well worth seeing.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Departure

 Departure 5/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other. Theatre director Andrew Steggall makes a decent debut with this sincere if overly familiar tale of adolescent self-obsession and sexual confusion. Drifting between family secrets and lustful interludes, Steggall makes evocative use of shimmering views of woodland and reservoir but the pacing of the story is slow at times. Fairly good performances from Alex Lawther and Juliet Stevenson. It's one of those movies you'll have forgotten about completely the next day after watching it. Average.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Fire Over England (1937)

 Fire Over England (1937) 7/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World. King Phillip of Spain plots to kill the Queen by sending the greatest sailing armada ever seen in the world to invade England. A solid historical costume drama with a stacked cast which includes a young Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Flora Robson is absolutely superb as Queen Elizabeth I. The plot creates good moments of drama, romance, and action, along with some good cat-and-mouse games between the characters. It builds to a good climax. The movie easily holds your interest all the way through. Overall, it's pretty good and well worth seeing.

4 years, 1 month ago

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When a bank clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare on his way home, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences. Another non Carry-On b-movie outing for Gerald Thomas and Peter Rogers. The story is a nice idea and works rather well, although the manner in which it's all set off is rather questionable. It all finishes in a wildly over the top manner which would seem to suggest that fate, or the Universe, or whatever, sees to it that the guilty all receive their proper punishment in the end, and that there's no way to outrun natural justice. The cast which includes Dermot Walsh, Susan Shaw and Jack Watling give fine performances. It makes for an interesting 60 or so mins. If you've got nothing better to see, I suggest giving this a go.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Chain of Events

 Chain of Events 6/10

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AKB48Fan rated Howling V: The Rebirth

 Howling V: The Rebirth 4/10

4 years, 1 month ago

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When a group of people from different walks of life converge in a Hungarian castle situated in Budapest which has been sealed for 500 years, they bring with them a werewolf which slowly begins to cut their numbers down. Another poor entry in the Howling franchise. The castle is a neat setting and a nice change of pace from the previous movies. The whodunit aspect doesn’t work nearly as well as it wants to...mostly because the characters are not interesting enough to care about. The acting is laughable. The werewolf effects are minimal and, unfortunately, so is most of the gore. You’ll also see the ending coming a mile away. Not worth bothering about to be honest unless you're a completist.

4 years, 1 month ago

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Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are able to control and wield flames, and the fire disaster they have unleashed on Earth. Way too loud and fast for my liking with aggressive jumpcuts and flashy animations, which could have been great if used sparingly, but it just doesn't stop. The vivid colours used in the anime is excellent but that's about it. The story didn't interest me one bit and it has uninteresting characters. There's definitely going to be an audience for this in-your-face movie but I'm afraid I'm not one of them. I had an inkling that I wasn't going to like this so I wasn't too disappointed in the end.

4 years, 1 month ago

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A beautiful young woman named Molly begrudgingly gets involved with her brother Mike in a diamond heist, meticulously planned by a small-time crook. It's a risky heist, involving the impersonation of the police, but amazingly, they get away with it. Sadly, a boy named Freddie, who has a crush on Molly, also becomes involved without his knowledge, and now he's in danger too. Clive Donner's directorial debut has an engaging story, adding layers that keep interest high, especially when Freddie finds something he shouldn't have, which sets off an entirely new, somewhat amusing chain of events. All the performances (including the beautiful Belinda Lee and future Bond star Geoffrey Keen) were enjoyable, but Michael Brooke as Freddie is the stand out. The backdrop of London after the war is atmospherically filmed. I was pleasantly surprised with this movie and it's worth checking out.

4 years, 1 month ago

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Daphne is a young woman negotiating the tricky business of modern life. Caught in the daily rush of her restaurant job and a nightlife kaleidoscope of new faces, she is witty, funny, the life of the party. Too busy to realise that deep down she is not happy. When she saves the life of a shopkeeper stabbed in a failed robbery, the impenetrable armour she wears to protect herself begins to crack, and Daphne is forced to confront the inevitability of a much-needed change in her life. This movie is a remarkably real and well-realised big screen version about a self-destructive single girl. A brittle 31-year-old Londoner who wears some heavy emotional armour on her sleeves and doesn't believe in love. She goes through life under the influence of drugs and casual sex and doesn't realise how much the robbery has affected her. Emily Beecham's portrayal of Daphne is just brilliant and raw by keeping herself from emotions or the excitement of disappointment of love. The viewer is drawn in by Daphne's frustrating, abrasive character and her descent in to self loathing. The script is spot on and the direction by Peter Mackie Burns is superb. I wasn't too enamoured with the ending though but overall I thought it was a cracking movie.

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Daphne

 Daphne 7/10

4 years, 1 month ago

AKB48Fan rated Funny Cow (2017)

 Funny Cow (2017) 8/10

4 years, 1 month ago