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When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the company insuring the diamond sends a former CIA agent to Hong Kong to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves begins to have a change of heart because his girlfriend wants him to leave his criminal organisation. Some have called this a blaxploitation movie but I can't say that it is. It's hypothetically a sequel to Black Belt Jones, but it's not but since it has Jim Kelly kicking ass maybe that's enough to get it just over the line. The movie is unintentionally funny at times due to the dubbed soundtrack. There's actually very little comedy going on in this movie, but the strange accents and odd choices kept me amused. It takes a while for the movie to really get going, coming together for an epic martial arts fight at the end. Even though he's the main star, Jim Kelly disappears for vast lengths of time, while the criminals try to find some way to sell their ill-gotten gains. Bolo Yeung gets a small role. An average martial arts movie - nothing more nothing less.

4 years, 11 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Without Warning

 Without Warning 3/10

4 years, 11 months ago

AKB48Fan added 1 item to A New Decade! A New Year! Movies Watched In 2020 list

An alien being is hunting humans by killing them with flying jellyfish-like creatures, which penetrate their skin with needle-tipped tentacles. A couple of teenagers seek help for the death of their friends by asking a local gas attendant and a mentally ill Vietnam vet to try and kill the alien. The first few minutes of this movie started off quite promising with some interesting special effects, but after that, there's not much going on. I kept waiting to actually see the alien besides his little flying devices, but what there was, was a lot of running around the woods at night, and talking about the alien. It actually gets rather boring. The last 10 minutes is probably the best part of the whole movie. The alien finally gets some decent screen time. If you're looking for overacting you'll get it in spades with Jack Palance and Martin Landau trying to outdo one another in who's the nuttier of the two characters. The movie in the end was a total waste of time and not worth bothering about.

4 years, 11 months ago

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A group of alien terrorists escape from their jail and crash land on 1930's Earth where they take over 4 humans to be their hosts. As they can't fix their ship as the technology isn't there, the 4 go back to their ship and wait. 50 years later and their ship is dug up by a construction company. The group relocate to New York in order to look for some plutonium to power their ship but another alien comes to Earth, takes over a woman's body and goes hunting to recapture the terrorists. This movie may look like a Troma movie due to the low budget, comedy, gory splattery violence and high body count but it isn't. I found it to be a fun little movie which gives some laughs in between all the gun violence on show. I can't really say how many people get killed during the movie but it's definitely a lot. There's some really good inventive special effects of the aliens regenerating themselves if they lose a part of their human hosts' body. The story is well written and provides both jokes and action. The director does all he can and some actors even show talent. All in all, this is an entertaining and enjoyable movie and had it been put under the Troma banner I'm sure it would have been a cult classic. Worth checking out.

4 years, 11 months ago

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AKB48Fan added 1 item to A New Decade! A New Year! Movies Watched In 2020 list

Blue has a job as a garage hand but is fired after an altercation with his racist boss but his life is about to get worse when he gets beaten up by police, is falsely charged, and forced to go on the run, falling out with his girlfriend and finally stabbing a racist neighbour in anger and frustration. This movie is a slice of black British life and follows a group of young West Indians living in South London where they have to deal with racism, violence against black people, poverty and reggae music. The movie follows one individual as his life spirals downwards. The use of reggae music is an important ingredient in the movie with famous black DJ's of the era making an appearance. The story is well written and the movie has a good pace about it. Brinsley Forde of the group Aswad takes the lead as Blue. Other notable people in the movie include Karl Howman as Blue's friend and a small cameo from comedian Mel Smith as a racist garage owner. It's an interesting time piece of early 80's life in grim South London which has changed since then.

4 years, 11 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The Shonen Merikensack

 The Shonen Merikensack 7/10

4 years, 11 months ago

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Young record company talent scout Kanna Kurita finds a video clip of an abrasive punk rock band on the Internet. Although she knows nothing about punk music or even likes punk music, she feels the band could be the next big thing and her boss signs them up. This starts Kanna’s quest to find the band but what she doesn't know is that the clip was filmed 25 years ago and the band members are now all washed up middle aged men. This is a wonderfully raucous and unceasingly funny feel good movie about the Japanese punk rock scene. It’s also an energetic tribute to band reunions and comeback tours, proving that as long as a band is complete and the passion for the music runs high then the magic of yesteryear can still happen, just waiting to be unleashed to captivate a new generation of audience. Aoi Miyazaki headlines the movie as the cute record scout Kanna. I loved the movie and found it consistently funny. Every character in the band is so well-written, each with their own comical history. Overall, it's a whole lot of fun. The jokes come fast and wild, spiced with a little extra raunchiness for good measure. Definitely worth seeing.

4 years, 11 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The Uncanny

 The Uncanny 5/10

4 years, 11 months ago

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An author, convinced that cats are conspiring to replace the human race as masters of the earth, narrates three bizarre tales of feline terror. This is an anthology of tales revolving around cats and how cats are secretly controlling the lives of men. I thought at first it was from Amicus but it's from The Rank Organisation. The first story is about a young female servant who kills her elderly boss in order to gain her will but the old lady's cats conspire to get their revenge on the servant. The second finds a young girl getting her own back on her older cousin through witchcraft and her black cat and finally the third has an actor threatened by a cat after he drowns it's kittens by flushing them down the toilet. Each story varies in quality. The first two stories were OK but I wasn't that keen on the last one. Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasance do their best with the average script they've been given. There's nothing memorable about this movie at all but I can imagine that those who love cats will enjoy it.

4 years, 11 months ago

AKB48Fan rated I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)

 I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) 6/10

4 years, 11 months ago

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Andrew Quint, a conscience-stricken advertising man who smashes up his desk, quits the business for an honest life in literature, but is won back to the media fray by manipulative tycoon Jonathan Lute. This swinging London drama directed by the much derided director Michael Winner paints a cynical portrait of the times but is mostly remembered for supposedly being the first movie to contain the word "fuck". It's basically a look at a man trying to escape the rat race but comes to the conclusion that once you're in it, you'll never get away, no matter how hard you try. Oliver Reed does well as a picture of modern dissatisfaction, and really shines in the scenes where events overcome him and he loses control. Carol White as his co-star is as lovely as ever while Orson Welles plays his slimy and manipulative boss. I've no idea where the title of the movie comes from but it doesn't have any connection to the story. An interesting comedy drama.

4 years, 11 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The Man Who Finally Died

 The Man Who Finally Died 6/10

4 years, 11 months ago

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Joe Newman formerly Joachim Deutsch returns to his small hometown in Bavaria to seeks information of what has become of his father. He finds out that he is dead but the people he meets is reluctant to give out any information. Joe begins to suspect that there is a cover-up and that the people want to keep certain facts regarding his father a secret. This is an early 60's black-and-white conspiracy thriller with many twists. It's one of those movies where it seems that everyone's in on some secret, apart from the lead of course which generates plenty of suspense. It may be a little slow and stodgy in places but the eventual solving of the mystery ties into the Cold War in a nicely unexpected way. Stanley Baker plays the lead with Peter Cushing as the villain of the piece alongside Nigel Green in a small role. I found it to be an efficient little thriller and it was rather enjoyable.

4 years, 11 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The Force on Thunder Mountain

 The Force on Thunder Mountain 3/10

4 years, 11 months ago

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A father and his young son take a hiking trip hoping to climb up the mysterious Thunder Mountain where legends state that strange things have happened around the area for years. This is a long forgotten sci-fi b-movie that turns out to be more of a nature movie more than anything else. It's a movie that mixes stock footage of the outdoors with a mildly supernatural plot. The majority of the movie has the father and son trekking in the wilderness and occasionally encountering an inexplicable event such as time slipping from a forest into a desert bed. The son eventually meets a humanoid alien called Om whose flying saucer crashed around a 1000 years ago on the mountain. It isn't as exciting as it sounds! There's a ton of grainy stock wildlife footage in the movie and even some flying saucer clips from Invaders From Mars and Lost In Space has been spliced into the proceedings. The acting from the father and son are awful. If you're hoping for a sci-fi movie of any sort, you're not going to get it here. Only recommended for those that like obscure movies.

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AKB48Fan rated Simon and Laura

 Simon and Laura 4/10

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When television producers select Simon Foster and his wife, Laura, to be the subjects of a live television series documenting a completely happy marriage, they appear to be the perfect choice. On camera, the couple is caring and supportive of each other. However, in reality, their relationship is very rocky, and they frequently argue. Because their show is a hit, Simon and Laura try to keep up the facade for audiences until cracks start to surface on the air. This could have been a light-hearted charming comedy but it barely raised a smile with me. There are plenty of potential targets for satire, however gentle, in the world of television, but Simon and Laura barely gets beyond a slightly annoying child. It's extremely bland and boring. Peter Finch, Ian Carmichael and Kay Kendall are just OK. There are plenty of cameos from the likes of Thora Hird, Nicholas Parsons, Ian Hendry and Brian Wilde. For a movie that was supposed to be a comedy, this was so unfunny. One to avoid.

4 years, 11 months ago

AKB48Fan rated The Nanny

 The Nanny 7/10

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Joey Fane is a young boy who believes that the nanny killed his sister but nobody believes him until the nanny tries to kill Joey and Joey's aunt. A fantastic British thriller that will have you hooked from start to finish with non-stop suspense and tension. While Hammer Studios are best known for their stylish Gothic Horror movies, they also produced a bunch of tense Hitchcockian thrillers, of which this is probably the most widely known. Bette Davis delivers a truly chilling performance in the role of the superficially friendly but sinister Nanny. 10-year old William Dix is also amazingly good in the lead as Joey. The movie is creepily shot in black and white and the storyline bears several interesting twists. One of the movie's greatest assets is the fact that it manages too keep up the suspense, and even the mystery about who is telling the truth. The twists are unpredictable, and it isn't clear until the movie's climax whether the nanny is evil or just the victim of a disturbed boy's morbid fantasy. Overall, this is a movie that all lovers of suspense should appreciate.

4 years, 11 months ago

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Construction worker Kozo and his pal gang rape their boss' daughter before picking up a red-haired woman eating noodles at a truck stop in the pouring rain. Kozo takes the girl back to his squalid apartment where the lovers have a sex marathon. During conversations in-between their love making, it is revealed that the woman is on the run from her abusive husband and that she has left behind her two sons. She is also a recovering heroin junkie. Despite all this, it doesn't matter to Kozo as the woman with red hair is insatiable. This notorious Nikkatsu Roman Porno movie is apparently a study in social commentary disguised as porn. Well I don't know about that but I thought it was a deeply unpleasant movie as the woman with red hair enjoys being abused and wants to be mistreated by Kozo. It's a destructive and animalistic relationship. The director has created a rather seedy world in Japan full of drunks, prostitutes, junkies and rapists. The story goes nowhere and there's no character development at all. I found it rather dull, plodding and unpleasant so unless you enjoy this kind of movie it's best to not watch it at all.

4 years, 11 months ago

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On Dec 7th 1941, Japanese forces launch a devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S naval base in Hawaii. 6 months later, the Battle of Midway commences on June 4th 1942, as the Japanese navy once again plans a strike against American ships in the Pacific. For the next 3 days, the U.S Navy and a squad of brave fighter pilots engage the enemy in one of the most important and decisive battles of World War II. Midway works fine for what it is - a direct account of events leading up to and including the famous sea and air battle. It is much like "Tora! Tora! Tora!" in its approach, and is far superior to "Pearl Harbor." Both the Americans and the Japanese are depicted respectfully, while not ignoring Japanese atrocities. Great acting by the cast which includes Dennis Quaid, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Eckhart and Nick Jonas. During the end credits, the real people the actors are portraying are shown and you learn what happened to them after Midway. If you are a WWII fan/buff, you should enjoy this movie.

4 years, 11 months ago

AKB48Fan rated Mad About Men

 Mad About Men 6/10

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School teacher Caroline heads to Cornwall to sell her house there so she can marry snooty Peter. There she finds the mermaid Miranda and realises the two look just alike, and leaves Miranda in her place as herself whilst she's off on a cycling holiday. Naturally, Miranda is up to nothing but mischief and befriending every man she meets. Although many have said that this is a sequel to the movie Miranda, apparently it is not. This is a is charming, funny, and frivolous piece of entertainment. Glynis Johns is absolutely stunning and she exudes tons of sex appeal once again as the fishy nymphomaniac mermaid Miranda who is looking for men. Margaret Rutherford reprises her role as the nurse who knows Miranda's secret and as always is a joy. The rest of the cast which includes Donald Sinden is very solid, and director Ralph Thomas does a good job. An enjoyable comedy.

4 years, 11 months ago

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Dr. John Dolittle lives in solitude behind the high walls of his lush manor in 19th-century England. His only companionship comes from an array of exotic animals that he speaks to on a daily basis. But when young Queen Victoria becomes gravely ill, the eccentric doctor and his furry friends embark on an epic adventure to a mythical island to find the cure. This movie hasn't been given good reviews by the critics and I can now see why. It isn't very good or even enjoyable. It's certainly aimed at the young crowd, but is terrible by even those standards. The CGI at times is absolutely dreadful. The dialogue is absurdly lame, even if it's meant for kids. The way scenes are edited together looks like something you would see in a home movie, not a professional studio production. The plot is half-hearted and barely makes sense. And honestly, the entire movie is just plain boring, which you think would be hard to do since there are talking animals, pirates and Robert Downey Jr. A total waste of time. Kids will probably like it but for everybody else steer well clear.

4 years, 11 months ago

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When Gretchen Carlson slaps Fox News founder Roger Ailes with a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, not a soul could predict what would happen next. Her decision leads to Fox News correspondent Megyn Kelly coming forward with her own story, as well as multiple other women, inciting a movement that reverberates around the world. This movie is based on the true story of the first "Me Too" case against a prominent man in power. This movie was better than I thought it would be. I was never bored and was fully engaged from beginning to end. Director Jay Roach weaves together an intriguing and sometimes hard to stomach story. Charlize Theron knocks it out of the park in her portrayal of Megyn Kelly. She helped make this movie work. Margot Robbie and Nicole Kidman both gave stellar performances as well. Kudos also to John Lithgow who plays the utter despicable Roger Ailes. I never have heard about this real life story before so I found it fascinating as it unfolded. Well worth watching.

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