See the movie that sexy beast is an homeage of The Long Good Friday Long Good Friday is the shit, my favourite criterion of the ones i have. I didn't know Sexy Beast was an homage, what's the connection? Any details? Not doubting you or anything, I just didn't realize these two as having anything i...

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Saddest twist in a comedy EVER. The scene where Steve Martin figures it out makes me want to cry straight in the turkey.

Don't get hung up on the Criterions for Killer and Hard boiled. Both of those are FAR FAR FAR from being definitive versions, the criterion version of Hard Boiled is the shortest in release i believe. You're paying 60$ for the nice little "Criterion Collection" logo in the corner of the box, enjoy. ...

Don't bother with the New Police Story, it's mediocre at best. Obviously one doens't watch this kind of this for the plot, but in this case the story is so stupid it actually effect your enjoyement of the fights. Plus the action is far from his best, even these days. The Myth is getting good reviews...

Found something else worth a note. This possibly came out last week, but worth a mention http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/7562/7562862.jpg Sorry for the small pic, others don't link. An inspired double set consisting of: Shaolin Dolemite - fantastic idea. Take the already ridicul...

Fear Over The City (Peur Sur La Ville) - NICE. I didn't even know this was on DVD, i'm gonna order it asap. To keep with the Belmondo theme here: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005OCKT.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg Le Professionel (1981) - another one of my alltime personal faves. I was a bit worried b...

Nothing notable surfaced in the obsure/exploitation field. There is some new giallo by Mario Bava out, but i'm not a horror fan so somebody else can do it who is more suitable. One more i'd like to put up though: http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000AC7OP2.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg Samurai Champloo Vol 6...

Picked up the Aeon Flux DVD, HOLY SHIT. I forgot how good it was, or more likely was not able to fully apreciate it when it was first out. Sci-fi weirdess mixed with action, Machiavellian intrigue and bondage = recepie for awesome Anime heads - has Peter Chung done any other series besides this and ...

And A Better Tomorrow 2 does not suck. The final action sequence is one of the finest John Woo ever shot, immediately putting it on the list of the best action sequences ever. I wasn't gonna nitpick, but since you brought it up I'm with you 100% on this. Disagree on Versus though, that's my shit. P...

That's some good picks up there If you're a fan of :wutang: at all, you have to own The Killer and Shogun Assasin (sampled on OBFCL and Liquid Swords respectively) Hard Boiled is pretty essential also, best action movie of all time. A lot of asian cinema is director driven, so checking out a few goo...

Agree with shadow, Kino has a lot of good titles but the presentation and the techincal aspects are usually ass. The Alain Delon collection is prime example - so many of his awesome later action/gangster flicks, but the video quality is like something I taped of public access. If they fuck up Clan o...

I'll let you know about obscure tomorrow, but ..... http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000AQ68VO.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg My current favorite cartoon sitcom (the only cartoon since 'the critic' that matches simpsons in their prime), I will defend this choice to the death with unbeatable logic and the sha...

They are touring clubs. Small ones. Nikki Syx describing their late-90's reunion tours is one of the most sad and pathetic Behind the Music type stories ever.

All this is in the book btw, to keep on subject. Which is why the book is the shit.

I like idea, agree with a lot of it. Got to nit pick you on examples a bit though. Neither Miike nor Tarantino nor Fukusaku are genre directors, and never have been. Miike does everything from musical comedy to gore, sometimes together, which is something Fukusaku already did 40 years ago. Tarantino...

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Tommy Lee is one of the best drummers of the 80s. Motley crew is the only worthwhile hair metal band besides GNR.

The book is the shit. One of the funniest opening paragraphs for a book i've ever read.

Nice, count joncroe beat me to it with almost human. Nasty, nasty movie, worth it alone for Tomas Millian as the psycho.

Count, put up some more if you feel like it pls, I'm busy at work but i want to keep this alive for a bit longer.

Ok, moving right along. Next two are both personal faves in their own way. http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000228EJA.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg Danger: Diabolik - I say this with full force of conviction, this is a 60's pop-art masterpiece. Visually, certain parts of this movie is simply incredible....

Shadow, Andvil, since you two are the only ones who seem to be reading this, any requests? Also, I was thinking of throwing in a couple of euro-action type things from the same time period that are not italian politzei. Have any of these been mentioned here before: Thriller: The Cruel Picture (Swede...

Sorry Shadow, next three are all Pal RaroVideo. There is no way I can talk about this type of movies and not mention them. They are available in other formats somewhere though, if you're gonna put effort into tracking down anything rare in this thread, I would strongly suggest these before any other...

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005ASOM.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg Violent City (aka The Family) - this one deserves attention based on the talent involved alone. Going down the list: Dir. Sergio Sollima - a well respected director in all areas of italian pop cinema, from swords and sandals gladi...

All legit. Like you said, tiny companies put these out so they look budget as hell. The source material they use is not always up to par, try to find screen caps. Xploited usually has them, so do other sites. I don't think these get bootlegged that much, not enough interest. Kung fu movies on the ot...

Do you realize what you've done... There's like 100 movies I need to buy from xploited cinema. Their spaghetti western section:

I know dude, i know. First time i saw that sight was a lot like the time i discovered you can see free porn on the net.

Glad you guys like it, more to come. I got to re-watch some of these. I realized today when I was typing I don't remember some of what I have very well, so I scrapped like half the post so as not to revert to blatant bullshitting. Violent professionals is my shit, but you know how tastes vary. I hop...

Blade Runner

Shit i can't believe i didn't even think of it. Good call

I wish I could post an animated gif of Rutger slicing Tex in half and him falling out a window (does he fall out a window? damn I'm having a hard time remembering that part.) I think he does fall from the window of the ski resort, and floats genly down the mountain in two pieces like a turd pinched...

http://www.xploitedcinema.com/images/dvds/violent_alfa.jpg Violent Naples - Part of a duo of films about the same character, Inspector Betti, played by Maurizio Merli, the other one is Violent Rome. Merli does an awesome job here as a cop fed up with corruption and crime. After being transfered to ...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005RYLG.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg Beast with a Gun - this one is a bit different from the ones posted above. The others are straight action/crime thrillers that stick to the genre. Beast with a gun is much more exploitative, almost grindhouse territory. The impression...

Blind Fury

http://www.filmsinreview.com/Images/A_G/contraband.jpg Contraband - dir. by Lucio Fulci. Fulci is most known for gore (Zombie), this is somewhat a departure for him. His trademark touches are still here though, there are scenes of a face being burned with blow torch, graphic close-up of a shotgun t...

As promised, i'm gonna put down some of my fave euro-crime for your copping/netflixing considerations. This is mostly gonna be italian polizei and mafia, but some other shit is bound to creep in. Please throw down anything that fits with this theme since these flicks don't get a lot of shine in prin...