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RE: Last film you watched
From Hell(2001)
Albert and Allen Hughes co-directed this film starring Johnny Depp as a police inspector on the trail of Jack the Ripper in what is a disappointingly average adaptation of the brilliant graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell.The notion that that the Ripper was a member of the royal family had already been explored to much better effect in Bob Clark's 1979 film,Murder by Decree.
5/10
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RE: Last film you watched
Leviathan(1989)
Once again B movie legend George P.Cosmatos found himself with an A picture budget and cast but couldn't quite figure out what to do with either.A deep sea mining crew find a sunken soviet vessel that harbours a terrible secret. A monster that seems determined to eat them.Even a well designed and realised creature from Stan Winston studios and good acting from Peter Weller,Ernie Hudson and Richard Crenna can't save this pretty good idea from mediocrity.
5/10
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RE: Last film you watched
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Yeah the less said about that,the better
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RE: Last film you watched
Police Story[aka Jackie Chan's Police Story;Police Force](1985)
The first and best of a series of upbeat,upmarket cop thrillers.Police Story offers none stop action and gags a plenty from the spectacular opening scene,right until the very end.With a charismatic central performance from director and star Chan.A bare bones plot paves the way for an hour and a half of supremely entertaining chaos.Ordered to protect the subppoenaed secretary(Briggette Lin)of crime boss Tom Koo(Cho Yeun)Kevin Chan(Jackie Chan)has his hands full battling a never ending army of mobsters intent on killing the lady before she can testify in court.Romantic complications arise in the form of long suffering girlfriend May(Maggie Chan)and that's about it plot wise.Unlike other Hong Kong actioners of the time, Police Story goes beyond chop socky,asserting itself in the realms of the A Movie with quality production values,brisk pacing,a sense of humour and truly,gob smacking stuntwork performed by Chan himself.
8/10
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