Letterboxd — Your life in film

“ Soon you'll be unconscious through lack of oxygen; it's an ancient technique.“

Don’t fuck with Sonny Chiba, because he’s not fucking around. In the film that opened him up to the eyes of the world, in this ultra slice of blood spraying violence . Where Karate is the main dish, as Chiba chops , punches and kicks his way through a smorgasbord of bad guys. Blows so deadly that blood erupts from contact, or food is regurgitated . Hell a man even as his bollocks ripped off, watched on Blu Ray from Arrow Video.

I’m a big fan of the police mystery dramas , from years of watching them as tv series . This definitely ticked all the right boxes for me, channeling some serious True Detective vibes. For debut film director Grant Singer , lays down a strong marker. With this well structured and captivating movie. Starring the always talented Benicio Del Toro as a detective, investigating a brutal murder of Realtor . The murder is just the tip of mystery, as he discoverers something much darker, Del Toro performance is a measured one which holds the narrative firmly in place. Watched on Netflix.

“So *this* is what happens when you breed a human with a tree.“

Not so much a Snake Eater, more like a shit eater. 
               Watched on Amazon Prime.

“Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass.“

John McTiernan and Bruce Willis gave us the blueprint for the perfect action movie. Which 35 years later as lost non-of its appeal or charm. Which also serves as a reminder of just how tattered Willis was, so very happy to see this on the big screen. 
         “Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker”. 
                    Watched at the Cinema.

Not so much the dirty dozen, but more like the shit dozen . Get’s a star and half , for Cynthia Rothrock’s cameo as Cynthia Rothrock. Watched on YouTube.

“You know, no matter how fast you drink it the distilleries can still stay way ahead of you.“

A perfectly watchable murder/noir from Anthony Mann, with the classic noir narrative . With the film starting out with the murder, then through flashbacks and voiceovers the reasons for said murder are revealed. Staring Erich Von Stroheim, Mary Beth Hughes and Dan Duryea. Hollywood really had a thing against women in the 40s , they were almost always manipulators or murders and this definitely ticks one off them boxes. Good but not a classic of genre, watched on Talking Pictures Tv.

The only thing that had more holes in then the container , she was trapped in was the script. Anna Castillo Is watchable but she’s let down, by the ridiculousness of her situation . It’s not often I give on a film at the halfway point, but I found silliness of events kept pulling me out and away to my phone. Watched on Netflix.