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. The White, The Yellow And The Black (1975)

AKA 'Samurai' and 'Shoot first... Ask Questions Later'. A pretty funny and well written spaghetti western. Worth a watch if your looking for some light entertainment and a few laughs.

. Get Him To The Greek (2010)

Don't understand why films like 'Superbad' (2007) and '21 Jump Street' (2010) become beloved classics while this was forgotten. It's got the comedy of a raunchy late-2000's Seth Rogan like film and the action of a James Bond movie. The inclusion of Pedo Diddy didn't age well but that can be forgiven.

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[–] setsneedtofeed 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

'Screamers' is a 1995 scifi movie starring Peter Weller. There's just something about the vibe of this movie that really draws me in. If you like sort of bleak mid budget scifi this is a good one.

'Hell Comes To Frogtown', a 1988 movie starring Rowdy Roddy Piper. A post apocalypse where there are frog people and Piper is playing a Mad Max type. It's an absurd fever dream of a movie. 'Big Trouble In Little China' energy.

'Soldier' from 1998 starring Kurt Russell. This is like a forgotten Kurt Russell movie. It's not particularly deep, but it's a good popcorn movie to watch a simple plot of a super soldier taking out evil super soldiers.

'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold' is a 1965 movie. About, of course, a spy. An agent sent not East Germany during the Cold War. It's not the normal action oriented James Bond kind of spy movie. It's a lot talkier, and I find it kind of depressing. So if you like that sort of thing, there it is.

'Observe And Report' is a Seth Rogan movie about being a mall security guard. It is nothing like the awful 'Paul Blart' movies, which everyone assumes when I mention it in real life. This movie is more like Death To Smoochie in its dark comedy sensibilities.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 3 points 1 month ago

Man. Screamers was a regular on 10 VHS for $10 holidays. Must've watched Soldier 5 or 6 times on late 90's cable. Watched it not long ago too. Still not great, but I still can't look away.

[–] ChicoSuave 1 points 1 month ago

Hell Comes to Frogtown is a fantastic movie if you can get over the premise of the movie "the government hires a rapist to help jumpstart the population boom after humanity becomes endangered."