Rolando

Not quite as charming as the first one, but not really terrible either.

Van Damme isn't in this one, but "Ray Jackson" is back, and many of the other actors are somewhat recognizeable from other films. (i.e. the main guy was in a John Wick and a Matrix; the wise sage character does the voice of the noodle selling bird in Kung Fu Panda, etc.) and they are joined by Pat "Mr Miyagi" Morita. Also once they get to the kumite, there are a bunch of different martial artists like kung fu and muay thai fighters, a judoka, a capoeira guy, etc. There's a framing story which is right on the line between cringe and camp, and indeed the seriousness with which you take this movie is inversely proportional to how enjoyable you'll find it. Meaning: turn your brain off and it's pretty fun.

• Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw9Vjm_S6Gg
• find an invidious instance; https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=Cw9Vjm_S6Gg
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodsport_II:_The_Next_Kumite

• Invidious: https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=KEu3tWXdnxI
• Bandcamp: https://viperdrive.bandcamp.com/track/driftrider
• Anime used in the fan edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redline_(2009_film)

"Allow nothing to be in your life that you cannot walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner." Sounds easy, slick!

One of the best cops-and-robbers films of all time. The bank heist scene is the stuff of legends.

Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro in their prime. Ensemble cast includes Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Jon Voight, Natalie Portman, Danny Trejo, and a bunch of others. With cameos by Tone Loc and Henry Rollins!

• full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Uig-UtcAA
• find an invidious version: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=o9Uig-UtcAA
• trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14oNcFxiVaQ
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_(1995_film)

You will feel bad while and after watching this movie. idk wtf people were thinking about, putting this on broadcast TV. But to understand why, you need to first read the:

content warning

suicide

and then the

spoiler

The movie is about a young couple who are in love and who are forbidden from being together. Typical beginning. But halfway through this movie, the young couple commits suicide. Not only does the movie show the suicide, but it show them being found, it shows the bodies being dragged out in the open, and it shows the family screaming and crying over them. In fact, the last half of the movie is about the family's guilt, sorrow, anger, numbness, and blame.

so apart from that, it's a TV movie with that level of quality. However, it has Molly Ringwald, Paul Sorvino, and a very young River Phoenix.

• find an invidious version: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=BcjncK2OaaE
• trailer (no spoilers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Km5mnS7Yf0
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving:_A_Family_in_Crisis

cross-posted from [email protected]

"A warning to the rich: Get Off Our Backs!"

Also released in the US as "Slumfighter" which is a far superior title, but I guess they wanted people to think of "Death Wish." Basically there are there good honest people living in this tenement who are being oppressed by The Man, "but they can only take so much before they are forced to fight!" If nothing else, check out the original trailer, which is gold from beginning to end:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDVmhGqx_mA
• https://invidious.materialio.us/watch?v=wDVmhGqx_mA

You'll note a universally low production quality, and even the fight choreography is poorly done. But the actors have some real physical skills, so you'll frequently see a decent leap, spin, or jump-kick. With a bit more money this could have reached "Bloodsport" levels. And the main theme is truly funky.

Summary: entertaining, if your expectations are as low as a landlord... That's a Promise!

• Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cIxPf3RDFU
• Find an invidious version: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=-cIxPf3RDFU
• More info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165214/

"A warning to the rich: Get Off Our Backs!"

Also released in the US as "Slumfighter" which is a far superior title, but I guess they wanted people to think of "Death Wish." Basically there are there good honest people living in this tenement who are being oppressed by The Man, "but they can only take so much before they are forced to fight!" If nothing else, check out the original trailer, which is gold from beginning to end:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDVmhGqx_mA
• https://invidious.materialio.us/watch?v=wDVmhGqx_mA

You'll note a universally low production quality, and even the fight choreography is poorly done. But the actors have some real physical skills, so you'll frequently see a decent leap, spin, or jump-kick. With a bit more money this could have reached "Bloodsport" levels. And the main theme is truly funky.

Summary: entertaining, if your expectations are as low as a landlord... That's a Promise!

• Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cIxPf3RDFU
• Find an invidious version: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=-cIxPf3RDFU
• More info: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165214/

• Invidious: https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=GlLQ2qJmy8c
• Bandcamp: https://perturbator.bandcamp.com/track/humans-are-such-easy-prey
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perturbator

Hi everyone!

• This community's 300th post is coming up soon! this post is number 298
• The first post here was made July 9th of last year, which is just a couple weeks away!

I don't know what to post, since I went through most of my playlist from August to March and all I've got left is My Chemical Romance and Insane Clown Posse. But I'm planning to post at least once or twice a week anyway.

So if you have anything you want to post, now's a great time to do it! (thank you @[email protected] for posting recently.)

Anderton is recovering from an illegal surgery, when the police come searching for him! But did his new retinas have enough time to heal?

After E.T., Spielberg started to consult experts, and put more scientific research into his science fiction films.[36] In 1999, he invited fifteen experts convened by Peter Schwartz and Stewart Brand to a hotel in Santa Monica for a three-day "think tank". He wanted to consult with the group to create a plausible "future reality" for the year 2054 as opposed to a more traditional "science fiction" setting.[37] Dubbed the "think tank summit",[38] the experts included architect Peter Calthorpe, author Douglas Coupland, urbanist and journalist Joel Garreau, computer scientist Neil Gershenfeld, biomedical researcher Shaun Jones, computer scientist Jaron Lanier, and former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) architecture dean William J. Mitchell.[37][39] Production designer Alex McDowell kept what was nicknamed the "2054 bible", an 80-page guide created in preproduction which listed all the aspects of the future world: architectural, socio-economic, political, and technological.[38] While the discussions did not change key elements in the film, they were influential in the creation of some of the more utopian aspects, though John Underkoffler, the science and technology advisor for the film, described it as "much grayer and more ambiguous" than what was envisioned in 1999.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_Report_(film)

Invidious link: https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=EQ55c87m4_4

Black Belt (2007), known as Kuro-obi (黒帯) in Japan, is a Japanese martial arts drama film directed by Shunichi Nagasaki. It focuses mainly on the martial art of Karate. It is notable for excluding the usual exaggerations of the genre. The lead roles were played by karate experts, and no special effects were used.[2][3] In the film, three students of an elderly karate master decides among themselves on who deserves their master's black belt. ... The events take place in 1932 in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, in which the corrupt leaders of the Japanese army are trying to take over all the Karate dojos (a kind of training hall) for their own benefit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Belt_(2007_film)

The link above has the Japanese dub and English subtitles, but has an annoying watermark. If you want something else, here are your choices:

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuxami9vLt9F9_kycFa1XPTTQcMZ5qoem - English subtitles, no watermark, but broken into several smaller videos.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5UGm6GLKsg - Spanish subtitles
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejxzbsL7VlQ - Japanese dub, no subtitles
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RwGX0A7N50 - another Japanese dub, no subtitles
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmNGqza6UU - portuguese dub? / vietnamese subtitles (click on "CC")
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50v9bPkUWvw - portuguese dub but potato quality (114p)
• If you want to watch Invidious versions of any of these links, just replace the string "www.youtube.com" with "invidious.fdn.fr"

Fun fact: the actors who play the three students are each an expert in a different karate tradition: Shotokan, Goju-Ryu, and Kyokushin.

Becket is a 1964 British historical drama film about the historic, tumultuous relationship between Henry II of England and his friend-turned-bishop Thomas Becket.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becket_(1964_film)

The dialogue in this movie is outstanding, and it's delivered by some of the top actors of their time. Peter O'Toole as Henry II in particular delivers one of the best dramatic performances of the historical film genre, as exemplified in this scene: https://youtu.be/_u9VmtQUmoM?t=5696

The film is interesting because it shows the background of the phrase "Will no-one rid me of this turbulent priest?" and also because it demonstrates the Norman vs Saxon class distinction in England of that era.

Invidious link: https://invidious.perennialte.ch/watch?v=_u9VmtQUmoM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waveshaper_(musician)