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Heat 1995
Has to be the action genre's "before and after" modern classic. A good old Hollywood cops-and-robbers or even just a regular shoot 'em up could never be the same after this one made its ripples. It's wild how even the medium of video games became a world-class action-oriented industry in its core thanks in no small part to the impression left by this movie in a whole generation of creatives, being rivaled only by stuff as culturally impactful as World…
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Barbie 2023
Fun and cute, it's pretty much just a family comedy about developing self-awareness and where to even go from there. It's crafted in a way that both the plot and the brand it's based on service each other in a pretty sophisticated (yet simple) two-way metaphor for the rite of passage of "quit playing with dolls" and facing adult life for the ugly, taxing bullshit fest that it is for everyone and their mother; which includes you, no matter how…
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Hardware 1990
Weird and daft but in a fun way, feels more like an aesthetic experience in B movie packaging than an actual story in any capacity. It's a bit frustrating how it presents itself to be a promising incursion in a well-crafted sci-fi setting, only to short-circuit into discount slasher/creature horror territory halfway through. Still, some credit is due in how it does even that in a way that stays somewhat on-brand with the interesting half of the deal.
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The Street Fighter 1974
Strongest contender for ultimate anti-hero karate flick. Sonny Chiba delivers such a wide range of genuine hype and spontaneous physical comedy through his martial arts skills and unorthodox big screen charisma that it may just as well be impossible to imagine anyone else doing a better job in his place.
Possibly Japanese cinema's seminal "fuck honor" protagonist, Takuma Tsurugi is himself one of the major highlights of both the over-the-top writing and Chiba's rendition, gracing the screen with some of…
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