Kris Hartrum

Kris Hartrum Pro

Favorite films

  • Blade Runner
  • Before Sunrise
  • The Empire Strikes Back
  • Tokyo Story

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  • Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

    ★★★

  • Lionheart

    ★★★½

  • Black Bag

    ★★★½

  • The Street Fighter

    ★★★★

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  • Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

    Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

    ★★★

    Unrated Japanese version with English subs.

    The whole M. Bison/Shadaloo story was always pretty lame, but the gorgeous fight animation is still amazing. 90s anime just hit differently. Feels so raw still. The opening with Sagat is breathtaking, as is Ryu vs. Fei Long, and all the Ken and Ryu flashbacks. Needless to say, Chun-Li's shower scene followed by the Vega fight is still a thing of legend for anyone growing up during this era.

  • Lionheart

    Lionheart

    ★★★½

    One of Van Damme's best movies. Every fight is like a level in Street Fighter. Never occurred to me how much of it was inspired by Bronson's Hard Times. The down-and-out undercover street fighter who has to fight to save his family is one of my top story formulas.

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  • Sensational Janine

    Sensational Janine

    ★★★½

    Watched this with my wife. She loved it. Genuinely one of the best vintage adult films ever produced. Weird, sexy and hilarious.

    American pornographic film critic Jim Holliday described this film as "easily the best and most accurate of several films based on the life and adventures of legendary Viennese madam Josephine Mutzenbacher" and his "all-time foreign favorite" adult film.

  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    ★★★½

    Being new to the Halloween Franchise, I had zero pre-conceived notions about Halloween 3. I thought it was just the next Michael Meyers movie, possibly starring Jamie Lee Curtis. What I found was a batshit weirdo gem of a horror film. I read about the movie’s rather infamous history and reputation after finishing it. I can see why everyone was mad when it came out, but has since acquired a funny cult horror status. The idea that people are watching the…