Movie critics don't know shit from Shinola, and The Running Man's 66% score on Rotten Tomatoes is hard proof of that.
If you can't see that this one just has the sauce, I can't explain it. The Running Man is the second best Arnie flick and it clears both of the Kurt Russel Escape movies.
Sure, the action isn't as intense as Commando and the one-liners are pretty dull here, but the world-building, set design, and palpable love for the game are all there, in a deceptively smart dystopian commentary.
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The Running Man 1987
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Thief 1981
Thief is a straightforward heist movie with strong noir elements, and probably the most 80s-looking movie ever made. The synthesizer-driven soundtrack, the neon lights, the cars, it's all there.
While Michael Mann's first feature-length picture is a perfectly competent one, and his visual style was clearly mature by 1981, it's hard to not compare Thief to Mann's later work, where his thematic style had developed, which is what really sets films like Heat and Collateral apart from their contemporaries. Drive…Translated from by
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Love Hurts 2025
I like Ke Huy Quan, and I'll support anything Marshawn "Beastmode" Lynch does, loved him in Bottoms. The trouble is that there are other parts of this movie.
It's not like I expected a film primarily advertised in UFC commercial breaks to be high art, but I was at least hoping for a solid action movie on the level of Nobody. This is about one notch below an airplane movie, closer to a fake movie you see in a real movie.Translated from by -
Chungking Express 1994
A beautiful, beautiful film about longing, loneliness, and the beauty we find in fleeting moments of human connection.
I admit to being skeptical, as Wong Kar-Wai's other renowned effort, Fallen Angels, didn't really speak to me. (although I now believe it merits a rewatch) However, Chungking Express exceeded all my expectations. Yes, the film is "aesthetic," perfecting the underexposed, green-hued film grain that defined the Hong Kong look, but it's not just for show. Chungking Express masterfully uses shot composition,…Translated from by
