Robert Armitage

Robert Armitage

Favorite films

  • Master of the Flying Guillotine
  • Gimme Shelter
  • The Cincinnati Kid
  • Mad Max: Fury Road

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  • The Thousand Faces of Dunjia

    ★★½

  • Justice League

    ★★½

  • Troy

    ★★★½

  • The Shape of Water

    ★★★★

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  • The Thousand Faces of Dunjia

    The Thousand Faces of Dunjia

    ★★½

    Chinese fantasy movie with light martial arts action and heavy CG. Things happen, then characters (kind of? inadequately?) explain what happened. I think they were trying to set up a mythology... They are definitely setting up a sequel. It's very disjointed, with lots of chapter breaks that didn't do much but muddle events further. CG is not the best, but is cartoonishly adequate to the task. Post credits comedy bit is the best scene in the film.

    Bad movie. Mindless fun. Liked the guy with the fiery palm.

  • Justice League

    Justice League

    ★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • The Holy Mountain

    The Holy Mountain

    ★★★★★

    Entirely weird. Totally absurd, yet coherent. This film is amazing.

  • Born Invincible

    Born Invincible

    ★★★½

    Basics. Carter Wong and Lo Lieh are bad guys who kill the master of a martial arts school. The three top students train for revenge. All of the story happens in the first fifteen minutes and the rest is training and dueling. There's almost too much kung-fu. Too much incredibly awesome kung-fu.
    Wong is a tai-chi master, who is invulnerable except for one vulnerable point that he can shift at will. The shifting is accompanied by a slide whistle and…

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