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As usual Gary proves able to sculpt a sympathetic protagonist who is able to win over the audience into rooting for him regardless of the sometimes violent methods he uses to defeat his foes and here his vengeance against the criminal fraternity who destroyed his family and friends is nothing short of apocalyptic.As well as the superb physical skills that Gary brings to his performances he is capable of portraying strong human emotions also.He is always very effective indeed in scenes involving children and it can be no accident that he is often cast as a father in his films.Martial arts are absent from this tale until the final thirty minutes and when they finally appear in a series of brutal and superbly well choreographed fights you realise that you are watching a master at work.There are simply no current screen martial arts stars (Chinese,European or American)who could have brought what Gary Daniels brings to this role.This is a movie that should be sought by anyone who professes to enjoy action and if they enjoyed it half as much as I did then it won't be long before they seek out other Gary Daniels movies.They won't be disappointed,if anyone working in this genre delivers the kind of energy that Gary Daniels does in every role then they are being very quiet about it.Keep the British flag flying Gary for there isn't any young actor in the UK today who looks as if they even have the strength to even lift the flag up.Only the US is capable of producing a movie like RECOIL and long may they continue.
The climactic scenes were anti-climactic, the "twist" was ho-hum if not predictable, and the ending was just criminal.
Sonatine tells the story of middle aged yakuza boss Murakawa (played by Kitano) and his gang's trip to Okinawa to settle some yakuza wars and return the peace to the criminal underworld of Japan.
Strangest of all, in the end, all the characters' (mostly) minor transgressions are punished, but the real criminal gets off scot free.
In the wrong hands, the idea of a criminal being trained to become a top assassin sounds like a story that would be campy, ridiculous, and over-the-top, almost comic book like.
This is a real sign of a great actor, who can float between a wide diverse number of different roles, from comedy, to serious drama, to Super Hero, and wicked criminal, to any serious drama and horror characters.
It has some painted outdoor sets, a very young, pretty Bette Davis, with Humphrey Bogart and Leslie Howard repeating their stage roles as, respectively, a Dillinger type criminal and an idealistic dreamer.
He's just finished serving a two year prison sentence for attacking the man he holds responsible for killing his father and assuming control of his criminal organization.
An ex-con (Gene Nelson) with a beautiful wife and a good job sees his future prospects threatened when his old-time criminal partners call on him for help after a botched hold up.
Dalton plays a criminal playboy mastermind who is slippery beyond belief and gives a hard-hitting, edgy performance in a demanding role... possibly his best ever.
The Funeral is a dark and gritty story that plumbs the characters in a New York band of criminal brothers.
If I were a LAPD employee, a LA criminal, a citizen of LA, even an alien from Mars, I would demand that all money used in this production be used to burn all copies of this wherever they may be.
Through flashbacks, she reveals how her best friend and colleague Joyce Urbanski (Glenne Headly) married the scum and nasty James Urbanski (Bruce Willis); how hard Joyce's life with James was; and why Joyce became a criminal.
The lives of working class Americans are shamefully under-represented by Hollywood, and when a poor person is depicted (as something other than a criminal), it's almost always with the subtext of hope and the American dream.
If you want to see Mathew Gray Grubler than watch R.V. or better yet Criminal Minds.
This man, if the story is indeed based on fact, was totally lacking in any redeeming characteristics; cruel to his "friends," unattractive physically, a thief, liar, con man, a criminal, violent, talentless and ignorant.
Years later, Matt (Razzie winner Ben Affleck) has become a respected criminal attorney/lawyer, but by night he becomes "The Man Without Fear," costumed and masked hero Daredevil.
Yet, even on the screen, they deepen the preconception of the criminal minority.
However, one problem I had with it (besides its general low quality) was the fact that the cast the cats as the criminal buffoons.
Cats taking over the world is believable, but casting most of them as the not-so-smart, criminal stooges was going a bit far.
Bela Lugosi stars as the scientific genius and main operative who uses his scientific skill to create havoc and to try and stop a detective played by Herman Brix from putting an end to the criminal endeavor.
To insure the clever criminal does not take the opportunity to escape, he is given a lethal injection which can only be removed by the commissioner's medical staff.
'Brand Spanking New Show' was a criminal waste of his talent, an insult to Harry's many fans, for which the people behind it deserve a good spanking.
There's a body or two buried in the garden, the internment of one of these was witnessed by a criminal on the run, but he says nothing when caught by the police.
Some years later that same criminal is released and he returns to blackmail the family of oddballs, lunatics and murderers.
In another scene, a vigilante sorts named Papini wants the Nazi war criminal killed.
He's been stalking a doctor (played by Faith Clift) and wants her to kill the criminal.
The crew is told that there's a prisoner on board by Detective Dick Berry, who's come aboard to return an escaped criminal to Earth to face justice.
The ships captain asks Dick Berry if he's sure he wants to return the criminal to Earth for trial since it will be 20 years before they return to Earth, and all the witnesses will be either old or dead.
I gather that psychiatry was just beginning to be fully embraced by the public as a cause for criminal behavior, hence the "psychiatry for dummies" explanation of Joan's behavior during the story.
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