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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) NeoDB Douban Douban TMDB IMDb
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
6.4 (7 ratings) director: David Slade actor: Fionn Whitehead / Craig Parkinson
other title: Black Mirror - Bandersnatch / Black Mirror : Bandersnatch
In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) Sukkertoppen IMDb KevGa-NeoDB TMDB NeoDB Douban
九龍城寨
6.6 (71 ratings) director: Soi Cheang actor: Raymond Lam Fung / Louis Koo
other title: Kowloon Walled City / Crepúsculo dos Guerreiros: Walled In
Set in the 1980s, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way. In the Walled City, he becomes close friends with Shin, Twelfth Master and AV. Under the leadership of Cyclone, they resist against the invasion of villain Mr. Big in a series of fierce battles. Together, they vow to protect the safe haven that is Kowloon Walled City.
Jan. 25, 2026 watched
Some *very* impressive triad martial arts action in the Walled City of Kowloon in the 80s

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon
2020s LouisKoo SammoHung SoiCheang
Rambo (2008) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Rambo
director: Sylvester Stallone actor: Sylvester Stallone / Julie Benz
other title: John Rambo
In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit.
Hot Rod (2007) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hot Rod
director: Akiva Schaffer actor: Andy Samberg / Jorma Taccone
other title: Hot Rod - Uno svitato in moto / Hot Rod - Loucos Sobre Rodas
For Rod Kimble, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's operation -- and then Rod will kick Frank's butt.
Compañeros (1970) TMDB
Vamos a matar, compañeros
director: Sergio Corbucci actor: Franco Nero / Tomas Milian
other title: Vamos a matar, compañeros / Companheiros
Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos, accompanied by reluctant guerilla Basco, but a former business partner of Yolaf's- John 'The Wooden Hand', has other ideas.
TripFall (2000) TMDB IMDb WikiData
TripFall
director: Serge Rodnunsky actor: Eric Roberts / John Ritter
other title: Ostaggi della follia / Tripfall - Das Todestrio
A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.
Mothra (1961) TMDB WikiData IMDb
モスラ
director: Ishirō Honda actor: Frankie Sakai / Hiroshi Koizumi
other title: Mothra bedroht die Welt / MOTHRA
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
Mars Attacks! (1996) Douban NeoDB WikiData TMDB IMDb
Mars Attacks!
7.3 (7 ratings) director: Tim Burton actor: Jack Nicholson / Glenn Close
other title: Marte Ataca!
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Jan. 19, 2026 watched
People slag it off, and sure it has issues, but I always enjoy it!

TIL it was Alex Cox (Repo Man) who came up with the idea.

Rewatched (for the 7th? 8th? time) in #MonsterMiru watch party on Mastodon (after #Monsterdon).
1990s Action ActionComedy ActionComedySciFi AnnetteBenning
Stand by Me (1986) NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB
Stand by Me
7.9 (11 ratings) director: Rob Reiner actor: Wil Wheaton / River Phoenix
other title: Conta Comigo / Stand By Me - Das Geheimnis eines Sommers
After learning that a boy their age has been accidentally killed near their rural homes, four Oregon boys decide to go see the body. On the way, Gordie, Vern, Chris and Teddy encounter a mean junk man and a marsh full of leeches, as they also learn more about one another and their very different home lives. Just a lark at first, the boys’ adventure evolves into a defining event in their lives.
Snuff Bottle Connection (1977) IMDb WikiData
Shen tui tie shan gong
director: Richard Tung Chin-Hu / Lily Liu actor: John Liu / Hwang Jang-Lee
other title: Eine Prise für tödliche Pfeifen / La Conexión del Frasco de Jade
As China and Russia's governments are talking peace, traitorous agents on both sides seek war. Enter John Liu as a special agent sent to identify who the Russian traitor is, and who his contact is within the walls of the Forbidden City.
Jan. 18, 2026 watched
Kung fu film about treacherous imperialists, light on plot but strong on fights (thanks to action choreographer Yuen Wooping).

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon
1970s HongKong HwangJanglee JohnLiu KungFu
Dark Breed (1997) IMDb WikiData
Dark Breed
director: Richard Pepin actor: Jack Scalia / Lance LeGault
other title: La stirpe / Dark Breed - Invasion aus dem All
Captain Saxon, an agent for the top secret Omega agency, has been given the assignment of tracking down and either capturing or killing the crew members of a secret space mission who returned to Earth against orders. It seems that they were all infected with an alien parasite, and they were trying to bring its eggs back to Earth. The eggs were lost in an accident, and both Saxon and the astronauts are trying to locate them.
Jan. 17, 2026 watched
Surprisingly gripping &, being PM Entertainment, full of great action & stunts.

Trigger: The PM Entertainment Podcast
https://eggplant.place/podcast/7NuEnGrtgH8fOdBwWxYIgC

Legit stream in MX:
https://fawesome.tv/movies/10262798/dark-breed
1990s Action ActionHorror ActionScifi Horror
Rambo III (1988) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Rambo III
director: Peter MacDonald actor: Sylvester Stallone / Richard Crenna
other title: Rambo 3
Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured.
Hot Fuzz (2007) TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
Hot Fuzz
7.3 (13 ratings) director: Edgar Wright actor: Simon Pegg / Nick Frost
other title: Hot Fuzz - Esquadrão de Província / Hot Fuzz - Zwei abgewichste Profis
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
Jan. 16, 2026 watched
A parody of action movies while also a loving homage to action movies, with not one wasted line or frame!

Rewatched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon
2000s Action ActionComedy Comedy EdgarWright
New World Disorder (1999) IMDb WikiData
New World Disorder
director: Richard Spence actor: Rutger Hauer / Tara Fitzgerald
other title: File: programma mortale / New World Disorder - Das Killerprogramm
A gang of four eyed crooks led by Kurt Bishop are ripping off top dollar computer chips from a list of factories. The night they hit Dynaphase Systems, two dirty employees are staying late using company resources to develop their own plans for a security microchip worth millions of dollars. Psychopathic Bishop raids the Dynaphase facility and downloads the mainframe before the employees have a chance to completely erase their work from it. When Bishop discovers the value of the stolen, but partially erased information, he sets out after the rest of the chip design, letting nothing stand in his way.
Jan. 13, 2026 watched
As perfunctory straight-to-video Luxembourg tax shelter projects go... surely some are better than this?

Muddled hacker-ish "thriller" leavened by Rutger's wardrobe of bow tie + leather jacket and Tara Fitzgerald's "American" accent. And an appearance by Michelle Gomez (Sue White from Green Wing).

Watched in #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
https://eggplant.place/collection/3dbcisTUvJzKp2CDrx7XiC
1990s Action AndrewMcCarthy Cybercrime Hacking
Godzilla (1998) IMDb NeoDB TMDB KevGa-NeoDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData Douban
Godzilla
director: Roland Emmerich actor: Matthew Broderick / Jean Reno
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
Jan. 12, 2026 watched
Long, limp facsimile of a Godzilla movie ripping off also Jurassic Park, Aliens etc while including as much corporate promotion as possible. Broderick, in particular, underwhelms.

Godzilla 98 is the Woodstock '99 of monster movies.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
1990s Action Godzilla HankAzaria JeanReno
The Sure Thing (1985) IMDb WikiData
The Sure Thing
director: Rob Reiner actor: John Cusack / Daphne Zuniga
other title: Sacco a pelo a tre piazze / Garota Sinal Verde
Gib, a beer-guzzling slob, and Alison, an uptight Ivy-Leaguer, are an unlikely duo stuck together on a cross-country trip during Christmas break. At first they get on each other's nerves but, as time passes, they find their divergent natures complement each other. Now they need to realize what they've already found before it's too late.
Code of Silence (1985) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Code of Silence
director: Andrew Davis actor: Chuck Norris / Mike Genovese
other title: Il codice del silenzio / Politiets Hemmelige Våben
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
Jan. 11, 2026 watched
Why have Chuck Norris in a movie and NOT have him Chuck Norris the hell out of the baddies??? There was ONE punch in the 1st hour, and ONE actual fight scene in the last half-hour.

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party

Legit stream in MX:
Jan 2026: Prime (careful, there are two versions, one is dubbed)
1980s Action AndrewDavis ChuckNorris DennisFarina
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Rambo: First Blood Part II
director: George P. Cosmatos actor: Sylvester Stallone / Richard Crenna
other title: Rambo 2 - La vendetta / Rambo - First Blood 2
John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.
Jan. 10, 2026 watched
Bombastic right-wing fantasy with one bemulleted, besteroided manly man single-handedly undoing the US defeat in Vietnam caused by, you know, people not "Real American" enough. (Yeah, my comment's a little bit political. But just a tiny sliver compared to the politics of the Rambo franchise.) But I loves me some action!

Re-watched in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon
1980s Action CharlesNapier GeorgeCheung GeorgePCosmatos
Hot Shots! (1991) IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData
Hot Shots!
7.0 (7 ratings) director: Jim Abrahams actor: Charlie Sheen / Cary Elwes
other title: Ases Pelos Ares / Hot Shots! - Die Mutter aller Filme
The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Jan. 9, 2026 watched
Parody of films like 'Top Gun', from Jim Abrahams of 'Airplane' fame. Not quite the same standard but a lot of LOL moments.

Watched in #Comedon watch partyy on Mastodon
1990s CaryElwes CharlieSheen Comedon Comedy
Joker's Poltergeist (2015) IMDb
Joker's Poltergeist
director: Christopher S. Lind actor: Eric Roberts / Lacy Marie Meyer
other title: American Poltergeist 4 - The Curse Of The Joker
After a clown-masked assailant guns down Aurora's Place, the resident theater owner fights to re-open her business.