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Eliminators (1986) NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Eliminators
director: Peter Manoogian actor: Andrew Prine / Denise Crosby
other title: Destroyers / Decapitron
A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.
Sept. 4, 2025 watched
The plot, the acting, the effects, the pacing... none of them were anywhere near as bad as I was expecting. They were often downright good. Is this movie... kind of great???
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Blue Thunder (1983) IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban TMDB
Blue Thunder
director: John Badham actor: Roy Scheider / Warren Oates
other title: Tuono Blu / Operação Thor
Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot suffering from severe trauma due to his harsh experiences during the Vietnam War, and Lymangood, his resourceful new partner, are tasked with testing an advanced and heavily armed experimental chopper known as Blue Thunder.
Tank Girl (1995) NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
Tank Girl
director: Rachel Talalay actor: Lori Petty / Naomi Watts
other title: Tank Girl - Detonando o Futuro
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government, has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee's tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl and Jet Girl rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system.
Grizzly II: Revenge (2020) IMDb WikiData NeoDB
Grizzly II: Revenge
director: André Szöts actor: Steve Inwood / Louise Fletcher
other title: Grizzly II: The Predator / Grizzly II: El concierto
Grizzly II: Revenge (sometimes stylized Grizzly II. Revenge, also known as Grizzly II: The Predator and Grizzly II. The Concert) is a 1983 American action thriller horror film that was not properly released until 2020. It was directed by André Szöts and is a sequel to the 1976 film Grizzly directed by William Girdler and David Sheldon. The film is about a giant grizzly named Tawanda who seeks revenge after her cub is killed by poachers.
Wheels on Meals (1984) TMDB Douban NeoDB
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director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo actor: Jackie Chan / Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
other title: Il mistero del conte Lobos / Wheels On Meals
Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
American Sniper (2014) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
American Sniper
6.6 (5 ratings) director: Clint Eastwood actor: Bradley Cooper / Sienna Miller
other title: Sniper Americano / El francotirador
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.
Aug. 30, 2025 watched
The Thursday Murder Club (2025) IMDb ReviewDB NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData
The Thursday Murder Club
6.3 (31 ratings) director: Chris Columbus actor: Helen Mirren / Pierce Brosnan
other title: Il club dei delitti del giovedì / Torsdagsmordklubben
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
Aug. 27, 2025 watched
Excessive Force (1993) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Excessive Force
director: Jon Hess actor: Thomas Ian Griffith / Lance Henriksen
other title: Excessive Force - Im Sumpf der Gewalt / Fuerza excesiva
Chicago policeman Terry McCain is determined to put away mobster Sal DiMarco, who always gets acquitted on technicalities. While monitoring a drug sale, a shootout ensues, and one of Terry's fellow officers gets away with $3 million of Sal's money. Suspecting Terry took the cash, the mobster sends his men to kill Terry's brother, Dylan, and partner, Frankie Hawkins. Furious, Terry sets out to take his revenge by any means necessary.
Robot Wars (1993) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Robot Wars
director: Albert Band actor: Don Michael Paul / Barbara Crampton
other title: Guerre di robot / Robotjox 2 - Krieg der Stahlgiganten
In the year 2041, the rebel Centros are a plague to the survivors of the great toxic gas scare of 1993. A renegade Megarobot pilot and an archaeologist must team up (despite personal differences, a reluctant romance, and official pressure to cease and desist) to thwart the Centro's attempts to resurrect a hidden Megarobot, with which they can challenge the prevailing order.
The Return of Swamp Thing (1989) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Return of Swamp Thing
director: Jim Wynorski actor: Louis Jourdan / Heather Locklear
other title: Il ritorno del mostro della palude / O Segredo do Pântano
The Swamp Thing returns to battle the evil Dr. Arcane, who has a new science lab full of creatures transformed by genetic mutation, and chooses Heather Locklear as his new object of affection.
Strictly Ballroom (1992) TMDB Douban IMDb
Strictly Ballroom
director: Baz Luhrmann actor: Paul Mercurio / Tara Morice
other title: Strictly Ballroom: De forbudte trin / Ballroom - Gara di ballo
Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?
Swamp Thing (1982) TMDB IMDb
Swamp Thing
director: Wes Craven actor: Louis Jourdan / Adrienne Barbeau
other title: Il mostro della palude / Perigo no Pântano
Mutated by his own secret formula, Dr. Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing; a half-human, half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue government agent Alice Cable and defeat his evil arch nemesis...Even if it costs him his life.
Chocolate (2008) TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
ช็อคโกแลต
director: Prachya Pinkaew actor: JeeJa Yanin / Hiroshi Abe
other title: Chocolate - La furia / Zen
Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.
Pulp Fiction (1994) TMDB IMDb Douban NeoDB WikiData
Pulp Fiction
8.7 (39 ratings) director: Quentin Tarantino actor: John Travolta / Samuel L. Jackson
other title: Pulp Fiction: Tempo de Violência
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Escape from New York (1981) TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB Douban
Escape from New York
6.6 (5 ratings) director: John Carpenter actor: Kurt Russell / Lee Van Cleef
other title: 1997: Fuga da New York / Flugtaktion New York
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
Aug. 19, 2025 watched
Another collaboration between Kurt and John that somewhat presciently explores the rise of the incarceral state and authoritarianism in the US. With plenty of great action scenes to boot.

Rewatched in #MondayActionMovie #WatchParty on Mastodon
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Used Cars (1980) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Used Cars
director: Robert Zemeckis actor: Kurt Russell / Jack Warden
other title: La fantastica sfida / Brugte biler
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner's ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
Little Shop of Horrors
director: Frank Oz actor: Rick Moranis / Ellen Greene
other title: La piccola bottega degli orrori / Gys i blomsterbutikken
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Big Trouble in Little China
7.2 (5 ratings) director: John Carpenter actor: Kurt Russell / Kim Cattrall
other title: Grosso guaio a Chinatown / Hvem springer kineserne for?
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
Aug. 17, 2025 watched
John Carpenter's ode to Hong Kong kung fu movies. With Kurt Russell playing perfectly the "white-saviour-is-really-just-a-braggart-who-gets-saved-by-the-Chinese-hero-over-and-over-again" in that string of great Carpenter/Russell collaborations of the 80s. A thoroughly enjoyable blend of action, comedy and fantasy.

Rewatched as part of #KungFuSat #WatchParty on Mastodon.
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