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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.
Bone Tomahawk (2015) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Bone Tomahawk
director: S. Craig Zahler actor: Kurt Russell / Patrick Wilson
other title: A Desaparecida, o Aleijado e os Trogloditas
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappear—only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.
Escape from New York (1981) NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
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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Big Trouble in Little China (1986) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Big Trouble in Little China
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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