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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.
The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
director: Alan Gibson actor: Christopher Lee / Peter Cushing
other title: I satanici riti di Dracula / Satan er løs...
The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.
Satan's School for Girls (1973) WikiData TMDB IMDb
Satan's School for Girls
director: David Lowell Rich actor: Pamela Franklin / Kate Jackson
other title: Escuela Satánica para señoritas
Satan's School for Girls is set within the grim walls of Fallbridge College for Girls. Hoping to learn the truth behind the "suicide" of her younger sister, Beth Hammersmith enrolls in Fallbridge under the assumed name of Karen Oxford. Our heroine soon learns that the school is in the clutches of a coven of witches called "The Five" — and that she herself has the right satanic qualities to enable The Five to take over the world.
Escape from New York (1981) TMDB WikiData IMDb NeoDB Douban
Escape from New York
6.5 (6 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.

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American Samurai (1992) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
American Samurai
director: Sam Firstenberg actor: David Bradley / Mark Dacascos
When a father passes on the traditional family sword to one of his two adopted sons, the other--in a fit of jealous rage--joins a yakuza drug smuggling mob. When the other son decides to find him and set things straight, things don't seem to go as smoothly as he planned, and a misunderstanding leads the stepbrothers into a Turkish arena to battle swordsmen from around the world.
Sept. 9, 2025 watched
It's often hard to give a review of a film watched as part of a watch party, because bad films can cause lots of funny comments & laughter. This was one whose badness led to lots of fun for us watching.

It was cool seeing a young Mark Dacascos.

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