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Spoiler (1998) IMDb WikiData
Spoiler
director: Jeff Burr actor: Gary Daniels / Meg Foster
other title: Spoiler - Verdammt im Eis / Spoiler – Verdammt im Eis
Roger Mason is a prisoner locked away in a futuristic fortress of a jail. Desperate to escape and see his daughter, he keeps making attempt after attempt to break free, but each one is foiled just as he's about to gain his freedom. As his punishments include being frozen in suspended animation for years at a time, he stays the same age while his daughter grows older. As more time keeps being added to his sentence, he despairs of ever getting out.
Fortress (1992) IMDb WikiData
Fortress
director: Stuart Gordon actor: Christopher Lambert / Kurtwood Smith
other title: 2013 - La fortezza / Fangeborgen
In the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside "The Fortress" but are determined to escape before the birth of their baby.
No Escape (1994) IMDb WikiData
No Escape
director: Martin Campbell actor: Ray Liotta / Lance Henriksen
other title: Fuga da Absolom / Flugten fra Absolom
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of murdering a commanding officer, is determined to escape the island in order to reveal the truth behind his murderous actions and clear his name.
Dolemite Is My Name (2019) TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Dolemite Is My Name
director: Craig Brewer actor: Eddie Murphy / Wesley Snipes
other title: Chamem-me Dolemite / Yo soy Dolemite
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
Feb. 13, 2026 watched
Outstanding performance by Eddie Murphy in this biopic of 70s comedian Rudy Ray Moore.

Watched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon.
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The Seven-Ups (1973) IMDb WikiData
The Seven-Ups
director: Philip D'Antoni actor: Roy Scheider / Jerry Leon
other title: Squadra speciale / O Esquadrão Indomável
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
The Commitments (1991) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Commitments
director: Alan Parker actor: Robert Arkins / Michael Aherne
other title: Os Commitments / Die Commitments
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
Amazing Grace (1974) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Amazing Grace
director: Stan Lathan actor: Slappy White / Moms Mabley
A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts.
Murder in the Heartland (1993) TMDB IMDb
Murder in the Heartland
actor: Kate Reid / Brian Dennehy
other title: Heart to Kill
Murder in the Heartland tells the grotesque true story of Charlie Starkweather, 19, who killed 11 people in Nebraska in 1957-58, and his 14-year-old girlfriend,
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The Big Valley - S01 E11 - The Way to Kill a Killer

When one of Nick's old friends, Mariano Montoya, comes through town on his way to sell his cattle, trouble hits in the form of deadly anthrax. The man's cattle begin to die off and it seems as though they will have to shoot them all, killing as well Mariano's dreams for the money. Until Eugene tells them of something called immunization, which he believes will work. Mariano isn't so sure however and tells them that to prove it works, the Barkleys must first try it on their own prize bull!The bull collapses and it looks as though it has been killed but then it moves and gets up, it works!! Mariano's herd is saved!
Assassin (1986) IMDb WikiData
Assassin
director: Sandor Stern actor: Robert Conrad / Karen Austin
other title: Special Terminator C.I.A. / Asesino
A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials. That will be not an easy task, because the robot looks human and it was specifically built to be an efficient killer, not to mention that it is almost invulnerable.
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.
Dead for a Dollar (2022) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dead for a Dollar
director: Walter Hill actor: Christoph Waltz / Willem Dafoe
other title: Morto per un dollaro / Caçadores de Recompensas
In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return Rachel Kidd, the wife of a wealthy businessman, who as the story is told to Max, has been abducted by Buffalo Soldier Elijah Jones. Max is ultimately faced with a showdown to save honor.
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.
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).
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