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Swift Sword (1980) Douban IMDb TMDB
情俠追風劍
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Wong Yu / Nau Nau …
other title: The Swift Sword / 情侠追风剑 …
Starring a menagerie of established Shaw Brothers' talent like kung-fu comedienne, Wang Yu, female kung-fu fighter Hui Ying-hung (the lady Michelle Yeoh tries to emulate) and perennial bad guy Lo Lieh, it's a movie about cross people and crossed swords where our heroes discover that gold is not as precious as friendship.
July 12, 2026 watched
I've dealt with some confusing plots in kung fu films, but way too often in this I found myself thinking "who the hell are these people and what the hell is going on???"

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon
HongKong KungFuSat WatchParty MartialArts ShawBrothers
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Jaws 2 (1978) IMDb TMDB WikiData NeoDB Douban Skybridge
Jaws 2
4.2 (5 ratings) director: Jeannot Szwarc actor: Roy Scheider / Lorraine Gary …
other title: Lo squalo 2 / Dødens gab 2 …
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
July 11, 2026 watched
Reminds me of the old Russian joke. Two old friends bump into each other in December. One asks: "How was your year?" The other replies. "So-so. Worse than last year, but better than the next!"

This entry in the Jaws franchise was definitely not as good as the 1st one, but will better than the ones to come! :D

Rewatched (for the first time in decades) in "Jaws July" in the #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
FridayThrillerClub 1970s Horror Sequel Jaws
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The Sheep Detectives (2026) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB 兜伴 Skybridge
The Sheep Detectives
7.0 (40 ratings) director: Kyle Balda actor: Hugh Jackman / Emma Thompson …
other title: Pecore sotto copertura / Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi …
George is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.
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Close Range (2015) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Close Range
director: Isaac Florentine actor: Scott Adkins / Nick Chinlund …
other title: Close Range - Vi ucciderà tutti / Perigo Extremo …
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
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Team America: World Police (2004) Douban TMDB DeaDvey's Reviews WikiData IMDb NeoDB Skybridge
Team America: World Police
director: Trey Parker actor: Trey Parker / Matt Stone …
other title: Team America: Polícia Mundial / Team America : Police du monde …
When North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il orchestrates a global terrorist plot, it's up to the heavily armed, highly specialized Team America unit to stop his dastardly scheme. The group, which has recruited troubled Broadway actor Gary Johnston, not only has to face off against Jong-il, but they must also contend with the Film Actors Guild, a cadre of Hollywood liberals at odds with Team America's 'policing the world' tactics.
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The Chinese Mack (1974) TMDB IMDb
絕招
director: Ta-Chuan Hsu actor: Michael Chan / Lee Fung-Lan …
other title: 絕招
Real-life Triad leader and Hong Kong action star Chan Wai-Man headlines The Chinese Mack, a fight-filled martial arts slug-fest from the golden year of 1974! In the scenic countryside, an expert kung fu student is taught the deadly art of the “death blows.” With his schooling finished, he heads to the big city to earn his fortune. But when he’s seduced by the sins of the flesh, he’ll have to battle his way out of the darkness.
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Independence Day (1996) Douban IMDb NeoDB TMDB Skybridge WikiData
Independence Day
6.4 (13 ratings) director: Roland Emmerich actor: Will Smith / Bill Pullman …
other title: Dia da Independência / Dia de la independencia
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
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Jaws (1975) NeoDB Douban DeaDvey's Reviews IMDb Skybridge TMDB
Jaws
7.9 (36 ratings) director: Steven Spielberg actor: Roy Scheider / Robert Shaw …
other title: Lo squalo / Dødens gab …
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.
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Thunder of Gigantic Serpent (1988) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Thunder of Gigantic Serpent
director: Lee Chiu actor: Pierre Kirby / Edowan Bersma …
other title: Terror Serpent
A secret formula that can cause plants and animals to expand a thousand-fold in size is stolen by a terrorist group. During a wild chase and shoot-out, the formula is lost. It's found by a little girl who accidently gives the formula to her pet snake. After the snake grows to an immense size, it follows and protects her. When the terrorists go after the girl, the snake begins destroying everything in its path.

Hong Kong cut and paste edit of the 1987 Taiwanese film "大蛇王" (King of Snake) with new scenes.
June 29, 2026 watched
Take a Taiwanese monster film, splice in some pointless white guys, Australian flags & Tangerine Dream, & you've got Thunder of Gigantic Serpent!

Watched in #MonsterMiru watch party after #Monsterdon on Mastodon.
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Have Sword, Will Travel (1969) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
保鏢
director: Chang Cheh actor: David Chiang Da-Wei / Ti Lung …
other title: Le invincibili spade delle tigri volanti / Die Todespagode des gelben Tigers …
Ying Ke-Feng, head of Peerless Manor, is an expert swordsman whose escort business transports 200,000 taels of silver to the capital each year. This year, however, he is afflicted with an infirmity that renders him unable to use his sword.
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Roadgames (1981) IMDb TMDB
Roadgames
director: Richard Franklin actor: Stacy Keach / Jamie Lee Curtis …
other title: Drønhed asfalt / Truck Driver …
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.
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The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000) IMDb WikiData TMDB Skybridge
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
director: Greg Berlanti actor: Timothy Olyphant / Zach Braff …
other title: Il club dei cuori infranti / O Clube dos Corações Partidos …
A close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood and professional success. At various stages of life's disarray, these young men share humorous and tragic relationships and always have each other to rely on.
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) IMDb Douban WikiData TMDB
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
director: Terence Fisher actor: Anton Diffring / Hazel Court …
other title: L'uomo che ingannò la morte / Den Tod überlistet …
Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, and he may not make 200.
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The Tingler (1959) TMDB IMDb
The Tingler
director: William Castle actor: Vincent Price / Philip Coolidge …
other title: Il mostro di sangue / Força Diabólica …
A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.