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Tag Archives: 1980s
Magnificent Warriors / Zhong hua zhan shi (1987) David Chung, Michelle Yeoh, Richard Ng, Tung-Shing Yee
Action film about Chinese resistance after Japanese invasion in 1930’s Read More »
84C MoPic (1989) Patrick Sheane Duncan, Jonathan Emerson, Nicholas Cascone, Jason Tomlins
Impressive performance by unknown actors in this low-budget Vietnam drama. Read More »
War Party (1988) Franc Roddam, Billy Wirth, Kevin Dillon, Tim Sampson
A group of re-enactors attempt to stage a hundred year anniversary battle between US Cavalry and Blackfeet Indians. Read More »
Deal of the Century (1983) William Friedkin, Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive Read More »
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) Hugh Hudson, Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson
A shipping disaster in the nineteenth century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. Read More »
Uncommon Valor (1983) Ted Kotcheff, Gene Hackman, Patrick Swayze, Robert Stack
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind Read More »
Samurai Reincarnation / Makai tenshô (1981) Kinji Fukasaku, Shin’ichi Chiba, Kenji Sawada, Akiko Kana
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces Read More »
Dangerous Woman / Le diaboliche (1987) Luigi Russo, Lisbeth Hummel, Pierangelo Pozzato, Beatrice Palme
A wheelchair-bound woman is terrorized by her chauffeur and her maid in a plot to gain her inheritance. Read More »
Southern Comfort (1981) Walter Hill, Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward
A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana Read More »