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Don Sharp – Hennessy (1975)

Quote:Hennessy is an Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. After his family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. 1.46GB |...

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Joseph Kane – Jesse James at Bay (1941)

Plot: When Jesse learns that Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain money for them to purchase their land. Krager, finding a Jesse look alike in Burns, hires him to wreck...

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Josef von Sternberg & Jules Furthman – Jet Pilot (1957)

John Wayne and Janet Leigh star in this military romance. Anna, Russian MIG pilot, escapes the USSR and lands on a US Air Force base in Alaska. There she meets Colonel Shannon, and after he debriefs...

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Lasse Spang Olsen – I Kina spiser de hunde AKA In China They Eat Dogs (1999)

A man looking to spice up his life gets a bit more excitement than he expected in this manic crime comedy. Arvid (Dejan Cukie) is a bank teller whose life has fallen into a rut — so deep a rut that...

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Tôru Murakawa – Bara no hyôteki AKA Target (1980)

Two killers revenge a wirepuller of the underworld in Yokohama. Almost no information online. 1.25GB | 1h 39mn | 836×356 | mkv...

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Lav Diaz – Burger Boys (1999)

Description:“There’s not much written about this film online, there are interviews in which Lav actually mentions this film, but that’s it, perhaps, no one has taken actual interest on this. I have...

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John Woo – Die xue shuang xiong aka The Killer (1989)

Quote:Though John Woo’s lifelong admiration of Sam Peckinpah, Sergio Leone, Martin Scorsese, and Stanley Kubrick are also evident in this stylish actioner, the film is essentially a tribute to...

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Jee-woon Kim – Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom aka The Good, the Bad and the...

SYNOPSISWith the Korean Peninsula under Japanese rule in 1930s, many Koreans flock to Manchuria for refuge. Some become bandits, some train robbers and yet others bounty hunters. While the Weird, a...

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Jason Alexander – For Better or Worse (1995)

A romantic comedy about Michael (Jason Alexander TV’s “Seinfeld”), a loser whose recent girlfriend dumped him and to make matters worse, he discovers that his recently married brother Reggie (James...

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Daisuke Itô – Hangyakuji AKA The Conspirator (1961)

Synopsis:During an era of civil wars, in the 7th year of Tenso, Yoshimoto Imagawa was overthrown by Oda Nobunaga with the help of Ieyasu Tokugawa. Ieyasu’s wife, Lady Tsukiyama, was of the ruined...

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F. Richard Jones – The Gaucho (1927)

Douglas Fairbanks as The GauchoA girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. A shrine is built on the site, and a whole city...

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John Woo – Laat sau sen taan aka Hard-Boiled (1992)

Quote:It is almost impossible to review Hard Boiled and at the same time avoid the bottomless anus-bowl of cliches that surround it. I’m sure it’s been described as “a high octane thrill ride”, and...

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Ronald Neame – Escape from Zahrain (1962)

Synopsis from allmovie.com:Essentially a chase film from beginning to end, this standard adventure yarn by director Ronald Neame is set in “Zahrain,” a barely-disguised Middle Eastern nation. Sharif...

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Hideo Gosha – Goyokin (1969)

Synopsis: “Former samurai Magobei is forced to return to his sword-dueling ways when the gang he once ran with puts an innocent woman in danger. Coming to this woman’s defense, Magobei is tortured and...

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Patrick Leung – Sip si 32 dou aka Beyond Hypothermia (1996)

Synopsis/Review:In the ’80s and early ’90s, Hong Kong’s star-rich cinema was one of the most fascinating, fully evolved of national cinemas. Orgiastic violence and radical shifts from humor to romance...

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Cheh Chang – Mai ming xiao zi AKA The Magnificent Ruffians (1979)

A tale of lies and revenge. A local Kung fu master hopes to monopolise, but family in his way is protected by a great martial artist. The evil lord hires 4 local beggars all masters in their own arts...

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Hiroshi Inagaki – Sengoku burai AKA Sword For Hire (1952)

Synopsis:Set in the civil wars of the 1570s, the film follows three samurai, Hayate, Jurata, and Yakeiji after the fall of their castle. Jurata escapes by pretending to be Hayate and escorting...

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Samuel Fuller – Verboten! (1959)

Synopsis:A young American serviceman, stationed in Germany after the fall of the Third Reich, jeopardises his position with the Marshall Plan relief effort by breaking the non-fraternisatiom rule and...

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John Frankenheimer & Arthur Penn – The Train (1964)

In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo. 2.32GB | 2h 13mn | 953×576 | mkv...

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Raoul Walsh – Under Pressure (1935)

Two members of a crew of “sandhogs”, men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each other over the same woman and a rival team of sandhogs to see who will finish their half of the tunnel...

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