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Old 2nd February 2014, 09:57 AM
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The Great Spy Chase (aka Les Barbouzes) (Olive Films)

This one is such a joy - it really is enormous fun. I had a feeling that there was a chance that this was going to be good considering that it had the same cast and writing/directing team that Monsieur Gangster had (which I also really liked).

It's basically a spy spoof - a French weapons seller/dealer pops his clogs, and French spy (Lino Ventura) has to go to his wife and obtain important documents. Other foreign agencies send their spies (a German, a Russian etc) and you have a situation where they're trying to kill, if not outdo, each other. Like with Monsieur Gangster, there's a great repetitive running gag involving a window and overall, it's two hours very well spent.

I think this is region A locked.

I'd also recommend Olive's BD of Greed in the Sun, which is region free, which also stars Lino Ventura - there are less laughs in it, but it's still very entertaining.
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Old 2nd February 2014, 10:01 AM
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What did you make of "Space is the Place"?
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Old 2nd February 2014, 10:05 AM
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What did you make of "Space is the Place"?
Too trippy but watchable
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Old 2nd February 2014, 10:12 AM
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Too trippy but watchable
Yeah, it is pretty far out, I've not seen it in over 20 years and might have to check it out again.
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Old 2nd February 2014, 10:18 AM
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If you're a Sun Ra fan it's a must-watch imho.
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Old 2nd February 2014, 10:18 AM
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PRIEST. In a post apocalyptic world ruled by the church, a vampire hunting priest sets out to rescue his daughter from the blood suckers. Basically this is "The Searchers" with martial arts and CGI monsters. As you can guess it's shit but after a stilled first 20 minutes it had enough wham and bam to stop me turning it off.
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Old 2nd February 2014, 10:26 AM
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If you're a Sun Ra fan it's a must-watch imho.
Too true, I owned it on VHS years ago and only heard of it because of Sun Ra rather than from a film fan point of view.
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Old 2nd February 2014, 10:48 AM
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Totally agree with this - if it were not for the performances of Christopher Connelly, Vic Morrow and Fred Williamson and the score, this would be near unwatchable.

The big problem with Bronx is the concept of Trash as a leader - how on earth did he get to be one, because he's not very competent. The youth factor is important considering he is surrounded by elders. The subplot with Ice addresses these factors, but still - there is a total lack of energy from the lead and the action is no good.

Escape is far superior - on a practical level, Stike is really the lead and Trash is more of a supporting character and that is how it should be. Henry Silva gets more to do as Floyd Wrangler than Vic Morrow did as Hammer, and so makes a better villain. And the action is on a completely different level - except for Hammer's massacre at the end, the fights in Bronx warriors are childish playground fights. Here, in Escape, this is closer to a war film and is all the better for it.

Easily the best of the three, then followed by The New Barbarians.
The action was kind of feeble and week and looked like just a bunch of friends play acting, wasn't exciting either on any level of the film
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Old 2nd February 2014, 11:30 AM
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Watched Wicker Man Final Cut last night, excellent transfer with great extras, but final cut ? Not so sure .
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Watched Wicker Man Final Cut last night, excellent transfer with great extras, but final cut ? Not so sure .
The 'best we're going to get considering materials that are unavailable' cut.
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