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Sleeping Dogs (1977)
Not just the movie that kickstarted the New Zealand filmmaking boom and gave the world Sam Neill, Sleeping Dogsis also a wildly entertaining and furiously political action flick which slowly morphs into a kiwi Rambo. Moves like a rollercoaster but rattles on … Continue reading
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
A muscular procedural thoroughly heightened by McTiernan’s piercing, prowling sense of space as well as Jan de Bont’s remarkable skills with light and shadow. The chess-like plotting and limited locations threaten to become tedious at several points making the film … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990, Alex Baldwin, Jan de Bont, John McTiernan, Sam Neill, Scott Glenn
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