Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts

Nowhere To Run 1993

After a daring escape from a prison transport, Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) needs a place to lie low. Clydie (Rosanna Arquette), a young widow with two small children, needs someone to help fight what appears to be a losing battle against the corrupt developers trying to drive her off her land. Mookie (Kieran Culkin), Clydie's son, seems to have solved all of their problems when he ends up befriending Sam, who's hiding out on their property. Sam soon becomes involved with Clydie and her kids, who offer him a sense of purpose and fulfillment he's never known. Sam discovers something in himself that will make him do anything to protect the family that is protecting him. With Ted Levine (The Silence Of The Lambs) as the ruthless hired gun sent by the developer to "persuade" Clydie to sell her land. © 1993 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Yes..he's pretty to look at(and plenty here),but in actuality,he's not bad here.less stupid violence and a more sensitive tone here.my only problem with this film was a dinner between this actor,two young children and their mother discussing the "size" of van damm' s penis.not exactly dinner table manners ! The story line is not very new and in fact,pretty lame and not worth being troubled by screen discussion.and not much dialogue.like I said..he's pretty to look at,and thank God,the noise level is low,but for a van damm film,this is one of his more sensitive performances.get it for a lonely Saturday night and Don't expect great art,and even a few tears can be shed for the ending,but hey,every one deserves a good hug now and then..even for van damm !

China Saleman 2017

Based on a true story, CHINA SALESMAN takes us on a dangerous and epic adventure to Africa where a Chinese salesman comes face-to-face with a corrupt competitor over a prized telecom deal. Local tribesman KABBAH (Mike Tyson) and mercenary LAUDER (Steven Seagal) take up opposite sides in a brutal hand-to-hand fight while the entire region threatens to explode in a dangerous civil war.

Spoilers ahead..This is a very interesting film about communication technology. The highlight of this film is a fight that occurs early in the film between Steven Seagal and Mike Tyson. Most of the action in this film involves shooting. Seagal only has two fights. The second fight occurs while Seagal's character is on a motorbike and it probably involved a stunt double. At times the dubbing is poor and the lips don't match the sound. Seagal and Tyson portray shady characters who break the law but eventually decide to do the right thing. I enjoyed this film because the China Salesman was a noble and likable character who wanted to improve communication in Africa. He was honorable and he was not concerned with money. He just wanted to help people and and his company. Tyson has a large role here and does his best as a murderous villain loyal to his clan. Fans of Tyson will enjoy watching Tyson fight and destroy people. Mr. Li stars as Yan and he carries the film. Yan doesn't know martial arts. He constantly gets beat down but he never gives up. He uses his intelligence and cunning to improve the lives of others by enhancing the communication technology in the world. Recommended for fans of Li, Tyson and Seagal. The film has a great deal of violent gun play. No sex.

The Package 2013

All Tommy Wick has to do is deliver a "Package" to a rival crime lord, nicknamed 'The German'. It seems like a routine job, until another gang tries to hijack the precious cargo and Tommy has to fight every inch of the way to deliver it safely. The problem is, the "Package" isn't what Tommy was led to believe, and now he's in even deeper than he ever thought possible.

I've read the reviews and I must say; some are very harsh. I also find the apparent lack of open-mindedness to be frustrating. It's a movie and they should evoke a sense of fun and excitement no matter the content. I've seen near all of Dolph Lundgren's movies and not all are great, not all are amazingly well written but all have something decent about them and this one is no different. I'm not the one to go to if you want to see someone denigrate someone's work. I try to find the good points in everything.

The Package, while ill acted at times, does have a good story line.

Tommy, played by Steve Austin, is the hired muscle employed by the mob. He's married, loves his wife and wants a better life for both of them. He doesn't like what he does and he doesn't feel good about it but he does what he has to, to make a life and pay the bills.

Tommy is paying off his brothers debt to his boss and with one more job, he is promised an "out" and a clean slate for his brother. The only thing he has to do is deliver a package to a man only known as "The German" played by Dolph Lundgren.

As he travels to his destination he is followed and attacked repeatedly by thugs from all sides. Their intentions are to take the package, kill Tommy and collect a huge payday. What they don't understand is that "The Package" is not what they think it is and Tommy is not just a delivery boy.

If you look past the semi bad acting you find a story that is actually pretty good. You end up routing for Tommy and feeling bad for "The German".

Not every bad guy is bad for bad reasons. Sometimes they need to be bad for a good reason.

The Hurricane Heist 2018

A crew of thieves plans the ultimate heist, to steal $600 million from the U.S. treasury facility located on the Gulf Coast of Alabama using a hurricane as their cover. When the storm blows up into a lethal CATEGORY 5 and their well-made plans go awry, they find themselves needing a vault code known only by one female Treasury Agent, a need that turns murderous. But the Treasury agent has picked up an unlikely ally, a meteorologist terrified of hurricanes but determined to save his estranged brother kidnapped by the thieves. He uses his knowledge of the storm as a weapon to defeat the bad guys in this non-stop action/thriller.

In the early 1990s, Sylvester Stallone was attached to star in a similar project to this film, called "Gale Force," about an ex-Navy SEAL who defends a seacoast town from a gang of modern pirates during a hurricane. David Chappe had written the script and Renny Harlin was going to direct. Carolco Pictures had a $40 million budget for the film, but creative disagreements over the script and concerns about cost forced Carolco to scrap the film and make Cliffhanger (1993) instead.

Also in 1995 Stallone was involved to star in another similar film titled "No Safe Haven", written by Drew Yanno and Anthony Borghi, in which he would play ex marine who has to fight against militia-like cult who take over Martha's Vineyard and take president's family as hostages during large hurricane, and only help he has is the president who managed to escape from cult members while they were taking over the island. But "No Safe Haven" was also cancelled very early in production.