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Trouble Bound
I thought it would be a nice tribute to try and watch a few Michael Madsen movies.
He is as usual cool as fuck in this, typical swagger and witty lines. Some great chemistry with the ‘you forget how cute she was in the 90s’ Patricia Arquette. Billy Bob Thornton was good fun as one of the dimwitted henchmen too.
But that’s absolutely it, the rest of the movie is a low brow, low budget train wreck. As is often the case he was about the only good thing in so many of his movies
2.5 stolen Lincoln’s out of 5 dead guys in the trunk
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I can only think of two good movies he's been in:
- Heat
- Reservoir Dogs
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
Trouble Bound
I thought it would be a nice tribute to try and watch a few Michael Madsen movies.
He is as usual cool as fuck in this, typical swagger and witty lines. Some great chemistry with the ‘you forget how cute she was in the 90s’ Patricia Arquette. Billy Bob Thornton was good fun as one of the dimwitted henchmen too.
But that’s absolutely it, the rest of the movie is a low brow, low budget train wreck. As is often the case he was about the only good thing in so many of his movies
2.5 stolen Lincoln’s out of 5 dead guys in the trunk
Never made the jump to the majors
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
I can only think of two good movies he's been in:
- Heat
- Reservoir Dogs
You don't like Donnie Brasco and the rest of his Tarantino films?
His career is essentially a few high profile movies in the early 1990s, a bunch of QT, and lots of DTV.
IIRC he was also in Sin City.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
I can only think of two good movies he's been in:
- Heat
- Reservoir Dogs
You don't like Donnie Brasco and the rest of his Tarantino films?
His career is essentially a few high profile movies in the early 1990s, a bunch of QT, and lots of DTV.
IIRC he was also in Sin City.
He also wasn’t in Heat but could have easily played Michael Cherrito instead of Tom Sizemore.
Brilliant in all his Tarantino movies and made any number of shithouse movies watchable at the very least.
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
I can only think of two good movies he's been in:
- Heat
- Reservoir Dogs
You don't like Donnie Brasco and the rest of his Tarantino films?
His career is essentially a few high profile movies in the early 1990s, a bunch of QT, and lots of DTV.
IIRC he was also in Sin City.
He also wasn’t in Heat but could have easily played Michael Cherrito instead of Tom Sizemore.
Brilliant in all his Tarantino movies and made any number of shithouse movies watchable at the very least.
I thought he was in True Romance with Sizemore, with them both playing cops, but turns out that was Chris Penn.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
I can only think of two good movies he's been in:
- Heat
- Reservoir Dogs
You don't like Donnie Brasco and the rest of his Tarantino films?
His career is essentially a few high profile movies in the early 1990s, a bunch of QT, and lots of DTV.
IIRC he was also in Sin City.
Turns out I forgot he was in the following movies I also liked:
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Donnie Brasco
Mulholland Falls
The Hateful EightThat being said, he doesn't come to mind when I think of those movies.
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@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
I can only think of two good movies he's been in:
- Heat
- Reservoir Dogs
You don't like Donnie Brasco and the rest of his Tarantino films?
His career is essentially a few high profile movies in the early 1990s, a bunch of QT, and lots of DTV.
IIRC he was also in Sin City.
Turns out I forgot he was in the following movies I also liked:
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Donnie Brasco
Mulholland Falls
The Hateful EightThat being said, he doesn't come to mind when I think of those movies.
He comes to mind when I think of The Hateful Eight.
Speaking of hate, Mullholland Drive is in my top 10 most hated list (but I like lots of other Lynch).
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
I can only think of two good movies he's been in:
- Heat
- Reservoir Dogs
You don't like Donnie Brasco and the rest of his Tarantino films?
His career is essentially a few high profile movies in the early 1990s, a bunch of QT, and lots of DTV.
IIRC he was also in Sin City.
Turns out I forgot he was in the following movies I also liked:
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Donnie Brasco
Mulholland Falls
The Hateful EightThat being said, he doesn't come to mind when I think of those movies.
He comes to mind when I think of The Hateful Eight.
Speaking of hate, Mullholland Drive is in my top 10 most hated list (but I like lots of other Lynch).
Though Drive IS different to Falls 😀
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@Catogrande said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Movie review thread...:
I can only think of two good movies he's been in:
- Heat
- Reservoir Dogs
You don't like Donnie Brasco and the rest of his Tarantino films?
His career is essentially a few high profile movies in the early 1990s, a bunch of QT, and lots of DTV.
IIRC he was also in Sin City.
Turns out I forgot he was in the following movies I also liked:
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Donnie Brasco
Mulholland Falls
The Hateful EightThat being said, he doesn't come to mind when I think of those movies.
He comes to mind when I think of The Hateful Eight.
Speaking of hate, Mullholland Drive is in my top 10 most hated list (but I like lots of other Lynch).
Though Drive IS different to Falls 😀
Oh fuck, reading comprehension failure. Falls was the gangster movie right? I like that better than Drive.
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Considering he had money troubles ( apparently ) maybe lots of those crappy movies he made didn't pay well.
I wonder how his career would have gone if he'd starred in Pulp Fiction as he was supposed to do ? Scheduling conflicts with Wyatt Earp
A prequel with him and John Travolta as the Vega brothers was supposedly in the works but never happened.
He was also bloody good in The Getaway
