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Purgatory (1999)
a great idea,solidly done
Purgatory is a western about a gang of outlaws that,running away from the possey,find themselves in a city called Refuge. the Refuge is actually purgatory itself,a place where dead cinners get their last chance. So,there you can find legends like Doc Holiday,Jesse James,Wild Bill Hickok or even Billy the Kid. Outlaws doesn't have a clue about what's coming down... Here is a word about very good western. The idea is brilliant but not enough money is invested in it. Diretor Uli Edel is has managed with the budget he had and preformed solidly. Since Eastwood's triumphal "Unforgiven" there weren't many westerns made,especially good ones so it's a shame that more money wasn't invested in this project.
Amistad (1997)
another Spielberg's success
Steven Spielberg's historical drama takes place in USA in 1839.g. The African slaves under leadership of Cinque make from the Spanish ship "La Amistad" make a riot against their mastres and gain the ship for themselves. They are captured by American navy and they are on an trial for murder of their masters that abducted them from Africa. Abolicionist Lewis Joadson and young lawyer Roger Baldwin are trying to defend and free the slaves... Following the historical events,Steven Spielberg has made another great movie especially thanks to the great cast;with stars like Anthony Hopkins,Morgan Freeman,Matthew McConaugheyand there is great African actor Djimon Hounsou ("Gladiator") who is playing the role of his career as Cinque,the brave and inteligent slave. Also worth mentioning,movie is very emotional and wont nobody cold,especially if you know that is based on a true story. Anyway,despite the movies like Spielberg,Freeman and Hopkins,the movie unfortunately wasn't such a big hit barrely covering his budget of around 40 million dollars.
Air Force One (1997)
too american,too Hollywood,too stupid..but fun
The plane of American president James Marshall is abducted by Russian terorist under leadership of cruel Ivan Korsunov.The terorists are demanding the release of radical dictator general Radek who is in jail in Kazahstan. They are threatening to kill a hostage every half an hour until American goverment aranges the relief of Radek. But American president Marshall is an ex soldier and he is the last hope of the hostages on the plane... Another movie that is making Americans and the moral leaders of the world,this time against Russian terorists-very original idea,yeah,wright. The most stupid thing is that this time American presidents is the hero and he personally takes on the terorists.It's pretty hard to picture George W. Bush fighting terorists on the plane. Eventhough,prety good crew with Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman and under the direction of the Wolfgang Petersen ("The perfect storm"),the movie is quite fun. Stupid,but fun.
Action Jackson (1988)
solid,already seen but fun
Jericho "Action" Jackson is an tough Detroit cop,always bending the rules to get what he wants.He's trying to put behind bars Peter Dallaplane,local rich and powerful car magnat who is killing the leaders of the union leaders who are on his way to leed monopol over the Detroit. The only person that can stop him is Action Jackson who won't give up... Directed by solid Craig R. Baxlesy,this humoristic action thriller from 1988. tried to promote a new character Action Jackson,something like a hybrid of Dirrty Harry and Shaft,tough supercop. Probably planed as a serial,poor reaction from the audience didn't gave any optimisim for possible further sequels. Charismatic Carl Weathers,best known as Rocky's rival Apollo Creed,delivered another role that wasn't able to measure the one of Apollo Creed,as Action Jackson isn't with Shaft or Dirrty Harry.