Episodes
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Ep. 84 - The Running Man
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
The Running Man is about as deep as a puddle, so it's fair to say that we put more thought into the plot details than the people who made the movie did.
Ah-nuld is the innocent man falsely accused in this pure '80s kill extravaganza. He's miscast, but the bigger problem is that the script (based on Stephen King's terrific book) is mostly just a string of repetitive one-liners. However, the flick was prescient about pop culture and reality TV, not to mention fake news (no, ACTUAL fake news). Also, smarmy game-show host Richard Dawson gets to play a smarmy game-show host. Oh, and if you like Predator, then the other action pic that Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura made together that same year came up a lot too.
So place your bets on the overdogs, you bloodthirsty wagerers, as we underdogs have fun racing through The Running Man.
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Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Ep. 83 - Snatch
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Snatch is slick, cool and funny, but it also owes so much to Quentin Tarantino that it's easy to call it "Diet Pulp Fiction". This is also a film that neither of us really cared about all that much once the credits rolled. That's not exactly a dig, just a reality when you watch Guy Ritchie movies. On the very bright side, the huge cast is so much fun (especially Brad Pitt , Alan Ford and Vinnie Jones) and they're fully committed to Ritchie's exercise in style.
So don't speak unintelligibly and act goofy while you knock guys out with one punch and REALLY don't let your dog swallow squeak toys and enormous diamonds. Instead, avoid prison or death by just settling in to hear us talk about Snatch.
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