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First Viewing Viewing Date: August 4th Via: Netflix Plot: A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family. Rating: 7.2/10 Why Did I Watch It? This was a random watchlist pick based on the director and the cast. I've been meaning to watch it for years.

First Viewing Viewing Date: August 3rd Via: Blu-ray Plot: A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. Rating: 7.1/10 Why Did I Watch It? This is another action film I've had on my watchlist for years; I found out about it when The Expendables was being made. With my current interest in action movies, I needed to give this one a spin!

First Viewing Viewing Date: August 2nd Via: Stan. Plot: From his hospital bed, a writer suffering from a skin disease hallucinates musical numbers and paranoid plots. Rating: 6.0/10 Why Did I Watch It? For Robert Downey Jr. and Mel Gibson. It was also about to leave Stan., so I took my chance to watch it.

First Viewing Viewing Date: August 1st Via: Blu-ray Plot: A beautiful woman witnesses Yakuza men being murdered by an assassin outside San Francisco. The assassin has a reputation for leaving no witnesses, and the woman is presumed to be his next victim. Rating: 7.2/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's a '90s action movie with Mark Dacascos. Also, it was on my action movie watchlist that I need to work through more diligently.

First Viewing Viewing Date: August 1st Via: Blu-ray Plot: After her boyfriend is murdered by the gangsters whose diamonds he stole, a girl is protected by two FBI agents who plan to keep her from sharing the same fate. Rating: 6.1/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's an '80s action movie!

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 31st Via: Blu-ray Plot: In 1967, five young men undergo boot camp training before being shipped out to Vietnam. Once they get there, the experience proves worse than they could have imagined. Rating: 7.2/10 Why Did I Watch It? This has been on my list of war movies to watch for many years. The recent Blu-ray release spurred my interest in it again.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 30th Via: iTunes Store Plot: Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races. Rating: 6.7/10 Why Did I Watch It? I remember wanting to see this when it first came out, but it slipped by me for many years. It was a cheap iTunes rental, so I took the opportunity to finally watch it.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 30th Via: Binge Plot: A scientist constructs a time machine, and uses it to travel many thousands of years into the future where he finds that humanity has divided into two hostile warring species. Rating: 7.7/10 Why Did I Watch It? I was interested in watching the remake which is a cheap rental on iTunes currently, so I figured I should watch the original movie first.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 30th Via: Cinema Plot: The story of American scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. Rating: 6.5/10 Why Did I Watch It? A mate wanted to see it with me, so we went to a 70mm showing.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 29th Via: iTunes Store Plot: The Tibetan Mountain Patrol, a self-sponsored outcast regimen established to eliminate illegal slaughtering of endangered Tibetan Antelopes by impoverished local and out-of-province peasants, intimately engages with a half-Tibetan journalist from Beijing in a desolate depiction of human nature in the outskirts of Kekexili. Rating: 5.7/10 Why Did I Watch It? The acclaim got me interested.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 29th Via: Amazon Prime Video Plot: In the last days of the Vietnam War, an American Colonel is captured while undertaking a daring operation to rescue American POWs. He agrees to help a Vietcong commander transport a small fortune in gold, but uses this as an opportunity for the Americans to fight their way to freedom. Rating: 6.6/10 Why Did I Watch It? I came across it on Prime. I'm a sucker for '80s action movies, so I wanted to watch it.

First Viewing Viewing Date: July 29th Via: iTunes Store Plot: In Chicago, two experienced detectives decide to retire to Florida to open a bar. After handing in their notice, they become determined to bust a major drug kingpin. Rating: 6.7/10 Why Did I Watch It? It's an '80s action-comedy with Billy Crystal, and it was directed by Peter Hyams.