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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
1 year, 5 months ago
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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.
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First Viewing Viewing Date: July 28th Via: Netflix Plot: Two ex-special forces soldiers must escort a group of civilians along Baghdad's "Highway of Death" to the safety of the Green Zone. Rating: 6.4/10 Why Did I Watch It? Jackie Chan and John Cena. Free on Netflix.
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First Viewing Viewing Date: July 28th Via: Tubi Plot: When a little boy witnesses a mob hit, he is kidnapped by two professional assassins who are hired to drive him back to Texas. Tensions between the two men begin to sizzle as they carry out the assignment. Rating: 6.9/10 Why Did I Watch It? This is another '80s action movie I've had on my watchlist for some time, and I'm making an effort to watch more of the flicks on that list.
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First Viewing Viewing Date: July 28th Via: Amazon Prime Video Plot: Karen O'Connor, a young journalist known for her celebrity profiles, is consumed with discovering the truth behind a long-buried incident that affected the lives and careers of showbiz team Vince Collins and Lanny Morris. Rating: 6.8/10 Why Did I Watch It? This was on my radar for years, ever since I had a massive crush on Alison Lohman and wanted to see more of her work. But it has eluded me, even staying on my Stan. watchlist for years before being removed from that service. But I found it while browsing on Prime and it was about to leave Prime, so I decided to finally give it a watch.
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