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  • Stjepan Cikes – Daleko nebo AKA Distant Sky (1982)

    1981-1990ActionDramaStjepan CikesYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Tito
    Daleko nebo (1982)
    Daleko nebo (1982)

    Here’s interesting comment from imdb’s user dima-12:
    Yugoslav Top Gun made five years prior to Tony Scott’s

    ‘Daleko nebo’ is a film by Stjepan Cikes who is mostly known for documentaries. Cikes was employed by Yugoslav Army Film Company and his field of work were aviation documentaries. Thus it comes as no surprise that he directed ‘Daleko nebo’ a film that can easily be described as ‘Top Gun’ before actual ‘Top Gun’. This is a propaganda piece about a young MiG-21 pilot who experiences a traumatic flight and the tension triggers memories of his lifelong fascination with flight. Among other things this memories include clashes with his mother who tried to prevent him from entering Yugoslav Air Force School in Mostar since his father died as a Yugoslav Army pilot. Afterwards, in school he faces other pressures coming from the fact that his father is a legend among Yugoslav Army pilots. ‘Daleko nebo’ essentially threads the same path like ‘Top Gun’. Read More »

  • Yugo Sakamoto – Baby Assassins 2 Babies (2023)

    2021-2030ActionComedyJapanYugo Sakamoto
    Baby Assassins 2 Babies (2023)
    Baby Assassins 2 Babies (2023)

    Chisato and Mahiro were banned from performing tasks because they violated the organization’s rules. Needing money to make ends meet, they resumed their days as part-time workers. Suddenly two other assassins are after them.Read More »

  • Kinji Fukasaku – Hokori takaki chosen AKA The Proud Challenge (1962)

    1961-1970ActionCrimeJapanKinji Fukasaku
    Hokori takaki chosen (1962)
    Hokori takaki chosen (1962)

    Kuroki, a journalist working for a newspaper, is investigating the clandestine sale of arms to Southeast Asia.Read More »

  • Jack Hill – The Big Bird Cage (1972)

    Jack Hill1971-1980ActionExploitationUSA
    The Big Bird Cage (1972)
    The Big Bird Cage (1972)

    THE BIG BIRD CAGE/ FACTS Director Jack Hill followed up his genre-defining women-in-prison film THE BIG DOLL HOUSE with this action-packed sequel, also starring Pam Grier and set in the Philippines. Grier plays Blossom, the machine gun-toting girlfriend of revolutionary leader Django (Sid Haig). His fellow revolutionaries want girlfriends too, so Django and Blossom make plans to liberate the nearby women’s prison, a grueling sugar mill work camp run by the high-strung Warden Zappa (Andy Centera). Slender babe Anitra Ford co-stars as Torry, a free-spirited nymphomaniac whose bedding of important political figures has landed her in the prison, and who together with Blossom makes plans for the big, explosion-packed breakout. Grier and Ford are both dynamite with their bad attitudes and skimpy prison attire, and there’s plenty of catfights–both in and out of the mud, and showers. Aside from some dated gay-stereotype humor involving the male guards of the camp, this is still pretty rock-solid entertainment, replete with suspense, sex, bloodsoaked veangance, and captivating outdoor cinematography by Phillip Sandalan. Hill and Grier would follow up this success with the blaxploitation classic COFFY the following year. *Cast* Pam Grier , Anitra Ford , Sid Haig , Vic Diaz , Carol Speed , Andy CenteneraRead More »

  • James Goldstone – When Time Ran Out… (1980)

    James Goldstone1971-1980ActionAdventureUSA
    When Time Ran Out... (1980)
    When Time Ran Out… (1980)

    An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property’s developer and a drilling foreman.Read More »

  • Kinji Fukasaku – Fûraibô tantei: Misaki o wataru kuroi kaze AKA Drifting Detective: Black Wind in The Harbor (1961)

    Kinji Fukasaku1961-1970ActionCrimeJapan
    Fûraibô tantei Misaki o wataru kuroi kaze (1961)
    Fûraibô tantei Misaki o wataru kuroi kaze (1961)

    Sonny Chiba returns as Goro Saionji, a private detective fighting against drug smuggling gang at a fishing village.Read More »

  • Various – A Scream in the Streets (1973)

    Various1971-1980ActionEroticaUSA
    A Scream in the Streets (1973)
    A Scream in the Streets (1973)

    Two Los Angeles detectives are assigned to track down and arrest a brutal rapist-murderer terrorizing the city. Their job is complicated by the fact that the killer is able to avoid capture because he can pose as a woman.Read More »

  • Sergio Sollima – Il corsaro nero AKA The Black Corsair (1976)

    Sergio Sollima1971-1980ActionAdventureItaly
    Il corsaro nero (1976)
    Il corsaro nero (1976)

    Quote:
    Emilio di Roccabruna count of Ventimiglia is fighting Van Gould who ten years before had killed his father and stolen his family properties. He is known as “Il Corsaro Nero” (The Black Corsair) and his two brothers as Il Corsaro Verde (The Green Corsair) and as Il Corsaro Rosso (The Red Corsair). But the Green Corsair and the Red Corsair are killed treacherously by Van Gould’s men while the Black Corsair is entirely taken up by saving an Indian village from the Spaniards. He can save only Yara. Later on he organizes with the help of Morgan his revenge.Read More »

  • Óskar Jónasson – Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008)

    2001-2010ActionIcelandÓskar JónassonThriller
    Reykjavik Rotterdam (2008)
    Reykjavik Rotterdam (2008)

    Like a fish on a dry land, Kristofer is stuck in a dull everyday routine, working as a security guard. He got fired from the freight ship he worked on, when he was caught smuggling alcohol. Faced with money problems, he is tempted to accept the help of his friend, Steingrimur, who manages to pull some strings to get his old job back. He decides to take his chances one last time on a tour to Rotterdam.Read More »

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