The first and best of the Italian "Mexi-Westerns", on a par with Leone's and with a haunting soundtrack. An American mercenary teams up with a bandit on the fringes of the revolutionaries in order to assinate their leader. A violent political film from the same pen as The Battle Of Algiers.
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CITY ON FIRE (1987)
Certification18 Our Rating
A dedicated cop (Chow Yun-Fat) infiltrates a murderous gang of jewel thieves and is badly injured in a bungled heist, leaving him at the mercy of his "colleagues" as they get ever closer to discovering the truth. The ending of the film provided the inspiration for Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.
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THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995)
Certification18 Our Rating
Definitely THE film of 1995, with the added bonus of bearing up to repeated viewing even when you know the final twist. A tightly scripted, complex and compelling whodunnit which slowly unpeels layer upon layer to reveal the truth behind the opening carnage, and in which nothing is as it seems.
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THELMA AND LOUISE (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
Two best friends leave their Arkansas town for a weekend break, but become fugitives before crossing the state line. As the police get closer the friends grow farther away from the women they were when they first left town. Their hair comes down as they take to the fugitive life but they grow ever out of control of their own situation. Wrongly hailed as an anti-man flick upon its original release, this feminist classic has become a landmark in the history of film. Davis and Sarandon were duall
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THIEF (1981)
Certification18 Our Rating
Excellent crime thriller with James Caan as a professional criminal who makes the mistake of joining up with murderous ganster Robert Prosky for a once-in-a-lifetime heist. The meticulous planning and execution of the robbery (using a burning ten-foot pole to penetrate the targeted vault) is superbly tense and entertaining, but the partners-in-crime begin to fall out when Prosky takes charge of the loot and "invests" it on Caan's behalf, inflaming him to embark on a lone revenge mission. Taut an
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