Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Excessive Force ** (1993, Thomas Ian Griffith, James Earl Jones, Charlotte Lewis, Lance Henriksen, Burt Young) – Classic Movie Review 9719

Director Jon Hess’s 1993 Excessive Force is a forceful, tolerable but excessively routine and commonplace action thriller, with martial arts star Thomas Ian Griffith as Chicago cop Terry McCain, who must clear himself of charges […]

May, 05 · in Reviews

The Executioner of Venice [Il boia di Venezia] *** (1963, Lex Barker, Guy Madison, Alessandra Panaro, Mario Petri) – Classic Movie Review 9718

American action stars Lex Barker and Guy Madison combine their efforts for director Luigi Capuano’s handsome and enjoyable 1963 Italian swashbuckler film production The Executioner of Venice [Il Boia di Venezia]. The story by producer Ottavio […]

May, 05 · in Reviews

Excess Baggage *** (1997, Alicia Silverstone, Benicio Del Toro, Christopher Walken, Harry Connick Jr, Jack Thompson, Nicholas Turturro) – Classic Movie Review 9717

A chaotic cross-country escapade is the setting for director Marco Brambilla’s Excess Baggage (1997), an offbeat, fast-paced, outrageously quirky mix of caper comedy, action thriller and romance. Alicia Silverstone stars as petulant teenager Emily, who […]

May, 05

Demolition Man *** (1993, Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Denis Leary, Bob Gunton, Glenn Shadix) – Classic Movie Review 9716

Director Marco Brambilla’s 1993 sci-fi action thriller Demolition Man stars Sylvester Stallone as LA cop John Spartan, who battles ultra-crazy, ultra-violent villain Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) in 1996. They end up burning down a huge building […]

May, 05

‘Gung Ho!’: The Story of Carlson’s Makin Island Raiders ** (1943, Randolph Scott, Alan Curtis, Noah Beery Jr, J Carrol Naish, David Bruce, Robert Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 9715

Director Ray Enright’s 1943 war movie Gung Ho! stars Randolph Scott as Colonel Thorwald, who leads a tough patriotic wartime propaganda action adventure about US Marines in the Pacific, based on the experiences of Lieutenant W […]

May, 04

Guns for San Sebastian [La bataille de San Sebastian] *** (1968, Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer, Charles Bronson, Sam Jaffe) – Classic Movie Review 9714

Director Henri Verneuil’s 1968 Franco-Mexican-Italian co-production Guns for San Sebastian [La bataille de San Sebastian] stars Anthony Quinn, who does his Zorba turn again as Leon Alastray, an escaping outlaw in 18th-century Mexico pretending to […]

May, 04

The Gypsy Moths ** (1969, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman, Scott Wilson, William Windom, Bonnie Bedelia, Sheree North) – Classic Movie Review 9713

Director John Frankenheimer’s 1969 drama The Gypsy Moths is a dull and dour action adventure-cum-soap opera about three skydivers, Mike Rettig, Joe Browdy and Malcolm Webson (Burt Lancaster, Gene Hackman, Scott Wilson), who arrive in […]

May, 04

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