Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "police shootout"

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Hostile Force ** (1997, Andrew McCarthy, Cynthia Geary, Wolf Larson) – Classic Movie Review 11,114

Director Michael Kennedy’s 1997 Canadian-made action crime film Hostile Force is a pretty gutsy thriller, with feisty performances and a decent air of realism. After being shot in a break-in, cops Lucy James (Cynthia Geary) […]

Apr, 19

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence ** (1993, Robert Davi, Robert Z’Dar, Caitlin Dulany) – Classic Movie Review 8301

Director William Lustig’s and writer Larry Cohen’s 1993 slasher film Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence is more of the same in the second exploitative sequel with a further welter of violence and bad jokes […]

Mar, 26

Colors *** (1988, Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso) – Classic Movie Review 8101

Director Dennis Hopper’s 1988 movie Colors is a tough, in-your-face cop thriller distinguished by a grand turn by Robert Duvall as Bob Hodges, a grizzled cop teaching his impetuous young sidekick Danny McGavin (Sean Penn) […]

Feb, 06

Rogue Cop **** (1954, Robert Taylor, George Raft, Janet Leigh, Steve Forrest, Anne Francis) – Classic Movie Review 7265

Director Roy Rowland’s 1954 black and white Rogue Cop is a commendably taut, tough film noir thriller with a neat story and an ideal, well deployed cast. John F Seitz was Oscar nominated for Best Cinematography, […]

Jul, 08

St Ives *** (1976, Charles Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset, John Houseman, Harry Guardino, Maximilian Schell, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Elisha Cook Jr) – Classic Movie Review 6782

Director J Lee Thompson’s 1976 mystery thriller stars Charles Bronson as ex-crime reporter and now thriller novel writer Raymond ‘Ray’ St Ives, who is drawn into a series of murders by scheming Abner Procane (John Houseman) and […]

Mar, 09

Baby Face Nelson *** (1957, Mickey Rooney, Cedric Hardwicke, Carolyn Jones, Chris Dark, Ted De Corsia, John Hoyt, Anthony Caruso, Jack Elam) – Classic Movie Review 5906

‘Don’t see it unless your nerves are bullet proof!’ Director Don Siegel’s sizzling 1957 gangster thriller and crime biopic provides a great part for Mickey Rooney in a career-changing role. Unlikely though Rooney is as […]

Aug, 13

Big Bad Mama II ** (1987, Angie Dickinson, Robert Culp, Danielle Brisebois, Julie McCullough, Jeff Yagher, Bruce Glover) – Classic Movie Review 5370

The 55-year-old Angie Dickinson returns as big bad Wilma McClatchie, a feisty armed robber dame, in co-writer/ director Jim Wynorski’s neo-noir crime action thriller Big Bad Mama II, an unexpected, belated 1987 low-budget $1.2 million […]

Apr, 30

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