Top 6 action english movies
1. Underworld Guns, vampires, werewolves, and tight leather outfits. How could you loose? Underworld takes the art direction of the Matrix and meshes it with a Mafioso-style action movie. The casting of Bill Nighy as the head vampire, Viktor, added a bit more panache (he also was Davy Jones in the Pirates movies). The film's original concept was to remake Romeo and Juliet only with werewolves and vampires. If you extract the sappy romance and add fangs to Tybalt, you get Underworld.2. From Dusk Till Dawn Technically this is only half a vampire flick. The first part is pure Quentin Tarantino dialogue and plotline. Robert Rodriguez's shoot 'em style doesn't take charge until the main characters reach the Titty Twister bar across the Mexican border. Tom Savini (the makeup master for Dawn of the Dead and Friday the 13th) sports a penis
shaped pistol that springs from his belt buckle. The priest, played by Harvey Keitel, can't bring himself to curse, yet blows away multiple vampires with a shotgun that doubles as a cross. Honestly, if you haven't seen this movie, stop what you're doing and rent it. You have a nearly naked Salma Hayek dancing with a snake. Need I say more?
3. Fright Night A silly vampire film set dead amidst the 1980s. So, it without any assistance resuscitated the vampire classification. What works about this film is that the author executive Tom Holland got his work done. The fundamental character, Charley Brewster, has a name acquired from Son of Dracula. While the on-screen character and vampire seeker, Peter Vincent, is a mix of Vincent Price and Peter Cushing (See Horror of Dracula underneath). Diminish Vincent is unordinary in that he is panicked of vampires and weak through a large portion of the film. While the vampire Jerry Dandrige, played to the grip by Chris Sarandon, gobbles up the landscape, and a few apples. You need to neglect the miserable 1980's clothing and compulsory move scene.
4. Horror of Dracula This film marked the first color Dracula and spawned https://www.newreleasemovie.net/eight sequels. It also starred a pair of actors that became notorious in their own right: Peter Cushing as Van Helsing and Christopher Lee as Dracula. Hammer Films took full advantage of Technicolor with dripping fangs and bloodshot eyes. The studio acquired the rights from Universal so long as they didn't use any of the trademark looks or plots from the original Dracula movies. The result is a somewhat haphazard tale set in Germany. In the final face-off between the two adversaries Peter Cushing crosses two candlesticks to from a crucifix, thereby driving Dracula into the sunlight. A classic move now a part of vampire lore.
5. Bram Stoker's Dracula Some people hate this film. I choose to embrace it, bad acting and all. In terms of the acting I am of course referring to Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves. Winona was so adamant about not showing guilt (apparently she doesn't believe in the emotion) that director and cast members had to shout obscene things to her from off camera to get any reaction. However, this movie best portrays the novel by Bram Stoker. Yes it inserted a reincarnated love. (Remember Blacula? You never thought that movie could be so groundbreaking did you?) Gary Oldman's performance as
Dracula was spot on, adding layers of back story to a traditionally flat character. Finally factor in Francis Ford Coppola's fauvist set and lighting and you have a masterpiece of a movie.
6. Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Let me say this up front, I am not an Anne Rice fan. However, I love the movie Neil Jordan crafted from her prose. Even Anne Rice, who at first threw a fit over the casting of Tom Cruise as Lestat, had to eat crow. Brad Pitt admirably butches up the role of Louis, and a young Kirsten Dunst holds her own as Claudia. One particularly moving scene
No comments:
Post a Comment