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Doing my annual(ish) rewatch of Limitless (show), and my hatred of executives and paper pushers knows no bounds. Possibly my favorite Quirky Police Procedural ever, and I reccomend it to anyone interested in the subgenre.
 
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I was debating whether or not to recommend Snowfall, but it's a really enjoyable watch if you can take the "Woe is me" nigger bullshit and "WHITE PEOPLE BAD" nonsense as they show niggers and spics literally killing their own kind over drugs they sell to each other. The lack of self-awareness really is astounding after a certain point because the one who does the most to stop the drugs for arms operation is fucking white. Its ending was nearly perfect as the writers finally remembered almost all their main characters are crack baby making niggers.

The woke shit in it is hilarious. The faggots they show are either rapists or criminals, the one dyke does what they're famous for to her girlfriend, and every nigger is a retard or a jackass trying to fuck over another nigger. Goddamn. It's like they secretly made the most red-pilled black show without realizing it. A Jew literally leads the protagonist into the life of crime.
 
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For the kiddos this Christmas, I recommend NetFux's Klaus.

The trailer makes it more upbeat than it really is. It's a slower build, heartwarming, and heart-tugging. Pampered retard pairs with Old Man and unite a town. To my endless shock, there is not a single coloured person in the entire movie. Even the local indigenous folx are actually Extra White.
 
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For the kiddos this Christmas, I recommend NetFux's Klaus.

The trailer makes it more upbeat than it really is. It's a slower build, heartwarming, and heart-tugging. Pampered retard pairs with Old Man and unite a town. To my endless shock, there is not a single coloured person in the entire movie. Even the local indigenous folx are actually Extra White.
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Seconded. It's an instant Christmas classic.
 
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If you guys are a fan of Tokusetsu you maggots should go watch The Guyver and The Guyver 2.

Both are pretty good watches. Plus the suit designs are stellar.
 
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Samaritan (2022)
As much as I despise capeshit and the old depressed former hero trope this was a clever subversion.
Stallone still plays as Silvester Stallone here and it's gritty without being too over the top. The film is kinda
political in that the villains represent moral relativism and keep talking about "punching up" like a leftist would.
Meanwhile the heroes represent a sort of anti-hero heroism. There is a moment during the climax that,
while I wont spoil will come at you like a whammy and make you think of how obvious it is in hindsight,
The writing is a lot more smarter when you look at it from behind. It is a lot better then what it is given credit for.


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Dangerous (2021)

It's Die Hard meets the "we've got to find the treasure" plot from the Goonies.
Except John McClane is Scott Eastwood playing a somewhat derange fugitive
fighting a boss that kinda resembles Elon Musk. It's an enjoyable watch but
Mel Gibson as a therapy coach is something we need in our lives.


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My Neighbor Totoro (1988))

First time seeing it a week or two ago.
If Akira is somewhat a celebration of teenage youthfulness, My Neighbor Totoro is
a celebration of childhood innocence. The most shocking thing is how the catbus is
only in like two scenes in the entire even when all the merchandise for this film will
give you the impression it would be in the movie more. Very lighthearted and colorful.
The dad in the Japanese version is voice by the guy that created Earthbound. I wonder what
a sequel with the two girls grown up would be like? Anyway, it's a good movie for anyone feeling down to get
them at least temporarily out of depression.
 
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Recommending an independent action film that surprised me, Life After Fighting , written, directed and choregraphed by Australian martial artist Bren Foster. He plays a former professional MMA champion who had to retire because he racked up too many injuries and the doctors told him he should get out of the game. Now he's established himself in an community, known as the local martial arts instructor who teaches taekwondo, Brazilian jiujitsu and other arts to people of all ages. However, some complications crop up. A current MMA champ is trying to call him out of retirement, publicly accusing him of having quit because he's a coward. He tentatively starts a relationship with Samantha, the mother of one of his younger students, who takes lessons herself. Her ex-husband, who has hired goons on his payroll, makes his presence known as even though they divorced years before he still won't let go. Then two of his younger female students disappear, one of them the daughter of his business partner/cousin. They aren't the only ones, a trafficking ring is snapping girls up off of the street for the international market...but after some weeks, Samantha discovers where they are and the resulting rescue leads up to the last 40 or minutes, as the traffickers lay seige to the martial arts studio.

The ingredients could have been a recipe for an embarrassing to watch vanity production, it would not have been the first starring a martial artist wearing different hats, but unlike those, Life After Fighting is actually competent, well made, and looks like a movie instead of some zero-production values slop you can find scrapping the depths of Tubi and such.

 
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I think it was @Cats or some other Kiwi Farmer on here that made a thread about this, but Bloodsport is the prefect pre and after Christmas movie to watch. Plus, Jean Claude Van Damme is a national treasure in heart.

Also, unpopular opinion but Jean has never been in any real bad movies. If anything, even some of the cheesiest and corny roles were actually fun because of the way on how he made the roles work when written with his expertise in martial arts.

If anything, I a,ways thought it was just trendy to make fun of Jean’s acting, buts not as bad as one would think.
 
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I've been trying to find what I can only describe as Assassin's Creed movies. History pieces, big historical events optional, set in the new world, France, Italy, England etc. Shit even Pride & Prejudice scratched the itch. I've watched The Last Duel and all those mainstream ones.

I've lined up Les Miserables and Master & Commander. Anything else of this sort? Napoleon's setting was great, as was the 2024 french Monte Christo. Even Pride & Prejudice was aight, else I'm at a loss.
 
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I've lined up Les Miserables and Master & Commander. Anything else of this sort? Napoleon's setting was great, as was the 2024 french Monte Christo. Even Pride & Prejudice was aight, else I'm at a loss.
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You're in for a treat with Master & Commander. I personally really liked the 2002 version of Conte Cristo as well.

For other recommendations Kingdom of Heaven comes to mind. The original Waterloo movie (1970) is about as epic a scale as you can get. A few others in no real order: Amadeus, Barry Lyndon, Dances With Wolves, maybe There Will Be Blood would count?
 
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⋖ cørdion ⋗ said:
I've been trying to find what I can only describe as Assassin's Creed movies. History pieces, big historical events optional, set in the new world, France, Italy, England etc. Shit even Pride & Prejudice scratched the itch. I've watched The Last Duel and all those mainstream ones.

I've lined up Les Miserables and Master & Commander. Anything else of this sort? Napoleon's setting was great, as was the 2024 french Monte Christo. Even Pride & Prejudice was aight, else I'm at a loss.
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Call The Midwife
Bridgerton
The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
The Crown
Downton Abbey
The Essex Serpent
A Gentleman in Moscow
Masters Of The Air
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
The New Look
The Buccaneers
Shogun
Pachinko


And in America:
Deadwood
The Gilded Age
Murdoch Mysteries (technically Canadian but still period)
Manhunt

...ohshit you said movies. idk
Black Death
The Bounty
Braveheart
Hamlet
The imitation game
Jeanne du Barry
The Count Of Monte Crisco
 
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Samaritan (2022)
As much as I despise capeshit and the old depressed former hero trope this was a clever subversion.
Stallone still plays as Silvester Stallone here and it's gritty without being too over the top. The film is kinda
political in that the villains represent moral relativism and keep talking about "punching up" like a leftist would.
Meanwhile the heroes represent a sort of anti-hero heroism. There is a moment during the climax that,
while I wont spoil will come at you like a whammy and make you think of how obvious it is in hindsight,
The writing is a lot more smarter when you look at it from behind. It is a lot better then what it is given credit for.
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I'm like a third of the way done but i can guess already
He's actually Nemesis, which is why he constantly denies being Samaritan even after the kid sees he has power.
 
Ridley Scott's "The Duellists" is good. It's set in the Napoleonic era, following the deadly rivalry of a pair of French Hussar officers across Europe.

It might be the last historically accurate film he ever made. It is kind of like Kubrick's Barry Lyndon on a smaller budget. Like Kubrick's film, it's a period piece based on a celebrated novel/story that was popular during that era, and there is solid attention to historical detail in set designs and locations, in addition to costumes and props.

For a more modern production, I recommend "Oro", a Spanish film about an ill-fated conquistador expedition to Central America. It has very good production value and feels very atmospheric and accurate to the period.

If you like conquistador stories in general, there is also a very good Mexican mini-series about Hernan Cortes's conquest of the Aztec Empire, with very good production value and accurate historical atmosphere.

An older conquistador film is "Aguirre, the Wrath of God", although it does feel a bit dated with some of the costume, props, and set design. But compelling performance by Klaus Kinski.

Another 19th century colonial period piece starring Klaus Kinski is "Cobra Verde", which is set across South America and West Africa, during the final period of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

And Klaus Kinski also stars in another 19th century period piece called "Fitzcarraldo", which is set during the great Amazon rubber boom.

edit: Also, the recent French 2-part film adaptation of the Three Musketeers is a pretty good period action piece with modern pacing and sword/gunfight choreography.
 
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I'm like a third of the way done but i can guess already
He's actually Nemesis, which is why he constantly denies being Samaritan even after the kid sees he has power.
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Yep, it's like the big twist in Jak II. If you anticipate the twist, it doesn't take much to figure it out.
 
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