Title: Lethal Weapon
Year: 1987
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Mitch Ryan, Gary Busey
Rated: R
My Review: When I first saw this movie, I loved it. watching it now, doesn't hold up as well. This movie clearly shows its age, and not well. The movie for a great a story is it, falls short because of 80's cliches. There is so many of them that it starts to seem comedic. especially with the little guitar licks, and saxophone wailing getting old fast. For an action movie, it's too slow paced. with scenes that drag on for too long. A great example is when Murtaugh is the middle of the desert next to his car, as a helicopter fly's around. Not until the third act does it start to pick up. But the one thing that really ruins it for me is the last 10 minutes. When Riggs has the police car drive into the house... What!? why? isn't there a more subtle way to do that? like i don't know, maybe hide behind the Christmas tree?. Why would Murtaugh let him do that to his house? Murtaugh freaked out when Riggs jumped off a building with a suicide victim onto a stuntman's air bag. And then their's the fight between Riggs and Mr. Joshua... Why? you already have him in custody why do you need to let him go, and fight him. The job's Done!. Just so you can get one more action scene in before the credits. Which by the way this fight scene drags on and on. Why don't the cops just break it up. there both unarmed. With those being glaring errors in my opinion, it is a great story and Mel Gibson does great job battling his demons. It's just full of unnecessary moments that take the movie nowhere.This is another movie I've had on my lists that was written by Shane Black. (kiss kiss, bang bang), and directed by Richard Donner, (scrogged), and would fit perfectly in the "Not Christmas" category. 5 - 10
Jonny's Review: To be quite honest, I didn't really think much of this film. I did like Mel Gibson's performance as the crazy nut ball who has given up on life, he made be believe that. And Danny Glover played an okay role, but I just wasn't as enthralled with his character then I was with Gibson. But to be honest I thought it was kind of boring. The beginning played out a little too slow and just wasn't all that invested into this film. It kind of seemed like we know who the bad guy is, we just can’t touch him without proof and have to go through all these hoops to get what they need. It was alright, I did enjoy the action and stunts, but it just didn't really catch my eye.
5/10
Title: Nothing To Lose
Year: 1997
Director: Steve Oedekerk
Cast: Tim Robbins, Martin Lawrence, Kelly Preston, Michael McKean, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito
Rated: R
My Review: Tim Robbins, and Martin Lawrence are a perfect match for this movie. The movie starts off as a drama, with the heartbroken Tim Robbins. Then Martin Lawrence shows up and instantly turns the movie into a comedy. From the moment Martin's on screen, he delivers non-stop one liners. "welcome to hell bitch", "please don't kill me freaky Jason!" Martin Lawrence is too wild to hold this movie on his own, that's where Tim Robbins makes a great straight man to keep the film on track. The duo run into a couple of thugs that meet their description from a gas station robbery, then not known actors John C. McGinley (Scrubs) and Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, and a cameo appearance as an inmate with no lines as a inmate with Eddie Murphy in the next movie Trading Places) A very underrated comedy. 7 out of 10
Jonny's Review: What funny little romp, a great little ditty. Tim Robbins has been a favorite actor of mine, and I’ve always enjoyed Martin Lawrence's comedy. I like how it starts out, with insults to husband and wife to set the tone of the movie. I really enjoyed teaming these two up, even though it’s the standard to butt head with your partner in these stories, it just had the right amount of everything. However, that may be the reason it couldn't go up higher than it could. It was just a standard comedy. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed this one all the way through, but I can’t help but just call it a typical film.
7/10NSFW
Title: Trading Places
Year: 1983
Director: John Landis
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Denholm Elliot
Rated: R
My Review: This movie fits so perfectly into this category, the original title for was "Black and White". you can't get closer than that. The cast in this film are awesome. The Dukes played by Ralph Bellamy & Don Ameche, playing the role as two greedy brothers. The story about the Dukes concerning the orange juice market was inspired by the "Silver Thursday" market crash of March 27, 1980. During which the Hunt brothers of Texas tried to corner the silver market and subsequently failed to meet a $100 million margin call. But that's not the last we see of the Duke boys, in Eddie Murphy's and John Landis' next film Coming to America, we find out what happened to the Duke brothers, in a little cameo appearance. Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd play off each other brilliantly. The film was originally supposed to be a Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor vehicle. But when Pryor dropped out and Eddie Murphy stepped in, he made the motion to get Wilder replaced, because he didn't want people to think he was trying to be another Richard Pryor. Great original story making for great watching. If you like John Landis' films you'll love this one. With the trade mark breaking the fourth wall gags, and Jamie Lee Curtis' boobs. 8 out of 10
Jonny's Review: Now I thought this was going to have something to do Christmas, and have one of those good will toward men morals at the end of the film, nope. Dan Aykroyd fits well for the snarky upper class prep. Eddie Murphy was good as well, but it didn’t really believe his character, going from a bum on the streets and all of a sudden he knows the how the market works. He tells them once that nobody buys during Christmas, and then that’s it, we have to believe he’s a master at it, that didn't work for me. But, I don’t think it really took away from the third act, because I just love a good well deserved justice scene. And to be honest, I didn't think this would have anything to do with the stocks, I thought it was just a simple change up from rich to poor, well done in adding more to this story.
8/10
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