Sly Stallone je natrag s četvrtim nastavkom akcijskog spektakla The Expendables. Uz Stallonea, tu su i Jason Statham, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, poznate face iz prijašnjih nastavaka, ali tu je i Megan Fox. 50 Cent je novi u ekipi, Andy Garcia kao njihov nalogodavac Marsh i po prvi puta im se priključuju azijske zvijezde Tony Jaa i Iko Uwais jedan na strani naših junaka, jedan na strani protivnika. Priča? Plitka kao potok. Barney, Christmas i ekipa love negativce koji imaju nuklearne detonatore i žele pokrenuti Treći svjetski rat iz glupog i bizarnog razloga. No, scenario je ovdje u drugom planu, prvi plan je akcija, eksplozije i film je prilično brutalan i uvjerljiv u tom dijelu. Mrtvih ima na tone, kao i pucnjave i eksplozija, tuča, akcijskih scena stvarno ne nedostaje. Iako film završi naravno s mogućnošću nastav(a)ka, stvarno se pitam je li i ovaj dio bio potreban, pošto je riječ o tipičnom mozak na pašu akcijskom spektaklu. Meni je bio dobar, a ti pogledaj, pa odaberi i odluči kakav ti je.
Zaključak: 7/10 sjekira-solidan mozak na pašu akcijski film.
Troma je bila zloglasna filmska kuća koja je izbacivala na tržište masovno trash filmove, kao što je Toxic Avenger serijal koji je postao legendaran, plus puno sf i akcijskih filmova koji su bili pravi trash u koprodukciji Lloyd Kaufmana i Michael Herza. Ovo im je jedan od najlegendarnijih filmova. Avion pada na naizgled pusti otok, a preživjeli putnici otkrivaju da je otok pun terorista koji spremaju tajni napad na Ameriku i ludilo počinje. Ne znam da li sam ikada gledao film s većim body countom od ovog, Naši junaci pucaju sijeku, tuku, ma nema čega nema, neki od njih i ginu. Film ima toliko bizarnih trash momenata da to postane smiješno i počneš se glasno smijati gledajući napeto što će još smisliti sve do odjavne špice kada naši junaci koji su preživjeli zagrljeni odu, a redatelj naredi svim mrtvim ljudima koji leže da mašu na pozdrav. Bizarno i trashy, ali sa stilom kao i mnogo Trominih filmova koji su totalna jeftinjava, ali zabavan scenarij može i trash film pretvoriti u super zabavnu akcijsku humornu pucačinu. O glumi da i ne govorim koliko je loša, glavni negativci su generali spojenih glava sijamski blizanci, redneck koji rokće stalno, neo nazi arijevac, ma nema čega nema. Preporučam ovo pogledati!
Zaključak: 8/10 sjekira – Tromin daleko najbolji uradak.
The PIT presents ‘L7: Pretend We’re Dead’ : a film about the story of the fierce feminist pioneers of American grunge punk: L7.
Available right now on the THE PIT platform.
“Grab your backstage pass and take a visceral immersion into the 1990s with one of its seminal grunge punk bands, L7.”
As new addition to its list of programs, THE PIT VOD platform presents ‘L7 : Pretend We’re Dead‘ : A real time journey witnessing the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of the fierce feminist pioneers of American grunge punk: L7.
Pigeonholed as an all-female band despite their every effort, L7’s fierce members struggled against music industry and fan expectations even as they contended with questions of celebrity and success.
Assembling a dynamic combination of never-before-seen homevideo footage, candid interviews and raucous performances, director Sarah Price explores the rise and fall of the influential band.
‘L7: Pretend We’re Dead’ takes us on an all-access journey into the 1990’s grunge movement that took the world by storm, and the band that helped define it as the genre of a generation.
Culled from over 100 hours of vintage home movies taken by the band, never-before-seen performance footage, and candid interviews, L7: Pretend We’re Dead is an engrossing time capsule told from the perspective of L7, these true insiders who brought their signature blend of grunge punk to the masses!
Chronicling the early days of the band’s formation in 1985 to their height as the ‘queens of grunge,’ the film takes a roller coaster ride through L7’s triumphs and failures, providing never-before-discussed insight into the band’s eventual dissolution in 2001.
Formed by Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner-guitars/vocals, the band completed their lineup with the addition of Jennifer Finch on bass/vocals and Dee Plakas on drums. To highlight the fact that L7 was an all-female group, however, was to miss the point. Yet the “gender issue” would return time and again for the band; from shock jocks refusing to play “chick rock” to academics accusing the band of “incorrectly” embracing their feminism to hard rock press implying the band was merely riding a wave of “grrl power” trendiness.
Despite these obstacles, L7: Pretend We’re Dead shows the thread of influence the band had not only on rock and roll but on future generations of women everywhere and is, at the end, a testament to the pioneering spirit of a band that refuses to take anything lying down.
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