Last week I wrote about 1992’s Under Siege, a film in which Steven Seagal solved the problem of being a mediocre (at best) actor by surrounding himself with much better actors thus producing a film that is really quite good (for a mindless nineties action flick). A year earlier, Jean-Claude Van Damme opted for…
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Films I Watched When I Was Younger – Issue 5: Under Siege
1992’s Under Siege is that rarest of things, a good Steven Seagal movie. It’s oft described as being ‘Die Hard on a boat’ and that’s not an entirely unfair description. Except it’s not as good as Die Hard. Mostly because it has Steven Seagal in the lead role rather than Bruce Willis. Furthermore, while Seagal’s…
Films I Watched When I Was Younger – Issue 2: Speed
1994’s Speed is often referred to as Die Hard on a Bus. Which is a little unfair. While many action flicks owe much to the mighty Die Hard I’m not sure Speed really does. Unlike John McClane, Speed’s protagonist, Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves), spends very little of the movie fighting and killing bad guys.…
Films I Watched When I Was Younger – Issue 1: Demolition Man
After spending most of December writing reviews of Christmas(ish) films, I’ve decided that I should make the reviewing of movies a more regular feature on James Proclaims. After all, there are films out there that don’t include even the vaguest of references to Christmas and they shouldn’t be precluded from featuring on this blog just…
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