At Dunkirk, Sergeant Maillat (Jean-Paul Belmondo) finds himself stranded with three comrades; the perpetually armed Pinot (Georges Gerat), water fetcher Dhery (Pierre Mondy) and Pierson (Jean-Pierre Marielle) the former priest turned soldier with whom Maillat engages in sporadic theological debate. Under constant aerial bombardment Maillat attempts to secure permission from a British officer to join a ship departing for England … Read the rest
Month: June 2018
Violent Panic: The Big Crash (Kinji Fukasaku, Japan, 1976)
Kyoto bank-robber Takashi (Tsunehiko Watase) loses his partner in a heist gone wrong and decides to leave the country for Brazil. But his plan is sidetracked by Michi (Miki Sugimoto) the delinquent woman who loves him and won’t leave him alone, as well as his dead partner’s vengeful brother who wants all the cash they stole for himself. Events are … Read the rest
Modern Yakuza: Outlaw Killer aka Street Mobster (Kinji Fukasaku, Japan, 1972)
A street thug named Okita (Bunta Sugawara) emerges from prison after a five year stretch and hooks up with his former gang. Finding his old turf divided between two rival crime syndicates headed by Takigawa (Takeo Chii) and Yato (Noboru Ando) he begins muscling in on the former’s territory. But Okita can’t stay out of trouble and his love/hate relationship … Read the rest
Killer Constable (Kuei Chih-hung, Hong Kong, 1980)
In 19th century China a massive gold robbery at the court of the Manchurian Empress sends a squad headed by Constable Leng (Chen Kuan-tai) – a man with a well earned reputation for unsparing brutality when it comes to dealing with lawbreakers – on a hunt for the culprits, members of the despised Han minority. But the villains, led by … Read the rest
