Reviews

After his family is massacred, Hsuing goes after the guys who were responsible, but before he does he masters the art of 'drunk fighting'. He also once saved the life of Karube, a samurai, and though his part is left rather pointless by the end, Karube is a super cool. The end fight scene is a 30 minute fight in itself, with lots of interesting fight choreography.

"The Color Of Money" continues the story of pool player/hustler 'Fast Eddie' Felson (Paul Newman). He's 25 years old, and 25 years wiser as he's spent that time watching pool hustles and schemes and selling wine after his 'early' retirement from pool playing in the original.

But now he's got a new excitement and energy to the game, as he meets Vincent (Tom Cruise), a young, cocky but talented fresh player who's not well known around the low-level pool rooms Eddie has been frequenting. Eddie and Vincent's girlfriend, Carmen (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) see Vincent as a cash cow. Indeed, everybody uses everyone, and we're never quite sure the relationship between the three. That's the beauty of it.

Scorsese's never been more refined yet quietly flashy, dealing with a traditional 'old' Hollywood tale of a mentor and protege as small time hustlers playing each other and getting played. The film is an underrated gem, truly downplayed in Scorsese's overall filmography.

Definitely recommended.

This Turner classic movies documentary was directed by Barbera Kopple, who is in my opinion the best documentariast we've got, she has done "WIld man blues"(on Woody Allen) and "Harlan County Usa". Anyway, this documentary shows clips from many Peck films, and shows him at his home and just how he lives. Also there are segments where he did question and answer shows and many interesting clips of that are shown. there are cameos by Martin Scorsese and Lauren Bacall. This is an astounding good documentary and i recommend it to any fans of Peck. Peck is probably the last true classic cinematic hero alive, and i'm so happy that this documentary exists for that reason.