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Captain America (1990)
I expected more.....
During the last two decades we've seen many movies based on a super-hero character. Some of them terrible, some of them OK and some others just fantastic. I have never seen any kind of movie that exploits the adventures of the great WWII Marvel hero Captain America. And there it is. A 20 years old flick that was just mediocre. In fact they could do much better things since at this era (end of 80s - early 90s) many movies were more than great (like Terminator, Robocop etc). So when I finally decided to watch this superhero, I thought it would follow the standards of the 90s. And all I saw was some OK acting and a boring plot. Since it was the first movie to feature a Marvel hero they could add more action scenes and of course have him on his suit most of the time. This movie kept the main actor (Sallinger) dressed on simple clothes than his fancy superhero suit. His actual enemies were some youngsters (mostly girls!!) with pistols and Porsches (overrun by a Fiat 500!!) and the "final villain" just an old crazy man who lived since the Nazi Era and the only action was a few punches and kicks! So, no special FX here and not too much of an action. I give it a 3/10 cause I expected much much more.
To paizo... kai poly andras! (1983)
Poor Zinon!
Zinon is a very kind, quiet and dedicated man, husband, father and son-in-law. He lives with his wife, his 5 children, and his both parents-in-law. Everyone takes advantage of the poor guy. Zinon would work all day at the clothes designing company of his mother-in-law and then make everything at home and everything being his fault all the time. His children do not respect him, his wife neglects him and his parents -in-law act him like a slave. In the meantime, an old friend returns to Athens, after being so many years in Johanesburgh and gives Zinon a hot pile of money. His friend is a bit of a bon-viveur man and he always dates a new woman a time. Zinon spends a night with his friend enjoying their company and forgetting all the problems at home. His life changes when one day, they mistake his picture to a killer published on the newspapers. When his family sees the pic, they all went softer. But now it's Zinon's time to take some revenge and put things in order at his home and find real family happiness. The movie is very good and Sotiris Moustakas is once more excellent and funny. I give it a 6/10.
Ego rezilepsa ton Hitler (1970)
a mediocre fun watch comedy
Kostas Voutsas is famous in Greece for some decent movies he made for the past 30 years. This movie is fun to watch. There are some scenes that really make you laugh. The acting is good (though the German dubbing and lip-syncing of the Greek actors is not done well). But above all, it is nothing more than a movie for someone to watch along with his kids one Sunday noon. What I saw and seemed very strange to me is that the Director used an English Bedford army vehicle (model of the late 70's) as a German vehicle. In similar movies, actual German vehicles of the WWII period were used successfully and I don't know why they couldn't do it on this movie as well.
After Death (Oltre la morte) (1989)
Totally disappointing!
I happened to watch After Death just because I'm a great fan of these walking brainless creatures. Made a reservation at first, anxious to see this movie and then rented it for 2 Euros. Everything looked so bad from the very start! The opening scene with this Voodoo ceremony, was totally rubbish while there are many movies connected to Voodoo that make your heart pump fast from terror. The acting was almost amateur and could in no way make you jump off your seat. Special effects were cheap and the plot - while it could be interesting under larger budget - was ruined by the bad script and the terrible appearance of the zombies. All zombies were...masked (!!!), apart from the main actors. Zombies talking, jumping like kangaroos and carrying...M16s!!! Well THAT was totally out of the original creatures we know. They looked like....armed vampires (or something) with superhuman powers. As for the story, the action started with no prologue at all! Many goofs! A total low budget movie! Just stay away! If you want to watch it, I warned you at least. / Regards, Panos - Greece