Seems to me that the same people screaming excessive violence about Gibson's movies is the same crowd that think Quentin Tarantino is a genius.I mean really: Pulp Fiction was the most gratuitously violent movie I've ever seen not to mention the utter nonsense that passed for a plot. I guess seeing the top of Lucy Liu's skull lopped off with a Samurai sword was a work of art. I suspect the leftist Hollywood crowd is more concerned with Gibson's Christianity than anything else. Since they were unable to censor "The Passion Of The Christ", I guess they've been going nuts over how to break Mel Gibson. I thought the movie was a good adventure yarn, but the history seems a little askew. If this was the end of the Mayan heyday, what were the Spaniards doing there at the end?I thought the Aztecs were ruling the roost, and that Cortes burned all his ships to quell a mutiny. Other than that, it's a fine flick and from what I've seen from Archaeological writings and what not, pretty accurate.
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Cry of the City
(1948)
Picture For A Sunday Afternoon
5 September 2004
I remember seeing this movie many times on "Picture For A Sunday Afternoon", "The Early Show" and "The Million Dollar Movie" and I always loved watching it. I thought Richard Conte played one of the best "bad guy" roles I'd ever seen. Using his girlfriend, kid brother and even his mother to facilitate his life of crime. Victor Mature gives his usual solid performance and Fred Clark as his assistant was interesting as well considering that his future seemed to be bumbling comedic bit player. The sleazy lawyer and murderous masseuse were also well cast. What I can't understand is why this flick as well as One Million BC aren't available on DVD.
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