http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:14:05 +0000 MyBB http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=8096 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:45:16 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=8096
A new restoration? Sure, I'll watch it again. 

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A new restoration? Sure, I'll watch it again. 

]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=6288 Sun, 09 May 2021 05:34:39 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=6288 (05-07-2021, 04:35 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Undercover Punch & Gun



The lead here is Philip Ng, a personal friend who I've mentioned here many times before. This came out a few years ago but is finally getting distribution in North America (VOD & DVD/BRD). I just got the screener. I reached out to Phil, who responded immediately. I'll do an interview - it's a good excuse to reconnect. 

If I ever get back to HK, maybe Phil will take DM out on the town. You know, introduce him to his starlet friends and such, the beautiful people. 

This was pretty fun - a classic-style HK undercover cop in the triads. It reunites my buddy Phil with his two acting friends Andy On and Vanness Wu. It's a threadbare hackneyed plot. Undercover cops chase down a cop gone bad who pirated a cargo ship. But this is not about the plot, is it? It's about the action. For action lovers, this is a delightful romp. If you're looking for anything else - like plot or something (Greg) why are you watching this sort of fare? 

Phil's fight choreo is on point. He looks great and delivers some excellent fights (sure, I'm biased here). There's some decent stunts and fine HK style firefights (double pistol action with guns dramatically angled). There's even NG that goes BTS and shows how hard it was to get some of those scenes. You can fast forward to the fight scenes - but it's mostly fight scenes. 

The title is a weak translations - It's 潛龍狙擊 which is more like 'secret dragon spy fight' It came out in 2016 and finally is making it to the US via Hi-Yah! and Well Go USA (which is why I'm posting this in DVDs). 

I'll interview Phil about it. It's more of an excuse to touch base with an old friend. Phil has such potential to break Hollywood. He's got a great look, major Kung Fu skills, and speaks perfect English (raised in Chicago). 

No sword fights but a decent knife fight (balisong v trench knuckle knife) and a sniper hottie v sniper hottie duel (that was kinda dumb but whatev). Recommended for DOOM martial arts fans. ]]> (05-07-2021, 04:35 PM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Undercover Punch & Gun



The lead here is Philip Ng, a personal friend who I've mentioned here many times before. This came out a few years ago but is finally getting distribution in North America (VOD & DVD/BRD). I just got the screener. I reached out to Phil, who responded immediately. I'll do an interview - it's a good excuse to reconnect. 

If I ever get back to HK, maybe Phil will take DM out on the town. You know, introduce him to his starlet friends and such, the beautiful people. 

This was pretty fun - a classic-style HK undercover cop in the triads. It reunites my buddy Phil with his two acting friends Andy On and Vanness Wu. It's a threadbare hackneyed plot. Undercover cops chase down a cop gone bad who pirated a cargo ship. But this is not about the plot, is it? It's about the action. For action lovers, this is a delightful romp. If you're looking for anything else - like plot or something (Greg) why are you watching this sort of fare? 

Phil's fight choreo is on point. He looks great and delivers some excellent fights (sure, I'm biased here). There's some decent stunts and fine HK style firefights (double pistol action with guns dramatically angled). There's even NG that goes BTS and shows how hard it was to get some of those scenes. You can fast forward to the fight scenes - but it's mostly fight scenes. 

The title is a weak translations - It's 潛龍狙擊 which is more like 'secret dragon spy fight' It came out in 2016 and finally is making it to the US via Hi-Yah! and Well Go USA (which is why I'm posting this in DVDs). 

I'll interview Phil about it. It's more of an excuse to touch base with an old friend. Phil has such potential to break Hollywood. He's got a great look, major Kung Fu skills, and speaks perfect English (raised in Chicago). 

No sword fights but a decent knife fight (balisong v trench knuckle knife) and a sniper hottie v sniper hottie duel (that was kinda dumb but whatev). Recommended for DOOM martial arts fans. ]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5921 Mon, 21 Dec 2020 05:24:00 +0000 King Bob]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5921
Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, and some people from SNL. Jennifer Aniston is the mean CEO. Preposterous but entertaining, if you go in with low expectations. Bateman is the same as always, Aniston is much like in Horrible Bosses. I think Olivia Munn has a certain charm. Good as a different sort of holiday film.]]>
Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, and some people from SNL. Jennifer Aniston is the mean CEO. Preposterous but entertaining, if you go in with low expectations. Bateman is the same as always, Aniston is much like in Horrible Bosses. I think Olivia Munn has a certain charm. Good as a different sort of holiday film.]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5916 Sun, 20 Dec 2020 06:50:56 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5916
Great cast. I'll watch Saoirse in anything - still bewitched by those Irish eyes. Also, Meryl and Laura Dern, plus an HP2 - Hermione and Prof Sprout. 

It's disappointing. The dialog is too girly chatty to follow and it bounces to and fro in time so it's work to figure out when they are in the story. For example, a beach scene when they are kids cuts to another beach scene years later without warning. It's confuzzling. There's some good scenes, great landscape shots, but the editing just ruins it all. Just goes to show that a great cast delivering solid performances can be totally ruined by crappy editing. I've always thought this about fight scenes too. So much is in the edit. 

There's sort of a sword fight - some kids in school learning fencing. But they're just lunging with sticks... and not wearing knickers... so it's not real fencing. Not recommended for DOOM at all.]]>
Great cast. I'll watch Saoirse in anything - still bewitched by those Irish eyes. Also, Meryl and Laura Dern, plus an HP2 - Hermione and Prof Sprout. 

It's disappointing. The dialog is too girly chatty to follow and it bounces to and fro in time so it's work to figure out when they are in the story. For example, a beach scene when they are kids cuts to another beach scene years later without warning. It's confuzzling. There's some good scenes, great landscape shots, but the editing just ruins it all. Just goes to show that a great cast delivering solid performances can be totally ruined by crappy editing. I've always thought this about fight scenes too. So much is in the edit. 

There's sort of a sword fight - some kids in school learning fencing. But they're just lunging with sticks... and not wearing knickers... so it's not real fencing. Not recommended for DOOM at all.]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5876 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 20:11:56 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5876 The Good Wife stars).

It was a bit of alright. A decent euro thriller, reasonably credible, with a few nice twists (the main one I saw coming just before the reveal). The father losing his daughter part worked for me. It's based on a book. There's still a nagging plot hole regarding the alibi but I'll let that slide.

No sword fights. Recommended for DOOMers who like Euro thrillers, or just want something fresh.]]> The Good Wife stars).

It was a bit of alright. A decent euro thriller, reasonably credible, with a few nice twists (the main one I saw coming just before the reveal). The father losing his daughter part worked for me. It's based on a book. There's still a nagging plot hole regarding the alibi but I'll let that slide.

No sword fights. Recommended for DOOMers who like Euro thrillers, or just want something fresh.]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5872 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 06:31:49 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5872 Stacy has been on this Dickens kick for the pandemic. She just finished GE and loved it. Usually she disdains movie versions of books but she bit at the Masterpiece Theater version. This was done in 2011. It was okay. Stacy enjoyed it until the end, which they kinda botched. It was 3 1 hour episodes. Gillian Anderson was Miss Havisham, a part Helena Bonham Carter could've killed - Gillian was okay. It's such a great story that it's relatively bulletproof as long as it's reasonably close to the original. Stacy, having just read it, was making comments all the way which helped fill in gaps and make it more amusing. 

No sword fights. Not particularly DOOM recommended but this might send us on a deep dive with this. ]]> Stacy has been on this Dickens kick for the pandemic. She just finished GE and loved it. Usually she disdains movie versions of books but she bit at the Masterpiece Theater version. This was done in 2011. It was okay. Stacy enjoyed it until the end, which they kinda botched. It was 3 1 hour episodes. Gillian Anderson was Miss Havisham, a part Helena Bonham Carter could've killed - Gillian was okay. It's such a great story that it's relatively bulletproof as long as it's reasonably close to the original. Stacy, having just read it, was making comments all the way which helped fill in gaps and make it more amusing. 

No sword fights. Not particularly DOOM recommended but this might send us on a deep dive with this. ]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5870 Fri, 04 Dec 2020 17:39:24 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5870
No sword fights. Not DOOM recommended unless you're a fan of Brian.]]>
No sword fights. Not DOOM recommended unless you're a fan of Brian.]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5869 Thu, 03 Dec 2020 08:26:59 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5869
No sword fights. Not DOOM recommended.]]>
No sword fights. Not DOOM recommended.]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5859 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 03:15:52 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5859 Logan's Run, remember?) is in this. 
Coulda used a sword fight. Recommended only for DOOM Nighy fans.]]> Logan's Run, remember?) is in this. 
Coulda used a sword fight. Recommended only for DOOM Nighy fans.]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5847 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 17:38:21 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5847
I missed the very beginning because I was doing laundry and then fell asleep in the middle for a bit, so I was confused as to what was happening. But what I saw was okay. It was shot in Catalonia, so the coastline shots reminded me of our trip to Cadaques. And that old skool moviemaking sans CGI is also intriguing because they had to really do stuff, like stage the land speed record break attempt and a bull fight which used stock footage of a matador getting mauled - I disdain bullfighting and always root for the bull and Stacy predicted exactly how that scene would play out.

No sword fights but there's a matador sword. So maybe a sword fight...sword vs. bull. Not particularly DOOM recommended.]]>
I missed the very beginning because I was doing laundry and then fell asleep in the middle for a bit, so I was confused as to what was happening. But what I saw was okay. It was shot in Catalonia, so the coastline shots reminded me of our trip to Cadaques. And that old skool moviemaking sans CGI is also intriguing because they had to really do stuff, like stage the land speed record break attempt and a bull fight which used stock footage of a matador getting mauled - I disdain bullfighting and always root for the bull and Stacy predicted exactly how that scene would play out.

No sword fights but there's a matador sword. So maybe a sword fight...sword vs. bull. Not particularly DOOM recommended.]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5814 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 06:38:05 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5814
The DM DOOM review goes this way - sword fights. Then a lot of talk and poor Scot lives. Then a finale sword fight.

It's okay. Sword fight could've been better. But they weren't bad. I didn't know any of the actors. Nice landscapes. Not really DOOM recommended.]]>
The DM DOOM review goes this way - sword fights. Then a lot of talk and poor Scot lives. Then a finale sword fight.

It's okay. Sword fight could've been better. But they weren't bad. I didn't know any of the actors. Nice landscapes. Not really DOOM recommended.]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5810 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:14:02 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5810
The critic and blonde were unknown to me but the blonde reminded DM of a padawan he almost took on from the reggae scene (she wound up eluding DM in a porn shop and now leads self-love chats on the web). The art collector was Mick Jagger and he was really good in the role - straight up acting and done with panache. The artist was Donald Sutherland and he's always good. 

An enjoyable film. Nice character development and its ultimate comment on the art world was intriguing. 

No sword fights. DOOM artist recommended.]]>
The critic and blonde were unknown to me but the blonde reminded DM of a padawan he almost took on from the reggae scene (she wound up eluding DM in a porn shop and now leads self-love chats on the web). The art collector was Mick Jagger and he was really good in the role - straight up acting and done with panache. The artist was Donald Sutherland and he's always good. 

An enjoyable film. Nice character development and its ultimate comment on the art world was intriguing. 

No sword fights. DOOM artist recommended.]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5793 Fri, 30 Oct 2020 04:40:55 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5793 he Bishop is so immersed in his work he neglects his wife. The angel entertains her and is smitten. The Bishop realizes what's up and challenges the angel to a sword fight. Okay, no, that doesn't happen. He does challenge him to a fist fight. It's a sweet old B&W film. Cary is charming as ever, performing random miracles constantly. Loretta is luminous and it's a good role for David as he plays awkward frustration well. 

No sword fights. I was just teasing. Only recommended for DOOMers who like classic xmas flix. ]]> he Bishop is so immersed in his work he neglects his wife. The angel entertains her and is smitten. The Bishop realizes what's up and challenges the angel to a sword fight. Okay, no, that doesn't happen. He does challenge him to a fist fight. It's a sweet old B&W film. Cary is charming as ever, performing random miracles constantly. Loretta is luminous and it's a good role for David as he plays awkward frustration well. 

No sword fights. I was just teasing. Only recommended for DOOMers who like classic xmas flix. ]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5783 Sat, 24 Oct 2020 19:22:48 +0000 cranefly]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5783 But I might have glimpsed a poster.

Okay, so I'm picking it up from the library today.
Hopefully.]]> But I might have glimpsed a poster.

Okay, so I'm picking it up from the library today.
Hopefully.]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5782 Sat, 24 Oct 2020 04:58:12 +0000 Drunk Monk]]> http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomForum/showthread.php?tid=5782 No sword fights. Has James ever done a swordfight? If so, I should see that. Recommended for DOOM Stewart fans.]]> No sword fights. Has James ever done a swordfight? If so, I should see that. Recommended for DOOM Stewart fans.]]>