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Subgenre Sampler

 
Escape From SobiborEscape From Sobibor (1987)
Dir. Jack Gold
Feat. Rutger Hauer, Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula
An unsettling and chilling account of an attempt by Jews to escape the Sobibor concentration camp in Eastern Poland in 1944. Originally made for…
Extreme PrejudiceExtreme Prejudice (1987)
Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Maria Conchita Alonso
Former childhood friends Boothe and Nolte find themselves on opposite sides of the law, and in love with the same woman in this gritty modern…
Fatal BeautyFatal Beauty (1987)
Dir. Tom Holland
Feat. Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Ruben Blades
Whoopi Goldberg stars in this action–comedy thriller as a tough narc cop with a wig for every occasion. Clearly modelled after the BEVERLY…
Full Metal JacketFull Metal Jacket (1987) Recommended
Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio
Disturbing account of the recruitment, training and combat of young Americans in Vietnam. A powerful indictment of the senselessness of war, superbly…
Hamburger HillHamburger Hill (1987)
Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Anthony Barrile, Don Cheadle, Courtney B. Vance
Matter–of–fact depiction of a particularly costly battle of the Vietnam War, in which US troops repeatedly tried to capture 'Hill 937' in…
Lethal WeaponLethal Weapon (1987) Recommended
Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
Enjoyable caper–comedy, teaming up Gibson and Glover as partners–in–crime–fighting, struck a winning formula and inspired a…
Lighthorsemen, TheLighthorsemen, The (1987)
Dir. Simon Wincer
Feat. Peter Phelps, Jon Blake, Sigrid Thornton
Gung–ho and melodrama collide in this WWI adventure of Australian–mounted infantry (and a few Gallipoli veterans) in Palestine. The tone…
Living Daylights, TheLiving Daylights, The (1987) Recommended
Dir. John Glen
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe
Timothy Dalton in his debut as Bond delivers up an impressively slick performance as he struggles to disenable an evil Russian general from igniting…
Masters of the UniverseMasters of the Universe (1987)
Dir. Gary Goddard
Feat. Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Meg Foster
Brain–deadening adaptation of the TV cartoon has Dolph Lundgren stepping into the furry loincloth to take on Skeletor and his robotic guards.
Over the TopOver the Top (1987)
Dir. Menahem Golan
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, Susan Blakely
Over the top in more ways than one, this ripely macho action–drama, set around the world of competitive arm wrestling, has Stallone play a…

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