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Subgenre Sampler
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow - Super–charged policier with slimeball cop Petersen on the trail of big–time counterfeiters led by Dafoe. Swirlingly paced, with a car…
Water (1985)- Dir. Dick Clement
Feat. Michael Caine, Billy Connolly, Valerie Perrine… - When oil is discovered on a peaceful Caribbean outpost island it swiftly finds itself embroiled in a political upheaval with all sides fighting for…
Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear (1985)- Dir. Barry Levinson
- Highly watchable updating of Sherlock Holmes, with his teenage incarnation plumbing 'thugee' cult mysteries in Victorian London. Notable at the…
Airwolf (TV Series) (1984-1987)- Feat. Jan-Michael Vincent, Ernest Borgnine, Alex Cord
- Eighties television series centered on a high–tech military helicopter and its crew as they undertake various missions of espionage, often with…
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)- Dir. Martin Brest
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Steven Berkoff - Eddie Murphy as Axel Foley has never been funnier than in this winning combo of action and comedy.
Blue Thunder (TV Series) (1984)- Feat. James Farentino, Dana Carvey
- Television series based on the 1983 movie of the same name about the law enforcers and tacticians operating the Blue Thunder helicopter and its…
Bounty, The (1984)- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier… - Robert Bolt’s (A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS) version of the ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ tale of Fletcher Christian’s (Mel Gibson) mutiny…
Cannonball Run 2 (1984)- Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin… - The answer to the trivia question: which film features both Jackie Chan and Frank Sinatra? More star–studded carnage in this fitfully amusing…
Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, The (1984)- Dir. Kar-leung Lau
Feat. Gordon Liu, Alexander Fu, Kara Hui… - Hong Kong martial arts epic set circa the 10th century, with a Mongol army attempting to overthrow the influential Yang family, defenders of the Song…
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan (1984)- Dir. Hugh Hudson
Feat. Christopher Lambert, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm… - Tale of Tarzan (Christopher Lambert), is here evoked with a suitably steamy jungle atmosphere and festooned with Edwardian theories of 'social…
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