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Subgenre Sampler

 
Fast CompanyFast Company (1979)
Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. William Smith, Claudia Jennings, John Saxon
Dir. Cronenberg's least typical movie – a straightforward car racing actioner – about a team of drag racers who must overcome their…
From Hell to VictoryFrom Hell to Victory (1979)
Dir. Umberto Lenzi
Feat. George Peppard, George Hamilton, Horst Buchholz
Italian exploitation hack Umberto Lenzi directs this serviceable WWII epic, about six friends who vow to reunite despite going their separate ways…
G.I. SamuraiG.I. Samurai (Sengoku jieitai; Time Slip) (1979)
Dir. Mitsumasa Saito
Feat. Sonny Chiba, Jun Eto
A squadron of Japanese soldiers, together with their weaponry, helicopter and gunboat, are accidentally caught in a 'time slip' and transported back…
Hart to Hart (TV Series)Hart to Hart (TV Series) (1979-1984)
Feat. Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers
Classic TV fluff from the 1980s, this erstwhile detective series features a wealthy married couple (Wagner and Powers) spending their spare time as…
Heroes Of The EastHeroes Of The East (Zhong hua zhang fu) (1979)
Feat. Chia Hui Liu, Yuka Mizuno
Graceful martial arts film focused around a Chinese man who must prove the superiority of Chinese kung fu over Japanese to his disillusioned Japanese…
Jaguar Lives!Jaguar Lives! (1979)
Dir. Ernest Pintoff
Feat. Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee, Donald Pleasence
A Spanish–American actioner featuring "three Bond villains" and "one Bond beauty" in the cast but who, in true exploitation fashion, barely…
Magnificent ButcherMagnificent Butcher (Lin shi rong) (1979)
Dir. Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo Ping
Feat. Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen
Peak Samo Hung martial artistry, collaborating here with with action legend Yuen Woo Ping for a tale based on the true–life exploits of Lam Sai…
MeteorMeteor (1979)
Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden
Clumsy disaster movie with the USA and the USSR forming an unlikely alliance during the Cold War to prevent a giant asteroid from destroying the…
MoonrakerMoonraker (1979) Recommended
Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Richard Kiel, Lois Chiles
Roger Moore as Bond pursues a megalomaniac billionaire into outer space in one of the more outlandish entries of the series. Memorable scenes…
Resurrection of Golden WolfResurrection of Golden Wolf (1979)
Dir. Toru Murakawa
Feat. Yusaku Matsuda, Sonny Chiba
A moderately subversive actioner which revolves around an apparently mild–mannered 'salary man' (Matsuda), who by night sheds wig and glasses…

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