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Subgenre Sampler
Rocky II (1979)- Dir. Sylvester Stallone
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young… - First sequel to the boxing smash–hit, sees a straight rematch between Rocky Balboa (Stallone) and Apollo Cread. Final fight scene is a…
Shaolin Temple (1979)- Dir. Cheung Hsin Yen
Feat. Jet Li - Martial Arts superstar Jet Li’s debut film, as a Shaolin–trained fighter who exacts revenge upon an evil warlord, already displaying the…
The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979)- Dir. David Lowell Rich
Feat. Alain Delon, Susan Blakely, Robert Wagner… - The final gasp of the AIRPORT series of disaster thrillers, which still attracted top stars right up to this nadir. Here, the titular supersonic…
Warriors, The (1979)
- Dir. Walter Hill
Feat. Michael Beck, James Remar - NY street–gang Warriors, stranded far from their home–turf, must risk crossing the territory of a dozen other hostile gangs. Sleek yet…
Zulu Dawn (1979)- Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Phil Daniels… - Prequel to ZULU is a vivid recreation of the Battle of Isandhlwana.
Avalanche (1978)- Dir. Corey Allen
Feat. Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, Robert Forster… - It's Rock (Hudson) against mountain in this Roger Corman–produced cash–in on the Disaster Movie craze of the 1970s about winter…
Boys in Company C, The (1978)- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey… - A rugged and absurdist action film about young soldiers scarred by the horrors and blunders of war. Faintly critical of America’s involvement, this…
Comes A Horseman (1978)- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Jane Fonda, James Caan, Richard Farnsworth… - An unusual attempt to transfer the grand mythos of the Western to a latterday setting, with Fonda playing a ranch boss, who mixes it up with a cousin…
Convoy (1978)- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine - Derived from the eponymous pop anthem, Kris Kristofferson's 'Rubber Duck' musters a band of disgruntled truckees to wage a protest.
Cyclone (1978)- Dir. René Cardona Jr.
Feat. Arthur Kennedy, Carroll Baker, Lionel Stander - Mexican survival horror with a brutal cyclone pummeling the first 20 minutes of the film, resulting in an airplane crash, and a group of survivors…
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