Pick one movie that it is a shame/crime for not having

[ramairthree]

A directors/ultimate cut,
High quality release remaster, etc.
And was hugely under appreciated/ unsuccesful.

1987s Extreme Prejudice is my pick.
Director, writer, etc. with high quality work.
Tons of fun porn.
Like from an all star game of 80s Guns at the perfect synthesis of revolvers, SAs, full autos, pumps, and lever guns. With reloads, looking for cover, Mag changes, and very respectable fun play for the era from some.

A brutally violent and desolate combo 80s movie / noir/ western / crime drama.

Old school sheriffs and rangers mixed with beyond non official cover operatives.

Honor, betrayal, love, brotherhood, corruption, loyalty, etc.

Performances from Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, R. Torn, Clancy Brown, etc. plus naked wet shower titties from a 20 something year old Maria Alonso when filmed.

Many fantastic movies came out in 1987.
Was it lost among them?

[sandsunsurf]

Heat. People have heard of it or watched it once, but it’s an amazing movie with character development, background, action, love and an absolute conclusion (no “Heat, part 2”). Best movie ever, and it doesn’t get the praise it should.

Edit: as an experienced cop, some poor rookie got assigned to work “street crimes” with me on a “crime patrol” OT spot on what should have been his first day solo.. about two hours into the shift I said something about rolling through a pretty hard neighborhood and without knowing then if he knew the reference, I said “for me the reward is worth the stretch..”. He Frickin Nailed it without pausing and said “well for me, the action is the juice. I’m in.”
We are still friends 15 years later..

[ramairthree]

Heat was a famous movie that made over four times its budget and has a special edition DVD, definitive edition Blu-ray with extended/selected scenes, etc.

It would be a crime if it didn’t.

Extreme Prejudice was a box office bomb that one person has seen or heard of for every thousand that know about other movies from the same year like Lethal Weapon or Predator.

Available on an out of print DVD that in a horrible box, non widescreen crappy VHS transfer.

Heat is kind of like the diametrically opposed opposite version of what I am talking about.

[RobertTheTexan]

Heat.

This.




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[SteyrAUG]

Heat. People have heard of it or watched it once, but it’s an amazing movie with character development, background, action, love and an absolute conclusion (no “Heat, part 2”). Best movie ever, and it doesn’t get the praise it should.

That's one of mine. Michael Mann's greatest film I think. I can still watch it over and over and not just for the gun stuff. Mann's perfected his visual style with this film. How he then went on to F up the film version of Miami Vice I will never understand.

I would also say "Once Upon A Time In America", from beginning to end it tells a story well.

I would also include "We We're Soldiers" because in my opinion it was the first HONEST movie about Vietnam. It also had those moments, like when everyone was walking to the pickup point at 4am with a rifle and duffel. If you've never done anything like that maybe you don't get it, but if you have...it's a powerful scene.

The first Godfather. Everyone likes Part II, but I always liked the first. It was powerful without explosions, it was also intricate and you either caught an important tidbit or you missed it.

[Grand58742]

Tombstone

With it and Heat, it's time to lock the thread.

[VARIABLE9]

Tombstone

With it and Heat, it's time to lock the thread.

I read somewhere that there IS a directors cut of Tombstone, however I’ve not been able to find it. Maybe I should search again...


My pick - Man On Fire. Obviously it would have to be a prequel since Creasy is depicted as having died at the end of MOF. I would’ve wanted to see more of his background and the things that developed his troubled persona.

[Slater]

"Heat" was the theatrical version of a made-for-TV movie called "LA Takedown". In fact, some of the dialog is word-for-word between the two.

[VARIABLE9]

I read somewhere that there IS a directors cut of Tombstone, however I’ve not been able to find it. Maybe I should search again...


My pick - Man On Fire. Obviously it would have to be a prequel since Creasy is depicted as having died at the end of MOF. I would’ve wanted to see more of his background and the things that developed his troubled persona.

This is the Tombstone DC I was thinking of, however I’ve not been able to find a copy:

https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=2550

EDIT - not able to find locally...didn’t think to look on eBay. Go figure, multiple sellers some even new in packaging! Search Tombstone Vista.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Heat was a famous movie that made over four times its budget and has a special edition DVD, definitive edition Blu-ray with extended/selected scenes, etc.

It would be a crime if it didn’t.

Extreme Prejudice was a box office bomb that one person has seen or heard of for every thousand that know about other movies from the same year like Lethal Weapon or Predator.

Available on an out of print DVD that in a horrible box, non widescreen crappy VHS transfer.

Heat is kind of like the diametrically opposed opposite version of what I am talking about.

A lot of people Are so young that they have never heard it Heat or Ronin, never mind marathon man or the French connection.

What about “Way of the Gun”, or “To Live and Die in LA.”. The first one never really got very much recognition, and while “to live and die” is seen as today having a lot of big stars in it, all those guys were relativity unknown at that time. Plus I just love the gritty action of it and the realism because it was based on a real Secret Service agents book. Plus about the perfect soundtrack for the action and peace in the movie.