One more round from the house before
getting to the Blue Ribbon but before that the next nomination for
Best Picture of the week of sequels.
From 1973 John Guillermin's Shaft in
Africa
John Shaft goes under cover to Africa
to infiltrate a slave ring where natives are taken to Paris to work
for cut rate pay & live in over crowded boarding house. He
learns how to master a stick to bust some heads & takes time out
to shag some tail proving that he more then deserves the name of
Shaft.
Onto the next award..Best Male
Performance – The Bud
Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson in The
Color of Money
After unceremoniously being retired
from pool playing in The Hustler some 25 years later Newman is back
in this fantastic role. Older, wiser & hungry again Newman is
now the teacher of the hustle only he ends up teaching his pupil a
little too well & just when he thinks he has found some character
in his last run is played himself.
Sonny China as Terry Tsurugi in
Return of the Street Fighter
Chiba isn't so much of an actor as he
is mad powerhouse of badass bone crushing kung fu. When he breaks
loose he is a mesmerizing trill to watch. His role of Tsurugi has
cult written all over it that I have more then willingly bit into.
Some may call Bruce Lee The Master but Sonny Chiba is brilliant
controlled mayhem.
Richard Roundtree as John Shaft in Shaft in Africa
Roundtree as Shaft the epitome of black
machismo. He jive talkin, take no bullshit, bed the ladies
mother-fuckin cool ass. Moving this series from the inner-city to
Africa may seem sorta jump the shark but Roundtree's mastery of this
role makes the character work..even more then in Shaft's Big Score.
Christopher Lee as Dracula in Dracula
Has Risen From the Grave Christopher Lee as Dracula
Lee's 4th go around as
Dracula for Hammer I love him in this role. He exudes evil by sheer
presence & his blood soaked eyes makes the hair on my arms stand
up. Everyone else who tries to take on the role of Dracula can suck
my dick w/ fanged teeth..Lee is The Master.
Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan in The
Enforcer
Although Eastwood isn't as dirty in the
role he is famous for in The Enforcer he gives something else in this
move...he's funny w/out deliberately trying to be. His original
disdain for woman on the force is hilarious & his investigation
after he's suspended is quite entertaining proving he doesn't need
high calibre artillery to pull off this role..even if there is some
of that. He doesn't always need to be dirty but he's loved even more
when he is.
Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken in
Escape From LA
Escape From LA was one of the last
movies that I watched this week & I almost didn't take it in
because I didn't like it when I originally saw it. Im glad I did
because I found it worlds better mostly for seeing Russell in another
outing as Plissken. Sure it can't hold a candle to the original but
Russell makes it more then watchable as the iconic character that I
fucking love.
..And the winner is
Paul Newman in The Color of Money
Newman is a legend w/ so many great
roles to his resume but w/ The Color of Money he does something
magical. He takes a fantastic character of his & brings him full
circle w/ what appears to be such ease & elegance. It's like
drinking a perfectly aged wine w/ a excellent cut of meat w/ just
the right amount of marble. Just may be one of his finest moments &
that is saying a fuck of a lot considering what he had accomplished.
Reaching back into the cooler for the
last cold one.
Be back after this..
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