the departed

Scorsese conferma di avere un certo feeling con la violenza, in The Departed.

Un poliziotto (ecco, l'unica vera colpa di Scorsese è che continua a dar da mangiare a DiCaprio ) si infiltra sotto copertura in una banda della malavita irlandese di Boston; al contempo un poliziotto del dipartimento di Stato (un Matt Damon il cui "Piccolo Matt Damon" finirà col dare un grosso dispiacere al pubblico femminile ) fa il doppio gioco e passa informazioni alla gang.
Si va verso una escalation per la ricerca delle rispettive talpe, mentre le vite di tutte le persone coinvolte vengono distrutte.

Il potere per il potere e la paura e la violenza come unici mezzi per ottenere ciò che si vuole; film cinico e spietato con tutti i suoi protagonisti.

Diretto superbamente, con dialoghi eccelsi ed attori tutti molto bravi nelle rispettive parti (Jack Nicholson immenso e perfetto come quasi sempre in vita sua); la sceneggiatura è brillante, ma onestamente il film si perde un po' nel finale troppo involuto su se stesso: troppe coincidenze, troppo deus ex machina finiscono col farlo sembrare forzato fino all'eccesso; ad ogni modo a mio avviso i meriti superano di gran lunga i demeriti, e questo resta uno dei film da vedere di questa stagione.

Mi dicono che Infernal Affairs - di cui è il remake - sia stupendo; spero di recuperarlo.

PS: Martin Sheen continua a ripetere per tutto il film che suo figlio studia alla Sorbona. Ora, io mi chiedo: ma come cacchio ha fatto Charlie Sheen a farsi ammettere alla Sorbona?!?!

Voto: 8.
Tags: drammatico, thriller, crimine, poliziesco, Boston, violenza, Scorsese, DiCaprio, Nicholson, mafia, gang, irlandesi.

Scorsese, Martin

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Data di nascita: 17 November 1942
Altezza: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Coniuge: Helen Morris::(22 July 1999 - present) 1 child, Barbara De Fina::(February 1985 - ?) (divorced), Isabella Rossellini::(29 September 1979 - 1983) (divorced), Julia Cameron::(30 December 1975 - ?) (divorced) 1 child, Laraine Brennan::(15 May 1965 - ?) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Silence (2008) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• The Departed (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Sabina (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Untitled Airbus Documentary Project (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Brooklyn Lobster (2005) .... (presenter) [misc]
• Flat (2005/I) .... (special thanks) [misc]
• Lymelife (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Aviator (2004) .... (executive producer) (uncredited) [produttore]

Biografia:
After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing Woodstock (1970)), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter Boxcar Bertha (1972). Mean Streets (1973) followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style: New York settings, loners struggling with inner demons, pointed-shoes rock-meets-opera soundtracks and unrelenting cathartic violence. "Mean Streets" also featured Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel, two actors who would help shape that style. After Scorsese directed Ellen Burstyn to a Best Actress Oscar in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), the trio was reunited for the dark journey of Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976). The film achieved additional notoriety five years after its release when Bickle's (De Niro) concern for a teenaged hooker played by Jodie Foster inspired John Hinckley's assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981. After New York, New York (1977) (which one critic described as a wife-abuse musical) and The Last Waltz (1978), Scorsese released Raging Bull (1980). The biography of middleweight fighter Jake LaMotta earned two Oscars (Actor - DeNiro, Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker) and was later selected as the best film of the decade by U.S. critic gods Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. Scorsese then explored fans as pariah ( The King of Comedy (1983)), dark-comic dreams ( After Hours (1985)), and revisited pool shark Eddie Felson from The Hustler (1961) ( The Color of Money (1986) with Paul Newman). Scorsese outraged some religious groups by attempting to portray a human son of God in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) before returning to more familiar territory with the Mafia in Goodfellas (1990). He followed with two films which were remakes, Cape Fear (1991) and The Age of Innocence (1993). Besides directing and co-writing, Scorsese has also acted. It's interesting to note he played the gunman at the finale of Mean Streets (1973) and the cab passenger planning to kill his wife in Taxi Driver (1976). He also had a role in Yume (1990).

Trivia random: Because so many of his actors win or are nominated for awards, actors are dying to work with him. The film With Friends Like These... (1998) pokes fun at this very real desire.
Citazione random: "I think a lot of it has to do with the nature of the community. I've lived here in Los Angeles, but I'm more of a New Yorker, and the nature of my films is regarded as somewhat violent and the language is considered tough. As you grow older, you change. I make different films now. You don't make pictures for Oscars."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Sheen, Charlie

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Nome di battesimo: Estevez, Carlos Irwin
Data di nascita: 3 September 1965
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Denise Richards::(15 June 2002 - present) (filed for divorce) 2 children, Donna Peele::(3 September 1995 - 19 November 1996) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• Foodfight! (2007) .... Dex Dogtective (voice) [attore]
• Scary Movie 4 (2006) .... Tom [attore]
• The Big Bounce (2004) .... Bob Rogers, Jr. [attore]
• Deeper Than Deep (2003) .... Chuck Traynor [attore]
• Scary Movie 3 (2003) .... Tom [attore]
• Good Advice (2001) .... Ryan Edward Turner [attore]
• Rated X (2000) (TV) .... Artie Mitchell [attore]
• Being John Malkovich (1999) .... Charlie [attore]
• Five Aces (1999) .... Chris Martin (as Charles Sheen) [attore]
• "Sugar Hill" (1999) .... Matt [attore]

Biografia:
Charlie Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estévez on September 3, 1965 in New York City. His father, Martin Sheen, at the time was an actor just breaking into the business with performances on Broadway. His mother, Janet Sheen, was a former New York art student who had met Charlie's father right after he had moved to Manhattan. Martin and Janet had three other children, Emilio Estevez, Renée Estevez and Ramon Estevez, all of whom became actors.At a young age, Charlie took an interest in his father's acting career. When was nine, he was given a small part in his dad's 1974 TV movie The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) (TV). In 1977, he was in the Phillipines where his dad suffered a near-fatal heart attack on the set of Apocalypse Now (1979).While at Santa Monica High School, Charlie had two major interests: acting and baseball. Along with his friends which included Rob Lowe and Sean Penn, he produced and starred in several amateur Super-8 films. On the Vikings baseball team, he was a star shortstop and pitcher. His lifetime record as a pitcher was 40-15. His interest and skill in baseball would later influence some of his movie roles. Unfortunately, his success on the baseball field did not translate to success in the classroom, as he struggled to keep his grades up. Just a few weeks before his scheduled graduation date, Charlie was expelled due to poor attendance and bad grades.After high school, Charlie aggressively pursued many acting roles. His first major role was as a high school student in the teen war film Red Dawn (1984). He followed this up with relatively small roles in TV movies and low-profile releases. His big break came in 1986 when he starred in Oliver Stone's Oscar winning epic Platoon (1986). He drew rave reviews for his portrayal of a young soldier who is caught in the center of a moral crisis in Vietman.The success of Platoon (1986) prompted Oliver Stone to cast Charlie in his next movie Wall Street (1987) alongside his father and veteran actor Michael Douglas. The movie with its "Greed is Good" theme became an instant hit with viewers.Shortly after, Stone approached Charlie about the starring role in his next movie, Born on the Fourth of July (1989). When Tom Cruise eventually got the part, Sheen ended up hearing the news from his brother Emilio Estevez and not even getting as much as a call from Stone. This led to a fallout and the two have not worked together since.The fallout with Stone, however, did nothing to hurt Charlie's career in the late 80s and early 90s, as he continued to establish himself as one of the top box office draws with a string of hits that included Young Guns (1988), Major League (1989), and Hot Shots! (1991). However, as the mid-90s neared, his good fortune both personally and professionally, soon came to an end.Around this time, Charlie, who had already been to drug rehab, was beginning to develop a reputation as a hard-partying, womanizer. In 1995, the same year he was briefly married to model Donna Peele, he was called to testify at the trial of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. At the trial, while under oath he admitted to spending nearly $50,000 on 27 of Fleiss' $2,500-a-night prostitutes.His downward spiral continued the following year when his ex-girlfriend Brittany Ashland filed charges claiming that he physically abused her. He was later charged with misdemeanor battery to which he pleaded no contest and was given a year's suspended sentence, two years' probation and a $2,800 fine. He finally hit rock bottom in May 1998 when he was hospitalized in Thousand Oaks, California following a near-fatal drug overdose. Later that month, he was ordered back to the drug rehab center which he had previously left after one day.During this stretch, Charlie's film career began to suffer as well. He starred in a series of box office flops that included The Arrival (1996) and Shadow Conspiracy (1997). However as the 90s came to end, so did Charlie's string of bad luck.In 2000, Charlie, now clean and sober, was chosen to replace Michael J. Fox on the ABC hit sitcom "Spin City" (1996). Though his stint lasted only two seasons, Charlie's performance caught the eye of CBS executives who in 2003 were looking for an established star to help carry their Monday night lineup of sitcoms which included "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996). The sitcom "Two and a Half Men" (2003) starred Charlie as a swinging, irresponsible womanizer whose life changes when his nephew suddenly appears on his doorstep. The show became a huge hit, breathing much needed life into Charlie's fading career.Charlie's personal life also appeared to be improving. In 2002, he married fellow actress Denise Richards, whom he first met while shooting the movie Good Advice (2001). In March 2004, they had a daughter, Sam, and it was announced shortly after that Denise was pregnant with the couple's second child. By all reports, the couple seemed to be very happy together. However, like all of Charlie's previous relationships, the stability did not last long. In March of 2005, Denise, who was six-months pregnant, filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. She gave birth to a second daughter Lola in June of that same year.

Trivia random: Accidentally shot then fiancee Kelly Preston in the arm. Soon after that incident she left him and married her formerly platonic friend John Travolta.
Citazione random: "I did that garbage film with my brother (Men at Work (1990)) That didn't work. I did an action movie Navy Seals (1990). That didn't work. I did a buddy cop picture (The Rookie (1990)) with Clint Eastwood. I figured that one was a shoo-in. It was an honor to work with Clint. I don't know what happened. I must have caught him one movie to early. Not to make excuses, but 600,000 of Clint's biggest fans were in the Persian Gulf fighting a war when The Rookie (1990) came out. That's a poor excuse for a flop, isn't it?"

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Nicholson, Jack

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Nome di battesimo: Nicholson, John Joseph
Data di nascita: 22 April 1937
Altezza: 5' 9¾" (1.77 m)
Coniuge: Sandra Knight::(17 June 1962 - 8 August 1968) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• The Bucket List (2007) .... [attore]
• The Departed (2006) .... Frank Costello [attore]
• Anger Management (2003) .... Dr. Buddy Rydell [attore]
• My Buddy Jack (2003) (V) .... (special thanks) [misc]
• Skull Session: The Making of 'Anger Management' (2003) (V) .... (special thanks) [misc]
• Something's Gotta Give (2003) .... Harry Sanborn [attore]
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions (2002) (TV) .... (thanks) [misc]
• About Schmidt (2002) .... Warren Schmidt [attore]
• Code of Conduct (2001) (V) .... (special thanks) [misc]
• The Pledge (2001) .... Jerry Black [attore]

Biografia:
Abandoned by his father in his childhood, he was raised believing his grandmother was his mother and his mother was his older sister. The truth was revealed to him years later when a Time magazine researcher uncovered the truth while preparing a story on the star. Jack had a 17 year relationship with actress Anjelica Huston which ended in 1990 after Rebecca Broussard was carrying his child.

Trivia random: Was asked, along with Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty, to play the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972).
Citazione random: "A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Sheen, Martin

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Nome di battesimo: Estevez, Ramon Gerard Antonio
Data di nascita: 3 August 1940
Altezza: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Coniuge: Janet Sheen::(23 December 1961 - present)

Ultimi lavori:

• Talk to Me (2007) .... E.G. Sonderling [attore]
• Bobby (2006) .... Jack [attore]
• Bordertown (2006) .... George Morgan [attore]
• The Departed (2006) .... Oliver Queenan [attore]
• Flatland: The Movie (2006) .... Arthur Square [attore]
• "Untitled Martin Sheen Project" (2006) .... (co-executive producer) [produttore]
• Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004) (TV) .... (special thanks) [misc]
• Jerusalemski sindrom (2004) .... [attore]
• The Commission (2003) .... Dep. Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach [attore]
• Milost mora (2003) .... Frederik [attore]

Biografia:
Purposely flunked his college entrance exam to the University of Dayton so that he could pursue an acting career instead. His father wholeheartedly disapproved until he had gained popular success, not even seeing Martin act until he saw him on the screen at a drive-in in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio.

Trivia random: Of all the U.S. presidents he admires Jimmy Carter the most
Citazione random: "No father could ever be prouder of his son. I hold Charlie's accomplishments dearer than my own. He has been through so much and overcome so much more. Even if he weren't my son he'd still be my best friend." - On son Charlie

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Mou gaan dou (2002)

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Regista: Wai Keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Scrittore: Felix Chong, Siu Fai Mak
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.0/10 (9471 voti)
Durata: 101 min
Paese: HongKong
Lingua: English, Thai, Cantonese

Cast:

• Andy Lau .... Inspector Lau Kin Ming
• Tony Leung Chiu Wai .... Chan Wing Yan (as Tony Leung)
• Anthony Wong Chau-Sang .... SP Wong Chi Shing (as Anthony Wong)
• Eric Tsang .... Hon Sam
• Kelly Chen .... Dr. Lee Sum Yee
• Sammi Cheng .... Mary
• Edison Chen .... Young Lau Kin Ming
• Shawn Yue .... Young Chan Wing Yan
• Elva Hsiao .... May
• Chapman To .... Tsui Wai-keung

Trama:
Shawn Yue plays a young police officer who has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Edison Chen plays a young mafia member who is infiltrating the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Tony Leung and Andy Lau respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midsts and destroy him.

Trivia random: The psychiatrist's name, "Lee Sum Yee", is a homonym (in Cantonese) for "your psychiatrist".
Citazione random: Mary: I can't finish the novel, I don't know whether he's good or bad.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Departed, The (2006)

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Regista: Martin Scorsese
Scrittore: William Monahan, Siu Fai Mak
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Valutazione: 8.5/10 (27074 voti) [#55 nella top250]
Durata: USA:152 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Leonardo DiCaprio .... Billy Costigan
• Matt Damon .... Colin Sullivan
• Jack Nicholson .... Frank Costello
• Mark Wahlberg .... Dignam
• Martin Sheen .... Oliver Queenan
• Ray Winstone .... Mr. French
• Vera Farmiga .... Madolyn
• Anthony Anderson .... Brown
• Alec Baldwin .... Ellerby
• Kevin Corrigan .... Cousin Sean

Trama:
Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police department and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities.

Trivia random: As research for his character's occupation, Matt Damon worked with a Massachusetts State Police unit out of Boston. He accompanied them on routine patrols, participated in a drug raid and was taught proper police procedures like how to pat down a suspect.
Citazione random: Colin Sullivan: you got a suit at home or do you like coming to work everyday dressed like your goin' to invade Poland?

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Damon, Matt

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Nome di battesimo: Damon, Matthew Paige
Data di nascita: 8 October 1970
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Luciana Barroso::(9 December 2005 - present) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) .... Jason Bourne [attore]
• Ocean's Thirteen (2007) .... Linus Caldwell [attore]
• Running the Sahara (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Departed (2006) .... Colin Sullivan [attore]
• The Good Shepherd (2006) .... Edward Wilson [attore]
• Margaret (2006) .... Mr. Aaron [attore]
• The Brothers Grimm (2005) .... Wilhelm Grimm [attore]
• Feast (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• "Project Greenlight 3" (2005) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Saga Tier I (2005) .... (special thanks) [misc]

Biografia:
Matt Damon was born in 1970. His father, Kent Damon, a tax preparer, and his mother, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, a college professor, are now divorced. His older brother, Kyle (b. 1967), is a sculptor. Matt's first film role was a one-line part in Mystic Pizza (1988). Hollywood's power brokers realized his potential as a serious actor when they saw him play a Gulf War vet-turned-heroin addict in Courage Under Fire (1996). One of Matt's closest childhood friends was fellow young thespian Ben Affleck, who starred in Chasing Amy (1997). Damon and Affleck collaborated on the screenplay for Good Will Hunting (1997), in which they co-star.

Trivia random: His uncle, George Brunstad, swam the English Channel on 29 August 2004 at the age of 70 and he completed the 21 mile swim in 15 hours and 59 minutes. Thus, making him the new world record holder as the oldest person to complete the swim. In the process Mr. Brunstad raised $12,000 for a Haitian children's group.
Citazione random: On The Bourne Ultimatum (2007): "If you have any ideas for a script, please, call Universal! We've gone so far from the book. Ludlum wrote it as a trilogy and we've really kind-of ignored that plot because it's very Cold War. And so, in the updating process, we kind-of threw out most of what he had so we're kind of on our own to find a third one. Bourne Ultimatum is the third one and I feel like I've given ultimatums in both the first two!"

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

DiCaprio, Leonardo

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Nome di battesimo: DiCaprio, Leonardo Wilhelm
Data di nascita: 11 November 1974
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Chancellor Manuscript (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• In Dark Woods (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Blink (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
• 11th Hour (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Blood Diamond (2006) .... Danny Archer [attore]
• The Departed (2006) .... Billy Costigan [attore]
• Gardener of Eden (2006) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Aviator (2004) .... (executive producer) (uncredited) [produttore]

Biografia:
His name allegedly derives from his German mother Irmalin's having experienced a sudden kick from her unborn boy while enjoying a DaVinci painting at the Uffizi. In the year following his birth, she and his Italian father, George, were divorced. He grew up in Echo Park, then a particularly seedy, drug-dominated area of Los Angeles. At five he appeared on his favorite TV show "Romper Room" (1970) and was nearly thrown off for misbehaving. After a string of commercials, educational films ("Mickey's Safety Club"), occasional parts in TV series, a debut film role as Josh in Critters 3 (1991), a continuing role as the homeless boy Luke in the TV series "Growing Pains" (1985), he got his break-through part as Toby in This Boy's Life (1993), co-starring with Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin.The part led the New York Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics to name him runner-up for Best Supporting Actor. His first Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations came for the difficult role of Arnie in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). Equally challenging parts were a drug-troubled Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries (1995), the tormented homosexual poet Rimbaud in Total Eclipse (1995), and the angry teenage son of a harried mother in Marvin's Room (1996). He made a major impact with his starring role in a very updated Romeo + Juliet (1996). Superstardom came to DiCaprio playing Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997), highest grossing film ever, tied with Ben-Hur (1959) for most Academy Awards, though Leo himself was not nominated. His performance in the remake of The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I) was poorly received, but the film still turned a profit. His next major film, The Beach (2000/I), was not a success, but he made another comeback in Catch Me If You Can (2002) and remains an A-list star.

Trivia random: Chosen by People Magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World." [1997]
Citazione random: When I was young, I used to have this thing where I wanted to see everything. I used to think, 'How can I die without seeing every inch of this world?'

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

[ninja] ninja reprint

Niente di nuovo sotto il sole ninja, data la difficoltà a procurarsi simili capolavori del cinema; oltre ad una breve panoramica sui ninja movies già recensiti fin qui, aggiungo una vera chicca per gli appassionati: ho recuperato dai miei archivi una meravigliosa intervista al nostro eroe Godfrey Ho, il più grande regista di film di ninja della storia!
L'intervista originale venne redatta da GaraiJAN, per poi essere ripubblicata da LTx nel suo mitico sito ultimate ninja; purtroppo ad oggi entrambi i siti sono spariti, quindi... ecco a voi l'intrevista all'Uomo^®: http://digilander.libero.it/alberanid/ninja/gh.html
Imperdibili le palate di merda agli attori orientali famosi e quando nega di aver mai montato insieme due film separati, per poi smentirsi poche righe dopo!

But now... ninja reprint!

• Ninja Il Padrino: grandioso; confuso quanto basta, con alcune grandi facce da ninja ed un Richard Harrison al top della forma; ideale per chi vuole cominciare.
• Ninja Il Distruttore: uno dei migliori, con Bruce Baron e Red Devil, il miglior cattivo che si sia mai visto in un film di ninja (fatto salvo per la Carrà Hong-Kongese); grandi combattimenti e tentati stupri; da vedere.
• Ninja Terminator: ottimo prodotto, con i robot, i granchi e le VHS ninja e soprattutto Tiger, la Carrà Hong-Kongese; da avere.
• Ninja Occhio Per Occhio: il ninja camerunense, sparatorie alla Callaghan con le baguette; la trama hong-kongese è grandiosa e nel complesso si rivela uno dei migliori in assoluto.
• Ninja Tunderbolt: i ninja sui pattini, le scene porno-soft e Richard che grida "NINJA" al mondo; bello davvero, anche se la trama è un tantino confusa.
• Ninja Commandements: una parte hong-kongese dolorosissima, ma condita con i precetti del saggio maestro ninja morto; Richard che continua a scalare montagne ed a gridare "NINJA!" ed un po' pochi combattimenti; da vedere, ma per stomaci forti.
• Ninja Il Guerriero: agghiaccianti effetti speciali ninja, una trama straniante per il modo in cui è cucita insieme ed alcune orrende locations; da vedere con cautela.
• Ninja Campione: una trama delirante per un grande scontro tra Baron e Tremblay (a voi decidere chi è il bene e chi il male); per esteti.
• Cobra vs. Ninja: cooomplicatissimo e delirante dall'inizio alla fine! Da vedere due volte, per capire come sono montate le diverse scene dei film originali.

Fuori dalla serie "due film in uno", torno a segnalare anche:

• La Sfida del Tigre: con Harrison, Bruce Le e la formula segreta che rende sterili; grandiosi combattimenti, intrighi internazionali e tette al vento! Notevole.
• Enter The Ninja: il piedone fetente di Franco Nero per una purga intestinale in costume da ninja!
• The Super Ninja: uno dei più grandi ninja movies in assoluto, con combattimenti, amore, sesso e lotta di classe! Da vedere!

Ninjoy, my friends!

Ho, Godfrey

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Nome di battesimo: Ho, Chi Kueng
Data di nascita: 1948

Ultimi lavori:

• Manhattan Chase (2000) .... [regista]
• Mr. X (1995) .... Godfather Ho [attore]
• Cui hua kuang mo (1994) .... (producer) (as Godfrey Hall) [produttore]
• Hei tai yang 731 si wang lie che (1994) .... [regista]
• Hong tian mi ling (1994) .... [regista]
• Catman in Boxer's Blow (1993) .... (as Alton Cheung) [regista]
• Lethal Extortion (1993) .... (as Godfrey Hall) [regista]
• Hei tai yang 731 xu ji zhi sha ren gong chang (1992) .... [regista]
• Kickboxer Against the Odds (1992) .... [regista]
• Kickboxer from Hell (1992) .... (as Elton Chong) [regista]

Trivia random: He is considered a master of B-movie Hong Kong actioners. However, a number of his movies are Z-grade movies made with a "cut-and-paste" technique. He would shoot footage for one movie, often using Caucasian actors for exportation, then edit the scenes into several other movies, mixing them with footage from old, unfinished or unreleased Asian movies (using Thai as well as Chinese or Filipino footage), then trying to make the story somewhat coherent through dubbing and voice-overs. He would then have four or five movies (of rock-bottom quality, of course) while having spent the budget of one.
Citazione random: "I used to be a movie maker. Now I am teaching people to make movies. It really makes me glad when my students are happily showing me their works. Only if you've been through the whole process, can you understand how satisfactory and delightful it is."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Nero, Franco

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Nome di battesimo: Sparanero, Francesco
Data di nascita: 23 November 1941
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• Bastardi (2007) .... [attore]
• Bathory (2007) .... King Mathias [attore]
• Mario, a varázsló (2007) .... Mario (attached) [attore]
• Hans (2006) .... Barbone/Giudice [attore]
• L'Inchiesta (2006) .... [attore]
• La Sacra famiglia (2006) (TV) .... Zachary [attore]
• Two Families (2006) .... Morandi [attore]
• Forever Blues (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Summer Solstice (2005) (TV) .... Lorenzo [attore]
• Guardiani delle nuvole (2004) .... [attore]

Biografia:
Blue-eyed well-built Italian actor Franco Nero, once was a painting photographer, when he was discovered as an actor by director John Huston. Grew up in provincial northern Italian town in the family of a strict police sergeant, Nero got on the scene six years old. Studied economics and trade in Milan University and during that time he was appearing in popular italian photo-novels. This gave him a chance to gain a little role in Carlo Lizzani's 'La Celestina' (1964). Year later handsome face of Nero was noticed by John Huston who chose him for the role of Abel in 'La Bibbia' (1966). But success came after he got the role of lonely gunfighter, dragging a coffin in one of the best spaghetti-westerns; Sergio Corbucci's 'Django' (1966). Nero then filmed a few other westerns of that style as Ferdinando Baldi's 'Texas addio' (1966) and Lucio Fulci's 'Tempo di massacro' (1966) and furthered his career by filming in all genres of the cinema and TV. During filming Joshua Logan's 'Camelot' (1967) he met the actress Vanessa Redgrave, who become his long time partner. Played with Catherine Deneuve in Luis Bunuel's 'Tristana' (1970) and with Sergei Bondarchuk in the war drama 'Bitka na Neretvi' (1969). Later director Bondarchuk cast Nero for the role of famous American reporter John Reed in two parts 'Krasnye kolokola II' (1982). In the late 60s and during the 70s Nero played many different roles, but most of them connected with political and criminal genre, criticized Italian justice system. In the early 80s, Nero was chosen for the role of white ninja in 'Enter the Ninja' (1981) and in 1990 as terrorist Gen. Esperanza, opposite Bruce Willis in Renny Harlin's 'Die Hard 2' (1990). Being a personage from more than 25 different nationalities; from Russian to American, from Egyptian to Israeli, with 150 roles, Franco Nero now prefers to participate only in little movies in supporting roles.

Trivia random: His luggage always includes a suitcase full with medicines.
Citazione random: "I was working as a set photographer on De Laurentiis' The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966). Director John Huston had seen a photo of me and said, 'That's the face I want.'" (November 27, 1978)

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Harrison, Richard (II)

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Data di nascita: 26 May 1935
Coniuge: Maria Francesca Pomentale::(1978 - present) 1 child, Loretta Nicholson::(1961 - ?) (divorced) 3 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Jerks (2000) .... [attore]
• Angel Eyes (1993) .... Vince [attore]
• Lies of the Twins (1991) (TV) .... Jack Roth [attore]
• Paid to Kill (1991) .... James Burton [attore]
• The Channeler (1990) .... Jack [attore]
• Empire of the Dark (1990) .... [attore]
• Rescue Force (1989) (V) .... Chief CIA Agent [attore]
• Terminal Force (1989) .... Nick Tyree [attore]
• Dark Mission (Operación cocaína) (1988) .... [attore]
• Ninja Powerforce (1988) .... Ninja Master Gordon [attore]

Biografia:
Muscular actor Richard Harrison was one of many handsome young American hunks of the late 50s whose career in Hollywood amounted to little more than brawny bits until being lured to Italy and churning out the sword-and-sandal pictures that became an early 60s craze. Harrison would end up making over 100 films due to this lucky trek abroad.Born on May 26, 1936 in Salt Lake City, he relocated to sunny Southern California in his late teens where his blond, tanned, chiseled good looks (he was sometimes mistaken for handsome actor Guy Madison) landed him modeling work both on runways and in beefcake magazines. It didn't take long for him to be noticed by Hollywood casting agents. At first cast in small he-man roles, usually as a man in uniform, he can be obscurely seen in Jeanne Eagels (1957), his film debut starring Kim Novak, Kronos (1957) with Jeff Morrow, Too Much, Too Soon (1958) starring Dorothy Malone, South Pacific (1958), in which he can be glimpsed as a co-pilot, and Battle Flame (1959) with Scott Brady. While filming another minor role in Master of the World (1961) he met producer James H. Nicholson's daughter, Loretta, and married her within six months. The couple produced three sons.Frustrated at not being able to secure meatier roles in Hollywood, Richard jumped at the chance when offered the lead role in Gladiatore invincibile, Il (1962) [The Invincible Gladiator] which was filming in Europe. He wound up settling in Italy for the next two decades. His first role, of course, immediately typed him as another Steve Reeves and, to avoid being penned in too much as a mythological muscle man, he sought roles in routine spaghetti westerns and spy intrigue. Once Italy closed down film production after the Herculean craze had died down, he, like others, found himself unemployed. He did manage to scrape up work in Hong Kong, but a large portion of them were bottom-of-the-barrel Ninja movies.Remarried in 1978, Harrison had already begun acting less and less while delving into producing and directing. He has retired fully now except perhaps for an occasional script writing assignment.

Trivia random: Husband of Maria Francesca
Citazione random: "In my opinion, it is a death wish for an actor to be in too many B or should I say C movies. Maybe my greatest contribution to cinema was not doing Fistful of Dollars, and recommending Clint for the part."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Le, Bruce

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Nome di battesimo: Huang, Kin Lung

Ultimi lavori:

• Jun ji wei an fu (1992) .... [regista]
• Black Spot (1991) .... [regista]
• La Filière chinoise (1989) .... [attore]
• Long huo chang cheng (1987) .... [regista]
• Return of the Kickfighter (1987) .... [attore]
• Future Hunters (1986) .... Liu (as Bruce Li) [attore]
• Naam (1986) .... [attore]
• Cameroon Connection (1985) .... Bruce [attore]
• Bruce's Fists of Vengeance (1984) .... Peter [attore]
• Shen long meng hu (1982) .... Hwang Lung [attore]

Trivia random: Made a few films for a Filipino producer before moving onto more recent work such as stunt work on the movie: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Baron, Bruce

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Data di nascita: 15 November 1949

Ultimi lavori:

• Cruel Horizon (1989) .... Nick Vandam [attore]
• Overdose (1987) .... Michael [attore]
• Wai Si-Lei chuen kei (1987) .... Howard Hope [attore]
• Challenge of the Ninja (1986) .... Mark the ninja. [attore]
• The Ultimate Ninja (1986) .... [attore]
• Heated Vengeance (1985) .... Jacobs [attore]
• Ninja Champion (1985) .... Donald [attore]
• Geheimcode: Wildgänse (1984) .... Kowalski (uncredited) [attore]
• Hunter's Crossing (1983) .... Al Hunter [attore]
• I Predatori di Atlantide (1983) .... Crystal Skull [attore]

Biografia:
Graduated from Cornell U. in 1971. During the period from 1980-1990 appeared [as talent] in over 100 television commercials locally produced accross Asia. Played leading roles [1st Billing] in 12 'B' Kungfuey Action movies, & supporting or speaking extra roles in 21 other 'B' [C & D but no F] action/adventure films; Worked primarily for local production companies in SEAsia but also some European and US productions, filmed/produced in SEAsia, India, Africa & Europe. Retired [unsuccessfully] from the cinema at the tender age of 40, [before it was too late] got a real job and made some money.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

gangsta!

Un amante del trash può essere portato a pensare che, una volta visto un horror prodotto dalla WWE, non resti poi molto per allietare il proprio palato affamato di spazzatura.
Beh, invito tutti a non sottovalutare le produzioni di MTV!

È gangsta! È rappa! È raised-by-the-street! È nigga! È from-da-ghetto! È bullet-proof! È in-da-hood! È uno che canta con un calzino di lana riempito con tre palline da ping-pong in bocca! È 50 Cent in Get Rich or Die Tryin'!
Coprodotto da Dr. Dre ed Eminem, diretto da un tizio che prima di una precoce senilità dirigeva anche bene, ecco a voi... la vera storia veramente romanzata benché veritiera di 50 cent!

Marcus è just a little nigga in da ghetto; da matha do da whore e nonostante ciò sono poveri in canna. Sfiga vuole che per ottimi motivi la mammina si metta contro il pappone-mafioso-gangsta locale nonché suo amante, che killa da bitcha without respect!
Marcus somatizza la morte della madre volendo comprarsi un paio di scarpe (da nike shoes), e l'unico modo sensato di farlo è spacciando droga (da dope); solo e pieno di rabbia farà strada in fretta, cadendo presto in un noioso tran-tran fatto di crack (da crack), rapine (da robs), qualche turf war con gli ispanici (in da barrio!) ed un po' di black pussy.
Ma l'uomo ha un sogno! To be a gangsta-rapper!
Purtroppo la sua quasi-ex-gang ha subito un cambio al vertice e la nuova politica non piace al nostro eroe positivo (che finora si è limitato a spacciare crack ed a sparare un po' a qualche mothafucka'); i suoi ex-amici gli fanno terra bruciata attorno anche nel mondo della "musica", dato che hanno il loro rapper da promuovere! (evidentemente vendere crack non è quell'attività redditizia che uno può credere)
Ora ha - nell'ordine - dei nemici potenti, tanto respect, una discreta topina come fidanzata (latrice di alcuni dei dialoghi più melensi e patetici che la storia ricordi) ed un figlio in arrivo; non poteva dunque capitare in un momento peggiore la sparatoria coi suoi stimati ex-colleghi che gli piantano 9 pallottole in corpo di cui un paio nel cranio. Ma lui è bullet-proof, ed il sopravvivere è come una rinascita che lo trasformerà in uno dei più grandi rapper di sempre!

Wow, che storia epica ed edificante! Ed in cui chiunque si possa facilmente immedesimare, per giunta!

Quasi due ore nella vita di 50 cent è un supplizio a cui solo i fan più sfegatati e gli amanti del trash sopravviveranno; tutti gli altri... will die tryin'!

Voto: 2 (per non dargli la dignità dell'1).
Trashometro^® 8/10: (very very trasha)
Tags: gangsta, rapper, 50 cent, ghetto, new york, droga, prostituzione, spaccio, omicidio, rapina, rap, azione, sparatoria, drammatico, crimine, musica, trash.

Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

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Regista: Jim Sheridan
Scrittore: Terence Winter
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Valutazione: 3.2/10 (8912 voti)
Durata: 117 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• 50 Cent .... Marcus (as Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson)
• Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje .... Majestic
• Joy Bryant .... Charlene
• Omar Benson Miller .... Keryl
• Tory Kittles .... Justice
• Terrence Howard .... Bama
• Ashley Walters .... Antwan
• Marc John Jefferies .... Young Marcus
• Viola Davis .... Grandma
• Sullivan Walker .... Grandpa

Trama:


Trivia random: 50 Cent watched all of Jim Sheridan's films to prepare for his role.
Citazione random: Charlene: So we have to go back?::Marcus: There's just some things that need answers, I'd rather die like a man than live like a coward.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Dre, Dr.

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Nome di battesimo: Young, Andre Romell
Data di nascita: 18 February 1965
Altezza: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Coniuge: Nicole Young::(May 1996 - present)

Ultimi lavori:

• 50 Cent: Bulletproof (2005) (VG) .... Grizz (voice) [attore]
• 50 Cent: The Massacre - Special Edition (2005) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Game: Documentary (2005) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• 50 Cent: The New Breed (2003) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Bad Boys II (2003) .... (composer: additional music) [misc]
• The N.W.A. Legacy: The Video Collection (2002) (V) .... (video "Bitch Please") [regista]
• Training Day (2001) .... Paul [attore]
• The Wash (2001) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Eminem: E (2000) (V) .... (segments "My Name Is", "Guilty Conscience", "Role Model", "The Real Slim Shady" and "Stan") [regista]
• "Making the Video" (1999) .... (video "The Real Slim Shady") [regista]

Biografia:
Considered by many to be hip-hop's greatest producer, Dr. Dre (b. André Young, February 18, 1965) pioneered gangsta hip-hop and his own variation of the sound, dubbed G-Funk. His very early albums were violent but cautionary tales of the criminal mind, but Dre's records with NWA celebrated the hedonistic, amoralistic side of gang life. Being around during the birth of west coast hip-hop during the early 1980s, Dre found himself performing at house parties and clubs with the World Class Wreckin' Cru around South-Central Los Angeles. Wearing a Doctor's mask when he preformed, he called himself Dr. Dre, Dre being a nickname from André. In 1986, Dre met Ice Cube. Instantly becoming good friends, the two MCs began writing songs for Ruthless Records, a label started by former drug pusher 'Eazy-E' . Initially they were rejected by the record-buying public, but Eazy formed NWA, an acronym for Niggaz With Attitude, with Dre, Cube, and newcomers M.C. Ren and DJ Yella, releasing their first album in 1987. Then, in 1989, with distribution from Bryan Turner and his Priority Records label (now a part of EMI), N.W.A. delivered "Straight Outta Compton," a vicious, violent, and mysogynistic record that became an underground hit with virtually no support from radio, the press, or the still hip-hop-free MTV. N.W.A. became notorious for their violent lyrics, especially those of the song "Fuck tha Police," which resulted in the FBI sending a warning letter to Ruthless and its distributor, Priority Records, suggesting that the group should watch their step. Dre would have several bad falls with the police during his life. While it seemed that the group was strong, Ice Cube suddenly departed in late 1989 admist many financial disagreements with Dre. Suddenly the the music was in Dre's hands. Dre left the group the next year to form Death Row Records with 'Suge Knight' . Knight held NWA's manager at gunpoint and threatening to kill him if he refused to let Dre out of his contract. Dre didn't know how he got out, nor did he care, he was making music. Then Dre discovered Snoop Dogg through his stepbrother 'Warren G' , and he immediately began working with the brilliantly talented MC. Snoop would become great friends with the Doctor and was on Dre's 1992 debut "The Chronic" as much as Dre himself. But trouble was soon to follow. Dre grew frustrated with Knight's strong-arm techniques. At the time, Death Row was devoting itself to Tupac Shakur's label debut, "All Eyez on Me," and Snoop was busy recovering from his draining murder trial. Dre, fed up, left the label in the summer of 1996 to form Aftermath, declaring gangsta hip-hop was dead. Soon thereafter, both 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. were murdered, putting a sudden end to the East Side/West Side hip-hop war, and Suge was later arrested and sent to prison. It would be at least three years before anything big came out of the great producer. It wasn't until he began working on his 2001 album, and discovering an underground MC by the name of Eminem that Dre would make his comeback.

Trivia random: Has been credited for discovering Eminem.
Citazione random: (On the mysogyny in his songs): "Black women are the strongest most hardworking people on earth. The sh*t I talk on records about black women is just that: sh*t."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Eminem

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Nome di battesimo: III, Marshall Bruce Mathers
Data di nascita: 17 October 1972
Altezza: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Coniuge: Kimberly Anne Scott::(14 January 2006 - present) (filed for divorce) 1 child, Kimberly Anne Scott::(14 June 1999 - 11 October 2001) (divorced) 1 child

Ultimi lavori:

• 50 Cent: Bulletproof (2005) (VG) .... Detective McVicar (voice) [attore]
• 50 Cent: The Massacre - Special Edition (2005) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Eminem Presents: The Anger Management Tour (2005) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Eminem's Making the Ass (2005) (TV) .... [attore]
• Eminem: Live from New York City (2005) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Rize (2005) .... (thanks) (as Marshall Mathers) [misc]
• 50 Cent: The New Breed (2003) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Fromage 2003 (2003) (TV) .... Bartender in Obie Trice's "Got Some Teeth" Music Video [attore]
• The Making of '8 Mile' (2003) (TV) .... (special thanks) (as Marshall Mathers) [misc]
• 8 Mile (2002) .... Jimmy 'B-Rabbit' Smith, Jr. [attore]

Biografia:
Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on the 17th October 1972, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Son of a fifteen-year-old mother at the time of his birth and a father who left six month later never to return, Marshall spent his early childhood being shoved back and forth from Kansas City and Detroit. He settled on the Eastside of Detroit when he was 12. Switching schools every two to three months made it difficult to make friends, graduate and to stay out of trouble. Being a rap fan for most of his life, Marshall began rapping at the early age of 4. Rhyming words together, battling schoolmates in the lunchroom brought joy to what was otherwise a painful existence.At the age of 14, he began to get very serious about his rapping but it wasn't until he was 17 that he actually made a name for himself, becoming M& M, which he would later respell as "Eminem". Being rejected by most fellow rappers because of his race, Marshall grew an anger that flows through his music to this day. After failing the 9th grade for three times in a row, he quit school, but remarks that he doesn't consider himself stupid and doesn't advise that people should follow his example. He says that it just wasn't for him. Forcing himself on radio shows, freestyle battles, Marshall threw himself head first into the rap game, where he was swallowed up most of the time. His very first album was titled "Infinite" and, while the album sold less than a thousand copies, it was the gearing up stages for the rapper who became a millionaire. It was then that his daughter, Hailie Jade Scott, was born on December 25th of 1995 with long time girlfriend Kim Scott. Having nothing to lose at all, flat broke and not knowing where he would be living the next week, Marshall set out to rant about life in general, the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please underground. What came out of this was the Slim Shady EP, the early work for the later Dr. Dre revised Slim Shady LP. Down to nearly his last dime, he went into the 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, basically hoping to win the $1,500 cash price which he badly needed. After battling for an hour and throwing back every race diss thrown at him, Marshall made it to second place losing in a slip up. Furious that he had lost, Marshall didn't even notice that he had been spotted. In the crowd were a few producers from Interscope, and they were handed a copy of the "Infinite" tape by way of a demo. Dr. Dre got to hear it and eventually tracked him down. The two instantly hit it off, recording four songs in the their first six hours of working - three which made it to his first LP. After the album was finished, Dr. Dre asked Marshall to come work with him on his new album. He helped produce several tracks and was on the best songs of the album.Now officially making it, Marshall and Dre set to make his second LP. The album became the Marshall Mathers LP and won 3 Grammies and was the first rap album ever to be nominated "Album of the Year", selling more than 8 million records in the United States alone. He also stunned critics when he shot down all homophobic remarks by performing "Stan" with Elton John. Currently working on his third LP, Em has made a movie, 8 Mile (2002), and has gone back and brought his friend with him; D-12. Though 2001 was a rough year for the rapper, being charged with weapon offenses, divorcing his wife, and almost going to prison, Marshall explains his life today in one word. "Claimer".

Trivia random: Adopted his ex-wife's, Kim, other daughter with another man. Her name is Whitney.
Citazione random: "Slim Shady is just the evil thoughts that come into my head. Things I shouldn't be thinking about. Not to be gimmicky, but people should be able to determine when I'm serious and when I'm fuckin around. That's why a lot of my songs are funny. I got a warped sense of humor I guess." --On his alter-ego, Slim Shady.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Sheridan, Jim (I)

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Data di nascita: 6 February 1949
Coniuge: ?::(? - present) 3 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Ikiru (2008) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
• A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2006) (V) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) .... [attore]
• The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife (2003) .... Narrator [attore]
• Bloody Sunday (2002) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• In America (2002) .... (producer) [produttore]
• On the Edge (2001) .... (producer) [produttore]
• Borstal Boy (2000) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Agnes Browne (1999) .... (producer) [produttore]

Trivia random: Father of Irish writers Kirsten Sheridan and Naomi Sheridan.

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Cent, 50

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Nome di battesimo: III, Curtis James Jackson
Data di nascita: 6 July 1975
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)

Ultimi lavori:

• The Dance (2008) .... [attore]
• Home of the Brave (2006) .... Jamal Atkins (as Curtis Jackson) [attore]
• 50 Cent: Bulletproof (2005) (VG) .... 50 Cent (voice) (as Curtis Jackson) [attore]
• 50 Cent: The Massacre - Special Edition (2005) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Game: Documentary (2005) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) .... Marcus (as Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson) [attore]
• Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) .... (singer: "Unconditionally") (as G-Unit) [misc]
• 50 Cent: The New Breed (2003) (V) .... (co-executive producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
Born in South Jamaica, Queens, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson has lived in New York City all his life. Raised by his grandparents after his father ran out and his mother was shot when he was only eight. Growing up, the Queens rapper originally wanted to be a heavyweight boxer, but eventually fell back on rapping. DJs had taken it upon themselves to release two Best of 50 Cent mix CDs, before he had even signed to a major label. 50 Cent hit the scene with "How To Rob An Industry Nigga" and he's been on a rampage ever since dealing with bootleggers, label back stabbing and other platinum selling artists trying to get at him physically. In 1999 his album Power of the Dollar, was heavily bootlegged and Trackmasters/Columbia never released it. Supposedly, Trackmasters weren't comfortable with him being caught up in the streets and getting shot three days before filming the video for "Thug Love," (with Destiny's Child) -- his first single. 50 was shot nine times that night, two shots hitting him in the head, the bullet that struck his face he carries as a reminder of what happened. That event led to the fall out with Columbia and negotiating his release from their grasps. He still showed love and rhymed over a Trackmasters produced remix of "I'm Gonna Be Alright" on J-Lo's latest album, but rivals at Murder Inc. had 50 cut from the track which could have launched the rapper. This all changed in one night when Eminem said on a radio show that "50 Cent is definitely my favorite rapper right now, he's the only one keeping it real." The very next day a bidding war started on 50, ending when 50 signed to Eminem's very own label Shady/Aftermath. 50 Cent's fame has exploded, being produced by Dr. Dre and Eminem and finally making his debut album "Get rich or Die Tryin'." 50 has full access and advantage of the streets through mix-tapes; that's his forum because he controls it. 50 Cent is the most anticipated artist of 2003. It's well deserved because he's "been patiently waiting."

Trivia random: His cartoon-like photo on the cover of his album "The Massacre" was meant to make him look like a Ninja Turtle, his son's favorite cartoon characters. 50 is also a fan of the cartoon, his favorite turtle is Donatello.
Citazione random: "I'm not trying to save the world. As a musician and artist, it just ain't me."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

smackdown!

Cosa ci spinge a fare (ed a farci) del male? Quale sadomasochistica pulsione sembra costringere alcune produzioni cinematografiche dritte nel baratro con l'entusiasmo di un branco di lemmings?
E soprattutto: cosa passava nella testa dei finanziatori quando hanno deciso di dare dei soldi alla WWE di Vince McMahon perché producesse un film horror diretto da Gregory Dark (sì: quello dei Dark Brothers registi e produttori di porno) con protagonista Kane (il "fratello" di The Undertaker)?
Se non è cercarsi una rogna questo...

Detto ciò, ovviamente il risultato - Il Collezionista di Occhi (See No Evil) - è un film bellizzimo.
Alcuni giovani criminali incarcerati per i crimini più disparati, vengono mandati assieme a delle ragguardevoli galeotte (tutti in abiti civili e perfettamente pettinati e truccati) a fare del lavoro socialmente utile: un vecchio albergo in disuso dà riparo a molti senza tetto; i servizi sociali locali li hanno fatti sloggiare ed hanno assegnato ai detenuti il compito di... farne un rifugio per i senza tetto! (well, well, well...)
A sorvegliarli solo due poliziotti, uno dei quali ha una mano artificiale, avendo perso l'originale in uno scontro con un serial killer che aveva infestato la città 20 anni prima.
Inizialmente tutto si svolge secondo i canoni tipici della gita scolastica, con festicciole, scherzi, risse, furtarelli e scopatine assortite... quand'ecco l'inaspettato! Il suddetto serial killer ricompare (il corpo non era mai stato ritrovato né, per quanto ne sappiamo, era mai stato cercato) e miete vittime tra i poveri criminali!
Difficile scegliere con chi solidalizzare.

Il nostro eroico serial killer è niente più di un originalissimo energumenazzo variamente deforme, che ama strappare (con le unghie!) gli occhi alle sue vittime in modo da conservarli in vasetti a mò di pesche sciroppate; l'arma preferita consiste in un uncino legato ad una lunga catena con il quale arpiona gli stolti peccatori stile Scorpion di Mortal Kombat.
Troverà pane per i suoi denti in un detenuto che, palesemente ispiratosi a Final Fight, se ne va in giro a randellare cose e persone con una tubatura dell'acqua...

Imbarazzante il tentativo (fallito, tranquilli!) di mettere una trama in un film che non fa la minima concessione alla verosimiglianza, si distingue giusto per un paio di momenti abbastanza gore e la presenza di un wrestler che da fondo a tutte le sue abilità recitative.

Voto: 2 Trashometro^® 7/10:
Tags: horror, gore, polizia, detenuti, albergo, peccatori, violenza, occhi, trash, wrestler.

Dark, Gregory (I)

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Nome di battesimo: Brown, Gregory Hippolyte
Data di nascita: 12 July 1957
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Sharlotte Blake::(2002 - present), Ruby Richards::(January 1997 - 2001) (divorced)

Ultimi lavori:

• See No Evil (2006) .... [regista]
• Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative (2004) (V) .... (video "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart") [regista]
• Disturbed: M.O.L. (2002) (V) .... (music video director: "Voices") [misc]
• Linkin Park: Frat Party at the Pankake Festival (2001) (V) .... (music video director: "One Step Closer") (uncredited) [misc]
• Xzibit: Restless Xposed (2001) (V) .... (segment "What U See Is What U Get") [regista]
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: Greatest Video Hits (2000) (V) .... (video "Ghetto Cowboy") [regista]
• "Making the Video" (1999) .... (videos "Walk Me Home" and "The Hardest Part of Breaking Up") [regista]
• "The Profession" (1998) .... [regista]
• Psycho Sexuals #02 (1998) (V) .... [regista]
• "Oz" (1997) .... (video "Behind the Walls" Music Video - year 2000) [regista]

Trivia random: Used to be half of an adult movie production team, the Dark Brothers. Now he is the only Dark Brother, though he retains the plural name...

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Mortal Kombat (1992) (VG)

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Scrittore: Ed Boon, John Tobias
Genere: Action, Horror
Valutazione: 8.1/10 (50 voti)
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Dan Pesina .... Johnny Cage/Scorpion/Sub Zero/Reptile
• Richard Divizio .... Kano
• Carlos Pesina .... Raiden/Rayden (Home Versions)
• Ho Sung Pak .... Liu Kang/Shang Tsung
• Elizabeth Malecki .... Sonya Blade
• Ed Boon .... Scorpion (voice)

Trama:
Seven martial artists from Earth must battle in sorcerer Shang Tsung's super secret tournament. For the past 9 of these tournaments, Shang Tsung's four-armed mutant bodyguard Goro has won all of them. Should he win the tenth, Earth will be left at the mercy of Shang Tsung's Outworld. Playable characters include Raiden, the Thunder God invited to fight in the tournament, in human (and thus killable) form; Liu Kang, a Shaolin monk determined to stop Shang Tsung; Johnny Cage, a Hollywood movie star who wants the publicity; Sonya Blade, a US Special Forces agent; Kano, a tyrant being pursued by Sonya Blade; Sub-Zero, a mercenary ninja with orders to assassinate Shang Tsung and Scorpian, a murdered ninja who has been brought back from the dead to try and kill Sub-Zero, the man who murdered him.

Trivia random: Raiden, the electric God of thunder, is based on lightening-wielding character from Big Trouble in Little China (1986).
Citazione random: Voice over: Flawless victory!

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Jacobs, Glen

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Nome di battesimo: Jacobs, Glen Thomas
Data di nascita: 26 April 1967
Altezza: 6' 9" (2.06 m)
Coniuge: Maurisa::(1995 - present) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• See No Evil (2006) .... Jacob Goodnight (as Kane) [attore]
• Summerslam (2006) (V) .... Kane (Summerslam Promo) [attore]
• "WWE Saturday Night's Main Event" (2006) .... Kane [attore]
• WWE Unforgiven (2006) (V) .... Kane [attore]
• The Smackdown! Special (2005) (TV) .... Kane (as Kane) [attore]
• WWE Day of Reckoning 2 (2005) (VG) .... Kane (Graphical likeness) [attore]
• WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006 (2005) (VG) .... Kane (voice) [attore]
• WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw (2004) (VG) .... Kane (voice) [attore]
• WWF Attitude (1999) (VG) .... Kane (voice) [attore]
• "Sunday Night Heat" (1998) .... Kane (199 [attore]

Trivia random: Has 2 stepdaughters.
Citazione random: "I don't do what you people want. I Do What I Want!"

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Final Fight (1989/I) (VG)

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La ricerca ha prodotto più di un risultato.

1. Bloodfight (1989)
2. Final Fight (1989) (VG)
3. "Final Fight" (1995)
4. Final Offer (1985) (TV)
5. Final Fight: Streetwise (2006) (VG)
6. Final Fight Guy (1992) (VG)
7. Turrican II: The Final Fight (1991) (VG)
8. Street Fighter 2, Victory: Volume IX, Final Conflict (2001) (V)
9. Street Fighter (1994)
10. Galaxina 2 (2001) (V)
11. Final Flight of the Osiris (2003)
12. Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994) (TV)
13. Intruder (1989)
14. Backfire (1987)
15. Ooru naito rongu 3: Saishuu-shô (1996) (V)
16. Gackt Live Tour 2004: The Sixth Day and Seventh Night - Final (2004) (V)
17. Huangjia xianggang jingcha de zuihou yi ye (2002)
18. Concorde: The Final Flight (2004) (TV)
19. Late Night Final (1954)
20. Final Hours: Amelia Earhart's Last Flight, The (2000) (TV)

McMahon, Vince

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Nome di battesimo: McMahon, Vincent Kennedy
Data di nascita: 24 August 1945
Altezza: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Coniuge: Linda McMahon::(6 August 1966 - present) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Jornada del muerto (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Condemned (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• ECW December to Dismember (2006) (V) .... (producer) [produttore]
• ECW One Night Stand 2 (2006) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• "Extreme Championship Wrestling" (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• The Marine (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• See No Evil (2006) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Summerslam (2006) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• Survivor Series (2006) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
• WWE Armageddon (2006) (V) .... (executive producer) [produttore]

Biografia:
In the world of sports and sports entertainment, few promoters have been as successful as Vincent K. McMahon. Born Aug. 24, 1945, to second- generation wrestling promoter Vincent J. McMahon, the young Vince eventually transformed his father's regional wrestling promotion, the northeastern U.S.'s World-Wide Wrestling Federation (later World Wrestling Federation, or WWF), into a worldwide success. Vince, who attended Fishborne Military School as a youth, was a star wrestler in high school. He eventually graduated from East Carolina University with a degree in marketing. By the early 1970s, the younger Vince convinced his father to hire him as promoter for his company, Capitol Wrestling Corp. (which promoted wrestling events as the WWF) He promoted his first WWF wrestling card in 1971 (in Bangor, Maine); the event was a rousing success, and started Vince Jr.'s rise to professional wrestling glory. In 1972, the then 27-year-old McMahon began providing play-by-play commentary for the WWF's weekly syndicated program; at the same time, he helped increase market clearances for the WWF's syndicated programs from nine northeastern U.S. stations (in 1972) to more than triple that by 1980. In 1982, the younger Vince purchased the Capitol Wrestling Corp. from his ailing father (he died in 1984), and began planning a vision to become the world's largest and most successful wrestling enterprise by giving the WWF a much broader audience. McMahon accomplished that through combining the traditional sport of wrestling with elements from the entertainment world (hence the term, sports entertainment); and giving the promotion a national audience (by promoting WWF events and selling airtime to local stations nationwide; airing weekly programs and pay-per-view events on cable and satellite TV). He also initiated one of the first successful major wrestling events, 1985's WrestleMania. However, McMahon's ride to success hasn't always been smooth -- in the early 1990s, allegations of steroid use among top superstars and other misconduct within the WWF nearly ruined Vince and his company. Also, ventures into the realms of bodybuilding (the World Bodybuilding Federation) and professional football (the XFL) failed miserably. For years, McMahon was engaged in a bitter ratings and promotions war with Ted Turner's wrestling ventures (the last being World Championship Wrestling (WCW); it was a battle Turner commanded at one point. McMahon eventually won the battle and today enjoys one of the world's most successful entertainment dynasties. His family -- wife, Linda; son, Shane, and daughter-in-law Marissa; and daugher Stephanie -- all play key roles in the family venture. McMahon is recognized today by many -- supporters and foes alike -- as a fearless and visionary promoter who turned the regional wrestling promotion WWF into a global sensation.

Trivia random: At the WWF Survivor Series in 1997, he shocked the wrestling world by screwing Bret Hart out of the WWF title. He then used the screwjob incident to turn himself into the biggest heel in the company.
Citazione random: "The worst sound in our business is silence. That means they don't care."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

See No Evil (2006)

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Regista: Gregory Dark
Scrittore: Dan Madigan
Genere: Horror
Valutazione: 5.1/10 (2088 voti)
Durata: 84 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English

Cast:

• Glen Jacobs .... Jacob Goodnight (as Kane)
• Christina Vidal .... Christine
• Luke Pegler .... Michael
• Samantha Noble .... Kira
• Michael J. Pagan .... Tyson
• Rachael Taylor .... Zoe
• Steven Vidler .... Frank Williams
• Penny McNamee .... Melissa
• Craig Horner .... Richie
• Mikael Wilder .... Russell

Trama:


Trivia random: The tagline "This summer, evil gets Raw" refers to the WWE wrestling show Glen Jacobs (Kane) appears on, _"Raw Is War" (1997)_ .
Citazione random: Margaret: Look into their eyes, can't you see the sin?

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.

Calaway, Mark

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Nome di battesimo: Callaway, Mark Lucas
Data di nascita: 24 March 1962
Altezza: 6' 8" (2.03 m)
Coniuge: Sara Calaway::(21 July 2000 - present) 2 children, Jodi Lynn::(February 1989 - June 1999) (divorced) 2 children

Ultimi lavori:

• Jornada del muerto (2007) .... (attached) [attore]
• Summerslam (2006) (V) .... Undertaker [attore]
• WWE Great American Bash (2006) (V) .... Undertaker [attore]
• WWE Hall of Fame 2006 (2006) (V) .... Undertaker [attore]
• WWE Judgment Day (2006) (V) .... Undertaker [attore]
• WWE No Mercy (2006) (V) .... Undertaker [attore]
• WWE No Way Out (2006) (TV) .... The Undertaker [attore]
• "WWE Saturday Night's Main Event" (2006) .... Undertaker [attore]
• WrestleMania 22 (2006) (TV) .... Undertaker [attore]
• The Smackdown! Special (2005) (TV) .... Undertaker [attore]

Biografia:
Born in 1962. Probably best known as "The Undertaker" from the WWF. He first came to the WWF in 1990 as Ted DiBiases mystery partner at The Survivor Series. At first he was a heel, but he later turned face, around Wrestlemania VII. He has held the WWF World Title on two seperate occasions, first at the 1992 Survivor Series (dubbed "Hulk Hogan's Gravest Challenge"), from then champion, Hulk Hogan. Hogan won the title back shortly thereafter, only to be stripped of the title due to the circumstances by which he won the match. Undertaker next won the title at Wrestlemania XIII from the Psycho Sid.

Trivia random: Mother: Catherine Calaway, father: Frank Calaway (died July 22 2003), older brothers: David, Michael, Paul, and Timothy.
Citazione random: (To Kurt Angle) "I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna kick your teeth so far down your throat that you'll be able to chew your own ass out for pissing me off."

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Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.