Ahhh... gli Z-movies con
Malcolm McDowell, che soddisfazione.
Ed in
Island of the Dead - L'Isola della morte ci sono pure le mosche assassine! Cosa chiedere di più?
Talisa Soto è una improbabile investigatrice della sezione persone scomparse; si sta occupando del caso di 1/2/3 bambine svanite nel nulla, quando per motivi tutti suoi si reca su
Hart Island, dove pare che i New York-esi gettino i propri cadaveri come spazzatura.
Ci troverà alcune sgradite presenze: oltre al già citato McDowell, qui tycoon sul punto di spianare l'isola per costruirvi un complesso immobiliare destinato ai poveri e derelitti (che nella sua testa si pagherebbero l'affitto sottoponendosi ad esperimenti per le case farmaceutiche...), ci sono pure delle
mega-mosche-assassine (in realtà tali mosche, quando vengono inquadrate, sono creaturine normalissime).
Indecisa su quale sia la presenza più molesta, combatterà entrambi con la giusta dose di sdegno e disapprovazione.
Non mancano pure alcuni detenuti, sull'isola per lavori socialmente inutili (tra questi pure
Mos Def), che ci delizieranno con battute, gags ed elevate elucubrazioni sulla vita, la morte, l'avidità umana e la patacca.
All'arrivo delle mosche assassine che infettano le persone e le uccidono in pochi minuti (facendole diventare incubatrici per altre bestiole), tutti perdono quel poco di buon senso che avevano ed iniziano a fare una vaccata dietro l'altra.
Trattasi di selezione naturale in atto.
Film pregno di bruttezza, realizzato senza alcuna voglia e capacità, eppure in grado di trasudare una fastidiosa aria di supponenza (si crede molto d'essere, con i monologhi interiori di Talisa, che non parano in niente).
Da non perdere: il tizio che muore sullo sfondo, nel disinteresse generale dei suoi presunti amici; i suddetti amici che poi recuperano il corpo e per dargli degna sepoltura scendono in una enorme fossa comune profonda 6 metri ed... iniziano a scavare; la solita pompa di benzina che esplode con un fungo atomico.
Più auto-punitivo (mooolto lento e noioso) che trash, è comunque da consigliare ai grandi fan di McDowell (della Soto no: se ne va in giro tutto il tempo con un cappotto...)
Voto: 1. Trashometro
® 4/10:
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Island of the Dead (2000) (V)
Island of the dead - L'isola della morte
Regista: Tim Southam Scrittore: Peter Koper,
Tim Southam Genere: Horror, Thriller, Horror
Valutazione: 2.7/10 (415 voti)
Durata: 91 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:The people of New York have been burying their unknown dead on Hart Island since 1869. Now real estate tycoon Rupert King wants to build what he calls "Hope City", supposedly to help the poor and homeless of the city "get a leg up", on this same island, with no thought of the current million or so "residents". Accompanied by a New York cop looking for a missing girl's body and some reluctant employees of the Department of Corrections, King makes his way to the island for the ground-breaking ceremony. But when his personal assistant goes missing, and night falls on the island, dark secrets are revealed, not only about the island itself, but King's "noble" plans for it as well. And the island's residents, with their souls in the form of countless and lethal flies, have no intention of being ignored.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Def, Mos
Nome di battesimo: Smith, Dante Terrell
Data di nascita: 11 December 1973
Altezza: 5' 9½" (1.77 m)
Coniuge: Maria Yepes::(1996 - 2006) (divorced) 2 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Taking a cue from the Afrocentric stylings of the Native Tongues crew, which included De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest and Andres Titus, Mos Def has emerged as one of the more conscientious voices of new school hip-hop, alongside the likes of Common, Outkast, Goodie Mob and The Roots, to name just a few. A lyricist lounge staple, he gained acclaim appearing on recordings by De La Soul and Bush Babees before releasing the single "Universal Magnetic" in 1997. Since then he has appeared on numerous recordings with several crews, including Medina Green and Black Star (of which he is half). His full-length debut album, "Black On Both Sides", was released in 1999 and is destined to achieve classic status.
Trivia random: His name is quite appropriate in regards to his character in The Italian Job (2003), who went deaf after blowing up a toilet.
Citazione random: What I take from writers I like is their economy -- the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words -- that's magical. That's what I've been trying to strive for -- to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
McDowell, Malcolm
Nome di battesimo: Taylor, Malcolm John
Data di nascita: 13 June 1943
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Kelley Kuhr::(12 November 1991 - present) 2 children, Mary Steenburgen::(29 September 1980 - 1990) (divorced) 2 children, Margot Bennett::(21 April 1975 - September 1980) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Malcolm John Taylor was born on June 13, 1943, in Leeds, England, to working-class parents Charles and Edna Taylor. His father was a publican and an alcoholic. Malcolm hated his parents' ways and fought against it. His father was keen to send his son to private school to give him a good start in life, so Malcolm was packed off to boarding school at 11. He attended the Tunbridge Boarding School and the Cannock House School in Eltham, Kent. At school he was beaten with the slipper or cane every Monday for his waywardness. Whilst at school, he decided that he wanted to become an actor; it was also around this time that his love for race cars began. He attended the London Academy of Music and Art to study acting. Meanwhile, he worked at his parents' pub but lost his job when the pub went bankrupt, his father drinking all the profits. He then had a variety of jobs, from coffee salesman to messenger. His first big-screen role was in Poor Cow (1967), although his 2-minute scene was ultimately cut from the completed film. Soon after, he caught the attention of director Lindsay Anderson who cast him in the role of a rebellious student in his film If.... (1968). The film catapulted Malcolm to stardom in Britain but failed everywhere else. He was so enthusiastic about the film's success that he wanted to do another right away. He began writing what would become the semi-autobiographical O Lucky Man! (1973). Meanwhile, he starred as the infamous Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's controversial A Clockwork Orange (1971), a role that caused him to be typecast as a manic psychopathic villain. In early 1976, he spent nearly a year working on what would later be one of the most infamous films of all time, the semi-pornographic Caligola (1979), financed by Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione. Around that time, the British film industry collapsed, forcing him to flee to America to continue working. His first American film was Time After Time (1979). He then did Britannia Hospital (1982), the last part of Lindsay Anderson's working-class trilogy that started with If.... (1968). In the mid-1980s, the years of alcohol and drug abuse, including $1000 a week on cocaine, caught up with him. Years of abuse took its toll on him; his black hairs were now grey. Looking older than he really was, nobody wanted to cast him for playing younger roles. The big roles having dried up, he did many B-rated movies. The 1990s were kinder to him, though. In 1994, he was cast as Dr. Soran, the man who killed Captain Kirk in Star Trek: Generations (1994). He was back on the track, playing villains again. He played another in the classic BBC mini-series, "Our Friends in the North" (1996). Today, with more than 100 films under his belt, he is one of the greatest actors in America. He still doesn't have American citizenship, but he likes the no-nonsense American ways. He currently resides in the northern suburb of Los Angeles.
Trivia random: In an interview he said that a magazine named him "King Of Punk" after his appearance in "A clockwork orange". This is probably because of the punk references that appears in the movie, such as the droogies costume style.
Citazione random: [When asked what his favorite Stanley Kubrick film was]: "A Clockwork Orange (1971)! I never saw any of the others."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Soto, Talisa
Nome di battesimo: Soto, Miriam
Data di nascita: 27 March 1967
Altezza: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
Coniuge: Benjamin Bratt::(13 April 2002 - present) 2 children, Costas Mandylor::(May 1997 - 2000) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Born to a Puerto Rican family in Brooklyn, Talisa was raised there and in Massachusetts. She started modeling at age 15 and has appeared on the covers of "Vogue," "Mademoiselle," "Glamour," and "Self," as well as in a "Sports Illustrated" swimsuit issue. She has been making film appearances since 1988, beginning with Spike of Bensonhurst (1988).
Trivia random: Former sister-in-law of Louis Mandylor.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
1 commento:
accidenti Malcolm McDowell dopo Arancia meccanica non ne ha fatto più una giusta :D
peccato che ci sia anche Mos Def in sto film, perchè è bravetto, specialmente in Be kind rewind
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