Comments on: Rapid Fire

By: RRA

RRA — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:20:16 +0000

Leong was also in I COME IN PEACE, which was a pretty good buddy cop actioneer…with the alien shit the cherry on top.

By: Mr. Majestyk

Mr. Majestyk — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:11:40 +0000

Leong’s toughness causes a lot of trouble for McClane, actually. He has to shoot the fucker like 12 times, which leaves him with only two bullets to face Hans and the American asshole who bet 50 bucks on the Lakers. Then again, if Leong had gone down with one shot or been killed earlier in the movie when ammo was plentiful, then the ending of Die Hard would have been much less badass, so I’d say this theory we’ve concocted holds a lot of water.

By: Jam

Jam — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:59:29 +0000

I think Al Leong gets machine-gunned on the roof near the end, right before McClane’s fire-hose jump, which might prove someone’s theory correct.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:52:51 +0000

Haha, I’m one of Vern’s Seagalogists / Seagalologists (can never remember which is the genuine article and which is the inferior knock-off, sorry Vern!) who thinks Marked for Death is Seagal’s best films. Indeed, it’s one of my fave action films… it’s done really well, the soundtrack is nicely creepy, the acting is convincingly overdone, and Basil Wallace as Screwface is one of the best over-the-top villains since a little-known film called Die Hard came out and introduced us to Hans Gruber…

By: Christian Brimo

Christian Brimo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:17:04 +0000

“i’m no style expert, but i think that inherent in badassness is confidence, and if you’re dressing/grooming like a dumbass it doesn’t exactly exude confidence.”

You’ve got a point

By: Hawkzino

Hawkzino — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:07:25 +0000

God damn I love this movie. Thanks Vern and others, glad I’m not alone here. I too love that cheesy soft rock track at the end – ‘any time you need me I’ll beeeee theeeeerrre…’ You can feel the mullets. Tragic that we haven’t got more of these Brandon Lee movies to enjoy – the guy was a natural.

By: Top 100 Movie Heroes

Top 100 Movie Heroes — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:44:00 +0000

[...] The Karate Kid – Who can forget his friendship with Mr. Miyagi and the legendary crane stance? 83. John Hatcher in Marked for Death – Steven Seagal plays a government agent who returns home to recharge his batteries, only to get [...]

By: telf

telf — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:05:35 +0000

Danny – agreed. I guess attitude and context are key. Vern did a comparison of Shaft and some preppy white boy (I think – forget which review it was in) both wearing identical turtleneck ensembles. One was badass, one… was not.

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:07:22 +0000

christian, i think part of the badass caring about their appearance thing is just that they look fucking cool. it’s rare that they’re all prettied-up, they generally just look like men who dress confidently. i’m no style expert, but i think that inherent in badassness is confidence, and if you’re dressing/grooming like a dumbass it doesn’t exactly exude confidence.

By: Christian Brimo

Christian Brimo — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:05:17 +0000

“Christian – Did you ever see Devil in a Blue Dress. Cheadle’s character Mouse is a scary little bastard and a dapper dresser. In the books Denzel’s character concludes that Mouse believes that a man that dresses that well just can’t be killed (or words to that effect). So maybe that is a part of it.”

Never saw the movie, but I read the book and yeah it fits
I think its a borderline case… I dunno if dressing well is a contrast to being a badass or part of being a badass.