Best of the Best II 1993  R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Radler
Cast: Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, Chris Penn, Edan Gross, Ralf Moeller, Meg Foster, Sonny Landham, Wayne Newton, Betty Carvalho, Simon Rhee, Claire Stansfield, Hayward Nishioka
Our heroes just led the U.S. martial arts team to a world championship, and now they are in Las Vegas where the secret, no-holds-barred Coliseum is in operation. After one of the team is killed in the ring by Brakus (Ralph Moeller), the good guys train for revenge. Wayne Newton plays the ringmaster.
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The Dark Backward 1991 R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
aka: The Man with Three Arms
Director: Adam Rifkin
Cast: Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle, James Caan, Rob Lowe, King Moody, Claudia Christian, Danny Dayton, Carrie Lynn, Anna Berger, Tom Hodges, Adam Rifkin
Unhappy garbage man Marly Malt (Judd Nelson) moonlights as a comedian, but his fellow garbage man Gus (Bill Paxton) is the only one who enjoys his humor. Marty is a failure in the comic genre–until he grows a third arm out of his back and is billed as "Desi the Three-Armed Wonder Comic." With Gus providing backup on his accordion, Marty finally gets laughs.
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Licence to Kill 1989  PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Anthony Zerbe, Frank McRae, Everett McGill, Benicio Del Toro, Desmond Llewelyn, David Hedison, Wayne Newton, Anthony Starke, Robert Brown, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Priscilla Barnes
Timothy Dalton continues his James Bond portrayals in his second starring role as Agent 007. This time, he heads to Mexico to fight a drug empire after learning that drug dealer Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) has killed his CIA friend Felix Leiter's (David Hedison) bride on their honeymoon. Bond tracks down Sanchez, and the chase culminates on the highway and involves an oil tanker and a helicopter.
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 Smokin' Aces 2007   R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Joe Carnahan
Cast: Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Jason Bateman, Peter Berg, Common, Alicia Keyes, Nestor Carbonell, Taraji P. Henson, Martin Henderson, Joseph Ruskin, Alex Rocco, Wayne Newton
Las Vegas magician-turned-gangster Buddy "Aces" Israel (Jeremy Piven) has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Mob, and FBI agents Richard Messner (Ryan Reynolds) and Donald Carruthers (Ray Liotta) are assigned to protect the witness. But, word spreads that Mob boss Primo Sparazza (Joseph Ruskin) has taken out a contract of $1 million on Buddy. Now, a myriad of bounty hunters, thugs, and wanna-be cons descend on Lake Tahoe where the FBI has put Buddy in a high-roller penthouse to protect their witness while working out the deal. Carruthers and Messner have their work cut out for them. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 02/02/2007 | | Very entertaining film. Loved the action, the actors were outstanding in each of there rolls. Not for everybody, but very original and well made. |
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Vegas Vacation 1997 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
Director: Stephen Kessler
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn, Ethan Embry, Marisol Nichols, Christie Brinkley, Wayne Newton, Jerry Weintraub, Sid Caesar, Shae D'Lyn, Siegfried Fischbacher, Roy Horn, Wallace Shawn, Julio Oscar Mechoso
This is the fourth in the series of Chevy Chase "Vacation" films about the hapless Griswold family who–by now–should know to NEVER take a family vacation together. The Griswolds visit Las Vegas, and Clark (Chevy Chase) hits the blackjack table and, encouraged by the dealer Marty (Wallace Shawn), loses all of his money. Meanwhile, Clark's wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) falls for lounge singer Wayne Newton (Himself) and is invited to sing with him. Their daughter Audrey (Marisol Nichols) joins up with her stripper cousin Vickie (Shae D'Lyn), and they visit dance clubs. To make the vacation a complete disaster, their son Rusty (Ethan Embry is great at playing dice and falls in with gangsters. Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) offers to help, but will Eddie succeed in bringing the family to its senses?
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| 1. Best of the Best II (1993)
2. The Dark Backward (1991)
aka: The Man with Three Arms
3. Licence to Kill (1989)
4. Smokin' Aces (2007)
5. Vegas Vacation (1997)
aka: National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
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