![]() ![]() The police force Cooper holds so dear isn’t as honest as she believes though, and she soon discovers a few of her fellow officers to be paid assassins. Over-enthusiastic San Antonio police officer, Rose Cooper (Reese Witherspoon) believes herself to be the luckiest cop on the force when she’s assigned the dangerous job of escorting witnesses Felipe (Vincent Laresca) and Daniella Riva (Sofía Vergara) across states lines to testify against the Columbian drug cartel. Rotten Tomatoes: 8% (Critics), 35% (Audience) If you’re tired of the usual blasé action movies, a Tarantino fan, or simply appreciate unique storytelling there are few movies that are guaranteed to entertain quite like Kill Bill.Ĭast: Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Kazinsky, Richard T. ![]() A visual feast ensues as the list carries us through Vol.1 to 2 where we’re given more information about The Bride’s, Bill’s, and the assassination squad’s origins and eventually their bloody demise. After waking from a four-year coma, the ex-assassin, simply known as The Bride in Vol.1, creates a hit-list seeking payback on Bill, her former lover and boss, and his deadly team of top-notch killers who tried yet failed to finish her. The result is a highly entertaining, almost murder-mystery layer of interaction added to the film, where highly stylized flashbacks, witty barbs, and the masterful visuals one has come to expect from Tarantino slowly unravel a deeply personal story of revenge. Utilizing the same nonlinear chapter style narrative as Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Vol.1 kicks off by tossing us headfirst into the middle of the story and a bloody fight scene between our lead The Bride aka Black Mamba (Uma Thurman) and Vernita Green aka Copperhead (Vivica A. Rotten Tomatoes: 85% (Critics), 81% (Audience)Īlthough they were released as two separate films, Kill Bill Vol.1 and 2 are for all cinematic purposes a single movie-including counting as one entry in Tarantino’s career-promised ten. Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Michael Madsen, Vivica A. Lending them his phone booth which can move through time, Bill and Ted round up the likes of Joan of Arc (Jane Wiedlin), Billy the Kid (Dan Shor), Napoleon (Terry Camilleri), and more for what is still to this day the most fun and informative history lesson I’ve ever experienced. Fear not, because all is saved when Rufus (George Carlin), a music fan from the future makes a trip back to help the struggling duo. Their looming history project threatens to tank that dream though as a failure would mean Ted’s immediate enrollment in military school. Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are high school BFFs with hopes of one day starting a band. Transforming from a misunderstood slacker film upon its release into a cult classic thanks to frequent showings on daytime TV, you no longer have to wait through commercials to enjoy this “most excellent” adventure. Rotten Tomatoes: 81% (Critics), 75% (Audience) With production design by acclaimed comic artist Jean Henri Gaston Giraud, costume design by haute couture legend Jean-Paul Gaultier, and a dousing of comedy via the Prince-inspired Ruby Rhod (Chris Tucker), this is the runway/standup pop culture fueled outer space sci-fi shoot-em-up you couldn’t have possibly known you needed but will undoubtedly fall in love with.Ĭast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin ![]() ![]() The reason for her arrival is none other than to save the world from the terrifying and compulsive villain Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg (Gary Oldman), and his evil talking planet overlord. Set in the year 2263, New York cabbie and former special forces soldier, Korben Dallas’s (Bruce Willis) boring life is flipped upside down when an ancient being named Leeloo (Milla Lovovich) is revived in flesh form and crash lands in the backseat of his flying taxi. The greatest foray into intergalactic CAMP ever made, The Fifth Element remains a cinematic experience unlike any other. Rotten Tomatoes: 70% (Critics), 86% (Audience) Cast: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker ![]()
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