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Paradise Now (2005) -->Two friends, Said and Khaled, are recruited to be suicide bombers in an attack on Tel Aviv. The film explores the minds of the two and their reasons why they have decided to kill themselves for a cause. When the two are thwarted at the border they rethink their situation and one decides to quit while the other continues until the job is done.

Director Hany Abu-Assad gives you a lot to think about with this film and you will not come away with any simple answers to your questions. Why Middle Easterners, on such a dramatic scale, kill themselves and others for a cause is something we have been asking in the west for quite sometime. The film gives some insight into this query, but it isn't a totally satisfying all encompassing answer.


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Death Race 2000 (1975) --> Starring David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone, Paul Bartel's exploitation flick gives the movie-goer an interesting vision of the year 2000. A cross country race where finishing in first place doesn't necessarily give you victory as it is your accumulated points gained from running over children, invalids, elderly people and others that are added to your placement at the finish line which determines an overall winner. A macabre view of the future where murderers in suped-up automobiles are the heroes of the day, Death Race 2000is a fun and devilish watch.


Scott D. Brown

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) --> Will Ferrell's style of comedy is moved onto the NASCAR race tracks resulting in one of his better films of late. Ferrell teams up with Adam McKay who worked with the star on the successful 2004 flick Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (McKay directed both films and shared the writing duties with Ferrell).

Ferrell plays Ricky Bobby, a champion NASCAR driver who is a little short on intelligence. Along with his sidekick and perennial runner-up teammate Cal Naughton, Jr. (John C. Reilly), Bobby battles newcomer Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen) a former formula one driver who intends to push Bobby out of the spotlight. The film is enjoyable and will be a treat for all the Ferrell fans out there.


Scott D. Brown

Shi di chu ma [The Young Master] (1980) --> Jackie Chan's directorial debut, The Young Master shows the slap stick that Chan is famous for and starts Chan's rise to the top of the Hong Kong martial arts movie scene. The story of this film is insignificant as it is the battle between Dragon (Chan) and criminal mastermind Kam (Whang Ing Sik) that occupies the ending to the film that will be remembered for as long as HK martial arts films are known. It is one of the longest fight sequences in any martial arts film lasting over 15 minutes.


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