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American Ninja (1985) – MR00003 (2019) – 🐸🐸🐸βšͺβšͺ

The PolyBlog
February 1 2019

Plot An American soldier with special skills gets posted to an island base where someone keeps hijacking military convoys. When his convoy gets hit, he’s cooperating right up until someone hits the Colonel’s daughter, and then he intervenes. When the hijackers send Ninjas after him, it becomes even more obvious though that his skills are way more than just simple techniques. His memory of his childhood is mostly gone from an explosion on an island, but he has obviously had training. What I Liked Some of the basic fight scenes are fine, particularly between Joe and the Black Star Ninja. … Continue reading →

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Captain America (2011) – MR00001 (2019) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸βšͺ

The PolyBlog
January 23 2019

Plot Steve Rogers, a scrawny young man, wants to enlist in the US Army and go overseas to fight in WWII. But his size and health mean his attempts at enlistment always end the same way — a 4F rating. Until a scientist sees him and recruits him to try out for a special training program to create a super-soldier. What I Liked The Marvel universe sticks pretty closely to classic script with him being given a serum that jacks his body into super muscle mode. He’s already brave and smart, so it would seem like a no-brainer to send … Continue reading →

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Godzilla (1998) – MR00006 (1998) – 🐸🐸🐸βšͺβšͺ

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June 5 1998

Plot A large reptile mutated by French nuclear tests in the Polynesian Islands goes on vacation in NYC. What I Liked Matthew Broderick (playing Nick Tatopoulos) adds another genre to his list of acting credits (following War Games, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Biloxi Blues, etc.) and takes on the role of the disrespected scientist who knows all about radiation effects on all creatures great and small because he has been studying mutated worms in Chernobyl. The special effects are pretty good (covering underground, undersea, the heart of NYC, etc.), and there is something somewhat more menacing about this big dumb … Continue reading →

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Flubber (1997) – MR00002 (1998) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

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June 5 1998

Plot Absent-minded professor invents “flying rubber” i.e., flubber. Hilarity ensues. What I Liked Robin Williams pulls out all his comic genius for this Disney pic without going over the top as the absent-minded professor. The phrase “hilarity ensues” is often overused but is an understatement for this movie, suitable in most respects for kids of all ages. The humour is either slap-stick style or straight-faced silly conversations, so we’re not talking rocket-science here. Most kids will laugh hysterically at the final slapstick scenes, while more high-browed adults will cover their mouths with their hands and pretend they’re not. Main characters … Continue reading →

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