Category Archives: Comedy

Rainn Wilson – Super

Posted on January 19, 2012 at 3:31 am by admin

A return to the comedy genre in this post and a recent inclusion in the fairly limited group of vigilante comedy movies.  Super was a low budget 2010 production which cost just $2.5 million to make and somehow manages to … Continue reading →

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Michael Caine – The Italian Job

Posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:06 pm by admin

To be absolutely clear, here we are talking about the 1969 British comedy classic, not the more recent Hollywood metaphorical car crash.  Made when the British film industry was at one of its high points, it features a whole host … Continue reading →

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Arnold Schwarzenegger – Commando

Posted on May 25, 2011 at 9:45 pm by admin

I must have commented before on this website that there are some revenge films that aren’t going to win any Oscars, Palme d’Ors or any other worthy honour.  However they’re not quite bad enough to be on the receiving end … Continue reading →

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Paul Newman & Robert Redford – The Sting

Posted on May 10, 2011 at 9:16 pm by admin

I’ll categorise this 1973 film under ‘comedy’, even though there is an underlying threat and darkness surrounding the whole movie.  That’s all offset by the appearance of Newman and Redford who managed to bring a lighter note to (almost) every … Continue reading →

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Mandy Patinkin – The Princess Bride

Posted on April 29, 2011 at 9:03 pm by admin

A slight oddity this, but a superb film nonetheless, the actual star was Cary Elwes who played farmhand Westley but the revenge portion of the film features Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya who has, for fans of the film, one … Continue reading →

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Uma Thurman – Kill Bill Volume 2

Posted on February 17, 2011 at 9:08 pm by admin

Last post we were introduced to Uma Thurman’s avenging character The Bride (aka Black Mamba – her name while she was part of the Deadly Vipers Assassination Squad (DVAS).  She was gradually working her way through her hit list of … Continue reading →

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Uma Thurman – Kill Bill Volume 1

Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:49 pm by admin

Another in the ever expanding category of female vigilante movies is Quentin Tarantino’s 2003/4 blood fest Kill Bill.  It was the first of a two part series which,in Tarantino’s own inimitable style, paid homage to a variety of film genres … Continue reading →

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Robert Carradine – Revenge of the Nerds

Posted on February 1, 2011 at 9:31 pm by admin

Ok so we’re branching out a bit now and I want to show that a vigilante or revenge movie doesn’t have to be particularly serious. If we imagine I Spit On Your Grave at one end of the spectrum, then … Continue reading →

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