My favorite review of Streets of Fire went something along the lines of "this is what your childhood told you movies from the 80s look like". It's true.

My favorite review of Streets of Fire went something along the lines of "this is what your childhood told you movies from the 80s look like". It's true.

BTW, what was the first song, when Dennis is doing his wonderful thumbs up dance? It sounds familiar, but I can't place it.

BTW, what was the first song, when Dennis is doing his wonderful thumbs up dance? It sounds familiar, but I can't place it.

WTF happened to Mud? After Cannes, that was suppose to be the film that people pegged as his Oscar nominee. Plus, it's Jeff Nichols, who's two for two as far as I'm concerned.

WTF happened to Mud? After Cannes, that was suppose to be the film that people pegged as his Oscar nominee. Plus, it's Jeff Nichols, who's two for two as far as I'm concerned.

I know. It's the same sort of intellectual posturing that Nelson Pereira dos Santos so savagely skewered in his 1967 Brazillian masterpiece, El justicero.

I know. It's the same sort of intellectual posturing that Nelson Pereira dos Santos so savagely skewered in his 1967 Brazillian masterpiece, El justicero.

Paul Mooney supposedly has a gym in his closet. Supposedly.

Paul Mooney supposedly has a gym in his closet. Supposedly.

That's why Ford's Ford: he instinctively knew where to put the camera at all times.

That's why Ford's Ford: he instinctively knew where to put the camera at all times.

Nope. That had a good headsplosion that made up for most of its lousiness.

Nope. That had a good headsplosion that made up for most of its lousiness.

@dao_tao:disqus While I like Chor Yuen, my favorites are the various "responses" to his brand of mystery-wuxia that directors started making in the late 70s/early 80s (usually by going darker and more violent): Tsui Hark's Butterfly Murders, Sun Chung's To Kill a Mastermind, T.F. Mou's Deadly Secret, Kuei Chih-Hung's K…

@dao_tao:disqus While I like Chor Yuen, my favorites are the various "responses" to his brand of mystery-wuxia that directors started making in the late 70s/early 80s (usually by going darker and more violent): Tsui Hark's Butterfly Murders, Sun Chung's To Kill a Mastermind, T.F. Mou's Deadly Secret, Kuei Chih-Hung's K…

Another nice touch at the end: Charlie looking back to see if Mac is watching, a split-second before the credits.

Another nice touch at the end: Charlie looking back to see if Mac is watching, a split-second before the credits.

I don't see anything subversive in whats been described above.  The kung-fu film has always contained a strong emphasis on "mystery" and "crime" plotting (see: the early 70s basher films; the movies of Chor Yuen). If anything, this notion of the kung-fu film as front-to-back non-stop fighting is largely a Western…

I don't see anything subversive in whats been described above.  The kung-fu film has always contained a strong emphasis on "mystery" and "crime" plotting (see: the early 70s basher films; the movies of Chor Yuen). If anything, this notion of the kung-fu film as front-to-back non-stop fighting is largely a Western…