Tag Archives: Christopher Walken

Aug 18 2025
Leave a comment
Art, Cinema, Crime, Film, Movie, Movies

Last Man Standing (1996).

Another remake of Kurosawa’s Yojimbo (1961), this neo-western is rubbish and not even in a curious way.

I did have high expectations for the flick as Walter Hill is a top filmmaker and this was peak Bruce Willis, that post Pulp Fiction (1994) era when he would veer seamlessly between actioner and risky movies with a bit more depth to them. This is atrocious, though, from the stupid voice-over to the stupid things every character does, to the stupid framing and the sheer stupidity of the premise, and I felt stupid for sticking with it rather than just watching A Fistful of Dollars (1964).

Stupidity is the theme.

Tagged , , , , , , ,
Dec 18 2023
Leave a comment
Art, Cinema, Film, Movie, Movies

The Dead Zone (1983).

A haunting role from Christopher Walken, and just before he became a pop culture icon in addition to actor. You just feel sorry for him in this movie, with the foreboding he is totally doomed, such is the tension and supreme creepiness of the atmosphere. And for a David Cronenberg picture, it’s relatively tame, with none of the visceral gore and unsavoury preoccupation with flesh (mostly rotting) that characterises his earlier work.

The always captivating Herbert Lom shines, and Martin Sheen is a Grade A sleaze. 

Decent.

Tagged , , , , , , ,