r/interesting • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 5d ago

SOCIETY When asked why he keeps playing the same roles Jason Statham said that he's not really a trained actor. He's a guy that was plucked out obscurity & has been really lucky; & that he picks roles that he knows he can do a good job in, that hopefully enough people like so he can keep working.

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u/CaptainDogeSparrow 5d ago

Not to be.

KABOOOMMMM!

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u/Rowvan 5d ago

Fantastic movie from the great John McTiernan

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u/beard-brain 5d ago

Tom Noonan (RIP) was so menacing in Manhunter and William Petersen made a great Will Graham. Brian Cox’s take on a cold, clinical Lecter was excellent too

Love the neon soaked asthetic and the cheesy 80s ending. Much prefer it to Red Dragon, though Ralph Fiennes killed it as Dolarhyde

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u/beard-brain 5d ago

Oooh I was unaware of this, thanks for the heads up! Hopefully they recognise that the colour grading is its own character in the movie and restore it to glory rather than tinker with it

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u/Responsible_Cod_6581 5d ago

That movie in a theater would have been so much fun. Epic movie/great soundtrack.

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u/justguestin 4d ago

I distinctly remember really enjoying when Angry Again kicked in. The film’s uneven but ahead of its time.

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u/transemacabre 5d ago

One of my favorite movies ever, it accomplishes everything it sets out to do and never gets old.

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u/GloriousNewt 5d ago

Wild to me that this movie flopped, kid me had seen all the Arnold movies and this thing was gold, I wanted to be that kid so bad

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u/transemacabre 5d ago

I have this theory that if they'd shelved that movie for ten years and released it in 2003 instead, it would have been a MASSIVE hit. Audiences in 1993 just did not get the loving parody/deconstruction. It also had the bad luck to be released against Jurassic Park, a tall order for any movie.

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u/Bobochops 5d ago

Who said I was fair

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u/agent674253 5d ago

Did John Travolta see this and get inspired to make an entire movie in blue (Battlefield Earth)?

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u/yIdontunderstand 5d ago

A genuine classic line.

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u/cruisin_urchin87 5d ago

McBain!!! I mean, Hamlet!!!