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Things to Do in Denver When Youre Dead.
Review
Jimmy the Saints business is videotaping the terminally-ill, so that they will be around to give Afterlife Advice to their survivors. He hasnt been doing too well lately and has had to turn to loan-sharks to accomodate his failing business, as well as his expensive personal tastes. When an evil gangster-overlord buys up his note and demands a favor of Jimmy, in exchange for the interest that he cant afford, Jimmy capitulates. Jimmy is to scare someone for the gangster-overlord--really rough them up. Without giving too much away (spoiler), the scene goes down badly and Jimmy and his crew all end up with contracts on their heads for their trouble.
Quotes
Jimmy The Saint Tosnia: You gave me your word!
The Man With The Plan: Im a criminal; my word dont mean dick!
Franchise: It is what it is.
Franchise: Give it a name.
Fight Club
Review
The narrator suffers from a lack of sleep. He tries different ways to cure this, but he does not succeed. He does get some sleep, but his conditions rebounds back into its original state when he meets a lovely young woman, whose name is Marla. He finds out that she and he both have a lot in common and they spend a lot of time together. While touring, he meets an enigmatic young man named Tyler and after a short conversation both become fast friends. Both like to relieve their inner tensions by hitting each other. Soon word gets around about their fights, and lots of young people also get interested. Then a club is formed, which the narrator and Tyler call Fight Club. Both start spending a lot of time and both also make lots of money. Then one day the narrator finds out that Tyler has been using him. Written by Sumtira (Corrected by Calista)
Youre young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic coffee tables and a fridge full of condiments. Yet you feel emotionally and spiritually empty. You eventually find comfort in going to support groups for lukemia and cancer victims when theres nothing wrong with you until theyre hijacked from you by another faker. Then you meet Tyler Durden, a man that shows you that not only can you live without material needs but that self-destruction, the collapse of society and making dynamite from soap might not be such a bad idea either.
Quotes
Tyler Durden: Only after disaster can we be resurrected.
Tyler Durden: I want you to do me a favor.
Narrator: Yeah, sure...
Tyler Durden: I want you to hit me as hard as you can.
Narrator: What?... in the face?
Tyler Durden: Surprise me.
Narrator: This is so fucking stupid.
Marla Singer: My God. I havent been fucked like that since grade school.
Tyler Durden: Its only after weve lost everything that were free to do anything.
Tyler Durden: Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. Youre the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
The Firm
Review
This is the story of rival "Firms" of football (soccer) supporters, and how one man has a wish to team them up for the European Championships of 1988. However, when this is discussed, the opposing leaders are not happy, as they believe this is a challenge to their authority. This Film shows how football violence has progressed from pure violence to a form of organized crime, to the extent that all the leaders know each others home phone / mobile phone numbers
Quotes
Bex Bissell: [shouts] I need the buzz!
Bex Bissell: Thats almost funny.
Bex Bissell: How can I put this?
Bex Bissell: I cant
[Head butts Yousefs brother, Wes]
The Football Factory
Review
The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, its about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told theyre not good enough and using thier fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together. Shot in documentery style with the energy and vibrancy of handheld, The Football Factory is frightingly real yet full of painful humour as the four characters extreme thoughts and actions unfold before us.
Quotes
Billy Bright: Dont fuck about, ping him.
Billy Bright: Are you tryin to mug me off in front of my pals?
Billy Bright: Cmon, *jog on*!
Tommy Johnson: Im gonna smash the fuckin granny out of that.
The Business
Review
Frankie, a young lad on the run from the grimy ghetto of South London, plans his escape and the beginnings of a new life in sunny Spain - the Costa Del Sol to be more precise. Armed with nothing but a bundle of cash stashed in his luggage he heads off, yet Frankie has no idea that this sum of money will catapult him into the seductive world of ex-gangster Charlie. Before he knows it Frankies got more then he bargained for - hes one of Charlies gang and slap bang in the middle of the heady world of organized crime
Quotes
Frankie: Better to be someone for a day than no one for a lifetime.
Frankie: My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you dont want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that dont leave you much else to do, does it?
Frankie: [Talking about Sammy] The geezer was so hard even his nightmares were scared of him.
Frankie: Two beers please, and I dont suppose there’s a chance youll suck my cock?
Lady at bar: No, there isnt a chance. My old mans over there, and hes a big cunt.
Dead Mans Shoes
Review
Richard returns home from military service to a small town in the Midlands. He has one thing on his mind: revenge. Payback for the local bullies who did some very bad things to his brother. At first his campaign employs guerrilla tactics, designed to frighten the men and put them ill at ease. But then he steps up his operation, and one by one these local tough guys are picked off by the terrifying angel of vengeance that Richard has become.
Quotes
Herbie: Can I help you, mate?
Richard: [shrugs] Sorry?
Herbie: [says aggressively] What the fuck are you looking at?
Richard: [shouts] You, ya cunt!
Soz: Can I go home?
Richard: Oh, youre going. Your going
Sonny: I dont like being threatened, Rich.
Richard: Im not threatening you mate. Its beyond fucking words. I watched over you when you were asleep and I looked at your fucking neck and I was that far away from slicing it.
Richard: [Richard opens up his hand right hand and points towards his palm] Youre fucking there mate!
[Richard clenches his hand]
Richard: So get in that car... and FUCK OFF!
Richard: You get to me first!
Sonny: I just might.
Human Traffic
Review
The Cardiff club scene in the 90s: five best friends deal with their relationships and their personal demons during a weekend. Jip calls himself a sexual paranoid, afraid hes impotent. Lulu, Jips mate, doesnt find much to fancy in men. Nina hates her job at a fast food joint, and her man, Koop, who dreams of being a great hip-hop d.j., is prone to fits of un-provoked jealousy. The fifth is Moff, whose family is down on his behavior. Starting Friday afternoon, with preparations for clubbing, we follow the five from Ecstacy-induced fun through a booze-laden come-down early Saturday morning followed by the weekends aftermath. Its breakthrough time for at least three of them.
Quotes
Jip: The weekend has landed. All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. Ive got 48 hours off from the world, man. Im gonna blow steam out my head like a screaming kettle, Im gonna talk cod shit to strangers all night, Im gonna lose the plot on the dancefloor. The free radicals inside me are freakin, man! Tonight Im Jip Travolta, Im Peter Popper, Im going to never-never land with my chosen family, man. Were gonna get more spaced out than Neil Armstrong ever did, anything could happen tonight, you know? This could be the best night of my life. Ive got 73 quid in my back burner - Im gonna wax the lot, man! The Milky Bars are on me! Yeah!
21 - The Movie
Review
Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who needing to pay school tuition finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the schools most gifted students that heads to Vegas every weekend armed with fake identities and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor. With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey) leading the way, theyve cracked the code. By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, the team can beat the casinos big time. Seduced by the money, the Vegas lifestyle, and by his smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor (Kate Bosworth), Ben begins to push the limits. Though counting cards isnt illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casinos menacing enforcer: Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne). 21 is inspired by the true story of the very brightest young minds in the country and how they took Vegas for millions.
Quotes
Ben Campbell: Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
Philosophical Gambler: Yesterday is history and tomorrow is a mystery.
Philosophical Gambler: You got to make it do what it do in the moment baby.
Micky Rosa: The only thing worse than a loser is someone who wont admit he played badly.
Sexy Beast
Review
Gal, a retired gangster, lives a happy life with his wife Deedee in a beautiful house in Spain. Don Logan, a respected name with the mob and an old "friend" to Gal, suddenly shows up. He wants Gal to join him on this big strike in London together with a well picked out gang of respected gangsters. When Gal keeps turning him down, Don gets more and more threatening, no is not an answer. How far will Don go to get his will done? What options are there for Gal? Will this ever end?
Quotes
Gal: I am going to have to turn this opportunity down.
Don: No, you are going to have to turn this opportunity yes!
Don: Shut up, cunt. You louse. You got some fuckin neck aint you. Retired? Fuck off, youre revolting. Look at your suntan, its leather, its like leather man, your skin. We could make a fucking suitcase out of you. Like a crocodile, fat crocodile, fat bastard. You look like fucking Idi Amin, you know what I mean? Stay here? You should be ashamed of yourself. Who do you think you are? King of the castle? Cock of the walk?
Gal: No!
Don: Yes!
Gal: No!
Don: Yes!
Gal: No!
Don: Fat cunt!
Gal: No, No, No!
Don: Yes, Yes, Yes!
Don: Talk to me, Gal. Im here for you. Im a good listener.
Gal: What can I say, Don? Ive said it all. Im retired.
Don: Shut up.
Love, Honour and Obey
Review
Ray runs North Londons most powerful criminal gang, and his nephew Jude is a polished and successful member. Judes boyhood friend Jonny comes to Jude with an idea he wants to pitch to Ray; Jude is reluctant to mix friendship with business (and family), but he does arrange a meeting. Ray takes Jonny on (he uses his job as a courier to steal credit cards), but Jonny soon finds himself bored: the gang is more interested in goofing around and planning Rays wedding than in fighting, havoc, and mayhem. Jonny wants violence, so he repeatedly tries to start trouble with the South London equivalent of Rays gang. Will he succeed? If he does, will he find glory in war?
Quotes
Jonny: [handing Jude a gun] Here.
Jude: Is that for me?
Jonny: Yeah. Its loaded, be careful.
Jude: Are we going tooled up?
Jonny: Yeah. Ill show you how to use it on the way down. Dont point it at anyone you like, all right?
Matthew: Enter the fuckin dragon!
Matthew: You fucking Anglo-Saxon!
Ray: How are you, Sean?
Sean: Im well mate, you?
Ray: Hmm good. You get the champagne?
Sean: Yeah.
Ray: You like it?
Sean: No.
Jonny: [singing] In the avenues and alleyways / Where a mans got to work out which side hes on / Anyway he chooses chances are he looses / No one gets to live too long / The avenues and alleyways / Where the soul of a man is easy to buy / Everybodys wheeling everybodys stealing / All the low are living high / Every citys got em / Can we ever stop em / Some of us... / Are gonna try.
Ray: Mate, youre fat and Ill throw you in the river. Now Go away.
Ray: He'll keep hitting it till it breaks