John Carpenter's Vampires

Vampires - in which the very cool concept of bounty-hunting vampires for the Vatican is ruined with misogyny and James Woods. There are some guys, rough guys, and they work as a very communicative and supportive team, hunting basically any and all vampires, and killing them by any means available. The best way is the harpoon gun with which they impale the vampires, and its attached to a winch on the truck, and the vampires explode in the sunlight. Its very cool. So, after a successful bust, the team says they're still looking for the Master Vampire who rules this land, and he comes and finds them, he's pissed that they fucked up his nest. He kills a bunch of the guys, and most of the prostitutes they had in their motel rooms with them. There is one hooker he bites on her sexy inner thigh, and he is kind of a sexy vampire, his name is Valek. James Woods survives, he is the leader of the pack, and he has a personal vendetta again vampires, as they killed his family when he was little. Boo hoo. So, the remaining Baldwin keeps dragging around this one girl who got bit, and they are not above threatening to kill her, for the lulz, and she's gonna be the key to getting the Master Vampire. She is slowly turning, and it is taking forever. I just don't care. Everyone in this is a piece of shit, and James Woods wins in the end. There is this Cardnial who hooks up with James Woods and the Baldwin, but he does a poorly planned double cross, because he wants to be a vampire instead of living a celibate life. I can't blame him, I would, too.

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Death Wish

Death Wish (1974) - in which the justice system fails a man who lost his family, and he goes off the rails in finding personal justice. I mean vengeance. Charles Bronson plays Paul Kersey, a husband and father and architect, who has a nice NYC life. One day, near the beginning of the movie, Paul's wife is murdered and his daughter is raped into a catatonic state, from which she will not likely recover. Sexist. Anyways, Paul is destroyed, so his boss sends him out to New Mexico, or another lawless state, for a 3 month long project. Paul does some recovering while he is out there, and is befriended by his big money client, with a big hat and big guns. Upon arriving back in NYC, Paul is disheartened to find his daughter in terrible condition, and his son-in-law coping poorly. There have also been no arrests in his wife's murder, as the police are very busy with a crime spree related to gang violence. Paul is a really sympathetic guy, and his pain is visible, and very real. So,...

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Arrival

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