Tag Archives: violent

Class of 1984 (1982)

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mark L. Lester Writers: Mark L. Lester and John Saxton and Tom Holland (Story by Tom Holland)

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1992, action, albert j. dunk, class of 1984, crime, drama, drugs, gang, high school, inner city, lalo schifrin, mark l. lester, michael j. fox, perry king, punk, roddy mcdowall, school, stefan arngrim, student, teacher, thriller, timothy van patten, tom holland, violence, violent | Leave a comment

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: John Sturges Writer: Millard Kaufman (Based on the short story “Bad Time at Honda” by Howard Breslin) Came across it on Criterion Channel and had never heard of it before. Great movie!

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western | Tagged 1955, adaptation, anne francis, bad day at black rock, bad time at honda, crime, dean jagger, don mcguire, dore schary, drama, ernest borgnine, howard breslin, japanese, john ericson, john sturges, lee marvin, millard kaufman, murder, mystery, one arm, robert ryan, russell collins, small town, spencer tracy, thriller, train, train station, violence, violent, walter brennan, Western, world war 2, world war ii | Leave a comment

Mom and Dad (2018)

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Brian Taylor Writer: Brian Taylor

Posted in Comedy, Horror, Thriller | Tagged 2018, anne winters, brian taylor, comedy, dad, dr. oz, family, grant morrison, high school, home, horror, kids, lance henriksen, mehmet oz, mom, mom and dad, nicolas cage, olivia crocicchia, pandemic, rage, robert cunningham, selma blair, thriller, violence, violent, zackary arthur | Leave a comment

You Were Never Really Here (2018)

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Lynne Ramsay Writer: Lynne Ramsay (Based on the book by Jonathan Ames)

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged 2018, adaptation, child prostitution, crime, drama, enforcer, gulf war, hammer, hired gun, joaquin phoenix, jonathan ames, jonny greenwood, kidnap, kidnapped, kidnapping, lynne ramsay, mission, murder, mystery, politician, rescue, senator, thriller, veteran, violence, violent, you were never really here | Leave a comment

Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: S. Craig Zahler Writer: S. Craig Zahler

Posted in Crime, Drama, Uncategorized | Tagged 2017, baby, boxer, brawl in cell block 99, cell block, crime, don johnson, drama, drug dealer, drugs, experiment, fred melamed, jennifer carpenter, kidnapped, miscarriage, prison, s. craig zahler, udo kier, vince vaughn, violent | Leave a comment

The Good Son (1993)

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Joseph Ruben Writer: Ian McEwan

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 1993, aunt, daniel hugh kelly, david morse, death, drama, elijah wood, evil, father, ian mcewan, joseph ruben, macaulay culkin, maine, rory culkin, the good son, thriller, uncle, violence, violent, wendy crewson | Leave a comment

The Equalizer (2014)

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Antoine Fuqua Writer: Richard Wenk (Based on the television series created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim) Not great by any means but reasonably entertaining and better than I had expected.

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2014, action, adaptation, antoine fuqua, assassin, bill pullman, chloe grace moretz, crime, denzel washington, drama, gang, gangster, Harry Gregson-Williams, hooker, mafia, melissa leo, michael sloan, mob, pimp, prostitute, prostitution, revenge, richard linheim, richard wenk, russian, television, the equalizer, thriller, vengeance, violent | Leave a comment

Falling Down (1993)

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Joel Schumacher Writer: Ebbe Roe Smith

Posted in Action, Crime, Drama, Review, Thriller | Tagged 1993, action, anger, barbara hershey, birthday, california, crime, d.w. moffett, daughter, drama, ebbe roe smith, falling down, gang, heat, hot, joel schumacher, los angeles, michael douglas, robert duvall, thriller, traffic, violence, violent | Leave a comment

Django Unchained (2012)

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Quentin Tarantino Writer: Quentin Tarantino No one else could have made this movie this way and I loved every second of it. By far the most entertaining and exciting film I saw this year. There are still a number … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western | Tagged 2012, action, amber tamblyn, bounty hunter, broomhilda, bruce dern, christoph waltz, civil war, dentist, django, django unchained, don johnson, franco nero, german, james remar, jamie foxx, jonah hill, kerry washington, leonardo dicaprio, m.c. gainey, michael parks, mississippi, plantation, quentin tarantino, robert richardson, russ tamblyn, samuel l. jackson, slavery, slaves, tom savini, tom wopat, violent, walton goggins, weinstein, Western, zoe bell | Leave a comment

Drive (2011)

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Writers: Hossein Amini (Based on a novel by James Sallis) Haven’t watched this since the day it came out in the theatre. I just hooked up a surround sound system and after testing it out with … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Uncategorized | Tagged 2011, action, adaptation, albert brooks, bryan cranston, cannes, carey mulligan, christina hendricks, crime, drama, drive, driver, james sallis, mechanic, nicolas winding refnh, ossein amini, romance, ron perlman, ryan gosling, stuntman, thriller, violent | Leave a comment

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