Score (1995) (amazing Japanese Tarantino/Woo/Lam rip-off)

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Score (1995) (amazing Japanese Tarantino/Woo/Lam rip-off)

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"The Nuclear Warhead of Japanese Action Cinema!"

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Score (Japan, 1995) [DVD] – 4/5
V-cinema gone big screen in a B-cinema classic. Atsushi Muroga’s action film shamelessly rips off Reservoir Dogs, throws in John Woo action, and mixes with nonsensical “cool” dialogue. The film lacks a single idea of its own, but it’s incredibly energetic and action packed with non-stop gunplay, explosions and car chases. The cast is a collection of V-cinema tough guys playing Tim Roth look-a-like, Anthony Wong –look-a-like, and a couple of Michael Madsens + and local Filipino stuntmen performing insane stunts. The film is set in Nevada, but the police are driving cars that have Manila’s logos on them!

Starring:

Anthony Wong
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Tim Roth
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Michael Madsen
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Arnold Vosloo
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and the man who never won Academy Award
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featuring John Woo as quest action director
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and dialogue written by Quentin Tarantino
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+ Hitoshi Ozawa
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See the (German) trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9nsdM8ONNw
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Just ordered this for a penny on amazon, thanks :cool:
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A penny, WTF, where?!
Looks like the coolest film EVER :D
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grim_tales wrote:A penny, WTF, where?!
Looks like the coolest film EVER :D
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000066 ... 30151_item
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Whatever happened to Atsushi Muroga anyway? The guy made some pretty entertaining B-movies in the late 90ies/early 00s. SCORE, JUNK and a couple of those GUN CRAZY films all entertained me. Sure, his films were never original but I thought he was able to infuse them with a lot of energy and he's certainly capeable of shooting a decent action scene.
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I guess digital video is what happened. He's still doing films, though, he was inYubari this year (he contributed one episode to a film... can't remember the title, the trailer looked lame)
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