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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2018

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2018

Midnight Screenings

Programme

6 films · 4 reviews

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Bloodsport

A man is determined to take part in a martial arts tournament that could prove deadly.

(Country: US; Year: 1988; Director: Newt Arnold; Writer: Sheldon Lettich, Sheldon Lettich, Christopher Cosby, Mel Friedman; Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Forest Whitaker, Roy Chiao, Philip Chan, Pierre Rafini, Bolo Yeung, Ken Siu, Kimo Lai Kwok Ki, Bernard Mariano, Bill Yuen Ping Kuen, Lily Leung, Joshua Schroder)

Big Trouble In Little China

A trucker gets drawn into an ancient mystical battle in Chinatown.

(Country: US; Year: 1986; Director: John Carpenter; Writer: Gary Goldman, David Z. Weinstein, W.D. Richter; Stars: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Victor Wong, Kate Burton, Donald Li, Carter Wong, Peter Kwong, James Pax, Suzee Pai, Chao Li Chi, Jeff Imada, Rummel Mor, Craig Ng)

Highlander

Review preview for Highlander

Highlander cannot be faulted for its boldness, trying to reinvent the genre by dragging it kicking and screaming into the modern age.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Immortal warriors compete in a game of decapitation with only one possible survivor.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 1986; Director: Russell Mulcahy; Writer: Gregory Widen; Stars: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Roxanne Hart, Beatie Edney, Sheila Gish)

Mandy

Review preview for Mandy

The film only lives up to about 80% of the promise whereas I wanted 150%.

Owen Van Spall · 3 out of 5
Pacific Northwest. 1983. Outsiders Red Miller and Mandy Bloom lead a loving and peaceful existence. When their haven is savagely destroyed by a cult, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance.

(Country: Belgium, US; Year: 2018; Director: Panos Cosmatos; Writer: Panos Cosmatos, Aaron Stewart-Ahn; Stars: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Bill Duke, Richard Brake, Ned Dennehy, Olwen Fouere, Hayley Saywell)

One Cut Of The Dead (Camera wo Tomeru na!)

Review preview for One Cut Of The Dead

A film that understands its audience exceptionally well.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
Shooting a zombie movie in one take is harder than you think...

(Country: Japan; Year: 2017; Director: Shin'ichirô Ueda; Writer: Shin'ichirô Ueda; Stars: Yuzuki Akiyama, Takuya Fujimura, Ayana Gôda, Takayuki Hamatsu, Manabu Hosoi, Hiroshi Ichihara, Satoshi Iwagô, Sakina Iwaji, Mao, Kazuaki Nagaya, Harumi Shuhama, Kyôko Takahashi, Yoshiko Takehara, Tomokazu Yamaguchi, Shuntarô Yamazaki)

Predator

Review preview for Predator

Definitely one of Arnie's best and a landmark action movie.

Gator MacReady · 4.5 out of 5
Arnold Schwarzenegger is stalked in South American jungle by alien killer.

(Country: US; Year: 1987; Director: John McTiernan; Writer: Jim Thomas, John Thomas; Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Duke, Jesse Ventura, Elpidia Carrillo, Richard Chaves, Sonny Landham, Shane Black, R.G. Armstrong, Kevin Peter Hall)