I've Totally Seen That Movie Before

Unforgiven (1992) Director:  Clint Eastwood Writer:  David Webb Peoples Cast:  Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Anna Thompson, Anthony James Synopsis: Reformed gunfighter and down on his luck pig farmer William Munny (Eastwood) is convinced to go back to his former life by The "Schofield Kid" (Woolvett) to collect a $1,000 bounty on a pair of cowboys who assaulted a prostitute. Along with William's former partner Ned Logan (Freeman), the trio travel to Big Whiskey, Wyoming, to kill the offending cowboys and collect the payment. Trouble arises when Big Whiskey's sheriff, the famous Little Bill Daggett (Hackman), finds out about the bounty and takes steps to discourage anyone from trying to collect, including brutally beating the well-known gunhand English Bob (Harris). Soon after arriving in town, Will runs afoul of Little Bill, and the group must find a way to complete their task while avoiding...

My Fellow Americans (1996) Director: Peter Segal Writers:  E. Jack Kaplan, Richard Chapman, Peter Tolan Cast:  Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Lauren Bacall, Sela Ward, Everett McGill, Bradley Whitford, James Rebhorn Synopsis: Former U.S. Presidents and bitter political rivals Russell P. Kramer (Lemon) and Matt Douglas (Garner) are caught in the middle of a kickback scheme involving the current president, William Haney (Aykroyd). Lost in the wilderness, after a failed attempt to kill them,  Kramer and Douglas must learn to overcome their dislike of each other to uncover the conspiracy while dodging repeated attempts on their life by the insane Col Tanner (McGill). Hilarity ensues. First Impressions: I caught this film on home video and wasn't really aware of its existence before spotting it on the shelf at Blockbuster. I was acquainted with Lemon and Garner after watching them in Grumpy Old Men  and Maverick,  respectively, a...

Last of the Mohicans (1992) Director:  Michael Mann Writers:  James Fenimore Cooper (novel), John L. Balderston (adaptation), Paul Perez (adaptation), Daniel Moore (adaptation), Phillip Dunne (1936 screenplay), Michael Mann (screenplay), Christopher Crowe (screenplay) Cast:  Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeline Stowe, Russel Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi, Maurice Roëves, Patrice Chéreau, Edward Blatchford, Terry Kinney Synopsis: In 18th century North America during the French and Indian War, Hawkeye (Day-Lewis), a white man adopted by Chingachgook (Means) and his son Uncas (Schweig), the last member of a dying tribe called the Mohicans, unwittingly becomes the protector of Cora (Stowe) and Alice (May) the two daughters of  British Colonel Munro (Roëves). The sisters have been targeted by Magua (Studi), a sadistic and vengeful Huron warrior who has dedicated his life to destroying the girls' father for past injustices. When the girls are...

The Abyss (1989) Director: James Cameron Writer:  James Cameron Cast:  Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmeister, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, J.C. Quinn, Kimberly Scott, Adam Nelson Synopsis:   When the U.S. Navy loses contact with one of its nuclear submarines, it enlists underwater drilling platform workers to locate the downed vessel. The foreman of the platform, Virgil "Bud" Brigman (Harris), must contend not only with a group of gung-ho Navy SEALS led by Lt. Coffey (Biehn), as well as his soon-to-be-ex-wife, Lindsay (Mastrantonio). Soon after locating the submarine wreckage, the reasons for its crash become clearer. Is it the work of the Soviets, or is it something else? First Impressions: I didn't see this one in theaters. In fact, I came upon this film several years later on home video. It was definitely after I'd seen Terminator 2   because I stumbled upon the film while looking for more stuff from James Cameron. I quite enjoye...