#Bruce Malmuth

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Nighthawks (1981)

My rating: 5/10

Competently, even well-made, but man, the copaganda in this - there is actually a scene in this movie where the mentor figure outright states that the NYPD(!) isn't heavily armed or trigger happy enough. Yeesh.

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Keith Emerson ''I'm A Man''

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Hard to Kill (1990)

More like “Hard to Buy”, am I right? This entry in Steven Seagal’s shaky library just doesn’t know what it's doing. At times, Hard to Kill feels more like a parody of an action film than a legitimate attempt.

After uncovering corruption in Los Angeles, police officer Mason Storm (Seagal) is attacked and thrown into a coma. Awakening 7 years later, he resumes his mission to expose the villains, but this time, it’s personal.

To its credit, the plot of Hard to Kill makes sense, nutty as it may sound. When Mason is injured, his close friend, Lieutenant O'Malley (Lieutenant O'Malley), hides his identity, which is our hero wasn’t killed while he slept. What follows is difficult to swallow. Remember Kill Bill Vol. 1? how the Bride had to struggle to make her big toe move, and even then the scene required a lot of suspension of disbelief? You haven’t seen anything yet. Mason’s been in a coma for 7 years. That’s what, 3,000+ days spent not exercising and allowing his muscles to atrophy? His recovery is so speedy it would’ve been a challenge for even the most masterfully edited montages.

Now let's talk about nurse Andy Stewart (Kelly LeBrock), who essentially becomes Mason's sidekick. If she was a man and Mason a woman, you’d be yelling creep! from the rooftops. Even with the roles as is, it’s unsettling. She may have been licking her lips while giving Mason sponge baths for years, but to him, his wife was murdered YESTERDAY! Contain yourself, woman!

Even those who can forgive the premise will be thinking "Come on!" over and over. The twists are easy to spot, so easy I don’t know why they even tried to stretch the reveal for as long as they did. There are no subtle clues to the identity of the baddie, it’s just one big hint over and over. To be fair, it does lead to one of my all-time favorite bad lines ever uttered in a film, “I’ll take you to the bank, Senator Trent; the blood bank!” That doesn’t even make sense, but it’s incredible enough to make you forget which face hole you’re supposed to shove popcorn in.

Next, we dig into the action scenes. They lack all tension and are not satisfying. Mason never faces any opponent that poses any sort of challenge. His opponents' limbs might as well be made of dry breadsticks, as he fends off every single kick and punch and then promptly snaps them in two. Even when they’re armed, they're so ineffective they might as well be throwing gumballs. I want to blame the writer and the director, and I can to an extent… for not sticking up to Seagal, who wasn’t content with giving his "don't have me because I'm beautiful" wife the role of the drooling nurse but also insisted AGAIN on playing an invincible hero.

The only thing you can enjoy in Hard to Kill is a line so bad it becomes good and deserves to be immortalized. It isn't much but for that, Hard to Kill has a place in my heart. (On VHS, March 13, 2018)

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Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Dee Williams, and Lindsay Wagner in Bruce Malmuth’s NIGHTHAWKS (1981)

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Les Faucons de la Nuit, ce film vous attend sur PlayVOD Maroc

Explorez les rues sombres de New York avec « Les Faucons de la Nuit » sur PlayVOD Maroc. Sylvester Stallone et Billy Dee Williams s’associent dans ce thriller policier intense réalisé par Bruce Malmuth et Gary Nelson. Plongez dans une intrigue captivante alors que deux policiers combattent le crime nocturne. Sur ce site de films, la qualité cinématographique rencontre la simplicité d’utilisation.…

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HARD TO KILL (1990) dir. Bruce Malmuth 

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RUTGER HAUER as WULFGAR

"NIGHTHAWKS" 1981 dir. Bruce Malmuth, Gary Nelson

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nighthawks (1981)

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I do not enjoy killing, but it's my job. Someone has to do it. I represent oppressed victims who have nothing. I speak only for them. I'm their voice. I'm a liberator.

Wulfgar - Nighthawks (1981)

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Sylvester Stallone as Deke DaSilva in Nighthawks (1981)

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The Karate Kid Part II (1986) Review

The Karate Kid Part II (1986) Review

When Mr Miyagi finds out his father is dying he heads back to his childhood home in Okinawa, with Daniel along for the trip with his mentor. Myagi must face a former friend turned rival and Daniel falls in love and makes his own new rival.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Vaikeasti tapettava / Hard to Kill (1990) Warner Home Video / Warner Bros. Entertainment (uncut) https://www.videospace.fi/release/vaikeasti_tapettava_nauha_warner_home_video_warner_bros_entertainment_finland

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Nighthawks. Bruce Malmuth. 1981.

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Nighthawks (1981) - trailer

Conservative street cop DaSilva reluctantly agrees to terminate an international terrorist who has demanded media attention. But DaSilva's "at-home" tactics are very much put to the challenge.

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Movie Review | Hard to Kill (Malmuth, 1990)

After he records an incriminating videotape of a mafia powwow, anthropomorphic billowy shirt Steven Seagal is targeted in a hit that kills his family and sends him into a coma, only for him to reemerge seven years later to exact bloody revenge. Which makes sense, because Seagal (here named Mason Storm, among the finest names granted to an action hero) proves Hard to Kill! This is wedged somewhere between actual quality and Seagalian cheese and should have enough to please those looking for both. As an action film it’s briskly paced and skillfully crafted. It’s smart enough to know that people are watching this to see Seagal mercilessly beat up bad guys and keeps the amount of time between such acts to a minimum. The action is executed to avoid dressing up the violence too much while using the impact of every cracked skull, broken neck and shattered limb as punctuation for Seagal’s economic fighting style. (It’s a disappointment that Seagal never worked with any major Hong Kong action directors during his heyday, as it would have been interesting how they would have handled his style.) This no nonsense handling of the action contrasts with the cheese that exudes from the Seagal persona, giving us such highlights as a fabulous beard that sadly doesn’t make it all the way through the movie and a healing montage in which Seagal is covered with acupuncture needles that have pieces of burning incense on the other end. The climax solidifies the fundamental silliness of the affair, featuring what should be intimidating psychological tactics by our hero but actually involve him writing scary messages in lipstick and playing hide-and-seek with the villains. Still, every goofy gesture has a deadly effective blow behind it, and it’s this balance that makes Hard to Kill as enjoyable as it is.

7/10