Lots of interviews make a fun look back at action heroes and movies of the 80s and early 90s BUT there are some really weird typos in places (wrong dates and directors names for example) that make you scratch your head that they could have been missed. But overall it's a solid retrospective and worth watching if you like that era of movies.
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
2019
Action / Documentary
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
2019
Action / Documentary
Plot summary
A comprehensive retrospective of the '80s action film genre.
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Top cast
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Well done but with some unfortunate typos
My first love
A celebration of '80s action movies, moving through to the present day. Plenty of clips from all of the classics and crowdfunded on Kickstarter too. IN SEARCH OF THE LAST ACTION HEROES also benefits from copious interview segments with many familiar faces, although the lack of a bigger budget means that you don't get the big names like Van Damme or Stallone. Still, I was more than happy with the likes of Scott Adkins, Bill Duke, Michael Jai White, Brad Fiedel, Paul Verhoeven and many others along for the ride; if you know them, you know them. A celebration of an era very dear to my heart and the one that gave me a love of cinema to begin with.
In Search of Greatness
I know the director Oliver Harper through Youtube videos. He does incredible retrospectives. Some of my favorite retrospective by Harper include the Adventures of Superboy (1988) and Flash (1990).
This is a documentary with a format where guys are interviewed and they speak. This reminds me of Dave Rubin, interview style on youtube. It's incredible hearing so many 80's/90's action movie stars, directors, producers, talk about the greatest era in movie making.
There is not one question this documentary attempts to answer....it's an open ended format of questions. Essentially why those movies are so memorable, what is the legacy and where are we now. Many open ended questions about the golden age of action movies, guys movies, ninja movies....buddy cop movies, sci-fi, music synthesizers, practical effects...ect, done in unique format reminiscent of Dave Rubin on youtube and it works for 'In Search of the Last Action Heroes.'
Men, fans of Action Movies and the 80's should watch this. One nit pick and missed opportunity was mentioning TV shows like Knight Rider, A-Team, Air Wolf...and tying those into this documentary.
I will give this an 9 out of 10.