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Assassins (1995)
this sucks
I think this is a dreadful film - tedious to sit through and instantly forgettable. Stallone delivers his usual performance almost on auto pilot. Banderas camps up his bad - guy act a bit, and almost gets a few unintentional laughs. The female lead is simply irritating, and the action sequences so antiseptic I thought I was watching Miami Vice at times. This is Hollywood at its worst.
Gravesend (1995)
not bad at all
I love films like this. Pacy, lean and funny. It will no doubt draw fire for being a bit Scorcese-esque, and admittedly, the character Zane owes a lot to De Niro in Mean Streets, but in fact the film actually resembles L'Haine a lot more. The difficult customer scene is very funny, and the whole thing was neatly finished. Great stuff.
Broken Arrow (1996)
Pretty bad
The worst thing really is the script. The casting's off too - the good guy v psycho thing doesn't seem to work with Slater and Travolta. John Woo is lost somewhere in all this - one of the best action directors' talents are wasted shackled to this monster.
This sort of thing can only really be done by Bruce Willis or Arnie camping it up.