I just watched "Silent Killer" starring Dolph Lundgren on TV. The cover is Dolph in smoke with a big gun and alot of bullets. I thought it'd be the crappiest action movie I've ever watched but I freaking love it. This is one of the few films I can say that I actually want to own (but apparentely, there's no good DVD release).
It's a B flick but seriously, it's filmed gorgeously and looks great and that always is most important to me in films. It was directed by the guy who made Highlander and I think he started off as a music video director or something. This film has great cinematography and composition and lighting and mood and great set design (a big unfinished skyscraper in Montreal or something). It's about a sniper and his spotter (a beautiful girl of course).
The plot was ambiguous and kind of not explained but I don't care. It looks great, and the girl was great, and the movie was really off the wall at times too (some guy on coke sees crappy CG spiders walking around the walls). It just felt really like classic 80s direct to video action merged with a bigger budget and quintessential 90s style that makes it more than an action movie.
I don't know why I liked it so much but I can't stop thinking about it. I just looked up Dolph on Wikipedia and wow, the guy has a Masters in Chemical Engineering and had a Fullbright Scholarship to M.I.T. WHAT THE HECK???
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