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Originally Posted by FryeDwight
RED SUN (1971). Pretty decent, offbeat western noted for an international cast at the time of release. Charles Bronson helps Alain Delon steal valuables and a samurai sword carried by Japanese dignitaries hoping to present it to President Grant. After a double-cross, Chuck is ordered to assist one of the Japanese ambassador's guards (Toshiro Mifune, who is aces in the film) in a week. Chuck is more interested in finding the spoils and is constantly trying o ditch the samurai, but with no luck. Eventually, they come to an understanding and are later joined by Ursula Andress, who, as usual, is window dressing, but such lovely window dressing. I wasn't totally convinced by the ending, but enjoyed RS enough, although Bronson is SUCH a jerk in this. ***
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Never heard of this film. Coincidentally...
Midway (1976)
7/10
Good for a war picture. Has all the big names at the time and to come... Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Ed Nelson, Hal Holbrook, Robert Webber, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Robert Wagner, Pat Morita, Dabney Coleman, Erik Estrada and Tom Selleck.
It actually mixes stock war footage with 1976 Hollywood cinematography, which really surprised me. It was seamless, but it wasn't distracting either. I'm curious if they matched the modern lighting to closer match the stock.
Also, has very interesting side story of Charlton Heston's son, a new navy pilot asks his high-ranking father to pull some strings... his Japanese fiancé's parents in the US were scooped up in Hawaii to be deported because they had some Japanese magazines the State Dept though were subversive.
It does a nice job telling the story of the Battle of Midway, which is an interesting story to begin with. For 1976, I was a little surprised with all the profanity of "Jesus" and "God damn", as it's sort of an all-American, maybe even family, film.