O.K. Video

Ten movies enter...ten movies leave, but organized in ascending lists of quality as crafted by Ryan and Nathan. Thanks for joining O.K. Video for our summation of the High Concept Action films of the 1990s. 

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Ranking

Sean Archer. Castor Troy. Two faces, one picture, directed by the inimitable John Woo. What better way to conclude our look at high concept 90s action than with a look at the other big Nicolas Cage action feature of June 1997, Face/Off? 

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Face/Off

Despite what I express in this episode, I don't actually have much animosity towards Denis Leary, I just don't find him especially interesting as an actor. But I never saw Rescue Me, so what do I know? Oh, this week we watched Demolition Man, the movie about the cryogenic prison that enables Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes to duke it out in a seemingly utopia future that hides a dark, Denis Leary-shaped secret. Pizza Hut or Taco Bell, who can tell them apart anyway?

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Demolition Man

"HARRY!" That is Jamie Lee Curtis' famous line from this week's high concept action film, True Lies, written and directed by Jimmy Cams (aka James Cameron of Ava2r fame).  Tom (Arnold) and Arnold (Schwarzenegger) round out the cast. Thanks for joining us.

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True Lies

Just in time for the same month as the Stampede, O.K. Video is here to celebrate the biggest, burliest steampunk western of the 90s, Wild Wild West. Is it a high concept action movie though? Ryan has eight reasons as to why it qualifies. Somehow we also get to talking about the worst films we've discussed on the podcast. Thanks for joining us.

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Wild Wild West

The One Hundredth Episode of O.K. Video is...Air Force One! This easily pitch-able premise is the centrepiece of our look at High Concept Action Films of the 90s. Wolfgang Petersen directs this claustrophobic, high-flying action slugfest between President Harrison Ford and crazy-pants Gary Oldman. Thanks for joining us.

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Air Force One

In the near-future, 1994, the military will reanimate their best, deceased soldiers and put them into service again as human drones. Such is the premise of Universal Soldier, starring Jean Claude Van Damme as Luc and Dolph Lundgren as Andrew, two soldiers who have unresolved beef with each other from the night of their deaths in 1969. 

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Universal Soldier

Calgary has been RAINY this summer, so what better time to look at Hard Rain, the Christian Slater action flop from 1998? Ryan and Nathan continue their look at the high concept action vehicles of the 90s with this wet heist movie, co-starring Morgan Freeman and Randy Quaid as parties interested in acquiring a sack full of millions of dollars during a major flood in Indiana. Thanks for joining us!

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This episode does feature the debut of Ryan's new microphone, so apologies if it sounds a bit different than last week. Do not adjust your set!

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Hard Rain

Charles Russell is his name and movies are his game, this time bringing us the last traditional Arnold Schwarzenegger action film, Eraser from 1996. Thanks for joining Ryan and Nathan at O.K. Video as we continue to explore the "high concept" action films of the 1990s.

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Eraser

A prison break...in the sky! Ryan and Nathan continue their look at high concept 90s action movies with Con Air, written by Scott Rosenberg, directed by Simon West and starring the one and only Nicolas Cage! Can Cameron Poe stop Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom and foil a hijacking without the criminals realizing he is not on their side? Will Agent Duncan Malloy ever listen to Vince Larkin and stop screwing up this whole thing with his terrible decisions? Ryan and Nathan pore over this one rather thoroughly before discussing a possible imminent sea-change in cinema. Thanks for tuning in on your internet radio!

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Con Air