r/underratedmovies

It's very sentimental but a beautiful movie. I think it's underrated because not enough people saw it. Made by Fox right as Disney bought them, so ended up getting buried.

The 2nd film of the Araki "teenage apocalypse" trilogy and honestly so GOOD that the rest of them might as well not even existed. Ok, they're great too, but this one was my favorite.

Being a young teen in the 90's, Amy (Rose McGowen's character) was practically my spirit animal, and I'm equal parts proud and ashamed to say that as a full grown adult, I still quote her, as Amy's vocabulary and especially her way with words embedded so deep in me during those very formative years. Being a teenager is never easy, but the 90's had the extra air of alternative art and was very existential. When she keeps getting mistaken for "sunshine" (ironically, a childhood nickname of mine) that random creeps are all too enamored with, I can't help but relate: Being wanted/'loved' by people you feel nothing for, ignored by the ones that you want to notice you. Causing chaos just to feel anything. Never finding my stupid lighter when I need it LOL

There's definitely a few tell-tale signs that can time-stamp the movie to the 90's (no cell phones, the unmistakable alt gritty aesthetic and soundtrack) but I think it's overall message on the existential teenage experience holds up, and especially her creative and wickedly witty curses, are freaking timeless.

If you've seen it, you might remember it as another action/comedy. But The trilogy overall and especially this one were so much more. It reels you in with very palatable youthful comedy and teenage logic ("we can't get AIDS, we're virgins"), but you soon realize that that's how they disarm you to deliver the very VERY adult punches of life, thoughts and reflections that don't come till later in adulthood. You go in thinking it's a movie about teens being teens, and leave 90 minutes later shook at how equally devastating and relatable it is, criticizing society in a way that shows the long term results of cultural indifference through it's characters. In my mind it's almost criminal to associate McGowen with "charmed" or "scream", because this was by far the deepest most complex character she's done and the only one that left me changed after watching it, and keeps having that effect on me every single time.

Kate Beckinsale, Micheal Caine, Ben Kingsley and Jim Sturgess

The film is about a young medical graduate who accepts a job at a remote, mental institution, only to realize that the hospital's strange methods hide something darker.

I caught this film on streaming a few years back and I was surprised how good it was. It is a gothic horror based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It has some big names but surprisingly went under the radar. A standout performance from Kate Beckinsale which didn’t get the praise it deserved. This film does have a decent twist and a good adaptation of Poe’s original work. Not sure if was marketing at the time or the budget this film didn’t get advertised much and didn’t stay at the cinemas for too long. I believe it was also known as Eliza Graves in the US.

A group of strangers race from Las Vegas to New Mexico in hopes of winning a $2 million dollar prize put up for grabs by a casino executive with a gambling habit.

This movie has a great ensemble cast and it delivers some genuinely funny and memorable moments.

Some parts that stick out to me are the bus full of Lucy impersonators and Whoopi stealing the rocket car.

If you’ve seen this movie, what are some of your favorite parts?

One of my comfort watches, I rewatch it once or two times a year, it’s simply amazingly acted, with a wonderful studded cast, with so many faces at the beginning of their careers.
A pitch perfect Daniel Craig, so well directed with amazing cuts from one scene to the next.
Matthew Vaughn made such a slick film, it’s in the Guy Ritchie paradigma, but at the same time it’s much more elegant, fun but not the funny, the scenes are less frenetic but still electric.
The score is really good, and yes the plot the first time around and the still the next few times is very convoluted, and it’s crazy how many players are still present in the third act.
But really an amazingly made film.

Based on the audience and critic score, I was shocked at how solid a sci-fi action flick this was. As much as I black comedy as action, so assume people weren’t expecting it to be as funny as it was.

[EDIT not saying its oscar worthy, just that for its rating like Pandorum, for a sci fi pop corn flick that isn't Netflix, fun watch. Would say those who hated Pandorum, Pitch Black, or survival horror IP that mixes in other genre tropes (like comedy), this isn't worth it]

Dylan O’Brien michael Keaton Sanaa Lathan Taylor Kitsch

The film fits into that the recruit, spy game , Bourne identity, lions for lambs, spartan arena

Plot: After terrorists kill his fiancée on vacation, Mitch Rapp is recruited by CIA Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) and trained by Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. They track a mysterious operative known as "Ghost" (Ronnie), a former student of Hurley's gone rogue, who aims to acquire nuclear materials

Dylan continues to produce great performance
I honestly think he could be in more projects like this. He would been perfect for nightwing

Solid movie really good action scenes

The cast brought there A game

The movie wasn’t heavily promoted the way it should have been

Pryor’s best dramatic role and a great take on the American worker in the late 70s.

It's a film I watched two years ago, and I still talk about it, and I can't really get over it.

The film is about her (in the picture) and her younger brother, who gets wrongfully imprisoned and sentenced to death in a foreign country as they found narcotics on him, and he finds himself stuck with no one who understands his situation or is willing to help with his case. His sister eventually comes to his rescue, and she starts recruiting a group who want to help her to break into the prison her brother is held in since they are also in the same situation having their kids locked up too in this death camp where these prisoners are tortured.

That forms the heart of this film, and it is emotionally charged in certain scenes, but my favorite scene is at the end of the film where both the siblings are making their way back home in a boat and they start hugging each other and crying together, it made me cry watching this for the first time as they hold each other and look back on a world on fire that is now behind them as they make their way through life admist the chaos and destruction.

The film is more than a "jailbreak" and it is a commentary on Classism and how corrupted systems fuck up those who find themselves in an impossible situation going against a system that looks down on you. And I really wish that was addressed more in depth in the film.

Its writing is its biggest enemy.

But it is still one of the best films I have watched that year, and it deserved better since it was a commercial failure at the time of its release, but what stays with me is how it made me feel and no matter how much people value a film upon it's box office numbers. Some just stay with you. And this, to me, is one of those rare pieces.

Recently started watching sports themed movies and can't watch anything anymore until chatgpt recommended this. This is a hell of a movie and got me emotional and all. Really inspiring and the fact that I just have just known this movie with The Rock in it is so underrated. This js my favorite scene! when the gang rivals protected each other in the field.

One of several films that took place in Vietnam (but this one is more of a police crime thriller, with Vietnam being the backdrop).

Solid leads with Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines, and other familiar faces in supporting roles.

Great soundtrack, and musical score courtesy of James Newton Howard.

And of course, the helicopter scene.

Fun fact: the director of this film would go on to write the script for Fear (1996).

12-years old Texan teen Ben (played by Cayden Boyd) is dissatisfied with his life. His parents couldn’t care less about him and he doesn’t have any close friends. But one tragic accident changes his life. One day car crashes near his home and out of the whole family only 12-years old Cassie (played by AnnaSophia Robb) survives. Ben’s parents agree to care about Cassie while she recovers from injuries and Ben quickly falls in love with her. Cassie convinces Ben to run away from house and start a trip towards Baltimore, where her cool uncle and aunt live.

The core of the story is the relationship between Ben and Cassie. It’s funny to watch them act as the couple despite being so young. Both of them sometimes are pretty jealous. Cassie also encourages Ben to follow his dream of becoming baseball player and thinks that it’s necessary to plan your life for decades ahead. However their relationship is strained by Cassie’s emotional trauma which forces her to become closed and sometimes act rudely towards Ben. We later learn more about the car crash and why the memory of this is so hurtful for Cassie.

Unfortunately, it’s largely unknown film despite featuring many famous actors. But it’s a very touching story about love, family and following your dreams. And that film makes you care very much about main characters. So I recommend this movie to everyone!