After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack. A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.
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A woman hires a drifter as her guide through New Orleans in search of her father, who has gone missing. They discover a deadly game of cat and mouse behind his disappearance in the process. An Internal Affairs agent becomes obsessed with bringing down a cop who has managed to maintain a spotless reputation despite being involved in a web of corruption.
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Jew. Depressed and discouraged, he meets two young amateur boxers.
As their coach, he trains them for glory. This a great, inspiring boxing film from the mid eighties. I had read a number of positive reviews about this film, and I agree with those reviews. He witnesses two boxers, Timmy Adrian Pasdar and Roland Wesley Snipes participate in the rough sport of illegal boxing. The two young men have obvious strength with the arrogant attitudes to match, and Alek sees that they both have potential to become champion boxers.
After Timmy witnesses Alek get the better of Roland during a drunken dark alley brawl, Timmy asks Alek to be his coach, as he knows that his style could use some refining. Alek accepts, and puts Timmy through a tough training regime. Timmy gets angry, after his coach walks out in the middle of their first training session, resulting in Timmy screaming four letter words at Alek a memorable scene.
Afterwards, when things have cooled down, the young man feels contrite. Under Alek's wing, the two kids learn discipline and excel at boxing. The entire film proceeds in a logical order, culminating in a Rocky-style bout between Timmy and the Soviet champ. Streets of Gold features Pasdar and Snipes in their early twenties when they were unknowns , and it's easy to see that way back then, they had the talent and the masculine looks to achieve super stardom. The film is worth watching, just to see Pasdar attempt to do a Russian folk dance.
I have to give him points for trying! The veteran actor Brandauer is just as brilliant as the two young lead actors, as the fiery yet Yoda-like mentor. There are a few genuine laugh-out-loud moments in this film.
I won't give anything away, since you have to see them for yourself. I can't finish the review without mentioning the fashion. The s had featured colourful clothes by today's standards, and I must warn you that there is plenty of typical 80s fashion in this film as you'd expect. Baby Boomers and early Gen X's will feel nostalgic while watching this, while late Gen X's and Gen Y's will be silently thankful that they didn't have to wear such outlandish clothing. The only criticism that I can give, as other reviews have discussed, is that didn't explore the characters as deeply as I would have liked.
For example, we don't get an in depth look at Timmy and Roland's troubled childhoods. Perhaps a flashback could have been appropriate. However, I'm just nitpicking, since what has been presented in this 89 minute film is excellent. Enjoy a night in with these popular movies available to stream now with Prime Video. Start your free trial. Download one of the Free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and computer.
To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? Fourteen-year-old Neil Flambe is pretty much a failure when it comes to math, chemistry, and art, but he is a genius when applying those subjects to his own recipes at his celebrated Vancouver restaurant.
Neil has got a superdeveloped olfactory sense, and the police call him "The Nose" while using him to sniff around crime scenes. The latest call to detect trace evidence involves a series of murders of Vancouver's top chefs. Neil picks up an exotic chai spice mixture on the dead chefs' lips and a baffling "something else" that he can't quite put his nose on.
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The murders continue, and Neil himself, unable to solve the crimes, becomes the chief suspect. First published in Canada in , this series starter is over-the-top fun and features an intriguing link to Marco Polo's last voyage. Kevin Sylvester is an award-winning writer, illustrator, and broadcaster.
He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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And, in his spare time, Neil uses his super-sensitive nose to help the local police solve mysteries. But when some of the best chefs in town turn up dead, the crime scenes turn culinary. The cops are stumped, and the only real clues are a mysterious smell and some equally mysterious notes that seem to have something to do with Marco Polo. Read more Read less. Add both to Cart. Buy the selected items together This item: Ships from and sold by Amazon.
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