underrated films.

[Tyk]

It's Fronkenshteen!

 

[Bergkamp67]

Slap shot, I make no apology for my love of Paul Newman!!!!

 

[arfah]

I’ll chime in with:

“Uncle Buck.”
John Candy.
Is Buck responsible enough to babysit his brother’s children?

And “Summer rental” also John Candy.
Family vacation beset by mishaps - underdog movie.

 

[Bergkamp67]

Ex US navy WW2 just in case your not aware!

 

[Bergkamp67]

Ex US navy WW2 just in case your not aware!

Newman that is !!!

 

[Ruckerwocman]

Tiananmen Square, without the happy ending...

Didn't end well for the chap I assume? I remember a similar scene from "The Beast" about a Soviet tank crew in Afghanistan in the 1980s. The tank commander used a villager to provide some traction under one of his tracks to get unstuck. Harsh, but fair. And messy.

 

[Stabwedge]

I’ll chime in with:

“Uncle Buck.”
John Candy.
Is Buck responsible enough to babysit his brother’s children?

And “Summer rental” also John Candy.
Family vacation beset by mishaps - underdog movie.

Another underrated John Candy movie is The Great Outdoors.
John Candy takes his family on a nostalgic holiday to a cabin, only to be outshone by his irritating Brother in Law (Dan Ackroyd) who he doesn't know will be there. Very, very good.

 

[legobrick]

For me it would have to be Water, with Micheal Caine, Billy Connolly, Leonard Rossiter and Fulton Mackay. Well worth a watch if you can find it online.

Water (1985) - IMDb

Directed by Dick Clement. With Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter. A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.

m.imdb.com

 

[CutLunchCommando]

For me it would have to be Water, with Micheal Caine, Billy Connolly, Leonard Rossiter and Fulton Mackay. Well worth a watch if you can find it online.

Water (1985) - IMDb

Directed by Dick Clement. With Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter. A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.

m.imdb.com

I like the scene with the mercenaries on the beach.

 

[wasteofrations2]

For me it would have to be Water, with Micheal Caine, Billy Connolly, Leonard Rossiter and Fulton Mackay. Well worth a watch if you can find it online.

Water (1985) - IMDb

Directed by Dick Clement. With Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Leonard Rossiter. A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.

m.imdb.com

The leader of the mercenaries in Water was played by Paul Heiney who was a presenter on That's Life. He was making a series called In At The Deep End, which saw him and the other bloke, Chris Searle, doing various jobs. The only other one I remember is Searle becoming a professional snooker player, and Steve 'Interesting' Davis telling him that he would never be a pro.

 

[dingerr]

I know it. Michael Caine, Omar Shariff, Brian Blessed, etc., Even read the book.

The Last Valley (novel) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Excuse me, but I think you’ll find it’s

BRIAN BLESSED!!!!!

 

[Stovepipe]

84C MOPIC - a very low budget Vietnam War film about LRRPS. Normally low budget means cheap and nasty but this is well done and atmospheric. Technically it's a 'found footage' film - done way before Blair Witch was even thought of

In the same vein,BAT 21, with Gene hackman and Danny Glover.

 

[dogmeat]

The leader of the mercenaries in Water was played by Paul Heiney who was a presenter on That's Life. He was making a series called In At The Deep End, which saw him and the other bloke, Chris Searle, doing various jobs. The only other one I remember is Searle becoming a professional snooker player, and Steve 'Interesting' Davis telling him that he would never be a pro.

I remember Heiney going to Ollie Reed for tips on being a nasty bastard and getting slung out on his ear after about ten minutes.

ETA:

 

[wasteofrations2]

I remember Heiney going to Ollie Reed for tips on being a nasty bastard and getting slung out on his ear after about ten minutes.

ETA:

I'd forgotten about that bit.