The awesome exploitation and general movie madness of Aaron, the owner of The Death Rattle, tagged me with coming up with a meme theme. I decided to go with various 'Men On A Mission' images. Not all of these are caps from films, though. I thought I'd mix it up a bit with some artwork, or images from magazines and DVD covers. Some of those capture the theme better than a screen cap, I think. Below the images are five bloggers tagged for a covert mission to find a meme, capture it and expose them for everyone to see.
I've left out some obvious choices, but figured I'd throw in titles some people might not have heard of. Whether they're attempting to get inside an impregnable fortress, retrieve a stash of stolen gold, rescuing a captive, or capturing a brutal warlord, all these guys have one thing in common--they're expendable! In order of year of production, these are....
Above and below--THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960) Directed by John Sturges


Above and below--THE DIRTY DOZEN (1967) Directed by Robert Aldrich


KILL THEM ALL & COME BACK ALONE (1968) Directed by Enzo G. Castellari

THE WILD BUNCH (1969) Directed by Sam Peckinpah

A BULLET FOR SANDOVAL (1969) Directed by Julio Buchs


Above and below--THE HEROIC ONES (1970) Directed by Chang Cheh


Above and below--EL CONDOR (1970) Directed by John Guillermin


Above and below--THE LOSERS (1970) Directed by Jack Starrett


THE DEADLY DUO (1971) Directed by Chang Cheh
A REASON TO LIVE, A REASON TO DIE (1972) Directed by Tonino Valerii
THE WATER MARGIN (1972) Directed by Chang Cheh

THE FOUR RIDERS (1972) Directed by Chang Cheh

THREE THE HARD WAY (1973) Directed by Gordon Parks Jr.

SEVEN MAN ARMY (1976) Directed by Chang Cheh

Above and two pics below--BOXER REBELLION (1976) Directed by Chang Cheh



THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (1977) Directed by Enzo G. Castellari

FIVE VENOMS (1978) Directed by Chang Cheh

BATTLE FORCE (1978) Directed by Umberto Lenzi

THE WARRIORS (1979) Directed by Walter Hill

Above and below--THE DELTA FORCE (1986) Directed by Menahem Golan


THE EXPENDABLES (2010) Directed by Sylvester Stallone
These five blogs I've tagged below should have some interesting ideas, no doubt....
MONDO BIZARRO
MOVIES TO DIE BEFORE SEEING
FROM MIDNIGHT, WITH LOVE
THE CELLULOID HIGHWAY
DEATH TO CGI
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