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 StalloneThese 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
