I love videos like this, finding great new to watch movies is a real kick. Best blind buy I found amazing for me is ‘Mansion of the Doomed’ - took me by surprise it was so good. Available on 101 films on Blu-ray with a special edition black box here in the UK.
Great list. I blind bought Tombstone and watched it for the first time today. Amazing movie! Maybe even in my top 20 of all time now. Val Kilmer as Doc delivered the performance of a lifetime! I also just recently watched Sorcerer for the first time as well! Another amazing movie! Some of the scenes had my jaw on the floor in suspense and shock!
Oh right on re: Sorcerer. Yeah isn't that a great one?!? I've really come to appreciate Roy Scheider more over time. And the tension in that film was just killer. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment!
these are old films 🎥 😅 I would have never thought as a kid in 90s that in 2024 these films be classics..... technology way better now however I guess it still cant make up for Style, grit and story telling.
@@ReggaebeatmanYeah most of the films I talk about on the channel are older films. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and I much prefer old-school film-making with practical effects to the whole green screen/CGI thing. While the technology may be better now, I still don't think CGI is a good substitute for practical sets, set pieces, effects, location shooting, real explosions, etc. CGI is still a little too sterile for my tastes. I'm not anti-CGI, as I do believe it can be an effective tool in augmenting practical effects and sets, but CGI will never be a complete replacement in my mind.
Great list, Fuzz. I love The Blob! I got the shout factory! 4K earlier this year; as well as the original 1958 version from criterion. Have you seen the original? It’s a lot of fun
I've never seen the original, only the 88 remake. I'm sure I'll probably check it out at some point. But yeah, I just love the 88 version. So much fun! It really is like the perfect drive-in theater type movie. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment!
Oh very cool! That film is actually on my list to pick up very soon. I have Class of 1984 by the same director, but haven't quite pulled the trigger on 99 yet (and haven't seen it). Maybe I'll do that before spooky season hits. I've had it sitting in my saved cart on Amazon for a while now Lol. Thanks for watching and for the tip!
Enjoyed, thank you Fuzz. So glad you highlighted Friedkin's Sorcerer. It's a true hidden gem, and the backstory on why it didn't do well when first released is for several reasons, number one it was released the same time as Star Wars and its explosive hype, audiences confused over title Sorcerer, sounded like a follow-up to The Exorcist or that horror genre. In interview (on youtube somewhere) Friedkin states that Sorcerer is his most personal satisfying film, says that he is most proud of it and wouldn't change a thing today. Sorcerer is a remake of the classic original Wages of Fear by famed director Clouzot....I like it too, and Sorcerer remake improves on it in some areas and a rare remake that stands on its own. And while you're interested in Friedkin catalog, I HIGHLY recommend Killer Joe...wow, totally unexpected and great performances from Gina Gershon and Matthew McConaughey...the chicken wing segment if unfamiliar, uh you'll find out, no spoiler:) Unfamiliar with The Guest, but definitely will warrant further research, maybe possible buy per your review.
Interesting stuff about Sorcerer and its release. I was only about 6-7 years old at the time, so I wasn't really aware of much of anything except Star Wars LMAO! But it totally makes sense that Sorcerer would've had some problems. I do think the name was indeed misleading, and I would've hated to have been a filmmaker trying to release basically ANY movie post-Star Wars in 1977... rough gig! LOL! Thanks for the tip on Killer Joe! I will definitely check that one out. There are a couple other Friedkin films I'm curious about as well... Rampage and Bug, which I believe are bothe also coming to 4K, along with the Hunted (that one I have seen and will definitely pick up on 4K). Yeah you should definitely give the Guest a try. I found it to be really entertaining. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! I very much appreciate it.
I used to watch Martial arts movies alot in the 90s/80s. Your China Obrien vinegar syndrome edition inspired to go back and obtain these movies. Also watch some I haven't seen. I recently picked up Righting Wrongs and one of Cynthia's best. Great video
Oh right on! Very cool. Yeah I'm loving the Rothrock flicks. She's great! Loved the first China O'Brien in particular, but I also agree that Righting Wrongs is probably one of her best (at least, based on what I've seen so far from her). I assume you got the Vinegar Syndrome edition of Righting Wrongs? (I'm not sure if there are other editions out there lol) -- i love the "Best of Martial Arts Movies" retrospective documentary included with that release. It was a great way for a newbie like me to get more familiar with the big names in the genre. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! Appreciate it.
This is a great list and Idea...From Beyond was a big one for me! I thought I had seen but couldnt recall and Daniel at Cobwebs said I should get it and boy was he right! Love that movie! love that you are digging some old Martial arts movies! - my brother and I were so big into Martial Arts movies in the 80s - Sho Kosugi was a big time star to us LOL
Hey Chase! Thanks so much! yeah I was saying right from the first time I watched From Beyond that it would probably go down as one of my favorite blind buys. That VS 4K restoration really knocked my socks off! Lol. As for the martial arts flicks, yeah it's cool discovering these films for the first time... I don't know why I never got into these as a kid. I guess I was just never really exposed to them. So it's always kind of a trip knowing that others have been watching these films for 40 years, etc. I wish I had discovered some of these sooner. Thanks for watching and commenting my friend!
I just ordered Righting Wrongs from Vinegar Syndrome earlier today. 😊 It’s one that I’ve had my eye on for a while now, and when I recently got 20 bucks in rewards points from VS I decided to finally pull the trigger on it. I even got the limited edition slipcase; they had about 170ish copies left when I placed my order
Oh right on! I wasn't sure if there would be any limited edition boxes left. But I'm glad to hear there are still a few left as of this video release. It's a fun film. And one thing I forgot to mention in the video is that this VS edition also includes a cool 90-minute documentary on "The Best of Martial Arts Films," hosted by John Saxon. As someone who is relatively new to this genre, I found the documentary to be a great little crash course in getting me somewhat up-to-speed on the genre. So yeah, great bonus features in Righting Wrongs. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching and commenting.
We have movie night friday and saturday in our place and it's my sons choice for friday and he normally downloads a movie and it's normally something I have never heard of and if I enjoy the movie and can see myself watching it again I'll buy a physical copy
Hey Fuzz, great video. Blind buys that pay off are awesome. 100% agree with the Beekeeper. I not a big Statham fan. Before the Beekeeper, I would say Homefront was my favourite or The Transporter. One of my favorite blind buys was actually mentioned on Mid Level Medias latest video, Chronicles. What a great superhero type movie starring a young Michael B Jordan. I know I have also mentioned to you as well that I am not a huge horror fan, but The Ring and The Witch have to be my favourite blind buy horror movies. I am looking forward to my copy of the Ring 4k next month. I recently just purchased Oblivion with Tom Cruise, but haven't watched it yet. It was a bit of a sleeper behind Edge of Tomorrow which i really liked. Have you got around to watching Ninja Assassin yet. Revenge of Ninja may become your second favourite Ninja movie. Lol. 🍻
Hi Dwayne great to see you! I will definitely have to check out Chronicle when I get the chance. The only reason I haven't watched it yet is because I heard it was a found-footage type film, and I tend to not really get into the found footage genre as much. But if it's that good, I'll have to give it a try at some point. I've heard others mention it's a pretty decent movie too. I too am looking forward to The Ring on 4K... I have it pre-ordered myself, and I plan to talk about it on the channel during spooky season (I'll probably do a 4K review on it -- like a 4K Takeaways spooky season edition or something lol). I do like The Witch as well, though I don't have that killer deluxe edition that Ken over at Mid Level has. Mine is just the standard blu-ray, but I've heard the deluxe edition is much better because it has the director's approval and looks a little different with the color timing, etc. I also have Oblivion as well... that's a fun film. I actually liked it a little more than Edge of Tomorrow. I haven't checked out Ninja Assassin yet, but it's still on my list to pick up at some point (I think I even still have it in my saved cart on Amazon, but then it kind of slipped my mind). Thanks for watching and chiming in my friend!
Half of my purchases are blind buy. I bought two second Sight release (The Guest and You're Next) and both are amazing. I also bought The Boogens and Hard Target as a blind buy from Kino Lorber and I really likes these movies.
Oh yes Hard Target is awesome on 4K! I really enjoy it too. Glad to hear you enjoyed the Guest and You're Next as well. I have You're Next, but only on blu-ray. Just saw it last year for the first time. But you definitely can't go wrong with Second Sight releases. They do amazing work. Thanks for watching and commenting!
LMAO!!😆🤣 You know it's funny that you mention that, as I kind of feel like I could relate to his personality quite a bit based on the few interviews I've seen of Friedkin. I like his no-bullshit demeanor LOL! The dude has strong views and has no qualms about telling us what he really thinks.😆 So I'm not entirely sure if it was intended this way, but I think I'm gonna go ahead and take that as a compliment anyway LMAO!😂😉 Thanks for watching!
Sorcerer and To Live and Die in LA we’re both great blind buys for me. When I’m confident in a director, such as William Friedkin, I tend to chase up their other work and make plenty of blind buys. I did that this year with John Sayles after watching the amazing Lone Star in 4K (my current watch of the year) and was then blown away by City of Hope and Matewan staring the amazing Chris Cooper and the late great James Earl Jones. So my blind buys are based on confidence of director, cast and knowing what I look for in a film.
Yeah I'm the same way with directors... I'll definitely pursue their other works if I like what I see in a couple films. I'll have to maybe check out those films you mentioned... I'm not familiar with them or the director. But I just looked up Lone Star and it looks pretty interesting. Good director huh? I don't think I've seen anything of his. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@TheOriginalFuzz an incredible director, John Sayles was honestly my director find of the year. I do recommend starting with Lone Star and the 4K release truly fits into the reference quality category. Solid performances from a great cast, amazing story and directing, I’m sure you’d really enjoy it.
Great video, Fuzz! I recently got the entire Ninja Trilogy on blu ray as blind buys. I thought Enter the Ninja was pretty awful (aside from the opening scene), but Revenge of the Ninja was amazing and Ninja III was a great time as well. ~ Ryan
Yeah I have to agree with you on Enter the Ninja. While I don't necessarily think it's awful, it's definitely not nearly up to the same level as Revenge or even Domination. It's certainly the weakest of the 3 by far. Plus they dubbed in a different voice for Franco Nero in Enter because his accent was too thick and they wanted a strong American voice - LMAO!! Revenge is definitely where it's at. Although I do also have fun with Domination. Thanks for watching and chiming in Ryan!
Thanks for giving the positives; I enjoy almost every one of my blind buys (even if not up there with my favouite movies of all time that I knew were good because I'd seen them) because I know the genres and types of movie I like and have a reasonable expectation of what actors and directors are like.
Yeah I'm mostly the same way. I don't really blind buy titles unless I get a pretty strong sense that I will at least like them enough to not regret adding them to my collection. Most of the time, it works out well. Occasionally I'll end up with a bit of a dud that wasn't as good as I was hoping, but overall, I've had great success with blind-buying.
Thank you Fuzz for recommending Flatlinere, this is probably the most enjoyable blinde buy for me, I did not expect to enjoy it this much seeing that the only thing that I knew about the director is that he did some unremarkable Batman movies.
Oh awesome! I'm really glad you enjoyed it and that I didn't steer you wrong LOL! I'm probably due to rewatch my copy of Flatliners at some point. So did you get the Arrow 4K of Flatliners? Or did you go with a blu-ray edition? The restoration on that Arrow 4K is so good. I never remembered the film looking that good when I saw it years ago.
@@TheOriginalFuzz Yeah, I got the Arrow UK version which came with the slip and book, the restoration is incredible, I don,t know what sort of black magic they practice there at Arrow but they should give master classes on how to scan old films.
I was like you with to live and die in LA. It was a blind buy for me and loved it but my favorite blind buy was "in the heat of the night" that movie was amazing. I dived into Sidney Poitier movies after seeing "to sir with love" and said I need to see more and grabed the kino ver during an sale and wow
I've heard really good things about Heat of the Night, but I've never seen it yet. I'll have to give that one a try at some point. I hear the 4K is really good on that film. My exposure to Sindey Pointier has been fairly limited... only a couple films. But I did love him in Sneakers LOL! Thanks for watching!
Awesome blindbuys mate.😎👍. I picked up all the In the line of Duty films but wish i had got the nefty box set you got there lol. Loved the first one,the second was pretty good much the same,the third one probably my least favourite but it was ok.The forth was entertaining but of course you can't beat that first one.
Yeah that was pretty much exactly how I felt about those films too. Loved the first two, 3rd one wasn't that great, but the 4th one was decent. I love seeing Michelle Yeoh kick ass LMAO! Thanks for watching and weighing in!
Thank you, this was interesting and nicely personal list from you. There is one of my top all time movies - Live and Let Die in L.A. I saw it few years after it was released - And I love it. It is both beautiful looking and same time rough movie. It is hard to say, is it a drama, anarchistic movie, nihilistic movie, action movie or comedy... I have seen movie maybe five times during my life and and I´m quite sure that movies is combination of everything I mentioned before. I also liked movies Righting wrongs (my version is from 88 Films), From Beyond (also 88 Films), I got simple dvd-version of The Guest, but I also loved that film. Years ago I also liked a Revenge of the ninja (I´m 80´s teenager) and Blob a lot. Thank you for mentioning the Censor. That is the movie I´m planning the buy from Second Sight. I also would like to see Beekeeper, thank you for your recommendation about it!
Hey thanks so much for watching and commenting. I appreciate that! I was looking at the Second Sight edition of Censor, and it definitely looks like an even better release than the one I have. I noticed the bonus features on the 2nd Sight release are more expansive... you get a making-of doc on the film, which was not included in my version (although I do have the 2-part feature-length doc on the Video Nasties era, and that was pretty interesting to watch). So yeah, I would definitely recommend the 2nd Sight version, just for the bonus features alone. I was a teenager in the 80s too, but for whatever reason, never got into a lot of films that others grew up with, like Revenge of the Ninja or the Blob. So it's been a lot of fun discovering these films for the first time all these years later. And yes, you should definitely check out the Beekeeper... such a fun action film!
@@TheOriginalFuzz Thank you for your thoughtful message, I appreciated it a lot! We seem to be in about same age. First thank you for you comments about Second Sight´s Censor-version. I haven´t seen this movie and after your spoken and written comments, I´m quite excited about it. By the way I live in Finland and funny enough, I was very influenced about the Finnish video censor -activities in our country during the years 1985 - 1999. I think the hysteria was almost at the same level that it was during the days of Video Nasties in England. During that time especially horror movies very heavily cut (to people over 16 years and over) or banned completely in Finland. So movie loving teenagers and young adults started a real hunt for all these horror movies that we couldn´t get our hands on. So paradoxically this Finnish video censor -law really made me an horror movie fan. :) So with all these wonderful restorations (both bluray- and 4K-movies) nowadays, I really live the best times of my life as an movie lover. And yes, Ninja-movies! I should get back with those lovely 80´s movies as soon as possible. Thank you for your great channel!
Back when we could rent movies from Mom-and-Pop video stores, I never bought anything blindly. These days, almost everything that I buy is a "blind buy." I bought Goodbye Uncle Tom from Blue Underground. It's an incredible film. It's about slavery. It's an exploitation film that will leave you asking, "How on Earth were they able to film this? How does this exist?!" Exploitation films are especially enjoyable on Blu-ray and on 4K. Instant time machine.
I agree that is a good one! I have the Severin Films 4K, but I kind of wished I had picked up the Second Sight 4K instead. Their artwork was better than Severin's I think. And 2nd Sight has that cool chunky box. But I'm happy enough with the quality of my Severin 4K... I may even have to pop that one in again this year. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment!
I wouldn't really know much about that, honestly. I've never used one of those. I mainly access any streaming through the apps on my TV (when I watch via streaming, which isn't very often these days). But it should just be as simple as plugging the Firestick into an available HDMI port, and then switching the HDMI input on your TV to the corresponding port the stick is plugged into. It will probably walk you through some kind of setup process or something and/or maybe have you log into your Amazon account.
Such a great list in there, Beekeeper definitely took my back to mid 2000’s cheesy action Statham movies. From Beyond is a classic as well. I was really impressed with Upgrade, had a lot of fun with that one. The Guest is great too. One of my blind buys that I really enjoyed was Green Room, Patrick Stewart plays the leader of a neo nazi gang(Picard’s a dick 😂), thanks for the great video as always fuzz
Hi Jorden - great to hear from you. Thanks so much! I will have to check out Green Room... I've heard it is pretty good, but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Thanks for the tip on that one. I do like Patrick Stewart, so that ought to be fun to see him in that kind of role LOL!
alot of Cynthia Rothrock are often hit and miss since many of her stuff are mostly low budget Direct To Video B-movies. a few of her Hong Kong movies are really funny due to the laugh out loud bad dubbing. btw, in the line of duty is a riot. watched it last month on amazon prime. Revenge of the Ninja is a fun romp. I also would recommend American Ninka 1 and 2.
yeah I also have American Ninja 1 and 2. They are pretty fun... I love Steve James in those! I've been wondering if I should bother with American Ninja 3 and 4 too, or just call it good with 1 and 2. I've never seen 3 or 4. Any thoughts on those? Thanks for watching and weighing in!
@@TheOriginalFuzz the main actor was suppose to be in 3 but bailed after he refused to do it for a few reasons. it a good movie. the 4th movie was pretty decent but felt like a crossover movie. they're both worth giving a fair shake. Avenging Force is another with the two main actors from american ninja 1 and 2 but what weird it was originally intended to be a sequel to invasion USA. Chuck turn it down and had to reworked the script. very little mortal arts in the 3rd act of the move kind of reminds me of Surviving the game with Ice-T
Yep, I own it on blu-ray! But thank you for the tip... I agree that's a really fun film. I also have/like Rage of Honor. Sho is awesome! Thanks for watching and chiming in!
Revenge of the ninja used to play on loop in my house as a kid. Love it to this day.
I love videos like this, finding great new to watch movies is a real kick. Best blind buy I found amazing for me is ‘Mansion of the Doomed’ - took me by surprise it was so good. Available on 101 films on Blu-ray with a special edition black box here in the UK.
Great list. I blind bought Tombstone and watched it for the first time today. Amazing movie! Maybe even in my top 20 of all time now. Val Kilmer as Doc delivered the performance of a lifetime!
I also just recently watched Sorcerer for the first time as well! Another amazing movie! Some of the scenes had my jaw on the floor in suspense and shock!
Oh right on re: Sorcerer. Yeah isn't that a great one?!? I've really come to appreciate Roy Scheider more over time. And the tension in that film was just killer. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment!
We need a 4k of tombstone!!!!!
@@sbccave4015 yeah we do! I got tired of waiting and got the blu ray which looked great on my 820 but I’d double dip on a 4K in a heartbeat.
these are old films 🎥 😅 I would have never thought as a kid in 90s that in 2024 these films be classics..... technology way better now however I guess it still cant make up for Style, grit and story telling.
@@ReggaebeatmanYeah most of the films I talk about on the channel are older films. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, and I much prefer old-school film-making with practical effects to the whole green screen/CGI thing. While the technology may be better now, I still don't think CGI is a good substitute for practical sets, set pieces, effects, location shooting, real explosions, etc. CGI is still a little too sterile for my tastes. I'm not anti-CGI, as I do believe it can be an effective tool in augmenting practical effects and sets, but CGI will never be a complete replacement in my mind.
Fantastic list, dude! Lots of great movies here.
Thanks so much Daniel! Really appreciate you watching and chiming in!
Great list, Fuzz. I love The Blob! I got the shout factory! 4K earlier this year; as well as the original 1958 version from criterion. Have you seen the original? It’s a lot of fun
I've never seen the original, only the 88 remake. I'm sure I'll probably check it out at some point. But yeah, I just love the 88 version. So much fun! It really is like the perfect drive-in theater type movie. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment!
Great list. My favorite blind buy was "Class of 1999". Great old school wacky scifi action with incredible practical effects. Highly recommend.
Oh very cool! That film is actually on my list to pick up very soon. I have Class of 1984 by the same director, but haven't quite pulled the trigger on 99 yet (and haven't seen it). Maybe I'll do that before spooky season hits. I've had it sitting in my saved cart on Amazon for a while now Lol. Thanks for watching and for the tip!
Enjoyed, thank you Fuzz. So glad you highlighted Friedkin's Sorcerer. It's a true hidden gem, and the backstory on why it didn't do well when first released is for several reasons, number one it was released the same time as Star Wars and its explosive hype, audiences confused over title Sorcerer, sounded like a follow-up to The Exorcist or that horror genre. In interview (on youtube somewhere) Friedkin states that Sorcerer is his most personal satisfying film, says that he is most proud of it and wouldn't change a thing today. Sorcerer is a remake of the classic original Wages of Fear by famed director Clouzot....I like it too, and Sorcerer remake improves on it in some areas and a rare remake that stands on its own. And while you're interested in Friedkin catalog, I HIGHLY recommend Killer Joe...wow, totally unexpected and great performances from Gina Gershon and Matthew McConaughey...the chicken wing segment if unfamiliar, uh you'll find out, no spoiler:)
Unfamiliar with The Guest, but definitely will warrant further research, maybe possible buy per your review.
Killer Joe stinks and is pure shock value. Horrible performances and weak script. Friedkin was clearly off his dementia meds.
Interesting stuff about Sorcerer and its release. I was only about 6-7 years old at the time, so I wasn't really aware of much of anything except Star Wars LMAO! But it totally makes sense that Sorcerer would've had some problems. I do think the name was indeed misleading, and I would've hated to have been a filmmaker trying to release basically ANY movie post-Star Wars in 1977... rough gig! LOL!
Thanks for the tip on Killer Joe! I will definitely check that one out. There are a couple other Friedkin films I'm curious about as well... Rampage and Bug, which I believe are bothe also coming to 4K, along with the Hunted (that one I have seen and will definitely pick up on 4K).
Yeah you should definitely give the Guest a try. I found it to be really entertaining. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! I very much appreciate it.
Great discussion! Might have to go through and do one myself. I've had a lot of blind buys. Some good...some not so good. LOL
I used to watch Martial arts movies alot in the 90s/80s. Your China Obrien vinegar syndrome edition inspired to go back and obtain these movies. Also watch some I haven't seen. I recently picked up Righting Wrongs and one of Cynthia's best. Great video
Oh right on! Very cool. Yeah I'm loving the Rothrock flicks. She's great! Loved the first China O'Brien in particular, but I also agree that Righting Wrongs is probably one of her best (at least, based on what I've seen so far from her). I assume you got the Vinegar Syndrome edition of Righting Wrongs? (I'm not sure if there are other editions out there lol) -- i love the "Best of Martial Arts Movies" retrospective documentary included with that release. It was a great way for a newbie like me to get more familiar with the big names in the genre. Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts! Appreciate it.
This is a great list and Idea...From Beyond was a big one for me! I thought I had seen but couldnt recall and Daniel at Cobwebs said I should get it and boy was he right! Love that movie! love that you are digging some old Martial arts movies! - my brother and I were so big into Martial Arts movies in the 80s - Sho Kosugi was a big time star to us LOL
Hey Chase! Thanks so much! yeah I was saying right from the first time I watched From Beyond that it would probably go down as one of my favorite blind buys. That VS 4K restoration really knocked my socks off! Lol. As for the martial arts flicks, yeah it's cool discovering these films for the first time... I don't know why I never got into these as a kid. I guess I was just never really exposed to them. So it's always kind of a trip knowing that others have been watching these films for 40 years, etc. I wish I had discovered some of these sooner. Thanks for watching and commenting my friend!
I just ordered Righting Wrongs from Vinegar Syndrome earlier today. 😊 It’s one that I’ve had my eye on for a while now, and when I recently got 20 bucks in rewards points from VS I decided to finally pull the trigger on it. I even got the limited edition slipcase; they had about 170ish copies left when I placed my order
Oh right on! I wasn't sure if there would be any limited edition boxes left. But I'm glad to hear there are still a few left as of this video release. It's a fun film. And one thing I forgot to mention in the video is that this VS edition also includes a cool 90-minute documentary on "The Best of Martial Arts Films," hosted by John Saxon. As someone who is relatively new to this genre, I found the documentary to be a great little crash course in getting me somewhat up-to-speed on the genre. So yeah, great bonus features in Righting Wrongs. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great list of movies 👍👍👍
We have movie night friday and saturday in our place and it's my sons choice for friday and he normally downloads a movie and it's normally something I have never heard of and if I enjoy the movie and can see myself watching it again I'll buy a physical copy
Hey Fuzz, great video. Blind buys that pay off are awesome. 100% agree with the Beekeeper. I not a big Statham fan. Before the Beekeeper, I would say Homefront was my favourite or The Transporter. One of my favorite blind buys was actually mentioned on Mid Level Medias latest video, Chronicles. What a great superhero type movie starring a young Michael B Jordan. I know I have also mentioned to you as well that I am not a huge horror fan, but The Ring and The Witch have to be my favourite blind buy horror movies. I am looking forward to my copy of the Ring 4k next month. I recently just purchased Oblivion with Tom Cruise, but haven't watched it yet. It was a bit of a sleeper behind Edge of Tomorrow which i really liked. Have you got around to watching Ninja Assassin yet. Revenge of Ninja may become your second favourite Ninja movie. Lol. 🍻
Hi Dwayne great to see you! I will definitely have to check out Chronicle when I get the chance. The only reason I haven't watched it yet is because I heard it was a found-footage type film, and I tend to not really get into the found footage genre as much. But if it's that good, I'll have to give it a try at some point. I've heard others mention it's a pretty decent movie too.
I too am looking forward to The Ring on 4K... I have it pre-ordered myself, and I plan to talk about it on the channel during spooky season (I'll probably do a 4K review on it -- like a 4K Takeaways spooky season edition or something lol). I do like The Witch as well, though I don't have that killer deluxe edition that Ken over at Mid Level has. Mine is just the standard blu-ray, but I've heard the deluxe edition is much better because it has the director's approval and looks a little different with the color timing, etc.
I also have Oblivion as well... that's a fun film. I actually liked it a little more than Edge of Tomorrow. I haven't checked out Ninja Assassin yet, but it's still on my list to pick up at some point (I think I even still have it in my saved cart on Amazon, but then it kind of slipped my mind). Thanks for watching and chiming in my friend!
Half of my purchases are blind buy. I bought two second Sight release (The Guest and You're Next) and both are amazing. I also bought The Boogens and Hard Target as a blind buy from Kino Lorber and I really likes these movies.
Oh yes Hard Target is awesome on 4K! I really enjoy it too. Glad to hear you enjoyed the Guest and You're Next as well. I have You're Next, but only on blu-ray. Just saw it last year for the first time. But you definitely can't go wrong with Second Sight releases. They do amazing work. Thanks for watching and commenting!
As soon as you spoke the words "Wiliam Friedkin" it finally dawned upon me who you reminded me of all that time... 😄
LMAO!!😆🤣 You know it's funny that you mention that, as I kind of feel like I could relate to his personality quite a bit based on the few interviews I've seen of Friedkin. I like his no-bullshit demeanor LOL! The dude has strong views and has no qualms about telling us what he really thinks.😆 So I'm not entirely sure if it was intended this way, but I think I'm gonna go ahead and take that as a compliment anyway LMAO!😂😉 Thanks for watching!
Sorcerer and To Live and Die in LA we’re both great blind buys for me. When I’m confident in a director, such as William Friedkin, I tend to chase up their other work and make plenty of blind buys. I did that this year with John Sayles after watching the amazing Lone Star in 4K (my current watch of the year) and was then blown away by City of Hope and Matewan staring the amazing Chris Cooper and the late great James Earl Jones. So my blind buys are based on confidence of director, cast and knowing what I look for in a film.
Yeah I'm the same way with directors... I'll definitely pursue their other works if I like what I see in a couple films. I'll have to maybe check out those films you mentioned... I'm not familiar with them or the director. But I just looked up Lone Star and it looks pretty interesting. Good director huh? I don't think I've seen anything of his. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@TheOriginalFuzz an incredible director, John Sayles was honestly my director find of the year. I do recommend starting with Lone Star and the 4K release truly fits into the reference quality category. Solid performances from a great cast, amazing story and directing, I’m sure you’d really enjoy it.
Great video, Fuzz! I recently got the entire Ninja Trilogy on blu ray as blind buys. I thought Enter the Ninja was pretty awful (aside from the opening scene), but Revenge of the Ninja was amazing and Ninja III was a great time as well. ~ Ryan
Yeah I have to agree with you on Enter the Ninja. While I don't necessarily think it's awful, it's definitely not nearly up to the same level as Revenge or even Domination. It's certainly the weakest of the 3 by far. Plus they dubbed in a different voice for Franco Nero in Enter because his accent was too thick and they wanted a strong American voice - LMAO!! Revenge is definitely where it's at. Although I do also have fun with Domination. Thanks for watching and chiming in Ryan!
Good video, Fuzz
Thanks for giving the positives; I enjoy almost every one of my blind buys (even if not up there with my favouite movies of all time that I knew were good because I'd seen them) because I know the genres and types of movie I like and have a reasonable expectation of what actors and directors are like.
Yeah I'm mostly the same way. I don't really blind buy titles unless I get a pretty strong sense that I will at least like them enough to not regret adding them to my collection. Most of the time, it works out well. Occasionally I'll end up with a bit of a dud that wasn't as good as I was hoping, but overall, I've had great success with blind-buying.
Thank you Fuzz for recommending Flatlinere, this is probably the most enjoyable blinde buy for me, I did not expect to enjoy it this much seeing that the only thing that I knew about the director is that he did some unremarkable Batman movies.
Oh awesome! I'm really glad you enjoyed it and that I didn't steer you wrong LOL! I'm probably due to rewatch my copy of Flatliners at some point. So did you get the Arrow 4K of Flatliners? Or did you go with a blu-ray edition? The restoration on that Arrow 4K is so good. I never remembered the film looking that good when I saw it years ago.
@@TheOriginalFuzz Yeah, I got the Arrow UK version which came with the slip and book, the restoration is incredible, I don,t know what sort of black magic they practice there at Arrow but they should give master classes on how to scan old films.
I was like you with to live and die in LA. It was a blind buy for me and loved it but my favorite blind buy was "in the heat of the night" that movie was amazing. I dived into Sidney Poitier movies after seeing "to sir with love" and said I need to see more and grabed the kino ver during an sale and wow
I've heard really good things about Heat of the Night, but I've never seen it yet. I'll have to give that one a try at some point. I hear the 4K is really good on that film. My exposure to Sindey Pointier has been fairly limited... only a couple films. But I did love him in Sneakers LOL! Thanks for watching!
Awesome blindbuys mate.😎👍.
I picked up all the In the line of Duty films but wish i had got the nefty box set you got there lol.
Loved the first one,the second was pretty good much the same,the third one probably my least favourite but it was ok.The forth was entertaining but of course you can't beat that first one.
Yeah that was pretty much exactly how I felt about those films too. Loved the first two, 3rd one wasn't that great, but the 4th one was decent. I love seeing Michelle Yeoh kick ass LMAO! Thanks for watching and weighing in!
@@TheOriginalFuzz 👌cheers mate!
Thank you my friend.
Thank you, this was interesting and nicely personal list from you. There is one of my top all time movies - Live and Let Die in L.A. I saw it few years after it was released - And I love it. It is both beautiful looking and same time rough movie. It is hard to say, is it a drama, anarchistic movie, nihilistic movie, action movie or comedy... I have seen movie maybe five times during my life and and I´m quite sure that movies is combination of everything I mentioned before. I also liked movies Righting wrongs (my version is from 88 Films), From Beyond (also 88 Films), I got simple dvd-version of The Guest, but I also loved that film. Years ago I also liked a Revenge of the ninja (I´m 80´s teenager) and Blob a lot. Thank you for mentioning the Censor. That is the movie I´m planning the buy from Second Sight. I also would like to see Beekeeper, thank you for your recommendation about it!
Hey thanks so much for watching and commenting. I appreciate that! I was looking at the Second Sight edition of Censor, and it definitely looks like an even better release than the one I have. I noticed the bonus features on the 2nd Sight release are more expansive... you get a making-of doc on the film, which was not included in my version (although I do have the 2-part feature-length doc on the Video Nasties era, and that was pretty interesting to watch). So yeah, I would definitely recommend the 2nd Sight version, just for the bonus features alone.
I was a teenager in the 80s too, but for whatever reason, never got into a lot of films that others grew up with, like Revenge of the Ninja or the Blob. So it's been a lot of fun discovering these films for the first time all these years later. And yes, you should definitely check out the Beekeeper... such a fun action film!
@@TheOriginalFuzz Thank you for your thoughtful message, I appreciated it a lot! We seem to be in about same age. First thank you for you comments about Second Sight´s Censor-version. I haven´t seen this movie and after your spoken and written comments, I´m quite excited about it. By the way I live in Finland and funny enough, I was very influenced about the Finnish video censor -activities in our country during the years 1985 - 1999. I think the hysteria was almost at the same level that it was during the days of Video Nasties in England. During that time especially horror movies very heavily cut (to people over 16 years and over) or banned completely in Finland. So movie loving teenagers and young adults started a real hunt for all these horror movies that we couldn´t get our hands on. So paradoxically this Finnish video censor -law really made me an horror movie fan. :) So with all these wonderful restorations (both bluray- and 4K-movies) nowadays, I really live the best times of my life as an movie lover. And yes, Ninja-movies! I should get back with those lovely 80´s movies as soon as possible. Thank you for your great channel!
Back when we could rent movies from Mom-and-Pop video stores, I never bought anything blindly. These days, almost everything that I buy is a "blind buy." I bought Goodbye Uncle Tom from Blue Underground. It's an incredible film. It's about slavery. It's an exploitation film that will leave you asking, "How on Earth were they able to film this? How does this exist?!" Exploitation films are especially enjoyable on Blu-ray and on 4K. Instant time machine.
The classic movie, The Changeling, 4k movie, is great, for this Halloween season.
I agree that is a good one! I have the Severin Films 4K, but I kind of wished I had picked up the Second Sight 4K instead. Their artwork was better than Severin's I think. And 2nd Sight has that cool chunky box. But I'm happy enough with the quality of my Severin 4K... I may even have to pop that one in again this year. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment!
I just got a 4K FIRESTICK HOW TO SET IT UP CAN YOU DO A VIDEO ON THAT
I wouldn't really know much about that, honestly. I've never used one of those. I mainly access any streaming through the apps on my TV (when I watch via streaming, which isn't very often these days). But it should just be as simple as plugging the Firestick into an available HDMI port, and then switching the HDMI input on your TV to the corresponding port the stick is plugged into. It will probably walk you through some kind of setup process or something and/or maybe have you log into your Amazon account.
Such a great list in there, Beekeeper definitely took my back to mid 2000’s cheesy action Statham movies. From Beyond is a classic as well. I was really impressed with Upgrade, had a lot of fun with that one. The Guest is great too. One of my blind buys that I really enjoyed was Green Room, Patrick Stewart plays the leader of a neo nazi gang(Picard’s a dick 😂), thanks for the great video as always fuzz
Hi Jorden - great to hear from you. Thanks so much! I will have to check out Green Room... I've heard it is pretty good, but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Thanks for the tip on that one. I do like Patrick Stewart, so that ought to be fun to see him in that kind of role LOL!
alot of Cynthia Rothrock are often hit and miss since many of her stuff are mostly low budget Direct To Video B-movies. a few of her Hong Kong movies are really funny due to the laugh out loud bad dubbing. btw, in the line of duty is a riot. watched it last month on amazon prime.
Revenge of the Ninja is a fun romp. I also would recommend American Ninka 1 and 2.
yeah I also have American Ninja 1 and 2. They are pretty fun... I love Steve James in those! I've been wondering if I should bother with American Ninja 3 and 4 too, or just call it good with 1 and 2. I've never seen 3 or 4. Any thoughts on those? Thanks for watching and weighing in!
@@TheOriginalFuzz the main actor was suppose to be in 3 but bailed after he refused to do it for a few reasons. it a good movie. the 4th movie was pretty decent but felt like a crossover movie. they're both worth giving a fair shake. Avenging Force is another with the two main actors from american ninja 1 and 2 but what weird it was originally intended to be a sequel to invasion USA. Chuck turn it down and had to reworked the script. very little mortal arts in the 3rd act of the move kind of reminds me of Surviving the game with Ice-T
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Some great selections, can highly recommend Sho Kosugi's 'Pray for Death'
Yep, I own it on blu-ray! But thank you for the tip... I agree that's a really fun film. I also have/like Rage of Honor. Sho is awesome! Thanks for watching and chiming in!