Tuesday,
15 August this
year was the
fiftieth
anniversary of
the death of Ian
Fleming. This
week, I’m
finishing the
homage to James
Bond, from
Timothy Dalton
to the present
day.
The Living
Daylights
The delightful
Maryam D’Abo
was the Bond girl
in The Living
Daylights (1987),
although the movie
itself was only
so-so.
The other women
are:
Dulice Liecier and
Catherine Rabett
Kell Tyler
Virginia Hey
Several not
identified in the
film
Several not
identified in the
credits
Cat
Run 2
(2014)
Johnny's
comments:
Cat
Run 2 starts with two
Russian assassins Tatiana
and Mina (Winter Ave Zoli
and Maria Rogers) being
smuggled into the US and
arriving in New Orleans
where they pose as
strippers/prostitutes and
mount a mission to steal
sensitive government
information and in the
process, kill many
soldiers. Mina is killed
before she can get the
flash drive to Tatiana.
Meanwhile, our favourite
private
detectives/restaurateurs
Anthony and Julian (Scott
Mechlowicz and Alphonso
McAuley) have arrived in
New Orleans to be on a
cooking show and stay a
friend of Julian's place
called Big Ray. His nephew
was a victim at the army
base and he's convinced
something is up. Anthony
and Julian decide to check
it out for themselves and
end up getting on the
wrong side of Tatiana who
is desperate to find the
flash drive. It's not long
before even Tatiana is in
over her head and the
people she is working for
betray her and the three
must join forces to defeat
all of Tatiana's enemies.
From director John
Stockwell, who directed
the original Cat Run as
well as two other movies
released this year (In The
Blood and Kid Cannabis),
this is pretty much the
same movie as the
original. But, if the
first movie wasn't
gratuitous enough for you,
Cat Run 2 begins with 10
minutes of naked ladies
slaughtering dozens of
men. And it doesn't get
any less subtle from
there. While it's obvious
that this movie has a
significantly smaller
budget than the first
movie, this seems to allow
them to try out some of
the most dodgy jokes I've
seen in a movie outside of
a Wayans Brothers
production. Pornographic
memory??? Midget jokes???
Chubby chasing a frequent
theme??? Subtitle
humour??? OK, I can't
knock a movie for
delivering a shitload of
nudity (would've liked
more from Kamille
Leai...), but Cat Run 2
ain't a good movie.
