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Akira (1988)
SEE IT NOW!!!! (no window love, go! go now!)
The motorcycle-taillight-trails are worth the rental price alone... A post-holocaust Japan, a repressed society begins to uncoil, governmental psi-ops programs are in progress, two motorcycle gang members and an escaped young boy become the catalysts for a new world-a-comin'...
Brilliant animation and special effects, detailed world, fully-fleshed characters, great plot (but I looooooove gov't conspiracies, anyway), action, romance, revenge, loyalty, quest for power, mysteries revealed, did I mention action?
Just see it...If it's not one of the top ten anime movies you've seen, I'll eat your hat (shipping charges reversed to sender)...
Also recommended: Fist Of The North Star, Dagger Of Kamui, Ninja Scroll, Storm Riders (Live Action Anime/Kung Fu), Ghost In The Shell, Black Magic M-66, Appleseed, Grey: Digital Target
The Breaks (1999)
Up there with Friday, CB4, Don't be a Menace To Society...
A funny, funny, funny movie... It's ALMOST a typical "day in the hood" comedy, except it revolves around a White Irishman, raised by a Black family in Compton... Derrick ("White Mike" from "Martin"), accompanied by his best friend Chris ("Cole" from "Martin") adventure around the neighborhood, chased by Cops and Thugs, in search of a carton of milk... There are not only several side-stories to enjoy here, developing snippets of ideas from other movies ("I'm Gonna Get You Sucka", "Friday", "Pulp Fiction"), but there are countless guest stars from other "day in the hood" type movies, as well as from the rap, funk, and basketball worlds... If you like Friday, CB4, Fear Of A Black Hat, Don't Be A Menace To Society, Who's The Man, etc...You owe it to yourself to check out "The Breaks".
I give it an 8/10 (with only Fear Of A Black Hat getting a higher score from me in this genre)