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What is a Bucket Movie? Overlooked, weird and rare films, that for one reason or another fell through the cracks and failed to get a mainstream audience. Cult classics, unknown oddities and the extremely hard to find, finally get the press they deserve here!

Mystery Men (1999) Review

June 15th 2010 18:47
Mystery Men
I took the tag line's advice and Expected the Unexpected, and what I got? I still didn't expect it!



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Mercury Man (2006) Review

May 1st 2010 16:33
Merciry man, Spiderman, poster
The Original Thai poster oozes cool
Yes, I know. I review a lot of Thai films, but as Americans we're a bit spoiled when it comes to movies. Hollywood puts out the best movies in the world, and we expect our movies to have big stars and special effects galore, In countries like Thailand where the economic and political climate makes it difficult to make movies, the moves that are made have more passion and hard work behind them. Now this isn't to say that they're all good, cultural differences make some Thai movies nearly unwatchable but there are plenty of wonderful, hidden gens to be found in Thai cinema. Today we learn about another that many have overlooked. Bhandit Thongdee's superhero epic: Mercury man.

When Spiderman was released in Thailand, it was one of the most popular American films ever released in the country. Being a very patriotic people, watching a foreign with anything but disdain was unique to Thailand. The answer? Thailand needed a superhero, an original hero that exemplified the Thai people's love of their country. Enter Mercury man, who started life as Chan a noble firefighter who has a tendency to be a touch over-heroic. He's stabbed with a magical amulet while trying to fight a fire, and his blood becomes metal giving him the ability to control metal (Sorta like Magneto if he was a good guy) as well as makes him immune to bullets and blunt impacts. He strikes back against rapists, drunk drivers, gang bangers and rampaging elephants. The true bad guy of the film is the Muslim terrorist cell led by the evil Usama Ali who plans to use parts of a second amulet (the same type that gave Mercury man his powers) to blow up targets around Bangkok and destroy an American carrier.
Thai action legend Panna Rittikrai provides the fight choreography and it's obvious with the fluid, and fun to watch action scenes. One scene the bad guys determine how to beat Mercury man, discovering that a large jolt of electricity can temporarily rob him of his superpowers. No problem for a Thai superhero, as he still has his impressive martial arts skills to pound the bad guys into submission which he does even after he's set ablaze by fire breathing thugs. The final battle between Mercury man and the super powered villain Arena is a great supernatural contest that is worth the price of admission by itself


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The Marine - Final Thoughts

February 27th 2009 02:31
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Bucket Movies Presents: The Marine

February 22nd 2009 22:49
When he isn't in the wrestling ring, John Cena is doing what he does best - bad acting!


Let’s take a step back in time Bucket Heads to last week. Remember how I told you all about how the WWE –World Wrestling Entertainment – wanted to venture out into the Hollywood world with their own movies? Remember how I said they made more movies after how bad See No Evil was? This week I decided to stick with the WWE and look at another movie of theirs – one called The Marine


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My Super Ex-Girlfriend - Final Thoughts

January 23rd 2009 02:56
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Look out bad guys it's G-Girl - using the lame acting powers of Uma Thurman to scare her enemies into submission!


Ah good ol’ superhero movies – you’ve got to love them. In recent years there have been scores of flicks based around the childhood heroes we all love. Let’s see we’ve had 3 X-Men movies, 3 Spiderman movies, 2 Incredible Hulk movies, 2 Fantastic Four movies, an Iron Man movie, a Superman movie and a bunch more. Oh let’s not forget the awesome reset of the Batman saga. The Dark Knight is probably the best superhero movie ever


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