Blade Runner (1982)

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn,, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame.

From memory: Excellent musical biography with a superb Sissy Spacek plus a equally good cast especially gives an accurate picture of the Kentucky boondocks.

Halliwell***: "'With-it' version of the old show business story: gradual success, stardom, nervous breakdown, reconciliation. Based on the life of Loretta Lynn, but mainly notable for its depiction of backwoods Kentucky."

Maltin***1/2: "...among the best musical bios ever made, though final quarter does slideover some "down side" details. Spacek won well-deserved Oascar..., but Jones, D'Angelo, and Helm (drummer for The Band) are just as good."

Last Man Standing (1996)

A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.

Yet another remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo is an interesting, but not fully satisfying mixture of genres, especially of Western and gangster movie; good star cast and expertise direction make it watchable, though.

Halliwell*: "A Hollywood Western influenced by other schools of film-making. The wit and charm of Kurosawa's original, Yojimbo, has been replaced by a raw energy and gunfights in the style of John Woo; but its glum, conscienceless protagonist lacks the style of Toshirô Mifune or even Clint Eastwood in the spaghetti Western version, A Fistful of Dollars."

Maltin**: "...rife with gunplay, but overcome by sheers boredom."