Ep 05 - Cut You Down Pt 01 & Kiss of Death

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07/28/20 • 106 min

Malcolm gets out of prison after 9 years and doesn’t want anything... except what’s his. The taciturn, hulking ex-con has to decide what shape his revenge is going to take as he tracks down his old flame Mary and finds her living with his ex-partner-in-crime Dwight. The pair have been raising Malcolm’s 9 year old son together; but now he’s out.

And for their movie talk, Chris and Will are giving you the kiss of death! Both versions of Kiss of Death! We have Richard Widmark making his terrifying screen debut in an Oscar Nominated role opposite his “pal” Victor Mature. And then we have the remake of the same name with Nicholas Cage trying to drum up a friendship with the ever-smoldering David Caruso.

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Ep 04 - Jersey Devils Pt 04 & The Getaway

Mitchell’s drive to South Jersey has been fraught with danger and bad decisions. And now he has to dig two graves instead of one. Can he get the bodies buried six feet under with nothing but a little blood and dirt on his hands? Take a listen to the exciting conclusion of Jersey Devils to find out!

Stick around after the story for Chris and Will’s super-sized comparison episode where they talk about The Getaway ! They’re tackling the Jim Thompson crime fiction classic as well as both film adaptations of it.

We’ve got Sam Peckinpah’s slow-motion bloodbath featuring the King of Cool himself, Steve McQueen, with Ali MacGraw. Then there’s the 90’s action flick that’s way better than you remember it starring Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, James Woods, Michael Madsen, Jennifer Tilly, David Morse, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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Ep 06 - Cut You Down Pt 02 & The Hunter, Point Blank, and Payback

Dwight may be leaving town, but the professional gunman he hired isn’t going to make Malcolm’s return from prison simple. And it’s hard enough for Malcolm as he tries to start over with Mary and their son Michael, whom he has yet to meet.

How will the boy take to finally meeting his father? And what sort of revenge does Malcolm have in mind for his former partner-in-crime? Have a listen to Cut You Down Pt 02 to find out.

And this episode Chris and Will are taking a look at the always practical, sometimes brutal, criminal creation of Richard Stark: Parker! We’ve got a supersized comparison lined up as we discuss the book The Hunter and its various movie and comic book iterations.

So we have John Boorman’s existential action picture Point Blank with Lee Marvin, two vastly different versions of Payback with Mel Gibson, and Darwyne Cook’s fantastic and faithful comic book adaptation.