Here are my five every-which-way-awesome films that get nowhere near the love they deserve. Those who haven’t seen them should. Those who have and didn’t like them were doing something wrong.
1. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) – Pure masterpiece. Ask anyone. Okay, ask me. The best comedy of the last ten years. A genius concept, perfectly executed with more quotable dialogue than any film since “Blazing Saddles.” But it’s The Mighty Rob Schneider who carries it off creating both a sympathetic character and major laughs as he reacts to the madness around him. Two other comedic greats in the reaction department, Bob Hope and Jack Benny, would’ve been proud. Don’t miss the sequel, either. Not only is there more Deuce, but Schneider throws in a little pro-America to boot.
2. Saving Silverman (2001) – The scene where Jack Black and Steve Zahn kidnap Amanda Peet is one of the finest set-pieces of comedy ever put on film. The editing, performances, choreography – brilliant. Straight out of the best of Blake Edwards’ “Pink Panther” series. Even if the rest of the film didn’t rawk, and rawk it does, that sequence alone should earn it a forever place in film lore. Plus, there’s R. Lee Ermey and Neil Diamond.3. Deep Rising (1998) – “Mummy” director Stephen Sommers cut his chops on this ridiculously entertaining monster flick that stands to this day as the best thing he’s done. Treat Williams is a mercenary boat captain who doesn’t ask his customers questions, but should have. Tone has so much to do with the making or breaking a film, and “Deep Rising” perfectly mixes good scares and self-aware humor. A real gem on a late Saturday night.
4. Maximum Risk (1996) – The film that should’ve launched Jean-Claude Van Damme out of B pictures and into a real career. Ringo Lam directs an intelligent, exciting, sexy (thanks to Natasha Henstridge) globe-trotting thriller that’s head and shoulders above any of the dour, epileptic, shaky-cammed “Bourne” flicks. Plus, Van Damme plays twins, and you know what that means: Double the Van Dammage.
5. Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994) – Charles Bronson kills people.
We all have a few of these tucked in our DVD collections. Care to share?
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