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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 01 Jun 2022, 14:27

bomaz wrote:Watched it again last night. Darn it's a well made movie. I've "rediscovered" how Alex McDowell on the movie was good.

I have tried to reach Alex McDowell for an interview but sadly haven’t succeeded (I talked to the production designer Gilles Aird though).
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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby bomaz on 06 Jun 2022, 10:21

I watched ST a couple of days ago, and The Crow City of Angels yesterday, and I was wondering how this part of the soundtrack was oddly familiar to me

isn't that theme used in ST in the last scene ? (or maybe the other way around, given the dates of the movies)
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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 06 Jun 2022, 13:53

I can hear how they can sound similar when the strings come in, but the two tracks are different.

What I immediately recognized here is one of the main themes from THE CROW 1 score which composer Graeme Revell is doing a new interpretation of in the sequel.

Here is below the final cue from the end of SILENT TRIGGER (which I think is one of the best in a DL film):

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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby bomaz on 06 Jun 2022, 14:06

Indeed, my bad. Listenging the two ones closely they are indeed different.
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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 06 Jun 2022, 14:14

No worries ;)
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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 17 Jun 2022, 09:44

The original title THE ALGONQUIN GOODBYE (which I love) was used on Canadian TV / cable:

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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 25 Jun 2022, 19:48

Found out that SILENT TRIGGER actually played on six screens in Hawaii for two weeks in March 1997.

"In the world of an assassin, falling in love can fatal."

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The ad ran in local newspapers next to one of my favorite films, Mike Leigh's 1996 Palme d'Or SECRETS & LIES, which is an odd sight... 8)
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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 23 Aug 2022, 23:22

Coming September 9 on Hi-YAH! if anybody knows it (apparently a martial arts and Asian action movie channel)
https://www.hiyahtv.com/silent-trigger
https://filmcombatsyndicate.com/coming- ... much-more/

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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby lt.brannigan on 24 Aug 2022, 10:08

Hi-YAH! is the streaming platform for Well Go USA, a pretty neat boutique label specializing in releasing a decent amount of Asian movies on Blu-Ray for American audiences.

Pretty solid catalogue, they have been responsible for getting a good percentage of late career Jackie Chan released on blu-ray. Between them and Lionsgate, modern day Jackie Chan is pretty well covered.

I like the company and would have no problem recommending their services.

That said.. someone needs to start dipping into Dolph's back catalogue here in the states...
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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby alex.sp89 on 24 Aug 2022, 12:42

Algonquin Goodbye - runtime 105 minutes ? where are the missing 11 minutes from the version that we all know today ?
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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 24 Aug 2022, 12:55

Never heard of that running time, must be a mistake. If you're refering to the TV listing above, I assume the time includes commercial breaks...

According to my interview with Russell Mulcahy the released version is his director's cut (not mentioning the shooting script is very close to the released film).
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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 12 Sep 2022, 20:01

Neat article:

Tower-ing Fiction #18: The Algonquin, Silent Trigger (1996)
https://www.vaultofculture.com/vault/towering/algonquin

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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 19 Sep 2022, 01:24

Best 90s Direct-to-Video Action Movies
https://www.joblo.com/best-90s-direct-t ... on-movies/
Another Dolph Lundgren entry because, well, the man was in so many movies in the 1990s and most of them went direct-to-video, so he deserves a second spot. This one is more low-key in a way than Showdown in Little Tokyo as it mostly takes place in one building under construction. This shot-in-Montreal actioner was directed by Russell Mulcahy (Highlander) and delivers a good amount of tension when needed, the requisite action film sex scene, and some over-the-top random characters. It was a favorite at the time and it holds up pretty well now.
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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 23 Sep 2022, 18:54

Underrated Movies from the Masters of Action Cinema by Tom
https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2022/09/ ... on-cinema/
Dolph Lundgren – Silent Trigger

Dolph Lundgren at the height of his VHS era pull, stars in a film directed by Russell Mulcahy, fresh off a series of underperforming theatrical releases such as Ricochet, The Real McCoy and The Shadow. Dolph is pictured on the artwork with a massive sniper rifle, promising plenty of carnage. What is delivered is a surprisingly esoteric psychological thriller, largely confined to one building (aside from flashbacks), with only four central characters.

There’s plenty of simplicity to the main plot, where the shooter and his spotter await a target they’re to take out from the confines of their isolated tower building. They have a complicated relationship from the previous job and Lundgren is edgy and paranoid after a career of killing people for faceless overlords. If it were made today it might have been directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, or perhaps made by Robert Eggers and Robert Pattinson for A24. The film still has an odd friction between loftier artistic sensibilities and delivering a Lundgren action vehicle. Despite the inconsistencies, it’s still pretty interesting when it works.



Love this idea, didn't think of it before but you're right, I don't know if Refn ever saw ST but he would probably dig it:
If it were made today it might have been directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, or perhaps made by Robert Eggers and Robert Pattinson for A24.
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Re: SILENT TRIGGER (Russell Mulcahy, 1996)

Postby Jox on 16 Nov 2022, 19:01

This movie would make a good double feature with Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning. Two Dolph Lundgren action thrillers that lean into vibes, abstraction, and borderline horror movie misogyny until they become Konami video games.

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