tommy61986-1

finally a movie is made about my home place in chicago.i was born and rise in humbolt park until left for puerto rico in 2002..the movie was wonderful,only two soft part..the Christmas neighborhood gathering singing thru out the area is long history but it was a touch..the part of a brother's revenge against a gang member is too soft.gangs don't go to soft in humbolt park..yes,puerto rican family are nice in humbolt park back in the old days but as violent took over in the mid 70's puerto rican are not as nicely as this movie show..but it's nice that humbolt park was done in a nice and lovely way and kept the violent ways that it is today..in just like the other ricans movie,i like it like that..that also make the puerto rican a group of people with heart and let's not forget west side story'' nothing like the holiday bring a lot of joys and tears into eyes as i see my homeplace turn into a romance,comedy and heart warm and the traditional puerto rican food in west chicago...i give it a 9 for showing the whole world how great we are in a very hard place to be happy..

after bloodsport,which is still the best van damme movie on my list,van damme made a lot of bad movies since bloodsport.made a good one "sudden death"..but "in hell",we finally see him in non-martial arts role and a down to earth prison,beat me up role..the only few things that i didn't like ,was his hair.everybody got a clean haircut except van damme,why??i don't know.it was like watching a ultimate fighting pay per view.i was waiting the the big matchup between van damme and the big man (remind me of mel Gibson in mad max 3:beyond thunderdome).no way van damme could have beat him up..but in movies any thing can happen..lawrence taylor's role was shocking and silent but it work.midnight express go into extreme in Russia and this movie deliver and makes van damm into a real actor..no Oscar but at least he earn his paycheck better than seagel