It is a known fact like every person is different and they like different things. But when it comes to movies there are some that are universally loved and some that are forgotten or looked over. I am going to write about two of my favorite movies that have been looked over and that maybe you should check out.
My first pick for the most underrated film is the 1998 action flick, “The Negotiator”, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey as hostage negotiators facing off as one is accused of a crime. One of the best things about this movie is the cast, an all-star cast of character actors, which makes this film one huge display of great acting. In addition to Jackson and Spacey other great actors like Ron Rifkin, David Morse, Paul Giamatti, John Spencer and Paul Guilfoyle appear.
The film is directed by F. Gary Gray (“The Italian Job”) and the action is superb. There is a whodunit element to the film, but the audience is given enough clues to slowly figure it out. The film has a rating of 7.2 on IMDB.com and grossed only about $45 million at the box office, not a failure by any means but it deserved better.
The next film is VERY funny.
It is Mike Myers best movie… period.
But, no one saw it.
I do think the title “So I Married an Axe Murderer” sort of turned people off, thinking it was a horror film or something other than a comedy. In the 1993 film, Myers plays Charlie, a beat poet, who is seriously afraid of commitment… even going as far as to break up with a woman for “smelling like soup.” That all changes when he meets a butcher, Harriet, played by Nancy Travis. They get along great and everything seems to be going perfect. Until he starts to think she is an axe murderer.
The film also has Myers playing the role of Charlie’s father, a Scottish butcher, who steals the show. If anyone quotes this movie, they are quoting lines from Charlie’s father. There are a lot of hilarious cameos in the film including Phil Hartman as an Alcatraz guard, Michael Richards as a reporter, Alan Arkin as the police captain and Steven Wright as a pilot.
Also worth noting it the film’s soundtrack, which is amazing. It is very 90s with such bands as the Boo Radleys, Spin Doctors, Toad the Wet Sprocket and even Myers himself performing a beat poem.
Don’t let the name fool you, yes there is an axe murderer in the film, but at it’s core the film is about Charlie’s hilarious relationship paranoia.
"The Negotiator" - http://imdb.com/title/tt0120768/
"So I Married an Axe Murderer" - http://imdb.com/title/tt0108174/
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