The How About Project Part 20 (of 26)

Couldn't help getting sucked into that Warrior trailer again. A must-see apparently. And while it's not a boxing movie per se, it does remind one that films involving said sport kind of constitute their own genre. The proof is in the tradition dating back nearly a century. Here's a few from before 1980 that you may not know about and may want to check out:

3: The Great White Hope (1970)
2: The Harder They Fall (1956)
1: The Set-Up (1949)

Trailer: The Grey

Haven't posted a trailer in a while. Maybe 'cause it's that slow season between summer and awards season. Who knows. The point of this being, Liam Neeson seems to be on a roll. Could this be the everyman version of Wolverine? Heck, is this the way Wolverine should have been portrayed? Colour me intrigued:

The How About Project Part 19 (of 26)

Lots of girls-with-guns films these days (ie. Colombiana, Hanna, etc). Some of them sexy and all of them filled with revenge. Turns out they're part of a tradition, generally believed to have started during the blossoming of the Hong Kong action film industry in the 60s. Yes, my eyebrow arched something awful as well.

Here is a good mixed lot released before 1980:

3) The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
2) Cleopatra Jones (1973)
1) Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)

Any you can recommend?