The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
Genre: Erotic Slow-burning Thriller Walken in Short: Think of Walken’s role as The Continental (from SNL), but take away the harmless goofiness, and add a dollop and a half of … Continue reading
King of New York (1990)
Genre: Crime Thriller (gangster) Walken in Short: Crazy. Brilliant. Violent. Hilarious. Badass. This is major Walken. One of his meatiest roles. Aeons of screen-time, a cascade of great lines, and … Continue reading
Communion (1989)
Genre: Alien-Abduction Drama / Psychological Thriller Walken in Short: There is so much great Walken in this movie that there is barely any room for the almond-eyed extra-terrestrials. He talks … Continue reading
Homeboy (1988)
Genre: Boxing Drama Walken in Short: Walken plays a sleazy, sweet-talking boxing promoter/criminal named ‘Wesley Pendergrass’. He’s a common criminal, with aspirations of being a successful common criminal, but y’know: … Continue reading
Puss In Boots (1988)
Genre: Children’s Musical Folk-tale Walken in Short: As the eponymous feline, Walken channels the spirit of a cat. A savvy cat. A singing, dancing cat. A preening, scheming, happy cat. … Continue reading
Biloxi Blues (1988)
Genre: Coming-of-Age-WWII-Bootcamp-Comedy Walken in Short: He is Drill Instructor Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey. Classic Walken role. He is intimidating, verbose, and yeah he’s a bit nutty. A person might be … Continue reading
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
Genre: Smalltown-Rebellion Drama / Kind-of-a-Western / Magical-Realism Fable Walken in Short: He is the outsider, the snake, the muscle, the burr. Though some fat-cat Boss Hogg-type plays the part of … Continue reading
Witness in the War Zone (1987)
aka DEADLINE (original title) aka WAR ZONE (unoriginal title) Genre: Middle Eastern Journo-political War Suspense Walken in Short: He is ‘Don Stevens’, a world-weary journalist, that has been called in … Continue reading
At Close Range (1986)
Genre: Dramatic Crime Thriller (based on a true story) Walken in Short: He’s a charismatic con-man ‘Godfather’ with a hint of a Southern drawl, a great 70’s porno-stash, and a … Continue reading
A View to a Kill (1985)
Genre: SPY-ADVENTURE – But more importantly, this is a Bond film, which is more like its sub-sub-sub-genre, but it tells you so much more about it. Everyone’s seen at least … Continue reading
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