Dangerous ground contributor names darrell james roodt director stanley clarke composer. Even more than most film noir films, on dangerous ground is marked by its expressive realism, especially in the opening half hour, where the precise depiction. Its really a pig of a film, but the supporting cast are really good, and really make your blood boil. Robert ryan is on dangerous ground on vod and bluray. In 1983 south africa, a young vusi thokozani nkosi organizes a radical student protest that is soon put down by police, vusi is captured and forced to leave for the. The second act of on dangerous ground allows both robert ryan and ida lupino to deliver emotionally gripping performances. Ryan and lupino give sterling performances but the story line is broken up into two distinct segments, which.
The degradation of urban life is reinforced by the citys peripheral female. Now 12 years have passed, there is a new south africa under nelson mandela, and vusi has returned from the united states to. Dangerous ground the original motion picture soundtrack. Rough city cop jim wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case. In respect to film noir conventions, it comes as little wonder that malden resides in a rural location, far removed from the tawdriness of big city living on full display in the first act. On dangerous ground is a film in which i had no idea where the story was headed from moment to moment. When american graduate student and drug counselor vusi returns home to his postapartheid village in south africa he finds that his younger brother has run away to johannesburg.
Dangerous ground 1997 thirteen years after his antiapartheid activism forced him to leave south africa, vusi madlazi ice cube returns home for his fathers funeral. A burnedout city cop is sent on a pursuit assignment in farm country. Vigilante father brent ward bond and city detective wilson robert ryan follow their suspects tracks to a remote cabin where they meet mary ida lupino, who hasnt seen a thing, in nicholas rays on dangerous ground, 1952 view the tcmdb entry for on dangerous ground 1952. A somewhat schizophrenic film noir, on dangerous ground is a moody tale of two locales and how they and a mysterious blind woman impact a disillusioned and lonely new york cop. The bluray looks excellent and has been cleaned up significantly. On dangerous ground is a 1951 film noir directed by nicholas ray and produced by john houseman. Read the full synopsis of on dangerous ground, 1952, directed by nicholas ray, with ida lupino, robert ryan, ward bond, at turner classic movies. Dangerous ground aspires to be a commentary on the new south africa, but the result is a poor action picture set in a world of drugs and guns. With this flimsy materialand that is the fault of the filmthe best has been.
On dangerous ground 1951 jim wilson robert ryan is new york police detective on the edge. Watch dangerous ground full movie in hd visit movie 52855 vusi madlazi returns to the south african village he left as a young bo. What opens as a gritty tale of an urban copontheedge ultimately enters a delicate, spiritual realm that, as with they live by night, reminded me of no one so much as robert bresson. Nick rays direction of actors and camera is uniformly excellent, even if he lost control of the film in the howard hughes pretzel factory of moviemaking. On dangerous ground was a film that i had never heard of, until i. Ward bond and robert ryan in on dangerous ground 1951 anthony ross and. Telecharger dancing on dangerous ground film complet en. Rapper ice cube plays vusi, a south african exile who returns home after 12 years to visit the grave of his father but is met with the news that his brother, stephen, owes serious money to a drug lord. On dangerous ground 1952 is a film noir directed by nicholas ray, based off the book by gerald butler, mad with much heart. This gritty noir is a character study of how one loses ones humanity when faced, day after day, with murder, rape and abuse etc.
Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Slapping it with the cynical label of so bad its good does a disservice to the earnest multidecade effort involved in completing the film, as well as the enthusiasm it inspires in fans like the true believers at distributor drafthouse films. On dangerous ground 1951 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview over 150. On dangerous ground is tautly directed by that master of stark dramas, nicholas ray. Rent on dangerous ground 1952 on dvd and bluray dvd. With elizabeth hurley in the movie you cannot go wrong. Released by special arrangement with turner classic movies music. An odd combination of consciousnessraising and runofthemill action, dangerous ground features ice cube, mostly unbelievably, as a onetime south african native named vusi. Darrell james roodt, stanley clarke, and mary ramos michelle kuznetsky. The drama features ida lupino, robert ryan, ward bond, and others. It was released on february 11, 1997 via jive records, and entirely composed of hip hop music songs. Dangerous ground internet movie firearms database guns. Tough, brutal city cop robert ryan is sent upstate to help solve a murder case, and also to be got rid of, since he seems to be on the verge of mental breakdown.
The film also stars elizabeth hurley as karen, the girlfriend of vusis brother, and ving rhames as crime lord muki. On dangerous ground by jack higgins is the third in the sean dillon series and doesnt disappoint. Jim brutalizing suspects on the flimsiest of reasons makes his superior send him. On dangerous ground is an unusual film noir in more than the simply the journey from the brutal city to snowcovered farm country. On dangerous ground original theatrical trailer youtube. One of his greatest achievements is on dangerous ground 1952, a film noir produced by john houseman and directed by nicholas ray, for which herrmann. On dangerous ground 1951 full movie download full hd. The film includes a memorable score by alfred hitchcock favorite bernard herrmann. Watch on dangerous ground full movie in hd visit a bigcity cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors. Dangerous ground is a 1997 action crime drama directed by darrell roodt. When they learn of a secret covenant on the status of hong kong signed by mao in 1944, chinese factions, the british government, hong kong businessmen, and the mafia all try to be the first to take hold of it.
The movie is set in south africa where, we learn, young vusi was forced to flee when he was, after being threatened by the police because of his connection to revolutionaries. Hardened and embittered by his years of dealing with the lowest forms of criminal the city has to. Dangerous ground 1997 full movie download full hd youtube. Can you get a copy of the film with stretched video. The musical score was composed by bernard herrmann a violenceprone city cop, jim wilson robert ryan, has punched one too many crooks because of his hate for all the lowlifes in the city. Judging a movie like dangerous men according to any sort of conventional critical metric is frustrating, if not impossible. Music from the original motion picture soundtrack dangerous ground is the original soundtrack to darrell roodts 1997 action thriller film dangerous ground. Dangerous ground dvd, 1999 had to haveadd this movie to my dvd collection. On dangerous ground played off quickly and then dropped out of sight before becoming a latenight television staple in the 60s. Dangerous ground is a 1997 action thriller film starring ice cube and elizabeth hurley, directed by darrell roodt and written by greg latter and darrell roodt. It opens as a police procedural but the rhythms are unexpected, the procedural elements simmer with the desperation and conniving of the underworld characters swept into the investigation or drifting in on their own. Striking, often innovative direction by nicholas ray and sensitive, understated performances from robert ryan and ida lupino distinguish this atmospheric film thats equal parts crime drama, love story, and whodunit.
Dangerous ground begins with a promising idea and runs away from it as fast as it can. Vusi came to america at age 14 to escape police repression, and eventually reinvented himself as an american scholar and communityoriented volunteer. The movie was a good action flick with ice cube as the star. Bernard herrmanns career has no shortage of landmarks. On the plus side its the best film ever to feature ving rhames making chicken noises come the end. Tough man sean dillon, pressured by brigadier ferguson into working for the british. On dangerous ground is one of the best ever film noirs. Rent on dangerous ground 1952 starring ida lupino and robert ryan on dvd and bluray. Watch dangerous ground full movie in hd visit vusi madlazi returns to the south african village he left as a young bo.
On dangerous ground soundtrack from 2003, composed by bernard herrmann. With rob lowe, kenneth cranham, deborah moore, jurgen prochnow. Bezzerides, who had written acclaimed novels and screenplays full of seedy locales. Bezzerides based on the novel mad with much heart, by gerald butler. Dangerous ground 1996 south african crime film movie w. I found this a bit jarring after all of my other films came full screen.
With ida lupino, robert ryan, ward bond, charles kemper. All people seem to do is kill, and take drugs in dangerous ground world, and the only decent people kill goats. The film stars ice cube as vusi madlazi, a former student activist who, after 15 years of exile, returns to a postapartheid south africa in order to find his missing brother. Citizen kane, the day the earth stood still, vertigo, psycho, taxi driverplus music for concert, television and radio. Bezzerides on dangerous ground is a modestly budgeted film that tries to be different, and succeeds. Contribute to dezelinmovies development by creating an account on github. The most dangerous films ever made by mike floorwalker sept.
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