"[Laurence Olivier's performance in INCHON] is like a plumber taking your check, banging a pipe with a wrench, and leaving your house." -Film critic Scott Weinberg on the podcast 80s ALL OVER
I'm one of the twelve people who actually saw this on first release. I always got assigned the bad movies as the second-string reviewer for the college newspaper. I was not kind to it, to say the least, but wish I had your witty chops back them to give it the full treatment deserved.
The fact that the score for Inchon is the only thing the film gets any praise for is proof that Jerry Goldsmith is the only thing on any film that with a 100% “no suck” guarantee. And yeah, there would have been a swarm of killer bees, but Jerry scored that about three years earlier.
As did I. Keep 'em coming, Brad! As long as you set the challenge, I'll watch the whole way through! ... I may have a problem with stubnorness. But, hey! Revenue for you!
The thing that gets me is the lack of period detail in hair and costuming. They couldn’t be bothered to change people’s disco era hair in the civilian scenes.
Yes, that did bother me as well and made me wonder if they did run out of money over the copious amounts of explosions and tanks. And because of paying Sir Lawrence for his amazing performance of speaking slowly and over the top. Truly a marvel of not giving a single shit.
17:00 This was David Janssen's (The Fugitive) last movie. He died before it was released. Good thing he did not live to see this movie (or to, I guess, take pride in being cut out of that shorter version)
In all honesty though, when you actually crack open a book on the Korean War, MacArthur, and Inchon; it is one of the most fascinating stories because no one thought it would work because the US forces already in Korea got their asses kicked multiple times and were pinned down in something called the Pusan perimeter in the south. And also that MacArthur was a megalomaniac who if he legitimately wanted to, could have attempted a coup against Harry Truman because of how popular he, MacArthur was vs how unpopular Truman was
I'm glad I'm not the only one here who noticed the terrible interpretation of MacArthur here. Easily one of the most overrated military commanders in US history. A ego maniacal and arrogant man at the best of times from what I've read. Apparently many US soldiers in the Pacific during WWII didn't have a very high regard for him.
It’s doubly odd since the Cinematographer, Bruce Surtees, was a real pro. He was a Clint Eastwood regular. He was the DoP who shot _Dirty Harry, High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Shootist, Escape from Alcatraz, Sudden Impact, Beverly Hills Cop_ and _Pale Rider._
Random note - My dad was on the Missouri when the surrender occurred. He was one of only about 1000 sailors ever awarded the service ribbon for that mission. Took us months and multiple calls to the Navy to identify it after he died.
To be fair, the practical effects and stunt work on display here are pretty top-notch. I imagine most of the film's budget went there and the rest was eaten up by Olivier and the other big name actors.
@@kingalfred2014 It's kinda all for nothing as it's wall-to-wall explosions. And nothing to care about (or understand). I can't imagine the crowd scenes cost much, as they would have just 'recruited' the Church's followers to be extras, and def not paid them. I have the feeling the film also adopted the 'Filipino method' of stunt-work. The cinematography certainly looks like shit for a 1981 release, and production wise it looks more 50's or 60's (the footage and performances could easily be from The Bridges At Toko-Ri (1954). If it's not just inept-ness, or reckless spending, I have the feeling only a certain amount of the 46 mil was spent on the film. Or maybe they thought it would make good PR, 'look at this grand production the Church can afford!'.
i think part of the budget was essentially moneylaundering for the church that funded the movie, and perhaps sources of bribe money from that same church to south korean politicians.
Brad, you have plans on reviewing Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park during Musical March in September? You know, considering KISS are going on their “farewell tour”
Religious propaganda straight is like downing industrial grade alcohol; it's nothing like whiskey and you can bet it's poisonous. Indirect propaganda like Inchon is entertaining in a so bad it's entertaining way. Stuff like High Tops, A Little Piece of Heaven, War Room, and God Is Not Dead go for uncanny valley attempts to inject "Christ Is Good Submit Or Go To Hell".
@@okska6492 You're right, but the main reason why I can't finish Hi-Tops was because of the ANNOYING characters. I'd rather have this boring movie full of boring characters than sit through anything with characters who never shut up and have the most insufferable voices ever.
@@okska6492 Glad to know I'm not the only one who can't sit through that shit, even with the cinema snob filter on. No matter how much he makes fun of them, it won't change the fact that 1) these movies exist, and 2) there are people who actually agree with their message.
I'm still oddly proud to admit that I saw the film in the theater, opening weekend. I've yet to meet anyone else who actually saw the movie in a actual cinema.
Being present for rare good things or rare bad things seems to count just as much in society, so it's not odd at all. However the big obvious question: where's your proof? Any image of that cinema or ticket stub to show?
The North Koreans actually had those in the Korean war. They were Chinese Lend Lease aid from Canada that were rechambered in 7.62mm Tokarev. They also had BREN guns in 7.92mm Mauser that were rechambered in 7.62mm Soviet.
Wait.... There's a 46 million dollar movie from the eighties that's so bad that they never even bothered with a VHS release???? Oh boy.... please someone hold me tight I'm scared
I've tried to watch this video three times. The first two i got distracted and clicked away. The third i just fell asleep. You are a monument of cinematic endurance for making it through this movie, Snob.
I actually saw this when it came out. Thought it might be an ok action flick despite the Moonie connection. Wrong. Good thing movie tickets were cheap in those days. Anyhow, Mr. Snob, do Lion of the Desert next. A Libyans vs. Mussolini epic, starring Anthony Quinn as a freedom fighter, and produced by the late, great Muammar Qadaffi (or however you spell his name). Also, having looked up GoodLife TV, I now know what happened to the Nostalgia Channel--and why my Baretta reruns disappeared back in '97.
First "Cinema Snob" of 2019, and it was on a movie I've only just heard of and kinda forgot. I gotta say, for a movie that had such a high profile cast, spectacular war battle sequences, and such a big budget, this has got to be the most underwhelming of any box-office bomb. I also can't believe Sir Laurence Olivier was in this movie, I didn't see much of his work, but I can tell he definitely miscast for the role of Douglas MacArthur, seeing how he was struggling with the American accent. Also the way this movie was edited, it does have the feeling of a Geoffrey Ho movie, only minus the Ninjas. And seeing that he made an "Inchon" movie himself, kind of makes me question which version is worse. Great episode Brad.
you deserve a gold medal for getting thru this movie. it actually beat out Annie/Megaforce/Butterfly plus The Pirate Movie for worst picture at the Golden Raspberry Awards. seriously it beat out The Pirate Movie. wow just wow.
Hey Brad, I decided to prove I'm a gold star snob fan, I'm watching this at exactly 11:55pm on the 31st of December 2019 GMT time. Just because I remember the joke about how by the time you finish the review it will be 2020. Please review Kevin and Perry go Large, I'm a DJ and that movie pisses me off and makes me want to burst ear drums with needles every time someone brings it up just so I can pretend I didn't hear them talk about it.
14:45 Boy, that RDR2 reference caught me off guard there. At first, I thought Snob was referencing the movie depicting the rescue of the Lipizzaner horses in 1945.
@@meghanphillips3495 It definitely was released in the states. It had a major wide release, played to empty theaters for about two weeks then was quickly yanked from theaters & buried, never to be spoken of again.
I'm really hoping there's a print of _Al-mas' Ala Al-Kubra_ or _Clash of Loyalties_ out there somewhere that has been made publicly available. I've never seen the film, I've only seen a documentary on its making, but bearing in mind that the film... ...had *Saddam Hussein* as an Executive Producer, ...and Oliver Reed at his most insane as one of its leading starts (and with his now widow in attendance, then 17 and studying for her A-Levels, *NO JOKE)* ...was filmed in Iraq, near the Iranian border, during the Iran-Iraq War, ...and the Iranians attacked the cast and crew during filming, believing it was the Iraqi forces trying to invade, ...and Oliver Reed, being Oliver Reed took the piss. I'd like to believe that he called Saddam a fucking cunt right to his face, it's the sort of thing he would have done back then. That I *DESPERATELY* want to see this film and I *DESPERATELY* want you to see this film and review it!
@@davidjames579 Apparently the original workprints were found in a garage in England in 2016 (hence the documentary on its making on the BBC IIRC) actually genuinely surprised that the film wasn't put together and screened at least on Film4 or BBC Four or that a film or drama series wasn't made about the making of the film. Philip Glenister breaking down a co-star's hotel door and screaming "TONIGHT, YOU WILL BE *DRINKING!!!!"* or filling a wine bottle with fluid (by allegedly urinating in said bottle) and getting a waiter to pass it to another table, compliments of Oliver Reed definitely appeals!
@@GeoNeilUK This sounds interesting, I hadn't heard any of this. Do you remember what the documentary was called? Love that the film was found in a garage in England!
@@davidjames579 Oh yeah I remembered something else wrongly (having judged rewatched the documentary) it wasn't the Iranians who attacked the set on location, it was the Iraqis who almost attacked the set because they thought the Iranians were invading because they were filming a scene where the Iraqi freedom fighters were attacking a British train. The Iranians reported on this as the Iranian forces attacking an Iraqi train! Which goes to show how Fair and Balanced™ Press TV are.
@@GeoNeilUK Was it Philip Glenister? According to IMDB he didn't start acting till 1991. His brother Robert Glenister has been acting since the early 80's, but I don't see him credited as being in Clash of Loyalties. Also, could you tell me what the documentary's called?
It's funny you compare this film to Estus Pirkle films cause it basically is with sun myung moon behind it and his opinions on communism except you know his country was actually invaded by communist
I mean let's not treat the south Korean admin as the purely blameless democratic society that they pretend to be. While yes due to campaign of sanctions and embargoes we have crippled the north Korean state and forced it into desperate and despotic measures that does not justify the Souths crimes. All nations have a bloody non democratic past and we should not forget that just because they are our allies
The difference is that South Korea is no longer a charismatic dictatorship, while North Korea is on its third generation and seems to not show signs of stopping. North Korea is also an aggressive police state that uses perpetual war to justify spending most of its GNP on weapons of mass destruction while its people starve.
22:41 Forget Aquaman, the U.N. Peacekeepers should be more worried about The Darkspawn tunneling under the tower and taking it over while no one is looking!
This movie needs to be released in hd on the grounds that all the explosions and shooting scenes could provide cut and paste movie makers with material to make new movies for years
This is not a movie. It's a last-minute school project on the Battle of Inchon edited into a movie. I had to check the red bar to see how long this review lasted...that's how bored I was.
No... No...! Why, Toshiro? Why? You did were in 16 Kurosawa films. You were offered the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Sweet Merciful Buddha, Toshiro, who managed to blackmail you into this crap?
For Reference, the $46 million in 1981 would equal $131 million USD in 2018 Comparatively, Return of the Jedi cost $32.5 to $42.7 million in 1983, which would equal $85 to $108 million in 2018. So Inchon was actually more expensive than Return of the Jedi, but looks like it cost half as much based on what we see on screen.
I know that's the financial equivalent, but in terms of perspective, it only cost a little bit less than Superman: The Movie, which was the most expensive film ever made then. Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 currently stands as the most expensive film ever made, at 410 million. As such, I think you could look at Inchon as costing somewhere between 300-400 million.
@@davidjames579 Yeah obviously Inchon wasn't the most expensive movie made at that point, but it was more expensive than the biggest box office draw of the decade by $23-46 million in 2018 dollars. Also Superman's budget might also include the budget for shooting Superman II since both films were shot together starting out before Richard Donner was fired halfway through filming Superman II. So I'd have to do more research, but Superman's budget costs could have been smaller in total if Superman II is part of the estimate. Also I chose RoTJ because They're closer in terms of inflation and both were released in the early 80s, where as Superman: The Movie came out in 1978 with II being delayed to a 1980 release.
@@Godzilla52 So, Superman 1's budget is 55 million. You're right, that part of that would have been taken by Superman 2 as Donner shot quite a lot of that at the same time. But all that means is Inchon, one movie, cost almost as much as two movies! If 46 million was the top end in 1981, then 300-400 million would be the top end area in 2019. I know inflation makes 46 mil, 130 mil now, but in 2019, 130 mil is not expensive. When tentpole films tend to cost at least 200 mil. 120 M was the budget of Fant4Stic and that was quite small scale. A drama like The Wolf Of Wall Street cost 100 mil. Just as a note, Superman 2 continued shooting after Superman 1's release, and had most of Donner's stuff reshot by Richard Lester so he could qualify for Director credit. As such what was spent on Superman 2 with Donner was irrelevant, as the money was spent again. Superman 2 has a budget of 54 mil. The completed film wasn't delayed to 1980, as shooting and re-shooting took place from Aug 79 to Mar 80.
@@davidjames579 You also have to keep in mind that $100 + million on a movie was gigantic for the 1970s and 80s. When A New Hope came it, it only cost $40 million adjusted for today's inflation. Even the Empire Strikes back was less than $100 million adjusted for inflation and A New Hope grossed over $3 billion in 2018 dollars. Big budget epics usually were anywhere from 90 to less than $150 million USD adjusted for inflation until after the 80s because Hollywood wasn't as big as it is now. For instance Ben Hur, which had a gigantic budget for 1959 and was considered to be huge in terms of its budgetary scale for it's day cost $131 million adjusted as well. Other epics with costs adjusted include, Gone with the Wind with $70 million, Lawrence of Arabia with $125 million ,Dr Zhivago with just $88 million, 2001 a Space Odyssey with $75-87 million and Fall of the Roman Empire with $154 million. Superman was the first Hollywood mega project to exceed $200 million adjusted for inflation in it's production (largely because of shooting two movies at once). That really wasn't replicated until over two decades afterwards. These mega budget $200-400 million dollar blockbusters are a product of our lifetime. Adjusted for inflation, movies just weren't that big beforehand. So relative to it's day, Inchon had one of the highest budgets of any single epic, tied with something like Ben Hur before it. The most expensive single movie I could find between the 1940s-1980s was Tora Tora Tora which cost $165 million adjusted for inflation, so Inchon was still near the top in terms of overall cost during the time it was released.
@@Godzilla52 I feel we're agreeing, but from different positions! I understand the inflation figures you've brought up, and I don't disagree with the actual figures. But I think to get an accurate idea of what an almost record breaking film in terms of cost would be today, it would have to be more than say the 300 million spent on Infinity War. 300 Mil is currently top tier for tentpole movies, but if Superman: The Movie was the most expensive from 1978 to prob 1991 and Terminator 2, then the equivalent today would be Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 at 410 mil. As such Inchon would be nearer to Pirates 4 than Infinity War in terms of budget. But it seems that's the conclusion you've come to as well, so yeah I think it shows how eye wateringly expensive Inchon was, and for an independent film as well.
8:56 since that channel was owned by a church and was run as "non-commercial", it couldn't be a commercial break, so I think it was choppy editing on part by the Unification Church.
"The airing couldn't make up it's mind on whether it was a TV-G or TV-PG!"
These are the little Brad touches I love.
"[Laurence Olivier's performance in INCHON] is like a plumber taking your check, banging a pipe with a wrench, and leaving your house."
-Film critic Scott Weinberg on the podcast 80s ALL OVER
Jesse Shade I guess he checked out (drum stick misses becoming lodged in the drummers eye socket)
Jesse Shade from Awfully Good Movies? That makes sense
I'm one of the twelve people who actually saw this on first release. I always got assigned the bad movies as the second-string reviewer for the college newspaper. I was not kind to it, to say the least, but wish I had your witty chops back them to give it the full treatment deserved.
You saw this in a cinema?
Was it a full showing? or was it an empty cinema dud?
@@graboid78 - The world may never know.... 😢
You know how Inchon could be improved? If there was a scene where Toshiro Mifune slicing tanks apart with his sword.
And his sword was used as a replacement for his hand that he lost by saving 28 children from a ravid emu.
My thoughts exactly! Glad I was not the only one.
You mean the actor? lol
@@Ratciclefan YES. Not a character, just playing himself.
i'd watch mifune tear through tanks with nothing but a katana. i'd even pay money to see it.
The fact that the score for Inchon is the only thing the film gets any praise for is proof that Jerry Goldsmith is the only thing on any film that with a 100% “no suck” guarantee.
And yeah, there would have been a swarm of killer bees, but Jerry scored that about three years earlier.
I did it.. I made it through this review...
As did I. Keep 'em coming, Brad! As long as you set the challenge, I'll watch the whole way through!
... I may have a problem with stubnorness. But, hey! Revenue for you!
I also made it. Happy New Year
I did the BIRD BOX challenge while watching, and I _still_ almost failed! Penguin from NGE says: "Congratulations!"
I survived This and Christmas Elf Named Calvin!
We are Gold Star Snob Fans!🌟
I made it through this review as well as Smeghead's review.
This feels less like a movie and more like the person recording it kept getting bored of Inchon and switching the channel to a random action movie
Did Lloyd and Chloe alternate jumping on the remote?
The thing that gets me is the lack of period detail in hair and costuming. They couldn’t be bothered to change people’s disco era hair in the civilian scenes.
That, and the North Koreans are driving American M-47 Patton and M-41 Bulldog tanks.
Yes, that did bother me as well and made me wonder if they did run out of money over the copious amounts of explosions and tanks. And because of paying Sir Lawrence for his amazing performance of speaking slowly and over the top. Truly a marvel of not giving a single shit.
And the same shots of F-86 Sabres over and over. F-86s weren't even in Korean airspace in September 1950.
That always gets to me too.
same with MASH
I heard Jamie Farr was originally in this movie, but he started wearing dresses just to get out of it.
Congratulations. You win the Internet.
If Alan Alda took over in the director's chair they would still be shooting.
you where right about not making through the whole episode i watched up to the production backstory and i felt like i just ran the ironman twice
Wow. I didn't know Moonies had their own Battlefield Earth.
It's a demon! A monster! A beast! YAAAH!
@17ll3 x214 crap lousy ceiling.
Imagine if Battlefield earth had the bore factor of Manos: the hands of fate
Inchon! is a hidden gem on the equivalence of a forgotten land mine in a third-world country.
17:00 This was David Janssen's (The Fugitive) last movie. He died before it was released. Good thing he did not live to see this movie (or to, I guess, take pride in being cut out of that shorter version)
In all honesty though, when you actually crack open a book on the Korean War, MacArthur, and Inchon; it is one of the most fascinating stories because no one thought it would work because the US forces already in Korea got their asses kicked multiple times and were pinned down in something called the Pusan perimeter in the south. And also that MacArthur was a megalomaniac who if he legitimately wanted to, could have attempted a coup against Harry Truman because of how popular he, MacArthur was vs how unpopular Truman was
I wonder if a history buffs have written any alternnate history where that happen yet?
I'm glad I'm not the only one here who noticed the terrible interpretation of MacArthur here. Easily one of the most overrated military commanders in US history. A ego maniacal and arrogant man at the best of times from what I've read. Apparently many US soldiers in the Pacific during WWII didn't have a very high regard for him.
@@PokemonHaloFan Was he at the very least responsible for the rescue of the US POWs in Bataan 1945?
@@weathermangohanssj4 Kaiserreich mod
@@PokemonHaloFan I wonder between patton or MacArthur who most people would rather be in a room with
I doesn't matter if the movie is boring or bad; we are all here just for you, Snob.
This will be the only time anyone real has ever said this, but Josh Hadley described it best as “Inch-along”.
“Inch-along” should’ve been the Mad Magazine spoof title for this movie.
Made it through the whole video, the Newhart bits had me rolling
Olivier: I'm in for the cash prize. Other actors: a movie with Olivier! This will look good on my CV!
$46 million budget and the only cameras they could get were the ones used to shoot every 70's TV drama?
Imagine Blade Runner 2049's budget with TV cameras and "Manos" type of acting
The cameras weren’t the problem, 35mm’s 35mm. The cinematography was the problem.
@@SomeHarbourBastard the acting was the problem too it;s bad
@@marcellofunhouse1234 I know the acting is no good. I’m not talking about the acting. I’m talking about why it doesn’t look any good.
It’s doubly odd since the Cinematographer, Bruce Surtees, was a real pro. He was a Clint Eastwood regular. He was the DoP who shot _Dirty Harry, High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Shootist, Escape from Alcatraz, Sudden Impact, Beverly Hills Cop_ and _Pale Rider._
I just realized something: This movie is to the Unification Church what Battlefield Earth is to the Church of Scientology!
Random note - My dad was on the Missouri when the surrender occurred. He was one of only about 1000 sailors ever awarded the service ribbon for that mission. Took us months and multiple calls to the Navy to identify it after he died.
This may have cost 46 million, but I feel it's like how Tommy Wiseau spent 6 million on a movie that would have cost anyone else 300 thousand
To be fair, the practical effects and stunt work on display here are pretty top-notch. I imagine most of the film's budget went there and the rest was eaten up by Olivier and the other big name actors.
@@kingalfred2014 It's kinda all for nothing as it's wall-to-wall explosions. And nothing to care about (or understand). I can't imagine the crowd scenes cost much, as they would have just 'recruited' the Church's followers to be extras, and def not paid them. I have the feeling the film also adopted the 'Filipino method' of stunt-work.
The cinematography certainly looks like shit for a 1981 release, and production wise it looks more 50's or 60's (the footage and performances could easily be from The Bridges At Toko-Ri (1954).
If it's not just inept-ness, or reckless spending, I have the feeling only a certain amount of the 46 mil was spent on the film. Or maybe they thought it would make good PR, 'look at this grand production the Church can afford!'.
i think part of the budget was essentially moneylaundering for the church that funded the movie, and perhaps sources of bribe money from that same church to south korean politicians.
At least the movie title is telling you the pacing of the film itself. It just inches on and on and on, and will do so FOREVER!!! Inchon!!!!!!!!
Why did the sudden cut from the tender moment between McArthur and his wife to the whining dog make me laugh so much?
Some people laugh at bad production decisions like bad editing
Red Forman would love this movie.
At first, then he would call the director a dumbass.
@@williamhowe1 true
Brad, you have plans on reviewing Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park during Musical March in September? You know, considering KISS are going on their “farewell tour”
J. Cav this their 3rd or 7th?
Yes!! I haven't seen many reviews about that movie here on YT
@@winterlucy Red Letter Media did this one a while ago.
@@karlkarlos3545 I'll check that one. Thanks!
Inchon, Inchon never changes...
Cinema Snob a grateful country thanks you for your service in watching this film the metal we give you has a chocolate center .
Although if the Snob wants a better MacArthur movie, there’s MacArthur with Gregory Peck from 1977
Crazy japanese cultist producing a war movie sounds like a sequel to Tropic Thunder.
Oh sorry.
Snob doing films like these bring back fond memories of Pierre Kirby.
Glad to see that whole subplot with Toshiro Mifune went somewhere. Anywhere. I guess.
What a great first review of 2019, Snob. Can't wait for next week with your first review of 2020
I think it says something about me that I can watch this whole review but I can't watch 5 min of High tops.
Religious propaganda straight is like downing industrial grade alcohol; it's nothing like whiskey and you can bet it's poisonous. Indirect propaganda like Inchon is entertaining in a so bad it's entertaining way. Stuff like High Tops, A Little Piece of Heaven, War Room, and God Is Not Dead go for uncanny valley attempts to inject "Christ Is Good Submit Or Go To Hell".
Fucking same dude! I couldn't finish Hi-Tops either but I've watched this video multiple times!
@@okska6492 You're right, but the main reason why I can't finish Hi-Tops was because of the ANNOYING characters. I'd rather have this boring movie full of boring characters than sit through anything with characters who never shut up and have the most insufferable voices ever.
@@okska6492 Glad to know I'm not the only one who can't sit through that shit, even with the cinema snob filter on.
No matter how much he makes fun of them, it won't change the fact that 1) these movies exist, and 2) there are people who actually agree with their message.
That last clip is kind of funny. Yes Olivier, you should be doing Shakespeare's Julius Caesar instead.
I made it to the end. Now to go rewatch the Windy City review.
I love that review too xD
Because seriously, FUCK SAUL!
Jeezus, the makeup on Sir Laurence is .... really something. XD
And the creosote in his hair. He looks like a ventriloquist's dummy, who's escaped his master.
Over 2 fucking hours of mellow drama, massacre, mellow drama then massacre. Respect Snob respect you are stronger than us all.
I'm still oddly proud to admit that I saw the film in the theater, opening weekend. I've yet to meet anyone else who actually saw the movie in a actual cinema.
Being present for rare good things or rare bad things seems to count just as much in society, so it's not odd at all. However the big obvious question: where's your proof? Any image of that cinema or ticket stub to show?
I think more people were in it then saw it.
We're you a Moonie?
If ever Rex Reed gives a review of a movie he doesnt like, show him this.
'That's one hell of a hood ornament!' lol
"War changes everything."
Except itself.
"War...war never changes"
Godfrey Ho made a movie about the Korean War? Are you sure he didn't just take one that already existed and edit ninjas into it?
North Korean soldiers with STEN submachine guns...My God...This is going to be good.
The North Koreans actually had those in the Korean war. They were Chinese Lend Lease aid from Canada that were rechambered in 7.62mm Tokarev. They also had BREN guns in 7.92mm Mauser that were rechambered in 7.62mm Soviet.
@@SidneyBroadshead yeah weapons move around. Especially post war.
@@SidneyBroadshead And M1 Garands. These are harder to explain.
I gave out at 22:27 Sorry, what a slog. I can't imagine what it was like for you, Brad. lol
4:37 nice "Mortal Engines" reference :)
Dang, THAT'S what he meant!
It's a testament to how long it's been since COVID that I forgot MORTAL ENGINES was even a thing.
Wait.... There's a 46 million dollar movie from the eighties that's so bad that they never even bothered with a VHS release???? Oh boy.... please someone hold me tight I'm scared
I know. Nowadays, That's Blade Runner 2049 budget.
I've tried to watch this video three times. The first two i got distracted and clicked away.
The third i just fell asleep.
You are a monument of cinematic endurance for making it through this movie, Snob.
Speaking of bad Laurence Olivier movies, The Jazz Singer would make a nice selection for Musical March (in September.)
Denise Bluth oh god! I’ve seen the Bad Movie Beatdown review of that. And just like “Tarzan the Ape Man”, that movie was a hit!
"Oi Vay! Have A Bagel". Actual line from the movie.
How about talking about his lazy performance in the cheesy as hell Clash of the Titans?
My Mom actually likes that movie.
Can't wait to see Snob's reaction to Neil Diamond in blackface.
Cinematic Excrement just took this hot mess down. I cannot contain my joy at the Snob's take on it.
@@justindenney-hall5875 He "was" going to go down (up?) the list of Razzie's.. but I think BOLERO did him in. I'll have to PM him.
I was thinking the same thing
@@TheRealNormanBates He's still going with the release of the Striptease episode.
@@ginnrollins211 He's now up to An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn...
@@Unknown-bq9id He's now up to Dirty Love. Just a little more to go.
Inchon, Inchoff
Michael Bay watched this movie, saw the explosions and said:"Hold my Papst..."
27:56 I first thought "couldn't leave the house" was a pandemic joke... and then I remembered when this video came out. Foreshadowing...? ^^;
This movie really makes me want to hear Rex Reed’s take on the experience.
I actually saw this when it came out. Thought it might be an ok action flick despite the Moonie connection. Wrong. Good thing movie tickets were cheap in those days. Anyhow, Mr. Snob, do Lion of the Desert next. A Libyans vs. Mussolini epic, starring Anthony Quinn as a freedom fighter, and produced by the late, great Muammar Qadaffi (or however you spell his name). Also, having looked up GoodLife TV, I now know what happened to the Nostalgia Channel--and why my Baretta reruns disappeared back in '97.
First "Cinema Snob" of 2019, and it was on a movie I've only just heard of and kinda forgot. I gotta say, for a movie that had such a high profile cast, spectacular war battle sequences, and such a big budget, this has got to be the most underwhelming of any box-office bomb. I also can't believe Sir Laurence Olivier was in this movie, I didn't see much of his work, but I can tell he definitely miscast for the role of Douglas MacArthur, seeing how he was struggling with the American accent. Also the way this movie was edited, it does have the feeling of a Geoffrey Ho movie, only minus the Ninjas. And seeing that he made an "Inchon" movie himself, kind of makes me question which version is worse. Great episode Brad.
Oliver actually doesn't disappoint,he reminds me of Travolta in Battle Field Earth.
Laurence Olivier really does look like a wax figure in this movie.
I've been sick all day. Thanks for helping me laugh through it.
I give Brad props for being able to dig up the material to stretch this review to 30 minutes 👏.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mood Whiplash: The Movie!
you deserve a gold medal for getting thru this movie. it actually beat out Annie/Megaforce/Butterfly plus The Pirate Movie for worst picture at the Golden Raspberry Awards. seriously it beat out The Pirate Movie. wow just wow.
You give an Inchon, they take a mile!
I have been waiting for someone to review this!
Love the gleeful energy. It's hilarious that this was made. I grew up in the UC and never heard of them sanctioning this film.
Oh boy, a new Cinema Snob episode! ❤
Happy New Year Snob !
Hey Brad, I decided to prove I'm a gold star snob fan, I'm watching this at exactly 11:55pm on the 31st of December 2019 GMT time. Just because I remember the joke about how by the time you finish the review it will be 2020.
Please review Kevin and Perry go Large, I'm a DJ and that movie pisses me off and makes me want to burst ear drums with needles every time someone brings it up just so I can pretend I didn't hear them talk about it.
14:45
Boy, that RDR2 reference caught me off guard there. At first, I thought Snob was referencing the movie depicting the rescue of the Lipizzaner horses in 1945.
Is it weird that I have never heard of this movie before?
starsiegeplayer It'd be weird if you HAVE heard of it.
It's never been released in the states. The only reason I heard of it is because Smeghead did a review of it a few months ago
@@meghanphillips3495 It definitely was released in the states. It had a major wide release, played to empty theaters for about two weeks then was quickly yanked from theaters & buried, never to be spoken of again.
I've heard how awful it was I think from 90's SNL.
@@briangonigal3974 I meant to say not released on video. Yes it had a brief disastrous theater run
I'm really hoping there's a print of _Al-mas' Ala Al-Kubra_ or _Clash of Loyalties_ out there somewhere that has been made publicly available. I've never seen the film, I've only seen a documentary on its making, but bearing in mind that the film...
...had *Saddam Hussein* as an Executive Producer,
...and Oliver Reed at his most insane as one of its leading starts (and with his now widow in attendance, then 17 and studying for her A-Levels, *NO JOKE)*
...was filmed in Iraq, near the Iranian border, during the Iran-Iraq War,
...and the Iranians attacked the cast and crew during filming, believing it was the Iraqi forces trying to invade,
...and Oliver Reed, being Oliver Reed took the piss. I'd like to believe that he called Saddam a fucking cunt right to his face, it's the sort of thing he would have done back then.
That I *DESPERATELY* want to see this film and I *DESPERATELY* want you to see this film and review it!
Unless you can get into Iraq I don't think you'll find it. And even then. No distributor outside the country would touch it.
@@davidjames579 Apparently the original workprints were found in a garage in England in 2016 (hence the documentary on its making on the BBC IIRC) actually genuinely surprised that the film wasn't put together and screened at least on Film4 or BBC Four or that a film or drama series wasn't made about the making of the film.
Philip Glenister breaking down a co-star's hotel door and screaming "TONIGHT, YOU WILL BE *DRINKING!!!!"* or filling a wine bottle with fluid (by allegedly urinating in said bottle) and getting a waiter to pass it to another table, compliments of Oliver Reed definitely appeals!
@@GeoNeilUK This sounds interesting, I hadn't heard any of this. Do you remember what the documentary was called? Love that the film was found in a garage in England!
@@davidjames579 Oh yeah I remembered something else wrongly (having judged rewatched the documentary) it wasn't the Iranians who attacked the set on location, it was the Iraqis who almost attacked the set because they thought the Iranians were invading because they were filming a scene where the Iraqi freedom fighters were attacking a British train. The Iranians reported on this as the Iranian forces attacking an Iraqi train!
Which goes to show how Fair and Balanced™ Press TV are.
@@GeoNeilUK Was it Philip Glenister? According to IMDB he didn't start acting till 1991. His brother Robert Glenister has been acting since the early 80's, but I don't see him credited as being in Clash of Loyalties.
Also, could you tell me what the documentary's called?
America and South Korea: We want nothing to do with this movie
North Korea: For once we agree
11:49 _WAS THAT AN ACTUAL EDIT IN THE FILM?_ Goddam, Inchon!
It's funny you compare this film to Estus Pirkle films cause it basically is with sun myung moon behind it and his opinions on communism except you know his country was actually invaded by communist
I mean let's not treat the south Korean admin as the purely blameless democratic society that they pretend to be. While yes due to campaign of sanctions and embargoes we have crippled the north Korean state and forced it into desperate and despotic measures that does not justify the Souths crimes. All nations have a bloody non democratic past and we should not forget that just because they are our allies
The difference is that South Korea is no longer a charismatic dictatorship, while North Korea is on its third generation and seems to not show signs of stopping.
North Korea is also an aggressive police state that uses perpetual war to justify spending most of its GNP on weapons of mass destruction while its people starve.
How is NK in a perpetual war?
Unsung battles of history, The Battle of Watching Inchon.
You can tell that a propaganda film has failed on every level when you cant even figure out what message they're trying to push.
I never even thought of that...
It can't even succeed at pushing 'THE MESSAGE'.
Pretty simple, the commies suck,and Macarthur was sent by God.
@@Launchpad05Define "The Message", then.
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22:41 Forget Aquaman, the U.N. Peacekeepers should be more worried about The Darkspawn tunneling under the tower and taking it over while no one is looking!
Only goes to show that $1M can buy a lot of ham.
TURKEY
"that's one hell of a hood ornament"
This was a great review and the perfect start to the new year and I always find myself rewatching this episode
This movie needs to be released in hd on the grounds that all the explosions and shooting scenes could provide cut and paste movie makers with material to make new movies for years
This is not a movie.
It's a last-minute school project on the Battle of Inchon edited into a movie.
I had to check the red bar to see how long this review lasted...that's how bored I was.
With that title I honestly thought this would be a porno
Joey JoJo 😂
I don't blame you.
The porno spoof should be called 'Inchin'.
Get your inch on!
My word!
Snob this was one of the longest and funniest review you did in a while!!! Love it!!!
I've always heard of this movie but never knew anything of it. It can't be that bad.
15 minutes into the review: What the hell am I watching?!
I just went fully numb
Still watching in 2020
I can’t believe I made it through this review kudos to you snob for watching this whole thing
It's called Inchon because the movie is so slow it inches on(ward).
Oh my god I heard about this movie on the CULTS podcast when they talked about Moon's cult. Holy crap I'm so here for this.
an expansion of SmegHead's review
I have heard of this movie since 2008. Had always wondered about this.
So THIS is why there are hardly any Korean War movies...
The movie equivalent to MacArthur asking Truman for 34 nukes
No... No...! Why, Toshiro? Why? You did were in 16 Kurosawa films. You were offered the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Sweet Merciful Buddha, Toshiro, who managed to blackmail you into this crap?
I guess this is what happens when you put "1941" in your currículum
Everybody needs money.
For Reference, the $46 million in 1981 would equal $131 million USD in 2018
Comparatively, Return of the Jedi cost $32.5 to $42.7 million in 1983, which would equal $85 to $108 million in 2018. So Inchon was actually more expensive than Return of the Jedi, but looks like it cost half as much based on what we see on screen.
I know that's the financial equivalent, but in terms of perspective, it only cost a little bit less than Superman: The Movie, which was the most expensive film ever made then. Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 currently stands as the most expensive film ever made, at 410 million. As such, I think you could look at Inchon as costing somewhere between 300-400 million.
@@davidjames579 Yeah obviously Inchon wasn't the most expensive movie made at that point, but it was more expensive than the biggest box office draw of the decade by $23-46 million in 2018 dollars. Also Superman's budget might also include the budget for shooting Superman II since both films were shot together starting out before Richard Donner was fired halfway through filming Superman II. So I'd have to do more research, but Superman's budget costs could have been smaller in total if Superman II is part of the estimate.
Also I chose RoTJ because They're closer in terms of inflation and both were released in the early 80s, where as Superman: The Movie came out in 1978 with II being delayed to a 1980 release.
@@Godzilla52 So, Superman 1's budget is 55 million. You're right, that part of that would have been taken by Superman 2 as Donner shot quite a lot of that at the same time. But all that means is Inchon, one movie, cost almost as much as two movies! If 46 million was the top end in 1981, then 300-400 million would be the top end area in 2019. I know inflation makes 46 mil, 130 mil now, but in 2019, 130 mil is not expensive. When tentpole films tend to cost at least 200 mil. 120 M was the budget of Fant4Stic and that was quite small scale. A drama like The Wolf Of Wall Street cost 100 mil.
Just as a note, Superman 2 continued shooting after Superman 1's release, and had most of Donner's stuff reshot by Richard Lester so he could qualify for Director credit. As such what was spent on Superman 2 with Donner was irrelevant, as the money was spent again. Superman 2 has a budget of 54 mil. The completed film wasn't delayed to 1980, as shooting and re-shooting took place from Aug 79 to Mar 80.
@@davidjames579 You also have to keep in mind that $100 + million on a movie was gigantic for the 1970s and 80s. When A New Hope came it, it only cost $40 million adjusted for today's inflation. Even the Empire Strikes back was less than $100 million adjusted for inflation and A New Hope grossed over $3 billion in 2018 dollars. Big budget epics usually were anywhere from 90 to less than $150 million USD adjusted for inflation until after the 80s because Hollywood wasn't as big as it is now. For instance Ben Hur, which had a gigantic budget for 1959 and was considered to be huge in terms of its budgetary scale for it's day cost $131 million adjusted as well. Other epics with costs adjusted include, Gone with the Wind with $70 million, Lawrence of Arabia with $125 million ,Dr Zhivago with just $88 million, 2001 a Space Odyssey with $75-87 million and Fall of the Roman Empire with $154 million. Superman was the first Hollywood mega project to exceed $200 million adjusted for inflation in it's production (largely because of shooting two movies at once). That really wasn't replicated until over two decades afterwards. These mega budget $200-400 million dollar blockbusters are a product of our lifetime. Adjusted for inflation, movies just weren't that big beforehand. So relative to it's day, Inchon had one of the highest budgets of any single epic, tied with something like Ben Hur before it. The most expensive single movie I could find between the 1940s-1980s was Tora Tora Tora which cost $165 million adjusted for inflation, so Inchon was still near the top in terms of overall cost during the time it was released.
@@Godzilla52 I feel we're agreeing, but from different positions! I understand the inflation figures you've brought up, and I don't disagree with the actual figures. But I think to get an accurate idea of what an almost record breaking film in terms of cost would be today, it would have to be more than say the 300 million spent on Infinity War. 300 Mil is currently top tier for tentpole movies, but if Superman: The Movie was the most expensive from 1978 to prob 1991 and Terminator 2, then the equivalent today would be Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 at 410 mil. As such Inchon would be nearer to Pirates 4 than Infinity War in terms of budget.
But it seems that's the conclusion you've come to as well, so yeah I think it shows how eye wateringly expensive Inchon was, and for an independent film as well.
If you give them an Inchon, they’ll take a mile.
"Inchon , Inchoff " Teaching a measuring tape martial arts.
Clever
I don't think anyone could possibly make a dirty joke based on this movie's title.
It's bulletproof.
i always love wathing every review the cinema snob makes im a loyal fan of the cinema snob
8:56 since that channel was owned by a church and was run as "non-commercial", it couldn't be a commercial break, so I think it was choppy editing on part by the Unification Church.
shinzo abe died for this movie
Cinema Snob,
Hilarious! Your reviews keep getting better & funnier! You're the fine wine of movie critics.
Gosh, this is funny!