[DeadAlive]

Edmond
A brilliant performance from William H Macy makes this an engrossing drama as you see his decent into madness. Sadly the final third loses momentum and does get a little overly talky. An impressive support cast, many playing little more than cameos, actually becomes a little distracting at times rather than adding to the overall effect. (I almost didn't recognise Jeffrey Combs as the hotel clerk.) Minor quibbles aside this is a worthy effort from Stuart Gordon.

Stoner
It's not the first time for me to watch this film, but it is the first time for me to watch the HK version. Previously I'd only seen the dubbed International scan and pan print which actually runs around 10 minutes shorter. This is still a lot of fun and was originally conceived as the film that would team up Bruce Lee and George Lazenby. For me the highlight is still Angel Mao fighting Whang In-sik in the film's finale while Sammo Hung does everything in his power to make Lazenby look like he can actually do some martial arts. A lot of fun in that typically cheesy seventies way.