L.Q. Jones’s Typical Vibe
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L.Q. Jones has 13 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2000s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Casino.
Recurring themes

Playing God
1997
Drama · Action

Sniper
1993
Action · Drama

No Escape
1994
Action · Drama

Backdraft
1991
Drama · Thriller

The King of the Kickboxers
1990
Action · Crime

Pump Up the Volume
1990
Music · Drama

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991
Action · Thriller

School Ties
1992
Drama
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci

The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.
Dir. Lee Tamahori · With Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson

Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage. He builds a house and makes money off the stagecoach passengers. Hildy, a prostitute from the nearest town, moves in with him. Hogue has everything going his way until the advent of the automobile ends the era of the stagecoach.
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, Slim Pickens

An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley

It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans of the tyrannical Don Rafael Montero who robbed him of his freedom, his wife and his precious daughter.
Dir. Martin Campbell · With Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones

The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates in a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and the ranger, and involving the woman they both love.
Dir. Steve Carver · With Chuck Norris, David Carradine, Barbara Carrera
When the law fails to punish a fellow rancher that has abused his horses, a Wyoming horse trader sacrifices it all in a quest for justice.
Dir. John Badham · With John Cusack, John Goodman, L.Q. Jones

World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.
Dir. Don Siegel · With Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker

A horrified teen mutates into a crazed cannibalistic swamp creature, and must uncover the terrifying secret identity of his father before his nasty natural tendencies force him to make jambalaya out of the locals.
Dir. Philippe Mora · With Ronny Cox, Bibi Besch, Paul Clemens

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food and shelter in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.
Dir. L.Q. Jones · With Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.
Dir. Robert Altman · With Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Lindsay Lohan
Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist.
Dir. Simon Wincer · With Paul Hogan, Beverly D'Angelo, Cuba Gooding Jr.
A deadly virus threatens to wipe out an entire Rocky Mountain town, leaving the town doctor to find some way to escape the soldiers who enforce the town's quarantine and devise an antidote. Matters take a more deadly turn after the physician is captured by a dangerously unstable band of militia extremists.
Dir. Dean Semler · With Steven Seagal, Gailard Sartain, Silas Weir Mitchell
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