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other movies where America is the bad guy?


can anyone tell me of any? I have a mild list going, but I'd be interested in seeing more, and no, movies that show "Both Sides" like TORA TORA TORA dont count... nor do Civil War movies like Gone with the Wind, because both sides represent America in some way.

Russia:
SOLO VOYAGE (1985) - Russian Rambo-type action movie with American villains

USA:
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (2006) - Japanese on Iwo with American "bad guys".

JAPAN:
I BOMBED PEARL HARBOR (1960) - Japanese as good guys during Pearl Harbor attack!
KAMIKAZE (1963) - Japanese Kamikaze pilots as heros vs. Americans.

Can anyone add to this list beside Valley of the Wolves: Iraq? I'm sure there are at least a few others.

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Hmm... The only one i can think of is "The Eagle has landed". A ww2 from german perspective against americans.

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nah, that's the British so it doesn't count. :(

I did discover one more though:

ONE MAN'S HERO (1998), starring Tom Berenger. War movie about the Mexican war with Berenger as a deserter who leads several Irishmen AGAINST the U.S. It even co-stars a guy who co-starred in a movie with me, Ilia Volokh.

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The megatwingo I know was a decent person, though a bit narrow minded. Who is this at the computer? Her son or something? Go study your lessons, kid!

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Syriana is a good movie who portraies the american foreign policy in a true way.

More movies where america is almost as bad as in reality: Under Fire (1983), Salvador, JFK (the CIA at least), The Year of Living Dangerously, The Quiet American and even comedies like Canadian bacon and Wag the dog.

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Dogville with Nicole Kidman.

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"Buffalo Soldiers" - Portrays the military as corrupt and incompetent.

"Walker" - Set in the mid 19th century it's about Americans mercenaries installing a govt in Nicaragua via a coup d'etat. In the final scenes Huey helicopters land and evacuate the Americans.

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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself does a good job of portraying the U.S. government in a less-than-flattering light.

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Although not the direct villains of the film, the South Korean horror movie The Host features a monster that was created as the result of the American military indifferently dumping toxic chemicals in the Han River.

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Battle Royale II had this whole spiel where the teacher, Riki, goes on about the countries that were bombed by "That Nation". Then at the end the Prime Minister was going on about how "they" are not happy.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2194326/

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I don' know whether this will apply or not, but there is an Indian movie named 'Khiladiyon ka Khiladi' (1996) whose literal translation of the title amounts to 'Player of Players!' where the main bad guy - or in this case, gal(!) is an Indian mafia don(ess!) settled in the US who tends to bet on underground fights where you battle to the death - no, don't get excited, it's not even half as good as it sounds! Basically, she kidnaps the hero's brother as he has some incriminating evidence against her and the hero spends the rest of the movie looking for his brother - culminating in him battling the lady don's champion fighter - the WWE wrestler The Undertaker in one of her death matches held at the movie's end!

Ever get fed up of watching all those US movies where the American fighter manages to beat the 'other guy' no matter how big the odds or his opponent are? Well, if the sight of a skinny Indian guy beating the tar out of a heavily muscled pitbull of a man who is at least a foot taller than him appeals to you, you've found the RIGHT movie! Oh, and the Undertaker who is played by Brian Lee, who was the second Undertaker from 94 - 96 in the WWE, NOT the original, classic and current Undertaker played by Mark Callahan, does a mean job of speaking dialogue in the Indian language - do white people who born and live in the US even know a word of the Hindi language in the first place?!!!

After watching this flick, all the people who criticize 'Valley of the Wolves' for being 'anti-US' and 'unrealistic' will have to eat their words - ever denizen of the US is portrayed as being stupid at best or psychotic at worst! Oh, and all the steroids in the world are no match for some bumpkin who drinks milk! Then again, knowing how adulterated the milk in India is, if you can drink that slop and not die of poisoning you're a superman of sorts! The hero of the movie, Akshay Kumar is sort of like the Indian version of Lorenzo Lamas - the people who complain that LOrenzo is dumb and a bad actor should see Akshay in action - he makes Lamas look like a genius AND an Oscar winner!

So in short the five things you will learn while watching this movie are:

5) Steroids are no match for dairy products
4) Dancing like a spastic in song sequences is good training for beating up champion fighters in death matches
3) Most of the white people in the US are either stupid and ignorant or bloodthirsty psychotics (this is NOT entirely untrue folks!!)
2) Despite being mute the entire time he's beating you up, the first time your opponent will speak to you, it will be in your own language despite him a)not setting foot in your country, b) not knowing anybody from there, c) not even KNOWING what country you come from
1) The audience will turn traitor and start cheering for you the minute you start beating up your opponent despite him being a native of the country just like them
And it's still not even HALF as bad as Chuck Norris' 'Invasion USA!'

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The Host (2006) - South Korea

E.

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Dances with Wolves, and the dramatized sections of the PBS series "We Shall Remain". Basically, Americans as brutal oppressors of American Indians (which is pretty accurate for the time, 19th century).

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Does footage of 9/11 shown in muslim countries count?

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