The Dogs of War (1980)
Irvin’s 1980 mercenary thriller. Christopher Walken leads a coup in a fictional African country. Frederick Forsyth source. Among the cleanest 1980s mercenary films.
Christopher Walken
This archive collects the films featuring Christopher Walken reviewed at Master of Worlds — 13 titles spanning “A View to a Kill (1985)”, “Annie Hall (1977)”, “Gigli (2003)”, “King of New York (1990)”, “Last Man Standing (1996)”, “Man on Fire (2004)”, “Mousehunt (1997)”, “New Rose Hotel (1998)”, “Seven Psychopaths (2012)”, “Sleepy Hollow (1999)”, “The Deer Hunter (1978)”, “The Dogs of War (1980)”, and “Wedding Crashers (2005)”. Seen together they form a substantial cross-section of Christopher Walken’s screen work, and the reviews approach them as storytelling first. The questions are consistent — what the performance asks of the audience, how it serves the structure of the film, and what holds up on a second or third viewing. Watching one actor across this many roles makes the craft legible in a way a single film cannot: the recurring instincts, the range, the choices that separate a memorable performance from a forgettable one. The collection is curated rather than exhaustive, built from films reviewed in depth at Master of Worlds, and it grows as further titles are added.
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Cimino’s 1978 Vietnam drama. De Niro, Walken, Streep, Cazale. The Russian roulette sequences. Best Picture Oscar. Closing of the steel-town American era.
Mousehunt (1997)
Mousehunt is one of the funniest physical comedies ever produced and one of the most overlooked. Gore Verbinski directed in his feature debut. Adam…