{"id":8411,"date":"2005-01-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-03T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/03\/bird-on-a-wire\/"},"modified":"2005-10-23T03:30:22","modified_gmt":"2005-10-23T00:30:22","slug":"bird-on-a-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/01\/03\/bird-on-a-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird on a Wire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\"\/“Bird on a Wire<\/a>” was on TV and I just couldn’t miss it. I had to watch it because it was one of my favourite movies back in 90s, and also because I very often confuse and cross-reference episodes of this movie with “Overboard<\/a>“. That is probably because both of them are good movies of approximately the same years, both of them feature Goldie Hawn<\/a> as a one of the main characters. Mel Gibson and Kurt Russell are also two of my favourite action actors, and they even were together in a movie called “Tequila Sunrise<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the movie is a good old action. Some corrupted governent agents, who used to use Vietnam war veterans to transport drugs, are trying to get rid off one of these veterans who could send them all to jail. Car chases, gun fights, fist fights, some romance, some cool talk, few jokes, and good amount of explosives all make for a good action movie. Even now, 15 years later it still impresses and keeps one glued to the screen.<\/p>\n

7 out of 10. Favourite quote: “She: … I need rest, I need a bath, I need a bed, I need a pedicure … He: And I need a beer.”. ;)<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

“Bird on a Wire” was on TV and I just couldn’t miss it. I had to watch it because it was one of my favourite movies back in 90s, and also because I very often confuse and cross-reference episodes of this movie with “Overboard“. That is probably because both of them are good movies of … Continue reading Bird on a Wire<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[1981,2026,500],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-movies","tag-goldie-hawn","tag-mel-gibson","tag-romance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8386,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/12\/27\/tequila-sunrise\/","url_meta":{"origin":8411,"position":0},"title":"Tequila Sunrise","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 27, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Watched yet another oldie on DVD - \"Tequila Sunrise\". 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