Movies starring Lou Diamond Phillips

La Bamba (1987)

108 mins     Biography, Drama, Musical      

Starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales "La Bamba" is the biopic of Ritchie Valens who gave the world such songs as "Donna" and "La Bamba" before tragically dying young in the plane crash which also killed Buddy Holly ...

Young Guns (1988)

102 mins     Action , Drama, Western      

Released back in 1988, "Young Guns" is more of a vehicle to capitalize on the then appeal of the Hollywood brat pack, than a true western. Yes it may be set in the west and feature cowboys, but unlike classic westerns, this i...

Renegades (1989)

106 mins     Action , Crime, Drama      

You can sum up "Renegades" by saying Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips in an unlikely buddy situation go after bad guys, it's daft and demands that you just watch it for the action and the comedy, but nothing else. T...

Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory (1990)

104 mins     Action , Western      

As sequels go "Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory" is no better or worse than the original "Young Guns" and in fact is basically more of the same. This means we basically get the continuing adventures of William H. Bonney otherwis...

Sioux City (1994)

102 mins     Drama, Mystery, Thriller      

On face value "Sioux City" looks like a ridiculously simple movie with Jesse being the son who returns home and finds himself investigating the death of his mother. On just those simple facts you can guess how this movie is l...

Boulevard (1994)

95 mins     Crime, Drama      

I'd never watched "Boulevard" prior to recently but it reminded me a lot of the sort of movies I ended up watching on late night TV as I was channel surfing, the sort which wanted to deliver a drama out of the gritty city str...

Courage Under Fire (1996)

117 mins     Action , Drama      

For those who have watched Akira Kurosawa's "Rashamon" will know what I am about to say because "Courage Under Fire" works on a similar theme. In "Rashamon" a murder is shown from different view points, in "Courage Under Fire...

The Big Hit (1998)

91 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime      

"The Big Hit" is basically a spoof movie, but rather than playing it for laughs with dumb jokes it plays it for laughs with over the top action and characters. That makes it amusingly curious when you have something as styliz...

A Better Way to Die (2000)

101 mins     Action , Comedy, Thriller      

Scot Wiper is probably a name you have never heard of but he is the young man who wrote, directed and starred in "A Better Way to Die" and after you watch this movie you will want to watch other movies he is involved in. Now ...

Stark Raving Mad (2002)

101 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime      

To put it simply whether you enjoy "Stark Raving Mad" or not will depend on what other movies you think of whilst watching. For me I found myself thinking of the British wave of cinema from the late nineties and early naughti...

Hollywood Homicide (2003)

116 mins     Action , Comedy, Crime      

"Lethal Weapon", "Beverly Hills Cop", "48 Hours" these are just three cop movies which work on the unlikely partnership set up and each of them worked. "Hollywood Homicide" is another one of these movies but unlike those othe...

The Trail to Hope Rose (2004)

89 mins     TV Movie, Western      

Movie Review - The Trail to Hope Rose (2004) Lou Diamond Phillips stars as Keenan Deerfield, a former outlaw trying to go straight but only straight in to trouble due to his corrupt boss, Samuel Drigger (Warren Stevens)...

Murder at the Presidio (2005)

89 mins     Crime, TV Movie      

Whilst "Murder at the Presidio" is based on a true story it is also a made for TV movie. Now I know nothing of the true story on which this is based but I have watched more than my fair share of TV movies to say that rather t...

Gone But Not Forgotten (2005)

180 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Now that is a seriously shortened version of what goes on during the first half of "Gone But Not Forgotten" and during this opening there is also a friendly rivalry set up between Betsy and D.A. Alan Page played by Lou Diamon...

Termination Point (2007)

89 mins     Sci-Fi, Thriller, TV Movie      

Let's be honest there is a certain type of movie that you watch not out of expectation of something great but in the hope it will be entertaining for being cheesy. "Termination Point" is exactly that sort of movie, an action/...

Lone Rider (2008)

80 mins     TV Movie, Western      

Lone Rider: Lou Diamond Phillips stars as a former Major who returns home to find former friend Stu Croker (Vincent Spano) is destroying his family business...

Love Takes Wing (2009)

84 mins     Family, TV Movie, Western      

I've come to accept something about the "Love Comes Softly" movie series, technically they are not good movies but that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter that the storylines are sometimes cliches, that the religious elements ...

Angel and the Bad Man (2009)

95 mins     TV Movie, Western      

Two things I have found myself frequently saying: firstly remakes are never for those who are fans of the original movie and secondly some of these recent made for TV westerns are not that bad. Now that means I should like th...

Metal Tornado (2011)

90 mins     Sci-Fi, Thriller, TV Movie      

Movie Review - Metal Tornado (2011) a business CEO goes against advice and in doing so causes an uncontrollable, self-perpetuating magnetic tornado. Now, scientist, Michael Edwards (Lou Diamond Phillips), must try to save the...