Bad Movie Overload

[FearlessFreep]

OK, I'd be out of watching movies for awhile while I was looking for work.  Now that I've got a job, I've been picking up some used vidoes and renting a few others.  So far, it's been a bit too much of a bad thing.  Here's what I've seen recently:


The Apocalypse - Laura San Giacomo quotes a lot of Shakespeare as she sends  a ship full of explosives on a collision course for Earth.   Sandra Bernhard tries to stop the ship, stop a bunch of badguys from stealing the ship, and stop a clock with her ever present sneer.  Not great cinema, but ok if you like sci-fi and have low standard (that's me)

Ravager  - Basic 'trapped on the crashed ship with the monster' movie except the monster is a crewmate infected with a virus.  They certainly filled a lot of screen time with a more elaborate back story and setup then most, but they shouldn't have bothered because it didn't really hold together well.  Time filler if you have a spare hour and a half; don't expect much

Omega Doom  Rutger Hauer and Albert Pyun bring you a futuristic version of a much better western.  I sorta like the atmosphere of this one (and I usually like Rutger Hauer), but it kinda plods, and it's hard to believe both sets of androids comprise of three each, fighting over an area the size of a small parking lot

Crash And Burn  The cover promises ginat mechas, but the one in the movie has about three minutes of real screen time.. The rest of the story is a bunch of people trapped in the desert trying to figure out which of them is really not human but a synthoid sent by the evil corporation that has replaced the government.  1990 Full Moon effort from Charles Band, brother Richard, and Ted Nicolaou (later of "Subspecies" fame)  not a bad production from them, but the pacing and the music of the ending sorta undermined any impact.  Has Megan Ward (from "Arcade", another decent Full Moon effort)

Darkdrive - Ken Olandt in another UFO production (boy, do I see him in a lot of really bad stuff).  In a sorta Matrix in reverse, convicted criminals are seperated from their souls where their souls are put into a computer simulation and their bodies are then killed.  Ken has to go into the simulation to stop somone inside who is causing problems.  Cool atmosphere and decent music, but the sense of the plot kinda falls apart at the end in a resolution that seems cool but only if you don't try to unravel it.



Post Edited (12-27-03 15:17)

[lester1/2jr]

you gotta see "Tomcat: dangerus desires" starring Richard grieco.  I found out about it once reading an interview with Brad Pitt for some reason.  He was like "when you come to Hollywood you end up doing alot of these s**tty straight to video things" and he highly recommended this as an example.  Most inconceivable plot since kit the talking night rider car and not remotely (as) enjoyable.

[JohnL]

>Ravager

costarring Juliette Landau, daughter of Martin Landau.

[Brother Ragnarok]

Hey, no one mentioned that Bill Moseley is in Crash and Burn.  He's the highlight of the whole damn thing, but he's kinda hard to recognize when he doesn't look like a psychotic albino with a plate in his head.

Brother R

[Evil Matt]

Not for nothing, but something named "Omega Doom" should be the BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!

[FearlessFreep]

Hey, no one mentioned that Bill Moseley is in Crash and Burn. He's the highlight of the whole damn thing, but he's kinda hard to recognize when he doesn't look like a psychotic albino with a plate in his head.

Yup! Didn't recognize him until I look him up



something named "Omega Doom" should be the BEST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!

Amen!

[Neville]

"Omega Doom" sucks. Can't believe you could stay awake the whole damm thing, FeerlessFreep. It is yet another useless remake of Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" and one of the worst films by Albert Pyun, which is saying something. If you liked this one, you may feel like watching Van Damme's "Coyote Moon" aka "Desert Heat" aka "Van Damme's Inferno". Don't, be warned.