Omega Cop (1990) and Karate Cop (1991)
The bolo tie-wearing Prescott (Adam West) runs a “Special Police” force in the year 1999 from a one-room set (that he never leaves) via a couple of Commodore 64s and some 60s-era blinking props to protect the post-apocalyptic wastelands of Southern California. Keeping Adam West company in the washed-up actor’s camp are Troy Donahue (the […]
Aftershock (1990)
Anti-intellectual paramilitary forces rule the post-World War 3 landscape, which is directed by Frank Harris, who was behind Killpoint and The Patriot (not the Mel Gibson movie) and Lockdown (not the Sylvester Stallone movie). Into this world arrives an alien named Sabine, played by Elizabeth Kaitan. Oh Elizabeth, you’ve been in so many movies that I’ve savored. You […]
Future Zone (1990)
I hoped against hope that David Carradine wouldn’t have to be in another David Prior movie, but you know how it goes. You have to do the movies that are paying for you. Actually, I don’t know. No one is asking me to be in horrible movies all that often. Remember John Tucker? Yeah, that […]
Rocky V (1990)
I’ve avoided this movie for some time, due to its bad reputation and just the general feeling that I had no interest in seeing Rocky slide back into the sad life that he escaped. This week of Stallone movies has given me the opportunity to watch this one, however, and while it’s not my favorite […]
Darkman (1990)
Before he had the chance to make Spider-Man, Sam Raimi had wanted to make a comic book movie. Having failed to get the rights to The Shadow and Batman, he just decided to create his own hero. Drawing inspiration from Universal Monsters like The Phantom of the Opera as well as The Elephant Man, he created The Darkman, […]
Lionheart (1990)
Lionheart follows the basic plot of all Van Damme films. Our hero loses a family member in some horrible way, he must go AWOL or leave behind some responsibility and then must fight — even though he doesn’t want to — before a big battle that redeems everything. My wife — having suffered through the […]
Death Warrant (1990)
Death Warrant is the first movie sold by David S. Goyer, way before he wrote Kickboxer 2, Demonic Toys, Pet Sematary 2, Dark City, the three Blade films (he directed Blade: Trinity), Ghost Rider, the Christopher Nolan Batman films, Man of Steel, Batman vs. Superman and the upcoming Terminator: Dark Fate. It’s directed by Deran Sarafian, who directed To Die For, a 1989 vampire rental favorite, […]
Opportunity Knocks (1990)
Donald Petrie has directed plenty of movies you may know, even if you don’t know him. Mystic Pizza, Grumpy Old Men, Richie Rich, My Favorite Martian, Miss Congeniality, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days…he’s made some memorable films. This effort is from the time when Dana Carvey was a star on Saturday Night Live, but before Wayne’s World made […]
Repossessed (1990)
Before he worked in films — supposedly — Bob Logan wrote material for comedians Joan Rivers, Sam Kinison, Garry Shandling, Rodney Dangerfield and Arsenio Hall. This is but one of three different projects that Logan worked on with Linda Blair, including Up Your Alley (her second project with “The Unknown Comic” Murray Langston) and the completely unhinged […]
Zapped Again! (1990)
Remember when Scott Baio got telekinetic powers and instead of joining the X-Men and saving the world, he decided to just look at Heather Thomas’ breasts while goofy around with Willie Aames? Well, those guys grew up to be a Trump supporter and Bibleman. Heather Thomas? She retired because she had so many stalkers before […]
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