Cobra (1986)
Apr 26, 2001Action/Cop vs Serial Killer Army
From Cannon Films, a Sylvester Stallone action vehicle with a near-fascistic view of law enforcement that proves to be an absurd comic-book of a film that is preposterously entertaining
Brian Thompson
Miracle Mile (1988)
Jan 8, 2019Impending Nuclear Strike on L.A. Comedy
Quirky offbeat comedy in which Anthony Edwards picks up a ringing phone at a diner and the call warns that a nuclear strike is about to hit L.A. in 50 minutes during which he tries to find his lady love as the city descends into chaos all around from what may have been a prank call
Alien Nation (1988)
Jul 8, 1999Human-Alien Buddy Cop Film
Made not longer after the buddy cop hit of Lethal Weapon, this has a curmudgeonly human paired up with an alien partner. A fairly ordinary cop show plot is boosted by two fantastic central performances
Fright Night Part 2 (1989)
Sep 5, 2002Vampire Film
Sequel to Fright Night, this basically rehashes what went before but introduces Jerry Dandridge's sister. This does come with the benefit of some way-out stylistic effects from director Tommy Lee Wallace
Moon 44 (1990)
Jan 7, 2000Interstellar Prison
Early Roland Emmerich film with Michael Paré investigating pirates targeting a mining moon. As usual with Emmerich, the focus is on action while neglecting the plausibility of the scenario
Doctor Mordrid (1992)
May 7, 2014Magician Superhero
One of the better films from Charles Band – an uncredited homage to Marvel's Dr Strange. The film captures a wonderful atmosphere of esotericism and Jeffrey Combs is perfect as the sorcerer superhero
DragonHeart (1996)
May 28, 2000Rogue and Dragon
This places an amusing spin on the standard dragon fantasy, having the dragon and its would-be slayer team up to fool the peasantry out of money. The Sean Connery-voiced dragon looks like a big CGI cartoon
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
Sep 23, 1999Interdimensional Combat/Videogame Adaptation
Sequel to the Mortal Kombat film. While the first film was fun, here anything resembling plot has been stripped away to concentrate on fight scenes slung together in the most linear way possible such that the film blurs into a single shapeless action sequence
Jason and the Argonauts (2000)
Sep 23, 2007Greek Myth Adventure
TV mini-series remake of the Greek myths that fails to stand up to the classic 1963 version. Here Ray Harryhausen's amazing stop-motion animated effects have been replaced by cut-price CGI