Hello there!
Thanks for joining me again folks. On the off chance this is your first visit, welcome! My name’s Tom and this is a blog about bad films I buy (from pound shops), watch and review.
This week we’ll be tackling another actioner, coming hot as hell out of 1990, making it our earliest film yet! It stars a Hollywood Heartthrob and a Pfeiffer, but probably not the one you expect! The protagonist is a crook and a surfer, but this film came out 1 year BEFORE the amazing Point Break. Will it be as good? Doubtful!
Not a great many reviews readily available, but what scraps I can find suggest a pretty weak film! I’m looking forward to sharing it with you though, and I must confess the boxart and posters for this film have an aggressively 90s aesthetic that I for one am into.
Any guesses? Leave a comment!
Some other points of interest:
-Have you seen What We Do in The Shadows? If not, you should. I love it. A sort of mockumentary based around a group of Vampires and written by Jermaine Clement (from Flight of the Conchords) and Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople etc) and is very quirky and funny. The first series of the TV show of the same name is currently on BBC Iplayer and is excellent too. Following different characters but with a similar tone, my initial scepticism was put to rest within a couple of episodes.
-I really love Martial Arts films and there is an absolute wealth of brilliant ones. This list, compiled by Paste.com, has plenty that I had never heard of, and you likely haven’t either. Check it out if you’re into that sort of thing!: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/01/the-100-best-martial-arts-movies-of-all-time.html?a=1
Until Sunday, folks!
-Tom
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