Prime Cut (1972)

At under 90 minutes running time, Prime Cut (1972) is efficient and taut like its mob enforcer protagonist Nick (Lee Marvin, another great role as a measured tough). Yet there’s also an original streak of perverse humour throughout, more than likely helped by director Michael Ritchie (who’d go on to specialise further in comedy with classics like The […]

VFW (2019)

One Friday night, I went to a 9:15pm screening of VFW (2019) as part of MonsterFest, but it felt more like a midnight movie. Completely in the spirit of John Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13 right from the opening credits, particularly with the ominous synth of Steve Moore’s excellent score, it’s a splatter siege movie […]

Blackhat (2015)

After rewatching Michael Mann’s big screen version of Miami Vice on Netflix – a film that I was underwhelmed by when I first saw it but now simply love rewatching (particularly Colin Farrell’s look and the Mogwai soundrops) – I realised that I was keen for more 2000s era Michael Mann (even with his use […]

Salute Of The Jugger (1989)

It might be my mission to track down and watch movies whose video covers left a big visual impact on me. Case in point, Salute Of The Jugger (1989) aka Blood Of Heroes in the USA, with this intense Double Dragon video game cover painted poster (the two stars on the cover, Rutger Hauer and […]

Robot Jox (1989)

Before Pacific Rim, before CGI, there was Robot Jox (1989). I remember seeing the ad for this on a lot of video rentals as a kid and thinking it looked like the coolest movie ever. Finally watching it now, I marvel at the old school special effects, stop motion puppets and clunky plastic sets to […]