Nightflyers (1987) – Director: Robert Collector – 2/10 (very bad)Despite the underlying idea being quite good, individual components relating to the production design such as sets, costumes, lighting and special effects all look quite tawdry and gaunt; what makes the whole affair even more unpalatable is its hysterically overactive storytelling […]
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The Secretary (1995) – Director: Andrew Lane – 3/10 (very mediocre/bad)Well , there are movies about psychotic dentists and cops, why not psycho secretaries, I guess? The basic idea might not be necessarily all that bad in and of itself, nonetheless, the terrible rendition and very poor writing choices completely […]
Prey of the Chameleon (1992) – Director: Fleming B. Fuller – 5/10 (okay/decent)A lot better than what its salacious cover would imply: from the very get-go, one is able to discern considerable attention paid to pacing and steady unfolding of the plot with just the right amount of time dedicated […]
Memory Run (1995, aka Synapse) Director: Allan A. Goldstein – 4/10 (passable/mediocre)In spite of the intriguing premise, the flick ultimately fails to deliver in that the conceptual originality is not followed up by technical prowess or any outstanding scripting ingenuity. A large chunk of the material simply comes out pedestrian […]
The Killing Time (1993) – Director: Rick King – 3/10 (very mediocre/bad)Another great performance wasted in a deeply troubled and ultimately meaningless production. Kiefer Sutherland‘s portrayal of the mysterious killer impersonating a deputy constitutes the only compelling aspect of this bungled thriller/neo-noir/whatever. Not only does the story not make a whole […]
Virtuosity (1995) Director: Brett Leonard – 5/10 (okay/decent)Regrettably, the flick completely fails to live up to its full potential by reason of getting stunted by its infuriatingly bromidic script, eventually succumbing to its action-oriented proclivities and devolving into yet another meaningless, otiose exercise in mainstream pop culture extravaganza. The primary […]
The Rift (1990) – Director: Juan Piquer Simón – 4/10 (passable/mediocre)Yes, it appears to be and it is indeed another rip-off of The Abyss, featuring submarines and some sea mutants and the likes. Neither is the flick particularly special or titillating in the way it handles the subject matter nor […]
Mirage (1995) – Director: Paul Williams – 3/10 (very mediocre/bad) A paltry rip-off of Vertigo with not a whole lot of interesting features or differentiating factors other than its bewildering stupidity and Sean Young’s vexatious Irish accent perhaps. Not only does the motion picture ring hollow in the way it approaches […]
Death Machine (1994). Director: Stephen Norrington – 5/10 (okay/decent)There is much to like about film’s starting point and its overall setting, nevertheless, something seems to be missing to differentiate it from a myriad of other early to mid 1990s actioners. The primary issue appears to reside in that the flick […]
Jakarta (1988) Director: Charles Kaufman – 2/10 (very bad)The man who made the trailer for this thing should get an award for making the motion picture seem to be something else entirely. I mean the music, the editing and the selection of shots are all just perfect and the VHS […]