The Specialist (1994)
Really this should have had a budget of around £10 million and starred a combination of the video stars of the time. The bigger glosser look doesn’t help the film or dissuade from the lack of substance.
Movie Stuffs
Trancers: City of Lost Angels (1988)
This is a fun follow-up to the original and a treat for fans. Cheap, silly, funny and inventive.
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
It was nice to spend some time with these two again and on a new adventure. This is almost a forgotten slice of culture and taking stock over the years I realise I was a bigger fan of Beavis and Butthead than I thought.
Trancers (1984)
Trancers is the granddaddy of direct-to-video and a mostly successful opening to the franchise.
Short Time (1990)
Short Time has Dabney Colman drive with complete disregard for his own personal safety, leaving a trail of carnage everywhere. Sounds incredible…
Deep Space (1988)
The unavailability of Deep Space during the 90’s left me conjuring imagery in my head of what the film might be like… and I was way off.
Infinite Storm (2022)
Infinite Storm (2022) by Małgorzata Szumowska with Naomi Watts and there is something about Watts in the Winter as it struggles to engage.
Fast Money (1996)
Fast Money has an interesting cast with Yancy Butler, Matt McCoy, John Ashton and the late Trevor Goddard keep this from being just another direct-to-video crapfest.
The Contractor (2022)
The Contractor will engage you for the runtime, you will walk away fulfilled. In years to come you will struggle to remember if you have seen it.
Dashcam (2022)
Dashcam is worth the fuss and whilst not a landmark film it certainly is expertly crafted and plays immensely well.