A demonic and driverless car terrorizes a small desert town. The town sheriff (James Brolin) fights to destroy it before it kills again.
This is a pretty bad film. Yet, it’s highly entertaining in some of the best ways. There is an extended action scene between the devil car and the police out in the desert that stands out. I have a feeling the filmmakers were inspired by Steven Spielberg’s Duel.
Brolin has always been a pretty limited actor to…
Private detective Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) is hired by a client to find her teenage daughter (Melanie Griffith) who has run away. He is soon immersed deeply in the world of Hollywood stuntmen who have a connection to the teenager.
On the surface, this film seems to be your normal mystery. However, director Arthur Penn is more interested in a deep dive of Harry’s character. For one, he’s not that good of a detective. He also has a difficult time…
Buford Pusser gets pissed off at the corruption in his hometown and sets out to remove it one good smack at a time with his trusty wooden club. Soon, every scumbag in town is out to kill him.
This one is often labeled as Hicksploitation—referring to a genre set in the Deep South where Hillbillies get to ass-kicking (think Burt Reynolds in White Lightning). It can be quite entertaining when Joe Don Baker is smacking evil rednecks around, but it…
Sinbad (Patrick Wayne) must deliver a prince that has been transformed into a baboon to the land of Ademespai. He hopes to restore the prince to his normal form so he can take his rightful place as King. Zenobia the evil witch does everything she can to stop him.
This is a highly entertaining adventure tale in the vein of Jason and the Argonauts. This is because the legendary Ray Harryhausen does some fine work in this film. Here we…
