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No Retreat No Surrender 2: Raging Thunder (1987) – Review
2 Stars In name only sequel to the film that is best known for showcasing a young Jean Claude Van Damme. Overly familiar plot manages to ripoff Rambo and Norris’s Missing in Action movies. American...
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Stranded (1987) – Review
1 Star Stranded wants to be all things to all movie-goers. It is Starman meets Cocoon crossed with Critters and E.T. If that sounds contrived, awkward, and more than a bit odd, well that is because...
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The Running Man (1987) – Review
3 Stars Ah, how refreshing it is to see that in 1987, the idea of violent reality television was just a fantasy, used for fodder in a sci-fi themed Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle. Now here we are 25...
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Prince of Darkness (1987) – Review
3 1/2 Stars For better or worse John Carpenter is the filmmaker most directly responsible for inventing the modern day slasher flick. His 1978 film Halloween was a game changer, not only creatively...
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) – Review
2 Stars Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, holds a special place in my film-going memory. It was the first Superman film I saw in theaters. When those iconic title cards and equally iconic theme music...
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Miami Connection (1987) – Review
1/2 Star If you were of age during the 1980′s karate craze, than you probably remember posing as a dummy for a novice practitioner attempting to demonstrate the latest move they had learned in class....
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Caribe (1987) – Review
1/2 Star Caribe is an odd wannabe action thriller, that incorporates James Bond, Deliverance and The Emerald Forrest into one wacked-out adventure. Sporting a distinctly European style, the film...
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Rent-a-Cop (1987) – Review
1 Star Burt Reynolds is back in a semi-sequel to his 1981 hit Sharky’s Machine. This time his character is the similarly nick-named Churchy and once again he’s teamed up with Bernie Casey playing a...
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Winners Take All (1987) – Review
1 Star Ah the 1980′s; a time when any sport or sporting event could be turned into a cinematic cash grab. In a decade that saw ripe examples such as BMX Bandits, Rad, Thrasin’ and Gleaming the Cube,...
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Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987) – Review
1/2 Star The second film in the wistfully intended series from Cannon film’s featuring H. Rider Haggard’s literary hero Allan Quartermain is a dreary and virtually unwatchable affair. None of the zany...
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Heat (1987) – Review
2 1/2 Stars Heat (Not to be confused with the 1995 Pacino/DeNiro classic) was to be Burt Reynolds’ triumphant return to the main stage after years of tabloid rumors and career free fall. During the...
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Angel Heart (1987) – Review
2 1/2 Stars Alan Parker’s hellish vision of 1950’s film noir mixed with 1980’s horror genre creates an often magnificent and always interesting piece of work, even if the story strays into the...
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Assassination (1987) – Review
1 Star Assassination is a particularly shoddy, but relatively tame by Bronson standards, vehicle that looks, sounds and behaves as if it knows it’s a second-tier production. Listless pacing, absurd...
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Penitentiary III (1987) – Review
1/2 Star Penitentiary III is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. This played frequently on HBO in the late 1980s and I saw it a number of times in my adolescent years. I remembered the movie as a...
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Death Before Dishonor (1987) – Review
2 Stars Fred Dryer is a revenge obsessed Marine involved with Middle Eastern intrigue in the action film Death Before Dishonor. This simple-minded jingoistic relic from the 1980’s is occasionally...
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Over the Top (1987) – Review
2 1/2 Stars There is no intellectual defense that could hide the fact that Over the Top is a bad movie. It bombed in theaters. Stallone has routinely criticized the final product. And it was directed...
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Malone (1987) – Review
1 1/2 Stars 1987 was supposed to be the year of Burt Reynolds’ big comeback. With three movies slated for release in the span of 12 months. All of which ultimately became production fiascos and each...
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Walker (1987) – Review
2 Stars Alex Cox’s Walker is one of the most peculiar films to have been released by a major studio during the 1980’s. It’s an uneasy blend of Mel Brooks and Warner Herzog. Those are two names rarely...
View ArticleThe Barbarians (1987) Retrospective – Podcast
Join hosts Trevor and Jason as they discuss the 1987 action flick The Barbarians. Starring Peter Paul, David Paul, Richard Lynch and Eva LaRue. Directed by Ruggero Deodato. Debate/Conversation Topic:...
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Equalizer 2000 (1987) – Review
2 Stars The 1980’s craze of subpar Mad Max knock offs continues in schlock maestro Cirio Santiago homage, Equalizer 2000. Martial Arts star Richard Norton plays the lone hero involved in a civil war...
View ArticleThe Lost Boys (1987) Retrospective – Podcast
Join hosts Trevor and Jason as they discuss the 1987 vampire flick The Lost Boys. Starring Jason Patrick, Kiefer Sutherland, Jaime Gertz, and Cory Haim. Directed by Joel Schumacher. Debate/Conversation...
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