After fusing their sizable talents the year before in the hugely ambitious Project A, the trio of titans known collectively as the Three Dragons (and
Tag: 1980s
Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) – Review
Bill and Ted are two well meaning, air headed teens who dwell in San Dimas, California and dream of hitting it big with their band
Dragons Forever (1988) – Review
Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao are three martial arts heavyweights who were instrumental in revolutionizing Hong Kong action cinema in the 80’s and
Police Story 2 (1988) – Review
There’s a particular conundrum that I have when passing my own personal judgement on martial arts films that seems to go double for the energetic
Psycho 2 (1983) – Review
On paper, making sequel to possibly the greatest psychological thriller ever made after a twenty two year break sounds like a truly awful idea like
Demons 2 (1986) – Review
Once scratched by the ridiculously large talons of a demon, your imminent change into one of the drooling, snarling monsters is pretty fast – that
Police Story (1985) – Review
Is there a more enduring, living icon in martial arts cinema than Jackie Chan? He’s spent decades regularly sacrificing every bone and sinew in his
Demons (1985) – Review
While Dario Argento, the Italian maestro of murder, would rarely step outside of his comfort zone of stunningly brutal whodunnits (commonly known as the Giallo
Encounters Of The Spooky Kind (1980) – Review
Those of you unfamiliar with the industry changing works of Sammo Hung outside of that late 90’s show Martial Law is missing a treat. Hung
Blood Beach (1981) – Review
Blood Beach aficionados would probably “um, actually” my lumping in of 1980’s Jaws wannabe Blood Beach into the killer animals genre and I’m loathe to
Conan The Destroyer (1984) – Review
Back in 1984, we returned to the times of high adventure with a direct sequel to John Milius’ absurdly macho take on Robert E. Howard’s
Disciples Of The 36th Chamber (1985) – Review
Lau Kar-leung’s first two entries in his 36th Chamber franchise were both a couple of zippy training-fests that fused the bond between director and star,
Class Of Nuke ‘Em High (1986) – Review
Back in 1984, indie distributor Troma Films finally put their money where their foul mouth was and switched from producing sex comedies to forging their
Invasion USA (1985) – Review
There is no such thing as a “perfect” Cannon movie (probably because they never came close to fucking making one), but if you were to
Hawk The Slayer (1980) – Review
Most fantasy movies of the 80’s usually have the odd moment or two where the budget simply won’t stretch to cover the visuals and sometimes
Krull (1983) – Review
Sometimes a film pierces your subconscious at exactly the right age, in exactly the right way, so that you absolutely cannot be objective about it
Clash Of The Titans (1981) – Review
A last ditch effort to revive fantasy films such as The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad and Jason Argonauts for a modern (read 80’s) audience, Clash
Killer Crocodile (1989) – Review
Two fishermen sit in a boat in the pitch black doing a spot of night fishing chatting to keep their spirits up. As their pointless
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation Of Toxie (1989) – Review
Whilst in the midst of production of their bargain bin, blockbuster epic: The Toxic Avenger Part II, Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz realized that they
The Toxic Avenger (1984) – Review
Synonymous with extreme farcical splatter and copious, tongue in cheek nudity, independent movie making faction Troma Studios has been selflessly dedicating itself to notoriously un-PC,
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