Omega Cop

Omega Cop (1990)

Runtime: 90 minutes

Directed by: Paul Kyriazi

Starring: Ron Marchini, Adam West, Stuart Whitman, Troy Donahue

From: Cine Excel Entertainment

Here’s yet another movie I found out about via the Bad Movie Fiends podcast. It was a film they loved watching for its low budget action-ness and after some searching I found it on a site offering up downloads of really obscure films. The comments section for each post offer up the movie for download, via Megaupload file.

Oh, this movie… it’s real low-budget and it’s one of those post-apocalyptic films. Apparently there’s only a few cops left in this small area. That department is led by… Adam West! He looked like he was still missing the days 25 years ago when he was a big star on TV. You also get some small appearances from the other famous faces (Whitman and Donahue) but most of the cast is unknowns. The Omega Cop (Marchini, a martial arts fighter from back in the day when Chuck Norris fought in those battles. In fact those two once fought and Chuck only barely won) goes against a band of slave traders and picks up some chicks in the process.

Here are the reasons why I managed to enjoy the film:

• The soundtrack is mainly something you’d expect from an old-school John Carpenter film, but for reasons unknown, a few times you hear neo-oldies! You know, groups from the 80’s going for the sound of songs in the late 50’s and early 60’s. I have no idea why the producers went that route but I’m glad they did.
• The Omega Cop loves crotch kicks and crotch punches. Even more so than Steven Seagal does. The best one was when a bad guy unzipped his pants and was about to relieve himself when he got kicked right in the nards.
• One of the main bad guys looked like Ron Jeremy with a beard.
• The Omega Cop’s hideout is the locker room of a small baseball stadium (!) and it’s guarded by a skeleton with a gun in its hand (!!)
• He really cares about his accessories. He will go far distances to acquire the hat and gun belt that gets stolen from him. It’s part of all the running you get to see him do.
• The action isn’t exactly like you’d see in a Hollywood blockbuster… it still works and it’s fun to watch. There’s even a quality explosion or two.

So, this movie is technically terrible but hey, I found it to be rather entertaining. At least the action is fun to watch, there are wacky and unique moments like the oldies stuff or all the abuse to the groin (and other things that I won't spoil, except that West's final scene is memorable), and it's just plain wacky. There's a sequel, Karate Cop, and I also could download it, but I hear it's not quite as great as this movie.

If you want a 1 minute taste of what this movie is all about, check out this YouTube clip.

As it's a holiday week I won't be back until Saturday night.