Runtime:
91 minutes
Directed
by: Richard Pepin
Starring:
Chad McQueen (the son of Steve), Gary Daniels, Joseph Ruskin, George
Murdock, THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR; yes, that Ultimate Warrior
From:
PM Entertainment
This
wasn't what I was originally going to watch today, believe me. This
day hasn't been too great, to be honest. I'll spare you the details
but I figured it would be a good idea to watch a film from PM
Entertainment, a late studio that was all low-budget fare but most of
the cash was used on action and special effects, which is fine by me.
I am glad I felt at least good enough to watch anything instead of
skipping out, but I did not want to do that again, so here you go.
Besides, getting to see former WWF wrestler The Ultimate Warrior (now
right-wing nutjob Warrior; yes, he changed his name; among the things
he's said as a public speaker: “Queering doesn't make the world
work.”) in an extremely rare fictional role outside the world of
wrestling sounded tremendous for a big wrestling fan like me.
Before
you continue reading I recommend you read this article: It's a column
written about this film on chud.com. Usually the site's content is
douchebag hipster stuff but the writer is actually a pretty cool
dude.
Like
he said this is a movie set in the “future” of 2007 with cars of
the mid 90's that they try to make look futuristic. Darren Braniff
and NICK SLEDGE are a pair of cops in Los Angeles; it's a world
that's pretty crappy, and there is a “hell zone” that pretty much
is like the big buildings in The Raid: Redemption (or Dredd) and the
prison island of Manhattan in Escape From New York. The two cops go
into the hell zone to track down the musclehead criminal that broke
out of jail (The Ultimate Warrior!) and end up in a Thunderdome cage
in a nightcub fighting various dudes who all have one name as if they
are the gladiators on American Gladiators... or Mortal Kombat
fighters; considering that after a set amount of time each guy gets
to use a random weapon, that help makes me think of Mortal Kombat.
The
movie is what you'd expect going in if you actually take the time to
go looking for it; here's a hint, search for “solar movie”; that
site has many streaming links... but only use it for real obscure
films like this and not to watch motion pictures still on the big
screen! Anyhow, it's low-budget cheese but it's a lot of fun to watch
if you enjoy such a thing. The action is good for the money and
there's plenty of martial arts. There's also good-sized explosions
you see throughout. The story works and you'll never get bored by
seeing various cliches get used. The musical score... all over the
map but it's mostly fine. One or two of the songs sounds like the
early 90's version of dubstep, which I think is tremendous.
Like
I said, if you enjoy that sort of thing, you might as well see this,
if only to watch The Ulimate Warrior (without facepaint) not do much
besides fighting. I'll be back Wednesday afternoon and I should be
more on time with that.
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