Runtime:
99 minutes
Directed
by: Jerry Jameson
Starring:
Jeff Speakman, William Shatner, Lisa Darr, Larry Cedar, Chris Lemmon
From:
PM Entertainment Group
What a silly movie I saw on Friday night:
Any movie featuring Jeff Speakman, William Shatner, Mac from Night
Court, Chris Lemmon and Don Stroud will be watched by me. This is a late
entry from PM Entertainment Group, a 90's low budget action outlet that
for certain made movies better than this; their scripts were always on
the flimsy side but they knew what their audiences want so there was
plenty of good action, explosions, and car crashes.. oh, do cars get
wrecked in a typical PM production. In the future I'll talk about their
better films as a way of plugging them to those that'd be interested in
something new and worthy of a spin.
As for this movie, Jeff Speakman is the lead, a campaign manager for a rich dude (William Shatner!) who is an outsider in politics but is in a political race for the opportunity to go to Washington, D.C. I don't mean to interject real life here, but Shatner's character is a rich outsider who is a right-winger, has a fervent fanbase, appeals to those who feel neglected by “normal” politicians and his campaign all but uses the phrases “Drain the Swamp” and “Make America Great Again”... guess who I thought of while watching this film? 45 PROBABLY doesn't give part of his wealth to militias who plan on overthrowing the American government, but it's just a guess. By the way, they don't even try to explain just how this overthrow will happen or how the American military factors into the equation.
Anyway, Speakman discovers this secret and he is now on The Shat's shat list. What follows is Jeff's Kenpo Karate, shootouts and plenty of car crashes. Technically, the movie is not that good, to say the least-the plot shouldn't scrutinized too closely, some moments are highly implausible and I noticed a handful of film flubs. Yet I doubt the target audience will care as instead they'll be focused on such things as the action, the scene with gratuitous female nudity, and Mac from Night Court being The Shat's main henchman. Speakman and Shatner do face off in the finale and at least for me it was as astounding as I hoped it would be. At least for my at times easy tastes, this was enough action and laughs-even if they were unintentional-for me to say this was OK.
Oh, and besides the people I already mentioned, this cast has Rance Howard in a bit part, along with Bernie Kopell. All those actors I am not too surprised are in this, but how did this movie get ARTHUR HILLER to show up for a minute? Did he owe the producers a favor?
As for this movie, Jeff Speakman is the lead, a campaign manager for a rich dude (William Shatner!) who is an outsider in politics but is in a political race for the opportunity to go to Washington, D.C. I don't mean to interject real life here, but Shatner's character is a rich outsider who is a right-winger, has a fervent fanbase, appeals to those who feel neglected by “normal” politicians and his campaign all but uses the phrases “Drain the Swamp” and “Make America Great Again”... guess who I thought of while watching this film? 45 PROBABLY doesn't give part of his wealth to militias who plan on overthrowing the American government, but it's just a guess. By the way, they don't even try to explain just how this overthrow will happen or how the American military factors into the equation.
Anyway, Speakman discovers this secret and he is now on The Shat's shat list. What follows is Jeff's Kenpo Karate, shootouts and plenty of car crashes. Technically, the movie is not that good, to say the least-the plot shouldn't scrutinized too closely, some moments are highly implausible and I noticed a handful of film flubs. Yet I doubt the target audience will care as instead they'll be focused on such things as the action, the scene with gratuitous female nudity, and Mac from Night Court being The Shat's main henchman. Speakman and Shatner do face off in the finale and at least for me it was as astounding as I hoped it would be. At least for my at times easy tastes, this was enough action and laughs-even if they were unintentional-for me to say this was OK.
Oh, and besides the people I already mentioned, this cast has Rance Howard in a bit part, along with Bernie Kopell. All those actors I am not too surprised are in this, but how did this movie get ARTHUR HILLER to show up for a minute? Did he owe the producers a favor?
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