To test a secret government anti-terrorist cloning program, scientists make a “replicant” of The Torch (Jean-Claude Van Damme), a serial killer. Recently retired police detective, Jack Riley (Michael Rooker), who worked on The Torch case, is hired to try out the clone and hunt down the killer. Some movies would benefit from never pretending to
After the computer kills all the members of an underground lab, amnesiac Alice (Milla Jovovich) and a team of special agents must enter the lab to shut down the computer and figure out what happened. Along the way, there are zombies, genetically altered monsters, a virus, and traitors. Quick Review: One in a string of
Picking up immediately after the events of Resident Evil, the T-virus has been released, transforming a majority of the population of Raccoon City into zombies. Alice (Milla Jovovich) and a few other survivors must save the daughter of a scientist in order to get his help in escaping the city which has been quarantined by the
News reporter Walter Garrett (Wayne Morris) discovers the dead body of Angela Merrova (Lya Lys), but when she turns up alive, though strangely pale, he is fired. He goes to his friend, Dr. Mike Rhodes (Dennis Morgan), for help, which prompts Rhodes to investigate strange murders where the victims all had “type 1” blood. This
Years after the events of the original film, Philippe Delambre (Brett Halsey) uses his father’s notes to create a matter transmitter. Aided by his reluctant uncle François (Vincent Price) and his friend, Alan Hinds, he succeeds. But Alan is really a murderer who plans to steal the device. When Philippe learns of the treachery, Alan
After Julie (Melinda Clarke) dies in a motorcycle accident, Curt (J. Trevor Edmond), her boyfriend and the son of a military officer (Kent McCord) working on secret experiments, brings her back using the zombie-making chemical from the first two films. She fights her desire for brains, but in the end zombies are running around in
Another expedition up the Amazon finds a gill man, subdues it, and takes it to an aquarium. There it is gawked at by the public and experimented on until it escapes, taking a beautiful graduate student (Lori Nelson) with him. Quick Review: While it is questionable to place Creature from the Black Lagoon as a
Loner Max travels the wastelands of post-apocalyptic Australia in his souped-up car. Finding an oil refinery defended by average people is under siege by punk marauders led by the masked Humungus (Kjell Nilsson), Max makes a deal to find them a truck to move their gasoline in exchange for as much fuel as he can
In a near-future, crime-ridden Detroit, policeman Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is murdered by a local gang. This is perfect timing for an unprincipled, wiz-kid moving up the corporate ladder at the corrupt Omni Consumer Products Corporation, which manages the police department. He turns Murphy’s dead body into a cyborg, RoboCop. A prime example of cinematic Cyberpunk, RoboCop
Since the events in the first film, the situation in Detroit has gotten even worse. The police are on strike, crime is everywhere, half the city is addicted to a new drug called nuke, Detroit is in default and will be taken over by OCP corporation, children beat up storeowners, and RoboCop is a scab. In
In the near future, where corporations rule, the populous is kept docile with comfortable surroundings and the diversion of the brutal sport, rollerball. Jonathan E. (James Caan) is the greatest player the game has ever had, but before the playoffs, Bartholomew (John Houseman) of the Energy Corporation, tells him to retire. Not understanding why and bitter over
In the near future, when robots do most daily chores, and often break down and damage people and property, Sergeant Jack Ramsay (Tom Selleck) is in charge of shutting down “runaways.” With his new partner, Karen (Cynthia Rhodes), he stumbles upon a scheme by madman Dr. Charles Luther (Gene Simmons) to turn robots into killing