I so wanted this to be a Finnish attempt at Red Dawn. Just think, a bunch of American guerillas taking on the entire USSR, all on the snowy border with Russia. Sadly, we can't always get what we want, so instead of Red Dawn, this is a prison movie. A prison movie staring Chuck Norris' … Continue reading Born American (1986)
As a general rule, I'm not into found footage films. It's not that The Blair Witch Project hurt me as a child, or that Cannibal Holocaust murdered my cat or anything; when done well, it can prove to be a fascinating means of presenting a story in a unique way. Unfortunately, in both of those … Continue reading Frankenstein’s Army (2013)
The United States and the Soviet Union have engaged in a nuclear exchange, devastating the first lines of defense for both nations. In an attempt to prevent further exchange on population centers, the two world powers decide instead to pit their best soldiers in a one-on-one contest to see who is top dog. In the … Continue reading The Final Sanction (1990)
You should know I love a good ninja movie. I love it even better when its existence is really weird. The Ninja Mission is a Swedish movie directed by Mats-Helge Olsson in which the Americans use ninjas to try and secure a scientist and his daughter from the KGB who are after the scientist's revolutionary … Continue reading The Ninja Mission (1984)
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