Southern Comfort (1981)
Jan 7, 2006Backwoods Brutality
A beautifully evocative Walter Hill film where National Guard soldiers on training manoeuvres are hunted through the Louisiana swamps after accidentally shooting at Cajun locals
Fred Ward
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
Mar 9, 2001Motorcyclist Time Travels to the Old West
Rather slight film with the amusing concept of a present-day motorcyclist thrown back in time to the Old West
The Right Stuff (1983)
Aug 26, 2002Story of the True Life Space Mission
Philip Kaufman's adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book about the astronauts of the Mercury Space Program comes out halfway between admiration of the sheer ballsiness of the astronauts and buying into the flag-waving nationalism the Space Race represented.
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Nov 10, 2003Martial Arts Super-Spy
Film adaptation of the popular Destroyer novels about a martial arts super-spy that proves enjoyably tongue-in-cheek. Clearly launched as an attempt to make another James Bond type series, this was not successful but is so appealing you wish had it been
Uforia (1985)
Jan 27, 2001UFO Religion
Appealingly eccentric comedy set in the American Midwest where supermarket cashier Cindy Williams gains a cult following after preaching that the UFOs are coming
Saigon (1988)
Dec 14, 2008Vietnam War Psycho-Thriller
Vietnam War film where the setting makes a unique and surprisingly effective backdrop for a modern film noir psycho-thriller
Equinox (1992)
May 28, 2010Futuristic Film Noir
A follow-up to Alan Rudolph's Trouble of Mind, a work of neo-Film Noir in a futuristic setting where Matthew Modine plays twins who are drawn into underworld dealings
Chain Reaction (1996)
Mar 15, 2001Techno-Thriller
Thriller with Keanu Reeves wrongfully accused and on the run from authorities in the quest for a process that creates cheap energy from water. A rehash of director Andrew Davis's The Fugitive mostly construed around its set-pieces
Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996)
May 27, 2007Monster Movie
The first of several sequels to the modest hit of Tremors with Fred Ward and Michael Gross repeating their roles, hunting Graboids in Mexico this time. As with the first film, this ably balances suspense, creature effects and a considerable sense of humour
Red Team (2000)
Jun 15, 2004Rogue FBI Serial Killer-Hunting Team
Serial killer thriller about an FBI team who realise they are hunting a killer who targets other serial killers
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
Nov 27, 2000Resurrected Avenger
The third of the Crow films has a more substantial story than the second but is killed by a director who has no feel for the atmosphere created by the other films
Abandon (2002)
May 11, 2016Psycho-Thriller
Psycho-thriller that should have gotten better notice than it did. Katie Holmes plays an A-student at an Ivy League college who is stalked by a missing ex. Slick and coolly written, before arriving at an effective twist ending
Enough (2002)
Nov 1, 2002Abusive Husband Psycho-Thriller
Thriller about an abused wife standing up to take the law into her own hands against her husband. This has its credibility shot out by being made as a Jennifer Lopez film who does not seem to want taint the glamour of her image by seeming battered
10.5 (2004)
Mar 1, 2016Disaster Mini-Series/California Super-Quake
Disaster mini-series based around the great belief that a super-earthquake will come and pitch most of California into the ocean. Despite devoting some four hour of screen time to it, the drama feels painfully padded at times, while the special effects sequences come out as not very special