Michael Biehn

A Fire in the Sky (1978)

A Fire in the Sky (1978)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 14, 2013Comet on a Collision Course with the Earth
TV movie about an impending asteroid collision that was intended as a copy of the big-budget disaster movie Meteor but is actually a far better film. The science and Civil Defence reaction is written with an impressive credibility
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The Terminator (1984)

The Terminator (1984)
Rating: ★★★★
Dec 16, 2003Time-Travelling Killer Android
One of the 2-3 most influential SF films since 1980. James Cameron creates a barrelling powerhouse of a film, all lorded over by Arnold Schwarzenegger as the relentless killer machine in the role that defined his career
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Rampage (1987)

Rampage (1987)
Rating: ★★★½
Aug 14, 1999Serial Killer Courtroom Thriller
Overlooked film from William Friedkin in which Michael Biehn as a lawyer prosecuting a serial killer. Not without some effective horror moments but Friedkin is more interested in examining the legal justification for the death penalty
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Chain of Command (2000)

Chain of Command (2000)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 19, 2007Action/Hijacking of Presidential Nuclear Codes
Halfway reasonable action film in which US President Roy Scheider is taken hostage by Taiwanese terrorists who want to use the nuclear launch codes against China. The surprise about the film is how political it is willing to get
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Clockstoppers (2002)

Clockstoppers (2002)
Rating: ★★
Feb 23, 2004Time-Stopping Device/Children's Film
A one idea film about a device that can stop time. In the directorial hands of Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Jonathan Frakes, this is given a juvenile focus where the device serves no more ends than a series of slapstick pratfalls
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Psych 9 (2010)

Psych 9 (2010)
Rating: ★★
Nov 26, 2014Sinister Happenings in an Abandoned Hospital
Thriller with a heroine working in an abandoned hospital amid sinister happenings that draws substantially on the fine Danish film Nightwatch. Does an okay if familiar job making us constantly doubt everything that happens before arriving at an ending that only confuses
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The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)
Rating: ★
Mar 13, 2015Sword and Sorcery
Fourth entry in the eminently forgettable sword-and-sorcery series, this heads down into bad movie stakes by writing a series of grating quips over everything, while the action scenes exist in the realm of unbelievability that show that nobody is treating anything with the slightest seriousness
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