Highway to Hell (1991)
Jan 18, 2011Afterlife Parody
A witty afterlife comedy, a modernised retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice where Chad Lowe drives down the highway to hell to rescue his girlfriend
Patrick Bergin
Sleeping With the Enemy (1991)
Mar 21, 2018Abusive Husband Psycho-Thriller
Julia Roberts plays a wife fleeing from an abusive and psychopathic husband (a darkly urbane Patrick Bergin in a quite demoniac performance) in this psycho-thriller that was a considerable hit in its day. Slick and beautifully photographed, this sustains a commendable head of tension
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)
May 17, 1999Messianic Cyberspace Madman
The Lawnmower Man was far from a classic but this sequel has an absurdity that pushes it into extremely bad movie stakes with Matt Frewer as a messiah trying to move everybody into cyberspace
Eye of the Beholder (1999)
Jan 29, 2000Psycho-Sexual Thriller
A strange thriller in the Basic Instinct-mold with surveillance expert Ewan McGregor obsessed with tracking serial killer Ashley Judd, while haunted by the imaginary companion of his daughter
Dracula (2002)
Feb 26, 2007Modernised Dracula Adaptation
This conducts the interesting idea of updating Bram Stoker's book to the present day with Patrick Bergin as Dracula. Ultimately, this suffers from low tv movie horizons
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Dec 12, 2004Revisionist Cinderella Comedy
Excruciatingly awful take on Cinderella, which overruns the fairytale with hip contemporary in-jokes and pop culture references, shredding any suspension of disbelief in its desire to appeal to a modern teen cool
Shark Week (2012)
Dec 21, 2021Killer Sharks
Killer shark film from The Asylum in a plot where a druglord forces people to fight various sharks - sort of Survivor but with sharks instead of elimination rounds
The Last Days of American Crime (2020)
Jun 19, 2020Near-Future Heist Film/Action Film
A heist film set in a near-future USA where a group of criminals are preparing a last big caper before the activation of a mind control device that will make crime impossible