Showing posts with label Sci-Fi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sci-Fi. Show all posts

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Wired To Kill(1986)

"1998. A War Will Be Fought By A Boy, A Girl, And A Toy."

In the near future, law and order breaks down, diseases, violence and immorality are rampant. However, a young man decides not to turn the other cheek anymore. He modifies his wheelchair to help him protect his home and family, and kill the thugs first. 

Starring Emily Longstreth, Devin Hoelscher, Merritt Butrick, Frank Collison, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Kim Milford, Michael Wollet, and Garth Gardner.

Directed by Francis Schaeffer.


T-Force(1994)

"Man battles the ultimate killing machines for survival."

In the near future, after a hostage situation goes awry, the last resort option of law enforcement, cybernaut unit T-Force, is ordered to be disassembled. But the robots see this as a "threat to their self-preservation" and go on a killing rampage. It's up to police lieutenant Jack Floyd and one of the cybernauts, who is on the right side of the law, to bring them down. 

Starring Jack Scalia, Evan Lurie, Erin Gray, Bobby Johnston, Deron McBee, Jennifer MacDonald, Martin E. Brooks, and Vernon Wells.

Directed by Richard Pepin.



 

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Raiders Of Atlantis(1983)

"Adventure Beyond the Edge of Time."

A team of scientists working to raise a sunken Russian nuclear submarine on an ocean platform off the coast of Miami, Florida, unearth an ancient Atlantean relic from the sea floor and bring in an expert to make some sense of it. But while attempting to raise the sub, radioactive leakage from its missiles triggers the re-emergence of Atlantis, and the resulting tidal wave destroys the platform and leaves only a small group of survivors. Rescued by two Vietnam vets-turned-heavies who are out relaxing after their latest job, their boat eventually runs aground on a Caribbean island nearby where, upon going ashore, it is discovered that everything has been destroyed and everybody killed. The culprits, a vicious group of well-armed raiders, and their leader, Crystal Skull, are descendants of Atlantis' original race who set about reclaiming the world and adding the survivors to the list of victims as they struggle to stay alive and defeat the raiders and send Atlantis back to the ocean floor. 

Starring Christopher Connelly, Gioa Scola, Tony King, Stefano Mingardo, Ivan Rassimov, Giancarlo Prati, Bruce Baron, and George Hilton.

Directed by Ruggero Deodato. 


Outlaw Of Gor(1988)

"The adventure of a thousand light years continues."

In this sword and sorcery sequel to Gor, a bland professor again finds himself upon Gor, that planetary bastion of barbarous men and savage women. This time he must take on a vicious queen after he is accused of murder by her wicked priest.

Starring Urbano Barberini, Rebecca Ferratti, Jack Palance, Donna Denton, Russell Savadier, Nigel Chipps, and Alex Heyns.

Directed by John "Bud" Carlos. 

Gor(1987) Widescreen Satellite Rip

"From John Norman's Classic Science Fiction Action Adventure Series."
   
American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his barbarian henchmen.

Starring Urbano Barberini, Oliver Reed, Rebecca Ferratti, Larry Taylor, Jack Palance, and 
Graham Clarke.

Directed by Fritz Kiersch.






Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Radioactive Dreams(1985)

"A world of guilty pleasures."

After an atomic war Phillip Hammer and Marlowe Chandler have spent 15 years on their own in an bunker, stuffed with junk from the 40s and old detective novels. Now, 19 years old, they leave their shelter to find a world full of mutants, freaks and cannibals. They become famous detectives in the struggle for the two keys that could fire the last nuclear weapon. 

Starring John Stockwell, Michael Dudikoff, Michelle Little, Lisa Blount, Don Murray, George Kennedy, Norbert Weisser, and Christian Andrews. 

Directed by Albert Pyun.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Biohazard: The Alien Force(1995)


"The end of world has just been born."

Triton Industries has created a genetically-engineered creature using DNA from human sources. During the course of the experiment, however, the host mother carrying the mutant escapes from the laboratory compound, giving birth shortly thereafter. The intelligent "baby" beings hunting down and killing its male DNA donors, while at the same time trying to mate with its female donors. The head of the lab wants to destroy the monster before the press can get wind of the story, but the former head of security wants to expose the whole thing. 

Starring John Alexander, Dorothy Best, Robin Chapman, Katherine Culliver, Trevor David, Tom Ferguson, Susan Fronose, William Grefe, and Maddisen K. Krown.

Directed by Steve Latshaw.


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Biohazard(1985)

"Science Gone Very, Very Bad!"

 The plot concerns a group of military scientists who use a psychic named Lisa (played by the buxom Angelique Pettyjohn of Star Trek fame) in an attempt to contact alien lifeforms. Unfortunately, Lisa zaps a flesh eating alien from another dimension to earth using her psychic abilities. Soon enough, the alien is on a rampage and Lisa must hunt down the alien and destroy it.

Starring Aldo Ray, Angelique Pettyjohn, William Fair, David O'Hara, Frank McDonald, Art Payton, Charles Roth, Carroll Borland, and Richard Hench.

Directed by Fred Olen Ray.



Friday, December 6, 2013

Karate Cop(1991)

"In the future there is no law and no order. Only John Travis, The last cop on Earth." 

John Travis is the last honest cop in a future dominated by terroristic martial-arts gangs who fight gladiator-style in arenas. 

Starring Ron Marchini, David Carradine, Carrie Chambers, Michael E. Bristow, D.W. Landingham, Michael M. Foley, Dana Bentley, Dax Nicholas, and David Carradine. 

Directed by Alan Roberts. 


Omega Cop(1990)

"The year is 1999. John Travis is the toughest cop alive!"


Set in the ruined future that inevitably follows WW III, this sci-fi actioner chronicles the courage of the last cop on Earth as he tries to save three imperiled women.

Starring Ron Marchini, Adam West, Meg Thayer, Jennifer Jostyn, D.W. Landingham, Chrysti Jimenez, Chuck Katzakian, Troy Donahue and Stuart Whitman. 

Directed by Paul Kyriazi.



 


Sunday, December 1, 2013

Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor(1990)

"It Came From Another World..."

An alien from outer space bites a bio-researcher on the hand and turns him into a monster. Its first victim is the guard at the laboratory he's working in. The guard's daughters are getting worried that their father hasn't called them and they go to the lab, where they meet their worst nightmare.

Starring Matt Kulis, Patrick Barnes, Tara Leigh, Dianna Flaherty, Katherine Romaine, Marcus Powell, Tony Gigante, Greg Sullivan, George G. Colucci,  and Allen Lewis Rickman.

Directed by Glenn Takajian.

Alien Uprising(2012) aka. U.F.O.

"Try To Remain Calm."

The film concerns five friends who wake up one morning to find that there is no electricity, cell phone reception or radio. The group wanders in the darkness for two days when they see a city-sized UFO in the sky. Civilization starts to collapse, and the group find themselves in the middle of lawless anarchy.

Starring Bianca Bree, Sean Brosnan, Simon Phillips, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Andrew Shim, Julian Glover, Sean Pertwee, and Joey Ansah.

Directed by Dominic Burns.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Aberration(1997)

"Natural selection is a killer."
  
A nature field researcher is investigating the strange extinction of small animals and insects in the area, which indicates that something is wrong. His suspicions are soon to be proven right when he meets May, who lives in a cabin in the forest nearby. May says that her house is infested by small creatures that she thinks are mice or rats. When the couple search the house further, they notice that they're not rodents or insects. They are fast evolving lizards that have the appetite for animals and humans, no matter what size their prey are...

Starring Pamela Gidley, Simon Bossell, Valeriy Nikolaev, Helen Moulder, and Norman Forsey.

Directed by Tim Boxell.






Thursday, November 21, 2013

Metamorphosis(1990)

"Witness The Change."

Dr. Peter Houseman is a brilliant geneticist who is working on a serum which will stop human aging, but his colleagues don't believe in his work. When his university funding is threatened by his skeptical benefactors, the doctor takes a desperate measure to justify his work. He administers the serum to himself, but the results are unexpected and horrendous. 

Starring Gene Lebrock, Catherine Baranov, Harry Cason, David Wicker, Jason Arnold, Stephen Brown, Tom Story, Anna Colona, and Wally Doyle.

Directed by George Eastman.



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Message From Space(1978)

"Where Fantasies are Real & Reality is Fantastic." 

 In this Star Wars take-off, the peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother (played a comic actor in drag) rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen. 

Starring Vic Morrow, Sonny Chiba, Philip Casnoff, Peggy Lee Brennan, Etsuko Shihomi, Tetsuro Tamba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Mikio Narita, Makoto Sato, and Noboru Mitani.

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku.



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Liquid Sky(1982)

In New York, a small flying saucer lands on the roof of a penthouse seeking for heroin. In the apartment, the cocaine addicted model Margaret is a promiscuous bisexual androgynous woman that lives with her lover, the drug dealer Adrian. Margaret has sex with many partners asking for cocaine in return. The aliens discover that the sensation of the orgasm is equivalent to the heroin and they suck the brains of Margaret's lovers, killing them first and then making their bodies disappear. Meanwhile, a German scientist is chasing the extraterrestrial beings and arrives in a building in front of Margret's apartment to observe the creatures. 

Starring Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Bob Brady, and Elaine C. Grove.

Directed by Slava Tuskerman.

  




Sunday, June 24, 2012

Metropolis(1984)

"An all new experience..."

Oscar-winning composer Giorgio Moroder's labor of love restores Fritz Lang's silent sci-fi classic and adds songs by the biggest names in 1980s pop. Color tinting and sound effects also enhance the film, which incorporates long-lost footage.

Starring Alfred Abel, Gustav Frohilich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos, Erwin Biswanger, Henrich George, and Brigitte Helm.

Directed by Fritz Lang.


PASS: ROBO

(Note: The original version of this film was released in 1927. This is a laserdisc rip of Georgio Moroder's recut he did in 1984 with a pop rock soundtrack.)


Last Lives(1997)

"How many times would you die for the one you love?"

After arriving on planet Earth from another universe, a ruthless terrorist with telepathic powers (Billy Wirth) kidnaps Adrienne (Jennifer Rubin) -- a woman who's about to be married -- and plans to make her his life partner. But he doesn't count on Aaron (C. Thomas Howell), her vengeful husband-to-be, who wants his bride back so much that he teams with the inventor (Judge Reinhold) of a bracelet that restores human life.

Starring C. Thomas Howell, Billy Wirth, Jennifer Rubin, Judge Reinhold, Robert Pentz, David Lenthall, J.C. Quinn, and Richard Fullerton.

Directed by Worth Keeter.

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PASS: ROBO

 

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Soldier(1998)

"Left for dead on a remote planet for obsolete machines and people, a fallen hero has one last battle to fight."
 
Sergeant Todd (Kurt Russell) is a veteran soldier for the an elite group of the armed forces of Earth. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors who lead out a peaceful existence on the planet. The peace is soon broken as the new breed of soldiers lands to eliminate the colony, which Sergeant Todd must defend.

Starring  Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Issacs, Connie Nielsen, Sean Pertwee, Michael Chiklis, and Gary Busey.

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.