In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle another bumper crop of new releases, starting with four sci-fi movies:
We start with OCCUPATION: RAINFALL, the 2nd instalment of the Australian alien invasion franchise which a mixture of bitter grit and big flashy fx set-pieces. We follow this with another big-budget sci-fi movie, THE TOMORROW WAR starring Chris Pratt - this one is currently available to watch on Amazon Prime.
Our third sci-fi movie is LAPSIS, an off-kilter look at the plight of workers who are part of enabling a new level of technology.
Then it is off to a post-apocalyptic future in MOLLY, a sequel of sorts to a film we covered way back in episode 95 called Kill Mode. Molly features a 30 minute fight sequence made up of long takes as its finale. Meanwhile our next film goes even further. CRAZY SAMURAI: 400 vs 1 sees real-life samurai Musashi Miyamoto (Tak Sakaguchi) enter into a 77minute one-shot, unedited fight scene against 400 angry warriors!
THE SOUL COLLECTOR (aka 8) is the first of three horror films discussed in this episode, a folk horror film set in South Africa. This is followed by the atmospheric THE DARK AND THE WICKED where supernatural shenanigans occur around a rural farm.
Finally, we discuss WITCH HUNT, a film which it is fair to say took all of us by surprise!
Our Short Shot this week is THE RETURN OF DR BEES, from animator Harry Partridge. We highly recommend you also check out his other DR Bees shorts, DR BEES and #CHANGETHEBEES!
And finally...in our DTV Throwback we stand around and gawp at COLLISION, in which a clean-shaven Frank Grillo and his femme fatale wife get caught up in a traffic accident in the Moroccan desert! This is available on Amazon Prime but be warned there are key moments missing subtitles!
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Episode 268: Founders Day, Hellhound, Witch, Hope and Glory - a Mad Max fan film, The Spider within, Timelapse
Episode 267: Jericho Ridge, The Bad Shepherd, Prey!, Land of Bad, Alberto and the Beast, Pulse
Short Shots Episode 23 - Arrow Showcase!
Episode 266: Til Death Do Us Part, The Stolen Valley, On Fire, Fan Film, The Ambulance
Episode 265: Road House, Restore Point, Ship of the Damned, Wanted Man, Vice Grip, Solo
Episode 264: Hundreds of Beavers, All Souls, Lovely Dark and Deep, Shadow Fist 3, Control
Episode 263: Dogman, Elliot's Cradle, Escape
Episode 262: Frankenstein: Legacy, The Abyss, The Black Mass, Tropic, V/H/S/85, The Spirit Hunters, Wedlock
Episode 261: Freaks Vs The Reich, Monolith, The Troubles: A Dublin Story, The List, Underground, VHS 94, Ascendants, Jason Takes Manhattan
Episode 260: The Bricklayer, Fortunes of War, Head Count, Cold Meat, American Star, The Court Jester, Pyewacket
Episode 259: Interview with James Couche, Deliver Us, The Seeding, Marmalade, Hit Me, National Lampoon''s Senior Trip
Episode 258: On The Line, Punch, The Island, Race For Glory -Audi vs Lancia, Scooby Doo in Spring-trapped, Vendetta
Episode 257: War Blade, Lift, Sheroes, Slotherhouse, The Lumberjack, Wrongfully Accused
Episode 256: One More Shot, Lost Phoenix, Friends Forever, The 13th Floor
Episode 255: Silent Night, Freelance, Alice in Terrorland, Blackout, Beneath Us All, The Lost Relic, Made Men
Episode 254: Inside Man, The Cost of Vengeance, Heir of the Witch, Raze of the Cyborgs, Rockaway
Episode 253: Desperation Road, Wickedly Evil, The Hatchling, Double Edge
Episode 252: Showdown at the Grand, Mercy Falls, Evie, Werewolf Santa, Muzzle, Unleashed, Hellraiser: Bloodline
Episode 251- Boudica, Bite, Red Tide Massacre, The Offering, Maniac Cop 2
Episode 250: Dangerous Waters, The Price We Pay, 8 Found Dead, The Devil Went Down to Islington, Dead Enders, Full Eclipse
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