Fantasy & Apocalyptic films reviewed

☢️#176. Silent Running, 1972. Special effects pioneer #DouglasTrumbull directs this unique and somewhat heavy handed environmental message #scifi film. #BruceDern is the rightfully unhinged space-ark Noah on this charming yet uneventful voyage. You better love #JoanBaez. 4/5 ☢️

☢️#175. The Time Guardian, 1987. Notable for being written/directed by #MadMax2 co-writer #BrianHannant, but don’t get too excited, this Aussie #scifi flop is more a goofy #Terminator retread than a #Roadwarrior. At least we get some solid #CarrieFisher♥️ screen time. 3/5 ☢️

☢️#173. Wastelander, 2018. A commendable zero budget effort is marred by technical issues and amateur performances, ultimately feeling like a #Fallout fan film. Fantastic costumes and some creative camera work occasionally achieve surprisingly cinematic moments. 2.5/5 ☢️

☢️#172. Day the World Ended, 1955. #RogerCorman directs this quaint low budget quickie #postapocalyptic creature feature. “Atomic radiation” mutates remote survivors into creatures ripped straight from a 12 year olds notebook doodles. Adorable. 2/5 ☢️

Then it should’ve been better

☢️#171. Army of the Dead, 2021. Paramilitary heist in zombie Vegas! While sometimes as “cool” as it sounds, time spent developing its caricatures only serves to extend the bloated runtime and test patience. Redressed tropes / cliches abound. Still sum popcorn munching fun. 2/5 ☢️

It’s always kinda torture watching these knowing there’s a MST3K of it. Since I want to give it a fair shake as filmmakers intended, but once I’ve watched - I rarely want to revisit anytime soon even with their much more entertaining commentary (still watching a movie twice)

Very cool poster

Thanks for sharing!

Haha - great name revision

☢️#170. Escape from the Bronx, 1983. Solving gentrification one corpse at a time, our hoodlum hero “Trash,” shoots, punches, kicks, and s’plodes his way through this Italian actioner sequel to #1990TheBronxWarrior. Rife with awkward non-sequiturs, a #sobaditsgood treasure. 3/5 ☢️

I liked split too, but yeah… I dislike more than I don’t

Nice 🤘

Totally. Shades of today all over the place

True

There’s a few laffs, but yeah it’s middling at worst

MST3K knows

And very confused about it

Haha

☢️#169. The Happening, 2008. A laughably miscast #MarkWahlberg and a nonsensical nature vs mankind script marks one of several low points in #MNightShyamalan’s mid-career slump. Effected by neurotoxins or not, every character is a completely annoying loon. Nicely shot. 2.5/5 ☢️

I haven’t seen much behind the scene on it - I’ll have to check it out

Certainly different tones. This takes it for me, but running is lots o fun.

Hey that’s why they call it science fiction, right?

Timeless

I like it all, but I could see it falling flat for some

I can imagine

Wow. Thats great to know

Great combo - 2 dif tones but a great pairing in the brain - haha

That’s a great way to watch. So cool. And yes, remake is a nightmare

I can imagine - haha. Definitely not for the little ones