Do you remember the early 80s cartoon Thundarr the Barbarian? It ran two seasons and it took place in the distant future after some apocalyptic event that broke the moon and shattered civilization, in it the heroes battled evil wizards who combined magical spells with reanimated technologies from the pre-catastrophe world, but what does a…
Author: Mike Brooks
Film grad who spends most his time trying to catch up on his "To Watch" pile of movies.
Equalizer 2000 (1987) – Review
Do you like to watch dozens of guys firing off hundreds of rounds of ammunition? Do you like seeing cars modded out with steel bumper rams and multiple spikes? Well, then this is could be the movie for you.
Tarzan: Emotional Rescue (2003) – Review
In the previous episode Rules of Engagement we were treated to some really good drama between Tarzan and Jane – with Jane’s rational side warring with her heart – and we also had a pretty damn good “Crime of the Week” with a mad vigilante sniper, but this week’s Emotional Rescue does its best to undo…
Future Hunters (1986) – Review
Director Cirio H. Santiago is one of the kings of low budget filmmaking, who was the Philippines answer to Roger Corman, and the one genre he was quite a fan of was the post-apocalyptic film – aka the Mad Max rip-offs – but one particular venture into the genre varied greatly from all his other…
Wheels of Fire (1985) – Review
Wheels of Fire is producer/director’s Cirio H. Santiago’s follow up to his Mad Max rip-off Stryker, it isn’t a sequel to that film, just another post-apocalyptic wasteland movie, only this time out water no longer seems a major concern, as this entry is more about simply maintaining power, whether that be from controlling the populace…