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Director: Steve Barron    More Info
Starring: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, David Forman, Jay Patterson, Raymond Serra, Corey Feldman, Michael Turney

 Those crazy turtles that live in sewers have jumped off the pages of comics and are now on the screen. After being exposed to radiation, the turtles–Michelangelo (Michelan Sisti), Donatello (Leif Tilden), Leonardo (David Forman), and Raphael (Josh Pais)–have mutated into teenagers and are living in New York City's sewers. They become ninja fighters under the guidance of the rat, Splinter (voice of Kevin Clash). When problems develop with the Foot Clan gang, which is led by The Shredder (James Saito), the turtles team up with television reporter April O'Neil (Judith Hoag) and Casey Jones (Elias Koteas) to stop the gang in its tracks.

Director: Paul Verhoeven    More Info
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside, Marshall Bell, Ray Baker, Roy Brocksmith, Rosemary Dunsmore, David Knell

 Doug Quaid (Arnold Schwarzeneger) is a construction worker married to beautiful Lori (Sharon Stone). Doug is having peculiar nightmares about life on Mars, and, despite Lori's wishes, he goes to a mind-altering agency where he remembers that he is really a secret agent from Mars. As he sets off on a quest to Mars to piece together his identity, enemy agents, including their leader Richter (Michael Ironside), try to kill him before he regains more of his memory. The film won a Special Achievement Oscar for the Visual Effects.

Director: Damian Lee    More Info
Starring: Jesse Ventura, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Damian Lee, Jerry Levitan, Marjorie Bransfield, Ken Quinn, Marilyn Lightstone, Moses Znaimer, Robert Nasmith, Kris Michaels

 Five years ago, with a single touch, alien renegade Secundus (Sven-Ole Thorsen) impregnated Earthling Sonia (Marjorie Bransfield) with a mutant embryo containing powers to destroy the universe. Within minutes, Sonia gave birth to Tommy. Now, an alien cop, Abraxas (Jesse Ventura), comes to Earth in an attempt to arrest Secundus before he obtains the anti-life matter from Tommy (Francis Mitchell).

Director: Cedric Sundstrom    More Info
Starring: Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley, James Booth, Dwayne Alexandre, Robin Stille, Ken Gampu, Franz Dobrowsky, Ron Smerczak, Kely McClung, Jody Abrahams

 In this sequel to "American Ninja," Ninja warriors Joe Armstrong and Sean Davidson (Michael Dudikoff and David Bradley) set out to save the world from British ex-soldier Mulgrew (James Booth) who is plotting to set off a nuclear bomb in New York City.

Director: Ron Howard    More Info
Starring: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Glenn, Rebecca De Mornay, Jason Gedrick, J.T. Walsh, Clint Howard

 Sibling rivals Stephen and Brian McCaffrey (Kurt Russell and William Baldwin) are employed by the same Chicago Fire Department that their now-deceased father once worked for. Suspicious fires are being set, and Arson Inspector Donald "Shadow" Rimgale (Robert De Niro) steps in to investigate. The investigation leads to corrupt Alderman Marty Swayzak's (J.T. Walsh) connection to jailed pyromaniac Ronald Bartel (Donald Sutherland). Meanwhile, Brian suspects that his brother Stephen might be playing an important role in the arsons. All forces come together in phenomenal fire-fighting scenes.

Director: Dennis Hopper    More Info
Starring: Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, Joe Pesci, Fred Ward, Julie Adams, Charlie Sheen, Sy Richardson

 Milo (Dennis Hopper) is an assassin hired to kill Anne Benton (Jodie Foster)–who witnessed a Mafia murder. Anne is trailed by the police as well as Milo and heads for Mexico. When Milo finds Anne, he falls in love with her and they take off together.

Director: Luis Estrada    More Info
Starring: Pedro Armendariz Jr., Ernesto Yanez, Gabriela Roel, Bruno Rey, Jorge Russek, Damian Alcazar, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Felipe Cazals, Julian Pastor, Alan Gutierrez

 The 1910 Mexican Revolution resulted in bandits looting across the countryside. A group of young boys follow behind the adults, picking up what was missed. Before long, the youngsters are looting on their own, which doesn't set well with the adult bandits.

Director: Sylvio Tabet    More Info
Starring: Marc Singer, Kari Wuhrer, Wings Hauser, Sarah Douglas, James Avery, Robert Z'Dar, Arthur Malet, Robert Fieldsteel, John Fifer, Charles Hyman

 Our hero, Dar (Marc Singer), can still telecommunicate with animals. He is back in this sequel, but the twist is that he is in contemporary Los Angeles where he uses modern-day animals to aid him in his quest to stop his evil brother from stealing an atomic bomb.

Director: Robert Benton    More Info
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi, Billy Jaye, John Costelloe, Stanley Tucci, Xander Berkeley

 Billy Bathgate (Loren Dean) rises from a poor New York City kid to one of the trusted followers of gangster Dutch Schultz (Dustin Hoffman). Set during the Great Depression, Billy is given the job of watching after an attractive woman (Nicole Kidman) whose boyfriend (Bruce Willis) has been murdered.

Director: Oley Sassone    More Info
Starring: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Richard Roundtree, Gregory McKinney, Rick Dean, Richard Paul, Charles Boswell, John Cardone, Brad Blaisdell, Stan Longinidus, Peter Cunningham

 This "Bloodfist" episode has nothing to do with the previous two entries–except the star, Don "The Dragon" Wilson. Jimmy (Wilson) is set up and wrongly convicted of murder. While in prison, he must fight against racial hatred, drug pushers, etc. Not bad.

Director: Paul Wendkos    More Info
Starring: Casey Siemaszko, Ben Johnson, Ricki Lake, Anthony Tyler Quinn, Barry Corbin, Robert Beltran, Gerry Bamman, Megan Follows, Sheila Kelley, Gailard Sartain

 Based on a true story, this made-for-TV tale tells the story of bank robber Hutchinson (Casey Siemaszko) who kills a cop and takes old man Laurienti (Ben Johnson) hostage. The high-speed chase was filmed by a TV crew in a helicopter that contributed to the eventual capture.

Director: Nicholas Meyer    More Info
Starring: Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O'Quinn, Daniel von Bargen, Oleg Rudnik, Nadim Sawalha, Geraldine Danon, Michael Tomlinson, Howard McGillin

 Retired CIA agent Sam Boyd (Gene Hackman) is called back to duty and escorts KGB agent Pyiotr Grushenko (Mikhail Baryshnikov) to trade Grushenko and $2 million for an American prisoner. On the trip across Europe to Berlin, the two agents discover that they have been set up and join forces to escape double agents from both sides of the Iron Curtain.

Director: Rupert Wainwright    More Info
Starring: Mark Harmon, Sherilyn Fenn, Will Patton, Bruce Abbott, Tom Bower, Patricia Arquette, Xander Berkeley, Vince Edwards, Amy Yasbeck, John Philbin

 Mark Harmon takes on the role of bank robber John Dillinger in this version that takes liberties with the story while looking at Dillinger's personal relationships as he lives life on the edge. After his prison sentence is completed, Dillinger is determined to never again serve time while he continues his illegal activities. He does get arrested again but escapes and has plastic surgery to disguise himself. J. Edgar Hoover (Vince Edwards) is determined to capture him, and Dillinger is betrayed by his girlfriend Billie's (Sherilyn Fenn) landlady, which leads to the Feds ending his life outside Chicago's Biograph Theater. Look quickly for Lawrence Tierney–who played Dillinger 1945 film–as a sheriff gunned down by Dillinger's gang.

Director: Christian Drew Sidaris    More Info
Starring: Erik Estrada, Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez, Bruce Penhall, Cynthia Brimhall, William Bumiller, Ava Cadell, Michael Shane, Phyllis Davis, Chuck McCann

 Juan (Erik Estrada) is a gunrunner, but a pair of sexy, beautiful government agents is out to stop this nonsense. Terrible acting, storyline, etc. Andy Sidaris' son directed this one.

Director: Sheldon Lettich    More Info
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alan Scarfe, Alonna Shaw, Corinna Everson, Philip Chan, Julie Strain, Bolo Yeung, Andy Armstrong, Wu Fong Lung

 Twin brothers Alex and Chad Wagner, raised separately after their parents are killed, are both played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. The twins join forces to avenge the long-ago murder of their parents and search for the murderer, Nigel Griffith (Alan Scarfe).

Director: Duncan Gibbins    More Info
Starring: Gregory Hines, Renee Soutendijk, Michael Greene, Kurt Fuller, John M. Jackson, Loren Haynes, Nelson Mashita, Alan Haufrect, Maryedith Burrell, Kevin McCarthy

 Eve (Renee Soutendijk), the head of a top-secret government project, creates a robot modeled after herself that has strong emotional feelings (lacking in Eve) and is equipped with a nuclear bomb. During testing the robot is damaged in a bank robbery and goes on a rampage causing destruction throughout the city. Oh, yes, the bomb is also activated.

Director: Richard Franklin    More Info
Starring: Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin, Joanna Gleason, Philip Bosco, Kevin J. O'Connor, Tom Mason, Dominic Zamprogna, Tony De Santis, Philip Akin

 Special effects expert Rollie Tyler (Byran Brown) agrees (again) to help the police catch a killer. But he finds that there is a big conspiracy afoot, and he and his police buddy (Brian Dennehy) from the original film are on the run again. Lots of special effects, but the story is weak as it tries to exploit the popularity of James Bond.

Director: Cirio H. Santiago    More Info
Starring: David Carradine, Eb Lottimer, Archie Ramirez, Ruben Ramos, Don Barnes, Joe Mari Avellana, Tonichi Fructuoso, Ken Metcalfe, Jim Moss, David Anthony Smith

 When the pilot of a secret fighter copter is trapped behind enemy lines, Sgt. Duncan (Eb Lottimer) leads his men into the Cambodian jungle on a dangerous rescue mission.

Director: Peter Yuval    More Info
Starring: Chris Lemmon, Gretchen Becker, Christopher Plummer, Brett Porter, Martin Landau, Ann Thornton, Lauren Levy, George Elliot, Edmund Kearney, Douglas Simms

 Carrying out a plot to start World War III, Russian defector Ivan Tigor (Brett Porter) uses his powers to start fires to set ablaze U.S. arms factories. Scientist Warren Hart (Chris Lemmon) and his CIA agent cohort Melia Buchanan (Gretchen Becker) enter the picture and set out to stop Tigor's evil plan.

Director: John Milius    More Info
Starring: Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Brad Johnson, Rosanna Arquette, Tom Sizemore, Dann Florek, Ving Rhames, J. Kenneth Campbell, Madison Mason, Jared Chandler

 During peace talks for the Vietnam War, U.S. Navy carrier pilots are given mundane bombing missions that undermine morale. Commander Frank Camparelli (Danny Glover) is the captain of a U.S. Navy cruiser who must deal with Lt. Jake Grafton (Brad Johnson) who is grieving over the death of his flight partner. Grafton wants revenge and draws Virgil Cole (Willem Dafoe) into his plot to raid a SAM installation in Hanoi.

Director: Kazuki Omori    More Info
Starring: Kosuke Toyohara, Anna Nakagawa, Megumi Odaka, Chuck Wilson, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Akiji Kobayashi, Tokuma Nishioka, Kenji Sahara, Koichi Ueda

 Time travelers from the 23rd century return to the present, warn Japan that Godzilla will soon cause a catastrophic nuclear incident, and suggest how to rid the world of the monster. The plan is to go back to the 1940s and kill the one living dinosaur that was turned into the monster during the Bikini atomic weapons testing. But–the visitors have a motive: get rid of Godzilla and have their own monster, King Ghidorah, wreak havoc on Japan because Japan has become the economic power on Earth in the 23 century. But Godzilla is still out there, and the battle begins.

Director: John Badham    More Info
Starring: Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra, Penny Marshall, John Capodice, Luis Guzman, LL Cool J, Delroy Lindo, Christina Ricci

 A pampered actor, Nick Lang (Michael J. Fox), wants to play a cop in his next movie. In order to research the role, he teams up with a real-life cop, Detective John Moss (James Woods). John happens to be on the trail of a serial killer when Nick meets him and uses the case for Nick's research. Lots of action and laughs.

Director: Russell Mulcahy    More Info
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Virginia Madsen, Sean Connery, Michael Ironside, John C. McGinley, Allan Rich, Rusty Schwimmer, Phil Brock, Ed Trucco, Steven Grives

 Special effects are very good in this film; however, the plot is weak. Once again, McLeod (Christopher Lambert) and his mentor, Ramirez (Sean Connery), are on Earth evading the evil dictator (Michael Ironside) who is trying to control their destinies.

Director: Aaron Norris    More Info
Starring: Chuck Norris, Michael Parks, Al Waxman, Alberta Watson, Salim Grant, Ken Pogue, Marcel Sabourin

 Years ago, Cliff Garret (Chuck Norris) was left for dead by his partner (Michael Parks). Now Garret goes undercover as a hit man for a drug king in Seattle.

Director: Michael Lehmann    More Info
Starring: Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Richard E. Grant, Sandra Bernhard, Donald Burton, Don Harvey, David Caruso, Lorraine Toussaint

 In an effort to take over the world, the Mayflowers–Darwin (Richard E. Grant) and Minerva (Sandra Bernhard)–blackmail Hudson Hawk (Bruce Willis) into stealing three Leonardo da Vinci works of art. Not Willis' best effort, but the film does contain some good action scenes amidst off-the-wall comedy.