Airplane II: The Sequel 1982  PG, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Romance
Director: Ken Finkleman
Cast: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, William Shatner, Rip Torn, Chad Everett, Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors, John Dehner, Sonny Bono, John Vernon, Stephen Stucker, Kent McCord, James A. Watson Jr.
In this sequel (starring most of the original cast), the first passenger shuttle takes off for the moon, but there's a computer on board that kills the crew. Now, it is up to Ted Striker (Robert Hays) and stewardess Elaine Dickinson (Julie Hagerty) to turn off the computer and save the passengers. Not as hilarious as the first movie, but it does have some amusing gags. Cameo appearances by Raymond Burr, Chuck Connors, and Sonny Bono, among others.
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Jigsaw 1968 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, Hope Lange, Pat Hingle, Diana Hyland, Victor Jory, Paul Stewart, Susan Saint James, Michael J. Pollard, Susanne Benton, James Doohan, Donald Mitchell, Roy Jenson, Lev Mailer, Kent McCord
This remake of 1965's "Mirage" features Bradford Dillman as Jonathan Fields, a scientist who is drugged and then faced with the possibility that he may be a murderer after he awakens in an apartment where a dead woman's body lies in the bathtub. Fields hires private detective Arthur Belding (Harry Guardino) to investigate and learns that Field's supervisor Dr. Arkroyd (Victor Jory) had been involved with the dead woman. Now, pieces of the puzzle fit together, and they figure out that Field's co-worker Lew Haley (Pat Hingle) is the guilty culprit. Dillman and Haley have a confrontation, and Haley crashes through the hi-rise office window and plummets to the pavement below.
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The Outsider 1967 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Darren McGavin, Anna Hagan, Edmond O'Brien, Sean Garrison, Shirley Knight, Ann Sothern, Audrey Totter, Ossie Davis, Joseph Wiseman, Nancy Malone, Mario Alcalde, Madame Spivy, Kent McCord
Detective David Ross (Darren McGavin) is a private-eye/ex-con hired by a theatrical manager to investigate possible embezzlement in this pilot for a TV series that followed the movie. Ross investigates the suspect, and, when she is found dead in his office, Ross becomes the prime suspect.
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 Predator 2 1990  R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Cast: Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Ruben Blades, Maria Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton, Robert Davi, Adam Baldwin, Morton Downey Jr., Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo, Kent McCord, Morton Downey Jr., Steve Kahan, Calvin Lockhart, Henry Kingi
Set in 1997 (at the time–the future), the Predator (Kevin Peter Hall) has relocated to Los Angeles, and LAPD Lieutenant Mike Harrigan (Danny Glover) and his partners–Danny (Ruben Blades), Leona (Maria Conchita Alonso), and Jerry (Bill Paxton)–set out to stop the havoc being wreaked on Los Angeles citizens. FBI investigator Peter Keyes (Gary Busey) warns Harrigan and his team to stay out of it, but his advice goes unheeded. More people are killed, including some of Harrigan's team, before Harrigan confronts the Predator, injures it, and becomes the hunter rather than the hunted.
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Return of the Living Dead 3 1993 R, 97 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Brian Yuzna
Cast: Mindy Clarke, J. Trevor Edmond, Kent McCord, Basil Wallace, Sarah Douglas, James T. Callahan, Mike Moroff, Sal Lopez, Abigail Lenz, Jill Andre
That mysterious United States Army gas used in "Return of the Living Dead Part II" is the means for Curt (J. Trevor Edmond) to bring back to life his girlfriend Julie (Mindy Clarke) after she dies in an accident.
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| 1. Accidental Meeting (1994)
2. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
3. Jigsaw (1968)
4. The Outsider (1967)
5. Predator 2 (1990)
6. Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
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