The Assault 1996 PG-13, 84 min. Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Jim Wynorski Cast: Stacie Randall, Matt McCoy, Melissa Brasselle, Leo Rossi, Sandahl Bergman, Leslie Ryan, Lydie Denier, Rick Dean, Wanda Acuna, Arthur Roberts, Peter Spellos
The widow of a drug addict, Lisa (Leslie Ryan), witnessed her husband's murder and is scheduled to be a witness at the trial. She is placed under the protection of police officer Stacy (Stacie Randall) who has checked in with Lisa at a home for battered women. When the killers learn where the women are hiding, they attack and are met with resistance from the shelter's handyman (Matt McCoy) and residents.
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The Guyver 1991 PG-13, 92 min. Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Screaming Mad George, Steve Wang Cast: Mark Hamill, Vivian Wu, Jack Armstrong, David Gale, Michael Berryman, Jimmie Walker, Spice Williams, Peter Spellos, Willard E. Pugh, Jeffrey Combs, David Wells, Deborah Gorman
CIA agent Max Reed (Mark Hamill) sets off to obtain a mysterious box from a scientist, but the scientist is murdered after hiding the box from his killers. Sean (Jack Armstrong) finds the box, and, when he gets into a fight, the box causes him to be encased in armor and become a super-being. But the aliens, who can change into terrifying reptilian creatures, want their device back There is a sequel to this film that is based on a Japanese comic-book character.
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Hybrid 1997 R, 86 min. Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Fred Olen Ray Cast: John Blyth Barrymore, Brinke Stevens, J.J. North, Nikki Fritz, Tim Abell, Ted Monte, Peter Spellos, Bob Bragg, Robert Connell, Christopher Ray
Set in the future, after the Earth has been destroyed, this is the story of a hardy group of military survivors whose search for shelter leads them to an abandoned military facility. They move in and only then discover that the building is already inhabited by an evil, bloodthirsty alien.
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In the Army Now 1994 PG, 92 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Daniel Petrie Jr. Cast: Pauly Shore, Andy Dick, Lori Petty, David Alan Grier, Esai Morales, Lynn Whitfield, Art LaFleur, Fabiana Udenio, Glenn Morshower, Beau Billingslea, Peter Spellos, Paul Mooney
Good friends–Bones Conway (Pauly Shore) and Jack Kaufman (Andy Dick)–join the Army Reserves to make enough money to buy a stereo store. But, they end up being called up for active duty in the Middle East conflict where they accidentally save their fellow soldiers.
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Men in Black II 2002 PG-13, 88 min. Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Patrick Warburton, David Cross, Jack Kehler, Colombe Jacobsen-Derstine, Peter Spellos, Michael Jackson, Michael Bailey Smith, Lenny Venito
Those MiB operatives–Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith)–are back, but Agent J must first get Agent K out of retirement and restore his memory that the MiB agency's neuralizer has wiped out. Then it's time to save the Earth, which is once again threatened by aliens out to destroy it.
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Metropolis 2001 PG-13, 107 min. Genre: Animation / Sci-Fi / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Rintaro Cast: Jamieson Price, Robert Axelrod, Dave Mallow, Scott Weinger, Rebecca Forstadt, Brianne Siddall, Peter Spellos, Michael Reisz, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Simon Prescott, Melodee Spevack, Tony Pope, Steve Blum, Doug Stone, Barbara Goodson
With its theme taken from Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film and based on Osamu Tezuka's 1949 comic book, this film is about the futuristic city-state, Metropolis. The plot involves a plan for humanoids to take over the city. A young boy, Kenichi (voice of Brianne Siddall) and his uncle Sunshu Ban (voice of Tony Pope) search to find the answers to the mystery behind robot girl Tima (voice of Rebecca Forstadt). The Japanese animation is great. Actors reflect the English Language version.
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| 1. The Assault (1996)
2. The Guyver (1991)
3. Hybrid (1997)
4. In the Army Now (1994)
5. Men in Black II (2002)
6. Metropolis (2001)
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