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Guilty as Charged 1992 2 and a half stars

    R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Irvin
Cast: Rod Steiger, Heather Graham, Lyman Ward, Lauren Hutton, Isaac Hayes, Michael Beach, Zelda Rubinstein, Irwin Keyes

  Ben Kallin (Rod Steiger) keeps an electric chair in his basement as the means for executing those HE feels need punishment. The blackest of black comedies.

Oblivion 1994 1 star

    PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Western
Director: Sam Irvin
Cast: Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff, Meg Foster, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Julie Newmar, Carel Struycken, George Takei, Musetta Vander, Isaac Hayes

  A Western town exists on the planet Oblivion, and the town is being terrorized by Redeye (Andrew Divoff). After he kills the sheriff, the sheriff's son, Zach (Richard Joseph Paul), a pacifist, arrives on the scene. Will Redeye prompt Zach into action? The idea was good, but that's about all for this film.

Oblivion 2: Backlash 1996 1 and a half stars

    PG-13, 83 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure / Western
aka: Backlash: Oblivion 2

Director: Sam Irvin
Cast: Maxwell Caulfield, Meg Foster, George Takei, Julie Newmar, Isaac Hayes, Musetta Vander, Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson, Andrew Divoff, Irwin Keyes, Carel Struycken, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Mike Genovese, Jeff Celentano, Frank Roman

  We pick up the story where "Oblivion" left off as super bounty hunter Sweeney (Maxwell Caulfield) arrives on the planet Oblivion disguised as a suave gentleman. He's seeking a saboteur, knowing only that it is a woman–and there are plenty who could be the one he's after in this desert town.

Movie Quick Pick

1. Guilty as Charged (1992)
2. Oblivion (1994)
3. Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996)
aka: Backlash: Oblivion 2

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