Really Awful Movies: Ep 122 – No Holds Barred

Popping vitamins and saying our prayers with the second Hulk Hogan movie we’ve endured on the podcast, 1989’s NO HOLDS BARRED. A network with sagging ratings tries to boost their brand by signing the world’s top wrestling draw, Rip (The Hulkster). When he balks, they produce their own long-form political drama for HBO, become hugely […]

Really Awful Movies: Ep 113 – Hunter

Ron Becks is…HUNTER. He’s a “mystical cop” and this $200,000 (but looks much cheaper) California action flick is mystifying. Directed by Gregory Hatanaka (Samurai Cop 2) we’re introduced to the very zen Tony Robbins platitude dispenser, Hunter. He happens to work for LAPD’s International Sex Crimes Unit. Hunter is a bewildering figure, a self help […]

Really Awful Movies: Ep 110 – Dangerous Men

A seemingly straight-ahead rape-revenge flick that veers into totally unforeseen directions, Dangerous Men is the brainchild of Iranian immigrant John S. Rad, and took 26 years to complete (!) And the final product shows – literally – as there are calendars from 1983 and rock Ts from 1991. There are subplots that disappear into thin […]