Reviews
The Prophecy (1995)
Strange, Thoughtful, Questioning
This is not what they told you in sunday school about angels. A strange and disturbing movie movie about a war raging in heaven brought to earth. Though it doesn't fall in with the standard christain belief of god and his angels it does bring some very disturbing questions to light. Do you really want to see an angel if an angel is of this variety? Christopher Walken is his very cool bad self in this film and the whole of the film seems to be determined to make you rethink the whole concept of faith. It's worth a look if you don't mind having your religious views shattered.
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
To All Things An End...
Here it is, the last of the Hellraiser Movies.
Many have criticized both actors and writers for this series and more still insist it should be ranked with the likes of Halloween or Friday The 13th. I think they're not looking at the big picture.
As with any series, you can't judge the whole by one or two of it's parts. Look at Star Trek. If I judged it on the first film it wouldn't even rate a star, but as a whole it was very entertaining and I would be interested in watching them all from beginning to end.
As for Hellraiser not being quality entertainment, I beg to differ. In my opinion, only the first actually suffered; mostly because of a lull that wrapped the movie up and wouldn't let it go. The other's were better due to a larger budget, more "prep time" and a display of quiet calm moments that are suddenly shattered by lightning quick and gruesome action.
All in all an excellent series and one worthy of renting or buying and watching in sequence.
Roadie (1980)
Meatloaf? An Actor?
I'm a rock 'n roll fan; have been since I was young. I'm also a fan of Meatloaf; for about the same amount of time; so I was surprised to find this on the shelves of my local video store.
The story is simple, a handyman meets the woman of his dreams who just so happens to be in love with Alice Cooper. Meatloaf is very convincing as the country hick (yes COUNTRY HICK) engineering genius named Redfish and while Kaki Hunter tries to pull off the excited groupie routine, she's mostly annoying.
For those of you who didn't know it, Art Carney is in this movie as Redfish's father, Corpus Redfish. He is, as always, excellent in his role as a grouchy junk yard owner.
The movie has many memorable (and unfortunately, period) cameos in it by Blondie, Roy Orbison and, of course, Alice Cooper. Cooper actually shines as a rock star and has a very interesting manner; half manager/half psycho.
I recommend this movie simply because it's a total shock. Everyone delivers solid performances and, yes, Meatloaf can act.