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Yes, Bond Villains elected and reelected all around my country, on both sides of the political SPECTREum! This proves that Bond still has a place in the world. But I won't get into that here.
Otherwise, hopefully I'll see something new soon!
I had ordered this to watch at Halloween but it didn't arrive in time! It's the film debut of Russell ( Highlander) Mulcahy and it tells of a giant killer wild boar in the outback in Australia. It's quite enjoyable and Mulcahy, coming off his music video background sets up some striking images (DoP is Mad Max's Dean Semler!) And the boar itself is never really fully seen, and falls back on the old pov shots. Greg Harrison is a fairly bland hero, and probably would have been better having leading lady Arkie Whitely, ( great name!) who appeared in Mad Max 2 as the heroine, who takes the monster on in the nicely staged meat factory finale!
I quite like Mulcahy's style-over-substance approach. It's definitely not for everyone, but I enjoy it.
Even went out of my way to watch his lowbudget Hammer-style mummy film Tale of the Mummy, which includes Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman and Gerard Butler cameos as well as supporting roles by Shelley Duvall, Michael Lerner, Jack Davenport and Sean Pertwee, who's overacting like crazy.
Great score by Stefano Mainetti too (actually bought the album):
The American cut, which is considerably shorter than the European one, is free to watch on YT:
Be aware though, it's low-budget so sfx suffer from that, and while protagonist Louise Lombard does rather well, her co-star Jason Scott Lee isn't exactly Laurence Olivier.
Anyway, I quite love this particular 90's Hammer-style kind of mummy thriller, despite its obvious flaws. It's more Blood from the Mummy's Tomb than the 1999 Stephen Sommers CGI adventure. But again, not for everyone.
Good little synopsis mate @Mathis1 I haven't seen this in decades. You're right, it has some striking imagery in it. I wouldn't mind a rewatch myself. I think it might be available on an Arrow Bluray release..?
My first time watching the Marx Brothers, and what a time it was!
Credit to the non-Marx cast members for being such wonderful straightmen (and straightwomen); it's a tough job to pull off, especially when playing opposite Groucho, but they did it without flaw, I found, and it really helped accentuate the chaos the brothers unleashed.
Good to see you back on here mate! I didn't get it on Arrow, though I think it may be available from them! I had only seen it once before, and if I'm wrong, I think it was part of Alex Cox excellent 'Moviedrome' series on BBC2?
Never heard of that film. Only other movie of Mulcahys I've seen (Apart from Highlander films) was 'The Shadow'
I would have been intrigued to see what he would have done on 'Rambo III' before he was replaced?
Thanks @Mathis1 like our favourite hero, i always return! ;)
Yep, that Moviedrome series was great.