Episode 113 - I Am Vengeance: Retaliation, The Cure, US SEALS 2

in this Action packed, testosterone fuelled episode, Mike, Rich and Steve interview ROSS BOYASK about his latest film, I AM VENGEANCE: RETALIATION, starring Stu Bennet and Vinnie Jones, before launching into our review.
And in keeping with that film, our Short Shot is the seriously action packed THE CURE, which apparently was made for a poultry $16,000 - when you see the size and scope of the action in that film you'll realise why that is such a big deal and why we consider it one of the best shorts we've seen this year!
And finally we wind up with the wonderfully quirky action movie US SEALS 2, directed by none other than Isaac Florentine.
 
Check it out!!
 

Episode 108 - Payback - Extraction - A Sock and a Hard Place - Jungleground

In this episode, Mike Rich and Tom welcome back the iconic duo of French (Scott Adkins) and Sue (Louis Mandylor) in the sequel to The Debt Collector, PAYBACK. A small point to note - we refer to the film as "Debt Collectors", as that was the title when we recorded this episode. 
Next up is the action packed EXTRACTION, courtesy of Netflix, starring Chris Hemsworth. You may be surprised by some of the opinions given in our review!
Our Short Shot is HELD OP SOK, aka A Sock and a Hard Place, directed by Thijs Meuwese whose feature KILL MODE we reviewed in Episode 96. 
Rounding off this week in our DTV Throwback is JUNGLEGROUND, starring Roddy Piper and available on Amazon Prime. 
 

Episode 106 - Proximity, Nightfire, Shadow Fury

This episode sees Mike and Rich tackle a new alien abduction movie, PROXIMITY, in which a NASA scientist tries to figure out why he was abducted by aliens and trying to keep one step ahead of shady Men In Black types.
Our Short Shot this week is NIGHTFIRE, which you can find on Amazon Prime, so the attached link will take you to the trailer. At 40 min, its also probably the longest short film we've covered here.
Finally, our DTV Throwback is another one of Rich's obscure discoveries, SHADOW FURY. As far as we can tell this is currently out of print in the UK so we're linking to a copy we found on YouTube instead. 
 

Episode 103 - Colour Out of Space, The Iron Mask, Sea Fever, Kung Fu vz Zombies, The Forbidden Kingdom

With the extra help of Tom Jolliffe, Mike and Rich manage to tackle 3 main feature reviews this week! First up is the adaptation of H.P.Lovecraft's COLOUR OUT OF SPACE, starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Richard Stanley. This film garnered a lot of praise while on the festival circuit but how do we rate it? Take a listen!
We also take a look at THE IRON MASK - how could we not? It has Arnie and Jackie all over the cover! Of course they are there for an extended cameo only, but how does the rest of the film hold up?
Then there is SEA FEVER, a down-to-earth creature feature from Ireland, which features both Dougray Scott and Connie Nielsen.
Our Short Shot this week is basically an experiment in Green Screen on a low budget - with KUNG FU vs ZOMBIES, Eric Jacobous schools us on what can be achieved for a few hundred dollars! Watch the end credits to get a brief glimpse behind the scenes.
And finally our DTV Throwback is THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM (aka VIY) (available on Amazon Prime) and is actually the precursor to THE IRON MASK. I wonder how the two compare?
 

Episode 094 - 6 Underground, Metal Beast

We're sure a lot of you will have already seen Michael Bay's 6 UNDERGROUND by now, as its just sitting there on NETFLIX waiting to be watched. Take a listen and find out what we thought of it!
Our Short Shot this week is PIZZA TiME, co-starring Eric Jacobus (Rope-a-Dope, Blindsided). and out DTV Throwback it a very entertaining werewolf movie, PROJECT METAL BEAST.
 
Check it out, let us know what you think on Facebook and Twitter (@TheDTVDigest)

Episode 080 - 5th Passenger, Dead Trigger, All the Devil's Men, Polar

This week Mike and Rich discuss a certain controversy surrounding Amazon Prime! before getting on with the main reviews, which this week are 5TH PASSENGER, starring actors from various incarnations of Star Trek, DEAD TRIGGER, based on a video game and starring Dolph Lundgren, ALL THE DEVIL'S MEN starring Mile (Son of Mel) Gibson and from the director of The Veteran, and we round off with one of NETFLIX's latest offerings, the Mads Mikkelsen starring POLAR. Our DTV throwback this week is INANIMATE, aka HARBINGER DOWN starring Lance Henriksen, and our Short short is the zombie movie, DEADZONE. Not only all that but we have a lot of trailers to look at in our Coming Soon section and we round off with the WASHING UP!
 
FOOTNOTES:
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
TRADING PAINTESCAPE FROM DEATH BLOCK 13THE WATCHDOGA VIGILANTE
CHOKEHOLDDONNYBROOK
WE DIE YOUNG
REBORN

Episode 078 - Leprechaun Returns - Nightshooters - The Domestics-The Convent

Happy Belated New Year, everyone!
 
After the Christmas DTV drought, Mike and Rich get stuck right in with a whole bunch of recently released films - the return of the iconic Leprechaun in LEPRECHAUN RETURNS, the awesome British marial arts/horror/thriller NIGHTSHOOTERS and the fantastic post apocalyptic action movie, THE DOMESTICS (available on Netflix). Not only but also - the ultimate homage to 80's action movies, COMMANDO NINJA (available on Youtube - see the link below!).  We also introduce a couple of new features, THE DTV THROWBACK in which we review Mike Mendez's THE CONVENT, and THE SHORT SHOT, where we look at EARTHY ENCOUNTERS. Check it out!
 
FOOTNOTES:
THE DTV CHART
 
COMING SOON - TRAILERS
TIME LAPSE
CLOSE
THE BRAWLER
POLTERHEIST
DAMSEL
 
THE REVIEWS:
LEPRECHAUN RETURNS
NIGHTSHOOTERS
COMMANDO NINJA
THE DOMESTICS
 
DTV THROWBACK:
THE CONVENT
 
THE SHORT SHOT
EARTHY ENCOUNTERS (AMAZON PRIME)
 
THE WASHING UP - OTHER RECENT RELEASES:
 
 
 
 

Episode 076 - New Shorts Special

In our penultimate episode of 2018, Mike and Rich conduct another round-up of short films currently available, mostly for free (see below)! There is the creepy doll tale, THE DOLLMASTER, two shorts concerning THE MASK, taking things a lot darker and meaner than the Jim Carrey movie, a whimsical post-heist tale THE GETAWAY, the fx-laden THE 715th, a thoughtful romance/drama WINTER HILL, a fan-made version of UNCHARTED starring Nathan Fillion and a hardboiled action movie, NIGHT SHIFT.
All but one of these films are available FOR FREE, and you'll find the links below in the FOOTNOTES! 
In addition there is the usual DTV Chart, Coming Soon and Washing Up sections. Enjoy!!
 
FOOTNOTES
 
THE DTV CHART
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
BLOOD HUNTERS - RISE OF THE HYBRIDSDARK SOULVIXENALL THE DEVIL'S MENTHE MARINE 6: CLOSE QUARTERS
 
THE SHORTS:
THE DOLLMAKERWINTER HILLTHE GETAWAYTHE 716TH (NB - this is the only film which isn't free: it costs 1.99 to rent from Amazon Prime.)
RISE OF THE MASKREVENGE OF THE MASKUNCHARTEDNIGHT SHIFT
 
THE WASHING UP: OTHER FILMS RELEASED THIS WEEK
 
 

Episode 075 - Buybust, The Witch at the Window, plus short reviews of Betrayed, Robin Hood: The Rebellion and Future World

Looks like we're back on track and normal service is resuming! This week, Mike and Rich tackle two very different films: BUYBUST, a filipino take on The Raid starring Anne Curtis, and a Canadian horror movie which garnered a lot of praise at this year's Frightfest, THE WITCH AT THE WINDOW. Not only that, but Mike gives his take on the low budget thriller BETRAYED, ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION and the James Franco directed FUTURE WORLD. And as if that weren't enough there are also our usual features, the DTV CHART, COMING SOON and WASHING UP sections. We hope you enjoy the episode and be sure to check out the FOOTNOTES below!
 
FOOTNOTES:
 
COMING SOON: TRAILERS
LEPRECHAUN RETURNSCLOWNADOPRESIDENT EVILLEGION MAXXBACKTRACETIGERTHE QUAKE
 
THE MAIN FEATURE REVIEWS:
BETRAYED
ROBIN HOOD: THE REBELLION
FUTURE WORLD
BUYBUST
THE WITCH AT THE WINDOW
 
THE WASHING UP: OTHER RECENT RELEASES
 
 
 
 

Episode 74 - The Lost Episode - Final Score, Vengeance, Attrition, Gansta

Hello everybody and welcome to our "lost" episode. We originally recorded the bulk of this shortly after the Fighting Spirit Film Festival, at the end of September but due to my moving house and Rich being on holiday, it took a long time to get round to editing and publishing the episode. So long in fact that we decided to add a fourth review, for the Belgian crime movie, GANGSTA, to go along with our already-in-the-bag reviews for FINAL SCORE, VENGEANCE and ATTRITION. We also run down our favourite films from the FIGHTING SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL. Now for this episode we re-recorded the DTV CHART and I've decided to leave out the WASHING UP for this week - it will be back in the next episode. Hope you enjoy the show and check out the FOOTNOTES below!
FOOTNOTES:
THE DTV CHART:
 
 COMING SOON: TRAILERS
THE SUPER
BIG KILLTHE MARINE 6: CLOSE QUARTERS
 
FIGHTING SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL SHORTS
Not many of these are currently available as they are still in competition, but you can learn a bit about them here.
STEAM
TRANH AND NOWAK (FULL MOVIE)
 
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
VENGEANCE
FINAL SCORE
ATTRITION
GANGSTA