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 079 - Death Race 4, Backtrace, Escape Plan 2, Late Phases

It looks like Stallone is following Bruce Willis into the dark realms of DTV, and this week we cover two films in which he's given prominent billing when in fact he's taking a back seat for much of the running time. So this week, Mike and Rich take a belated look at ESCAPE PLAN 2 (available on Netflix), which also manages to rope in the likes of Dave Bautista and Titus Welliver, as well as BACKTRACE, in which a amnesiac Matthew Modine tries to remember where he hid the takings of a heist gone wrong. Not only that but we have the latest chapter in the Death Race franchise, DEATH RACE: BEYOND ANARCHY - starring a guy with a forgettable name and directed by Don Michael Paul, who has a good pedigree of delivering exciting DTV action. As a lead in to our review, Mike delivers a BEGINNERS GUIDE to the franchise to-date. We also review the Australian Alien Invasion movie OCCUPATION!  Our DTV THROWBACK this week is the werewolf movie LATE PHASES, which can be found on Amazon Prime, and we also take a look at the short film, BLUEPRINT.
Have a listen, enjoy, sorry about the abrupt ending!
 
FOOTNOTES:
 
COMING SOON:
CROSSBREED
THE IMMORTAL WARS: RESURGENCE
THE MAN WHO KILLED HITLER AND THEN THE BIGFOOT
 
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
DEATHRACE 4: BEYOND ANARCHY
BACKTRACE
ESCAPE PLAN 2
 
THE DTV THROWBACK
LATE PHASES (aka NIGHT OF THE WOLF)
 
 

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 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 066 - Pool Party Massacre, Xtro, Flight From Hell, Mohawk

In the midst of the World Cup, we've got an eclectic mix of films, from the sublime to the ridiculous! This week, Mike and Dave take a look at Pool Party Massacre, a homage to the classic slashers of yesteryear. This is followed up with the real deal - XTRO, an 80's cult classic which has been given a rather stellar blu ray special edition. Next up is FLIGHT FROM HELL, the previous instalment to Lost in the Pacific which we reviewed a while back! And finally, there's MOHAWK, the second feature by TED GEOGHEGEN (apologies Ted for mispronouncing your name at the beginning of the episode!). All this, plus the usual DTV CHART, COMING SOON and WASHING UP sections!
 
FOOTNOTES:
The DTV CHART
 
 COMING SOON:
MUMBAI SIEGE - 4 DAYS OF TERROR (originally ONE LESS GOD)THE LAST WARRIOR BUY BUSTFINAL SCOREREPRISALSILENCERAURA MANDY
 
THE MAIN REVIEWS:
POOL PARTY MASSACRE
XTRO
FLIGHT FROM HELL
MOHAWK
 
THE WASHING UP