The DTV Digest

Episode 191 - Escape from Mogadishu, The Fourth Musketeer, Dragon Knight, Don’t Hide, Absolute Force

This week Mike, Rich and Steve kick off with the much anticipated ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU, which had great word-of-mouth but does it live up to the hype?
We follow this with the latest film from independent film-maker Steve Lawson, THE FOURTH MUSKETEER, a bit of a departure from his previous films!
Then we wind up the main reviews with the DRAGON KNIGHT, the latest from Lawrie Brewster,  another film-maker we've covered in the past, when we looked at The Devil's Machine.
Our Short Shot is DON'T HIDE, from Dillon Vibbart, who had previously impressed us with his short Somniphobia. Click the link to watch the whole short, and check out Dillon's other work!
Finally we have ABSOLUTE FORCE starring Timothy Bottoms, in our DTV Throwback. You can find this available on YouTube (click the link but beware, there are advert breaks every five minutes!)
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Episode 190: The Ledge, The Misfits, Restless, Jester Must Die, Deep Freeze

This week Mike, Rich and Steve start our 190th episode (!) by reviewing THE LEDGE, the latest film from Howard J Ford (The Dead, Don't Let Go). This sees a young climber having to scale a mountain with minimal equipment to escape some killers...
Next is THE MISFITS, starring Pierce Brosnan as a thief recruited by some "Robin Hood" types to pull off a daring heist. This is currently available on Amazon Prime!
Over on Netflix, we cover the recent French thriller, RESTLESS, which sees a corrupt cop having what could possibly be the worst day of his life! This is a remake of a Korean thriller called A Hard Day, which can itself be rented via Amazon (and other streaming sites). 
Our Short Shot is JESTER MUST DIE in which a bodyguard helps the daughter of his boss escape from his clutches. This is directed by Michael Lehr, one of the best fight choreographers out there. Check the link to watch the whole 16min short but do check out his other work too!
Finally we take a look at DEEP FREEZE in our DTV Throwback - a team of post-grad students arrive at a deep mining platform in the Antarctic only to discover something has awoken deep under the ice.
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Short Shots Episode 12 - Uncharted vs Tomb Raider vs Indiana Jones, Payback, Symphony of The Ronin, Sifu

In this action packed, action centric episode, Mike and Rich take a look at four awesome shorts, kicking off with UNCHARTED vs TOMB RAIDER vs INDIANA JONES. With a concept like that you'd be forgiven for assuming its ambition outweighs its execution - but you'd be dead wrong! Click the link to see the whole glorious film! 
Next up is PAYBACK, the latest fight film from Art School Dropouts, whose work we've enjoyed covering on previous episodes. This is once more a very hard-hitting fight movie but there are attempts at an actual story this time out!
Next up is SYMPHONY OF THE RONIN, which is the most French Arthouse fight film we've ever seen!
Finally, we have SIFU, a promo film to promote the new Playstation game of the same name, If you've played the game, or seen a promo for it, you will be impressed how close this short film matches both the aesthetics and the action from it.
 
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Episode 189 - Last Man Down, The Diesel, Incarnation, Zeros and Ones, Life is But a Dream, Intruder

This week Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at a couple of films currently available on Netflix. First up is LAST MAN DOWN, starring bodybuilder-turned-actor Daniel Stizen. Then we have THE DIESEL, an Egyptian action film about a stuntman who becomes embroiled in a weird conspiracy...
We also check out INCARNATION, starring Taye Diggs and Michael Madsen, involving a couple who move into a new house only to find themselves sucked into demonic shenanigans!
Mike and Rich then attempt to review ZEROS AND ONES, the latest film from Abel Ferrara and starring Ethan Hawke. Its certainly a ...ahem...challenging film in that it challenges you to find anything to recommend it, and is certainly worth watching just for Ethan Hawke's own reaction to it at the end!
We're on much firmer ground with our Short Shot, as its directed by Park Chan Wook! LIFE IS BUT A DREAM sees a village undertaker rob a grave of its coffin, only to be haunted by its occupant, a long dead swordsman, who forces the undertaker to explain himself. Not only is this a great little film but it was (mostly) shot using the latest iPhone! Click the link to watch the whole film!
We wrap up with our DTV Throwback - INTRUDER is directed by Scott Spiegel and contains a lot of his directorial motifs such as shooting strange POV angles. It does surprise me though that this isn't a more well-known slasher! (Warning - the trailer gives away who the killer is!}. This film is currently available on the SHUDDER streaming service. 
 
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Episode 188: Demigod, Exorcist Vengeance, Death Block 13, Night Hunt, Into The Sun

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at three new releases, starting with DEMIGOD, a German production which sees a young couple travel back to the Black Forest to the wife's childhood home, only to discover supernatural shenanigans!
Then we have two films which star Robert Bronzi, a Hungarian actor who has built a career out of the fact that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Charles Bronson! First up is EXORCIST VENGEANCE, in which he plays a priest who carries a bible in one hand and a gun in the other!
Next, Bronzi stars as a man wrongly convicted and sent to DEATH BLOCK 13, an old prison from which he must escape. 
 
Our Short Shot is NIGHT HUNT, which compares favourably to Brotherhood of the Wolf. Please check out this link and support the film, as we really want to see the next chapter!
 
Finally in our DTV Throwback we have Anthony Michael Hall (not Michael C Hall as i mistakenly announce!) and Michael Pare in INTO THE SUN, which is a nice mash-up of The Hard Way and Top Gun! This is available on the IMDB movie channel, which is free but contains ad breaks.
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Episode 187: Black Friday, Help, The Accursed, Bushwhacker Blues, Armour of God 2: Operation Condor

(NOTE: Many thanks to those who got in touch and alert us that this episode hadn't uploaded properly - It's now been re-uploaded and the full episode is now available!)
In this episode Mike and Rich take a look at the new comedy-horror, BLACK FRIDAY, co-starring Bruce Campbell and Michael Jai White!
Next is the much-anticipated first feature from director Black Ridder, HELP, which he made with a limited crew during lockdown.
And then there is THE ACCURSED, in which Yancy Butler stars as a witch trying to out-run a curse.
Our Short Shot is BUSHWHACKER BLUES, from the director behind the Batman fan-film, 1986. Click the link to watch the whole film, and check out some of Eighties Doubt Productions' other films while you're there!
And we wind up with Jackie Chan in our DTV Throwback, both starring in and directing ARMOUR OF GOD 2: OPERATION CONDOR! Amazon Prime subscriber can access the 88 Films print!
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Episode 186: One Shot, A Violent Man, Caught in Time, Glasshouse, Margaret, Desert Heat

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve are joined by irregular regular Sean Malloy of I MUST BREAK THIS PODCAST, who joins us to talk about two particular films that bookend the show...
we start with one of the most anticipated films of the past 6 months: Scott Adkins and Ryan Philipoe starring in ONE SHOT, a film made to look like its one continuous unedited sequence from start to finish. 
Next is A VIOLENT MAN, starring Craig Fairbrass as a murderer serving a life sentence who finds his simple existence turned upside down with the arrival of a new cell-mate.
Our next film was a huge surprise - CAUGHT IN TIME is  period police procedural from China starring Daniel Wu as the head of a gang of armed robbers who always seem a step ahead of the police.
GLASSHOUSE is a post apocalyptic movie with a Victorian aesthetic, about a group of young women trying to protect their home from marauders.
Out Short Shot is MARGARET and all you need know going in is that its directed by Larnell Stovall, who's worked with both Scott Adkins and Michael Jai White in the past. And if you like that, please also check out ATOPRHN.
Our DTV Throwback stars Jean-Claude Van Damme in DESERT HEAT, aka Inferno. The plot is very similar to that of The Stranger, which we covered back in episode 182! Its officially free to watch on Youtube so clicking the link will take you straight to the film!
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Episode 185: Werewolf Castle, Shadow In The Cloud, Confession, Dennis, Post Mortem

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve check out the latest film from Charlie Steeds, WEREWOLF CASTLE, his most ambitious film to date!
Following this we check out Chloe Grace Moretz in SHADOW IN THE CLOUD, where she is trapped on board a WW2 bomber with a gremlin!
Stephen Moyer impressed us recently in Krays: Code of Silence, now he's starring opposite Colm Meaney in CONFESSION!
Our Short Shot is DENNIS, the unlikeliest henchman you're ever likely to meet! Click the link to watch the whole short!
Finally, our DTV Throwback is a real strange entity...Charlie Sheen (credited as Charles Sheen) stars in an Albert Pyun (Cyborg, Nemesis) film, where he plays an ex homicide detective...in Scotland. Take a listen to what we thought of POST MORTEM which can be found on Amazon Prime! (NB: the only trailers I could find are either in Spanish or German, where the film was renamed Serial Killer).
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Episode 184: Killing Field, Seance, The Devil to Pay, See For Me, Swarm, The Demolitionist

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve tackle yet another Bruce Willis movie!
KILLING FIELD is the UK title of Survive The Game, in which Bruce and his partner end up in a stand-off with some criminals on a "farm"...
Then we have SEANCE, the latest film to be released on DVD by Shudder. This is set in a prestigious girls academy where the elitist students might be haunted by one of their own, who'd committed suicide...
THE DEVIL TO PAY is set in the Appalachian mountains and sees a young mother forced into starting a turf war between two clans....
and in SEE FOR ME, a blind woman finds herself trapped in a mansion when three thieves who've broken in to rob  a safe/
Our Short Shot is SWARM, in which a young MMA fighter has her training session interrupted by zombies...click the link to watch the whole film!
and finally our DTV Throwback is THE DEMOLITIONIST, which is effectively a low-budget ripoff of a well loved 80s classic! This film is available legally on Youtube - click the link.
 
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Episode 183 - Jakob’s Wife, Silencio, The Protege, The Serpent, Fuelled, Savaged

In this episode Mike, Rich and Steve take a look at a whole bunch of films with female protagonists, most of who are called a variation of Anna!
First up is JAKOB'S WIFE, starring Barbara Crampton as Anne, whose life is turned upside down when she is attacked by a vampire.
Next is SILENCIO, in which a woman called Ana must locate a mysterious stone in order to save her kidnapped son.
In THE PROTEGE, Maggie Q stars as Anna, a highly skilled assassin tracking down the killers of her mentor/father figure. (Available on Amazon Prime)
Gia Skova spoils the fun as her character in THE SERPENT is called Lucinda. (Also available on Amazon Prime).
Our Short Shot is FUELLED, an animated short featuring cute animals, but packs a bitter punch! Click the link to watch the whole 9min film.
Finally, our DTV Throwback is SAVAGED, in which a deaf-mute woman is raped and murdered, then possessed by the spirit of an apache warrior to wreak revenge! (Available on Amazon Prime).
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