My Cultural Diet

429 reviews of movies, TV shows, books, restaurants, etc. My own private Goodreads, Letterboxd, and Yelp all rolled into one (more info). Star ratings are 100% subjective, non-scientific, and subject to change. May contain affiliate links, which support Opus.
The Demolitionist

This bit of mid ’90s direct-to-video cheese starring Nicole Eggert (of Baywatch and Charles in Charge fame) intrigued me whenever I saw it on the video store shelf back in the day. However, it’s just a blatant RoboCop rip-off sans Paul Verhoeven’s sense of style or satire. (I also detected hints of Terminator 2 in the soundtrack.) It does have Richard Grieco chewing up the scenery whenever he’s on-screen, which is not nothing. (The movie also gets some bonus points for naming his character “Mad Dog.”) Sidenote: Director Robert Kurtzman apparently never met a Dutch angle he didn’t like.


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