Shameless Self Expression

Blind, sword-wielding Vietnam war veteran Rutger Hauer comes to visit old war buddy Terry O’Quinn, who has gone AWOL after some bad dealings with drug-dealing casino owner Noble Willingham (perfectly cast). Just as he is becoming acquainted with O’Quinn’s estranged wife Meg Foster and her smart-arse kid Brandon Call, cigar-chomping Randall ‘Tex’ Cobb, Willingham’s chief enforcer comes along to try and kidnap the kid. Hauer manages to save the day, but now he and the boy are on the run as they try and locate O’Quinn whilst dodging Willingham, Cobb and his other goons. Lisa Blount (wooden and annoying) plays the current girlfriend of O’Quinn, whilst Nick Cassavetes and Rick Overton play The Pike brothers, buffoonish Hillbilly goons whose names are inspired by a certain Peckinpah film. Wrestling nerds need to look out for perennial WWF/E ‘jobber’ Tiger Chung Lee as one of Willingham’s henchmen.   Underrated, 1990 Phillip Noyce ( “Dead Calm” ) Americanised Zatoichi film was, like “...

With survivor Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) incapacitated in hospital, Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle) springs to life at her burning home, killing the fire-fighters on the scene to start a new rampage on the residents of Haddonfield. Grown-up Tommy Doyle (now played by Anthony Michael Hall) from the events depicted in the 1978 original sees things playing out on TV at the local bar and has had enough. He decides to try and form a mob of Haddonfield residents to take out Michael once and for all. Judy Greer, Will Patton, and Andi Matichak reprise their roles from the 2018 film, whilst Robert Longstreet takes on the role of former local bully Lonnie Elam from the original 1978 film, Charles Cyphers returns as Sheriff Brackett from the 1978 film and “Halloween II” ), whilst Kyle Richards (the 1978 film) and Nancy Stephens (the 1978 film, as well as “Halloween II” and “Halloween H20” ) also return to the franchise. The previous “Halloween” re-boot from David Gordo...