Bad Movie Fiends - The BMFcast

Bad Movie Fiends - The BMFcast episodes:

• 04.20.2024

  BMFcast599.5 – Mailbag Variety Hour – Good Luck on your GED, Oppenheimer

  The penultimate episode has us giving our top 10 BMFcast movies, but also gets turned over to you, the listeners, as we read and play many, many emails and voicemails from you all. We laugh, we cry, we learn some...

  
• 04.04.2024

  BMFcast599 – China Strike Force – Kung Foolio

  China Strike Force (2000) lets us test The Coolio Principle in our penultimate episode. He and Mark Dacascos are gangsters who want a piece of China’s drug trade. Our heroes (Aaron Kwok & Leehom Wang) are there to put a...

  
• 03.20.2024

  BMFcast 598 – Bloodfist V: Human Target – Farewell, Steve

  Bloodfist V: Human Target (1994) bids a fond farewell to Steve James, in his final feature film role. Don “The Dragon” Wilson is an amnesiac gunshot wound victim who everyone wants a piece of, on both sides of the law....

  
• 03.05.2024

  BMFcast 597 – Cage – Of Mice and MMA

  Cage (1989) returns Reb Brown and Lou Ferrigno to the show. It’s the story of two Vietnam vets who made it home, but one suffered brain damage saving the other. They now own a bar and get caught up in...

  
• 02.22.2024

  BMFcast 596 – Sugar Hill – Baron Zombie

  Sugar Hill (1974) is our final Blaxploitation History Month movie, and thankfully it’s a banger. Diana “Sugar” Hill’s boyfriend is murdered by the mob. She then does what anyone would do; goes to her voodoo priestess grandmother, who calls on...

  
• 02.07.2024

  BMFcast 595 – Twin Sitters – Chekov’s Paintball Gun

  Twin Sitters (1994) aka The Babysitters completes our journey through the twin filmographies of the Barbarian Brothers. This time our pair of giant men are tasked with protecting two rich twins whose uncle has angered a very shady George Lazenby....

  
• 01.23.2024

  BMFcast 594 – Sworn to Justice – Business Sexual

  Sworn to Justice (1996) has Cynthia Rothrock as a sexy criminal psychologist who witnesses the murder of her sister and nephew and gains psychic powers. She becomes a sexy vigilante who stops crimes while also being sexy multiple times. This...

  
• 01.09.2024

  BMFcast 593 – Red Sun Rising – Death Jab for Cutie

  Red Sun Rising (1994) brings us Don “The Dragon” Wilson as a Japanese cop whose partner is killed by an assassin with supernatural powers (James Lew). When the assassin and his boss look to start a gang war in Los...

  
• 12.18.2023

  BMFcast 592 – Let’s Get Harry – Dan Harmon’s Sexy, Sexy Dad

  Let’s Get Harry (1986) is the mostly forgotten story of a group of friends who hire a mercenary (Robert Duvall) to help them rescue their buddy Harry (Mark Harmon) who has been kidnapped by the Colombian drug cartel. Can an...

  
• 12.07.2023

  BMFcast 591 – Warhead – Kamikaz-ski

  Warhead (1996) is the story of a militia, led by Joe Lara (of Hologram Man fame), that takes over a nuclear missile silo and holds the US hostage unless the president resigns. Frank Zagarino (of Project Shadowchaser fame) is the...

  
• 11.17.2023

  BMFcast 590 – The Dungeonmaster – The Dungeonbusters

  The Dungeonmaster (1984) aka Ragewar brings us back to the world of Charles Band, as a dorky computer programmer is challenged by the devil (the late, great Richard Moll) to a series of tests to prove that magic is better...

  
• 11.03.2023

  BMFcast 589 – Evolver – Chekov’s Kaleidoscope

  Evolver (1995) is a classic tale of boy plays VR game, boy meets girl who hates him, boy cheats to win VR tournament, boy wins robot, robot tries to kill boy, his mom, his kid sister, and the girl. It’s...

  
• 10.18.2023

  BMFcast 588 – Deadly Friend – Cadavernapping

  Deadly Friend (1986) is the story of a Doogie-Howser-esque robotics and AI genius who through a series of wildly inadvisable blunders sets a murderous-robot-brain-powered undead Kristy Swanson loose on an unsuspecting series of neighborhood jerks. All in the name of...

  
• 10.03.2023

  BMFcast 587 – Bloodmoon – CHA-rizz-ma

  Bloodmoon (1997) sees Gary Daniels return to the show as a retired detective who is called back into action when a serial killer begins taking out martial arts champions. He teams up with another martial artist detective (Chuck Jeffreys) to...

  
• 09.27.2023

  BMFCast 586 – P.O.W. The Escape – P.O.W. Colada

  P.O.W. The Escape (1986) continues our journey through the filmography of Steve James. This time he’s stuck in a P.O.W. camp and it’s up to David Carradine to help him and his buddies escape. Double-crossing captains, wild card prisoners and,...

  
• 09.07.2023

  BMFcast 585 – Royal Warriors – Air Acquaintances

  Royal Warriors (1986) aka In The Line of Duty 1 brings Michelle Yeoh to the BMFcast once again. She helps prevent a plane hijacking, which leads to a bizarre revenge plot against her and the other heroes on the flight....

  
• 08.23.2023

  BMFcast 584 – Dunston Checks In – BMFcast Checks Out

  Dunston Checks In (1996) is our tribute to the late Paul Reubens. An orangutan has checked in to the finest hotel in New York City, and he’s here to pull heists with the evil Rupert Everett. After befriending the son...

  
• 08.09.2023

  BMFcast 583 – Spiders – Gen-X-Files

  Spiders (2000) has Lana Parrilla as a conspiracy theory obsessed reporter who investigates a space shuttle crash that may contain government-mutated spiders. Spoiler: it does! Of course, low-budget hijinks ensue. Sure, it feels like a Sci Fi Channel X-Files knockoff,...

  
• 07.26.2023

  BMFcast 582 – Land of the Free – Jeff Sneakman

  Land of the Free (1998) welcomes William Shatner to the BMFcast, along with decorated alumni Jeff Speakman. Speaks is the campaign manager(!) for The Shat, an politician with a militia and a secret network at his disposal. However, it’s another...

  
• 07.17.2023

  BMFcast 581 – Breathing Fire – Key-zza

  Breathing Fire (1991) is about the eternal struggle between two children and their father over the fate of a plastic pizza that is the mold for a key to a vault which holds the proceeds of the father’s bank robbery....

  
• 07.12.2023

  BMFcast Extra 215 – Zack Snyder’s Justice League

  Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) is finally a thing. Congrats internet, you did it I guess. And while we have wildly different opinions about this new cut of the 2017 film, we can both agree that we would prefer a...

  
• 06.28.2023

  BMFcast Extra 214 – Kickboxer 2

  Kickboxer 2 (1991) might be director Albert Pyun’s most competent movie, and it still doesn’t make a lick of sense. A third Sloan brother appears and Thailand thinks that the way to regain their honor is to trick this kid...

  
• 06.21.2023

  BMFcast Extra 213 – Mercenary

  Mercenary (1997) stars action superstar Olivier Gruner and John Ritter (!) in a bizarre revenge tale cobbled together from other, better action films. But if you’re a fan of dudes getting launched into the air after an explosion, or pointless...

  
• 06.13.2023

  BMFcast Extra 212 – Iron Eagle IV

  Iron Eagle IV (1995) concludes the illustrious Iron Eagle quadrilogy as Chappy and Doug Masters (not dead!) reunite to reach these kids at a new flight school for troubled youths. This episode was previously premium Patreon content which originally posted on February...

  
• 06.06.2023

  BMFcast Extra 211 – Disturbia

  Disturbia (2007) was chosen because we’ve become big fans of writer-director Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) of late. He co-wrote this teenage Rear Window that is very indicative of the time in which it was released. This episode was...

  
• 05.30.2023

  BMFcast Extra 210 – Guns Akimbo

  Guns Akimbo (2020) is a divisive motion picture about an underground fight/murder club, social media, sick needle drops and offers of crack cocaine. It stars Daniel Radcliffe who displays some remarkable comedic timing playing a man with guns bolted to...

  
• 05.22.2023

  BMFcast 580 – Skyfire – Goner-Rail

  Skyfire (2019) is a Chinese-made disaster movie. Combining all the dumbest parts of Jurassic World (really dangerous idea for a resort) and Dante’s Peak (a volcano wrecks everyone’s day.) Also, it’s directed by Simon West, who brought us Con Air....

  
• 05.08.2023

  BMFcast 579 – Alligator – Dr. Pupslayerdotcom

  Alligator (1980) is the tale of a baby gator flushed down the toilet who grows up eating genetically modified dogs from a nearby evil lab. Now detective Robert Forster has to figure out how to stop it once it goes...

  
• 05.01.2023

  BMFcast 578 – Double Trouble – Michalak-a-Hiney-Ho

  Double Trouble (1992) brings us one step closer to completing the filmography of the Barbarian Bros. This time one’s a cop, one’s a cat burglar. They’re forced to be partners on opposite sides of the law when they both get...

  
• 04.24.2023

  BMFcast 577 – Tai Chi Master – Pole-tron

  Tai-Chi Master (1993) returns Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh to the show, with Jet Li and Siu-Ho Chin along for the ride. Directed by the legendary Woo-Ping Yuen, it’s a wire-fu tale of two young monks who get kicked out of...

  
• 04.21.2023

  BMFcast Extra 209 – Underwater

  Underwater (2020) is a deep sea monster movie that, while sometimes silly, mostly does everything right. It’s like Leviathan if Leviathan was good! This episode was previously premium Patreon content which originally posted on January 22nd, 2021. The post BMFcast Extra 209 –...

  
• 04.18.2023

  BMFcast 576 – Warlock – Warlock School Drama Club

  Warlock (1989) is one of those movies we’d always seen on the shelf at the video store, but can’t remember if we’d ever seen it. Julian Sands is the titular warlock, who escapes the 1600s to modern-day 1988. Richard E....

  
• 04.10.2023

  BMFcast 575 – The Sweeper – Siesta Thomas Howell

  The Sweeper (1996) returns us to the movies of PM Entertainment, and director Joseph Mehri in particular. C. Thomas Howell is a loose cannon cop who saw his family murdered and now he dispenses his own brand of excessive justice....

  
• 04.03.2023

  BMFcast 574 – Runaway – The Robot Cops

  Runaway (1984) is the Tom Selleck vs spider robots and Gene Simmons movie you probably saw on HBO at some point. In the distant future of 1991, can a cop for robots and his new partner solve a murder mystery...

  
• 03.29.2023

  BMFcast 573 – Terror Squad – Hairrorist

  Terror Squad (1987) brings us and a group of Libyans to 1980s Kokomo, Indiana, where an attempt to blow up a nuclear power plant leads to one of the longest car chase sequences we’ve ever witnessed. Eventually it settles into...

  
• 03.21.2023

  BMFcast 572 – Return to Savage Beach – Maximum Strainage

  Return to Savage Beach (1998) is our final trip into the Andy Sidaris universe. Julie Strain and the whole gang is back, including lots of guns, nudity, and exploding RC vehicles. Will it bring us back to the glory of...

  
• 03.04.2023

  BMFcast 571 – I’m Gonna Git You Sucka – Blaxploitation-ploitation

  I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) is Keenen Ivory Wayans’ ode to blaxploitation, and a fitting way to end this year’s Blaxploitation History Month. It’s packed with jokes, as well as BMFcast alums, with Jim Brown, Bernie Casey, Isaac Hayes...

  
• 02.24.2023

  BMFcast 570 – All About the Benjamins – Flanagoons

  All About The Benjamins (2002) brings Blaxploitation History Month into a new century. Ice Cube is a bounty hunter tracking down Mike Epps, but they both get tangled up with murderous diamond thieves, including a very angry Tommy Flanagan. There’s...

  
• 02.17.2023

  BMFcast 569 – The Slams – The Original Gilgamesh

  The Slams (1973) continues Blaxploitation History Month with the return of a BMFcast favorite, Jim Brown! This time he’s thrown in the slammer after a heist gone wrong. He’s the only one who knows where the money’s hidden, and everyone...

  
• 02.11.2023

  BMFCast 568 – Velvet Smooth – Kung Fu Prostitute

  Velvet Smooth (1976) continues Blaxploitation History Month in the tale of a private eye called in to find out who’s responsible for ripping off King, a low-level criminal running the numbers game. Can Velvet and her girls crack the case,...

  
• 02.02.2023

  BMFcast Extra 208 – Bats

  Bats (1999) is one of the last “nature run amok” movies released to theaters before that genre became entirely relegated to the Syfy Channel. Bats makes the case that maybe that’s where they deserved to go. This episode was previously premium...

  
• 01.27.2023

  BMFcast 567 – Ninja – Solid Snake Eyes

  Ninja (2009) concludes NINJANUARY, as Scott Adkins plays Casey, an American orphan trained in the ways of the ninja. His biggest rival is kicked out of the dojo and becomes the world’s deadliest assassin. What happens when they both clash...

  
• 01.20.2023

  BMFcast 566 – 3 Ninjas – The Ninja Trajectory

  3 Ninjas (1992) continues NINJANUARY! Three American brothers (Rocky, Colt and Tum Tum) learn from their ninja grandfather the ways of being a true ninja. If you’re a millennial, you probably loved this. Last week, Nine Deaths of the Ninja...

  
• 01.13.2023

  BMFcast565 – Nine Deaths of the Ninja – General Honey Hump

  Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985) officially begins Ninjanuary! Sho Kosugi returns as a member of D.A.R.T., the world’s most elite anti-terrorism squad. They have to save a bus full of diplomats, children and tour guides who have been taken...

  
• 01.04.2023

  BMFcast Extra 207 – Collision Course

  Collision Course (1989) pairs Jay Leno and Pat Morita as mismatched buddycops solving a case in Detroit. Much racism, zero laughs and one very insane moment late in the film is the result. Bonus: Harlo explains that he cannot see...

  
• 12.23.2022

  BMFcast564 – Violent Night – It’s a Wonderful Death

  Violent Night (2022) snuck out onto digital this week and so we jettisoned our original holiday plans. I mean, why wouldn’t we? This is David Harbour as a disgruntled, ancient warrior Santa trapped in a modern Die Hard/Home Alone scenario....

  
• 12.16.2022

  BMFcast563 – The Brain – Typical Canadian Christmas

  The Brain (1988) is our second film from director Ed Hunt (Alien Warrior). While not nearly as insane as that film, it does have its own “Uhhh, what the heck is this?” thing going on. Canadian teens are menaced by...

  
• 12.06.2022

  BMFcast Extra 206 – Species II

  Species II (1998) is the unnecessary sequel to the 1995 surprise hit, and it doesn’t even bother with that film’s sequel hook. This one has THREE sequel hooks in the end, and we’d wager that Species III doesn’t use any...

  
• 12.02.2022

  BMFcast562 – The Sword and the Sorcerer – Talonkinesis

  The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) was the late director Albert Pyun’s first film. Most would also argue that it was his best film, and we’re here to tell you that they’re not wrong. The details here aren’t too important,...

  
• 11.28.2022

  BMFcast Extra 205 – Masters of the Universe

  Masters of the Universe (1987) is Cannon Films’ attempt to make money off the mostly no longer relevant He-Man franchise, starring Dolph Lundgren in the vehicle that was supposed to make him a star. Also along for the ride are...