The VHS Strikes Back

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May 13, 2020 Bloodsport (1988)
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Chris Dave had to change this weeks review. Originally Chris picked Death Warrant but due to being to difficult to get online the guys changed to another Van Damme classic and his most famous role - Bloodsport (1987). This available on Netflix for anybody who wants to sample this classic martial arts movie.
Plot Summary:
Frank Dux has spent most his life being trained by Tanaka to participate in the Kumite, the ultimate martial arts tournament, where participants are seriously injured, even killed. Frank decides to go despite being told by his superiors in the army that he can't because they need him. Two army officers are sent to get him and the trail leads to Hong Kong but Frank eludes them. While Frank advances, he knows that he may have to face Chong Li, the defending champion, who has killed a few participants.
IMDB: 6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 40/100%
Metacritic: 29/100%
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56 min
May 05, 2020 Se7en (1995)
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After we asked our twitter followers to choose a physiological thriller they chose Se7en. A film Chris and Dave have only seen once. A cult classic from the mid 90’s
Plot Summary:
A film about two homicide detectives' (Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt) desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. The movie takes us from the tortured remains of one victim to the next as the sociopathic "John Doe" (Kevin Spacey) sermonizes to Detectives Somerset and Mills -- one sin at a time. The sin of Gluttony comes first and the murderer's terrible capacity is graphically demonstrated in the dark and subdued tones characteristic of film noir. The seasoned and cultured but jaded Somerset researches the Seven Deadly Sins in an effort to understand the killer's modus operandi while the bright but green and impulsive Detective Mills (Pitt) scoffs at his efforts to get inside the mind of a killer...
IMDB: 8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 81/100%
Metacritic: 68/100%
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45 min
April 29, 2020 You've Got Mail (1998)
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Dave picks a Chick Flick but quietly Chris loves them. Starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. But this turns into a more intense review due to one character in particular.
Plot Summary:
The owner of a large bookstore chain starts putting the owner of a small local bookstore out of business. Meanwhile they have been corresponding over the internet without knowing who either of them are. They can't stand each other in person but over the internet they are very attracted. He finds out who she is but she doesn't know. He starts to like her more but she still hates him. He has to fix it.
IMDB: 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 69/100%
Metacritic: 57/100%
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45 min
April 22, 2020 Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
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Chris gets Dave to review one of his top 3 movies of all time Beverly Hills Cop (1984). Does the usual heel reviewer meet his match with this one?
Plot Summary:
Axel Foley is a Detroit cop who meets up with his old high school friend Michael Tandino. When Michael is killed at Axel’s apartment, Foley seeks revenge in Beverly Hills.
IMDB: 6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 82/100%
Metacritic: 66/100%
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49 min
April 15, 2020 Top Gun (1986)
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Chris and Dave go back on a movie that created the Tom Cruise phenomenon. Top Gun (1986).
Chris has never seen the full movie before and Dave hadn’t seen it for a longtime.
Plot Summary:
Code-named "Maverick", Pete Mitchell, the impetuous daredevil Navy-pilot ace, is accepted into Miramar's elite Fighter School, also known as "Top Gun". There, as the impulsive pilot competes with the best of the best, not only will he meet Charlie, the flying school's curvaceous astrophysics instructor, but also the brilliant and highly competitive fellow student, "Iceman", with whom right from the start, he will engage in a reckless contest. As Maverick is haunted by his father's mysterious death, will he be able to suppress his wild nature to win the prestigious Top Gun Trophy?
IMDB: 6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 54/100%
Metacritic: 50/100%
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57 min
April 08, 2020 Cool As Ice (1991)
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It’s Chris’ turn to get Dave back and boy does he do just that. The guys go back to 1991 and the Vanilla Ice led movie Cool As Ice (1991).
Plot Summary:
The old teen rebel saga is updated for the rap crowd, unfortunately rapper Vanilla Ice is the teen. Ice shows up on a neon-yellow motorcycle which gets everyone's attention, including the female honor student who has never had a rebellious bone in her body.
IMDB: 2.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 7/100%
Metacritic: NO SCORE (It’s that bad!)
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39 min
April 01, 2020 The Rocky Horror Show (1975)
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Dave stitches Chris up this week with the 1975 Rock/Stage movie starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon and Richard O’Brien - The Rocky Horror Show (1975). Both od th guys have never watched this before the review.
Plot Summary:
On a wild and rain-swept late-November evening, somewhere at an empty stretch of road outside Ohio's merry Denton, blissfully-affianced, prudish, boringly-innocent young pair Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) find themselves stranded on their way to visit an ex-tutor. Instead, the couple will inadvertently unearth the cross-dressing Dr. Frank-N-Furter's (Tim Curry's) spooky lair of inexhaustible oddities, just in time to partake in the out-of-this-world mad scientist's proud unveiling of his latest, delightfully extravagant, most daring creation: the ultimate male and the perfect sex symbol: the flaxen-haired Rocky Horror (Peter Hinwood). But, little by little, as the effervescent transgressive force gobbles up whole the unsuspecting visitors of the night, Brad and Janet slowly begin to embrace the potent fascinations of seduction, while an idolized Rocky roams free in the mansion. Who can interrupt man's union with the absolute pleasure?
IMDB: 7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 79/100%
Metacritic: 55/100%
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40 min
March 25, 2020 Gymkata (1985)
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This week due to being requested by some of our podcasting friends and our great listener Glyn we have gone with Gymkata (1985). A martial arts movie based around a real world gymnast Kurt Thomas. My god did we have some fun with this one.
Plot Summary:
Johnathan Cabot is a champion gymnast. In the tiny, yet savage, country of Parmistan, there is a perfect spot for a "star wars" site. For the US to get this site, they must compete in the brutal "Game". The government calls on Cabot, the son of a former operative, to win the game. Cabot must combine his gymnastics skills of the west with fighting secrets of the east and form GYMKATA!
IMDB: 4.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 17/100%
Metacritic: 51/100%
We have a promo from our good friend over at the One Movie Punch podcast.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-movie-punch/id1330511813
If you want Chris and Dave to review anything from the VHS era then contact us on:
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[email protected]
39 min
March 18, 2020 Back To The Future 2 (1989)
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Chris has been house bound due to his shoulder op and messaged Dave he was watching Back to the Future 2 and there we have this weeks review. It’s a movie both of the guys love does it still stand up 30 years later?
Plot Summary:
Marty McFly has only just gotten back from the past, when he is once again picked up by Dr. Emmett Brown and sent through time to the future. Marty's job in the future is to pose as his own son to prevent him from being thrown in prison. Unfortunately, things get worse when the future changes the present.
Rotten Tomatoes: 65/100%
Imdb: 7.8/10
Metacritic: 57/100%
If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links:
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51 min
March 04, 2020 Masters of the Universe (1987)
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Our good friend Tony Farina suggested Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lungdren. Chris and Dave have some fun reviewing this one.
Plot Summary:
On the planet Eternia, Skeletor and his dark army overthrow the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull expecting to acquire her power. He-Man, his old friend Duncan "Man-at-Arms" and his daughter Teela are attacked by Skeletor's soldiers and they defeat them. They also rescue their prisoner, the inventor and locksmith Gwildor. He explains that he was lured by Evil-Lyn that used his invention the Cosmic Key to open the gates and seize the Castle Grayskull. He-Man and his friends retrieve the prototype of the Cosmic Key trying to release the Sorcereress but they are defeated by Skeletor and his army and Gwildor uses his key to open and portal for them to flee. They come to Earth but lose the key. Meanwhile, Julie Winston, who grieves the loss of her parents in a plane crash, and her boyfriend Kevin Corrigan find and activate the key, believing it is a foreign musical instrument. On Eternia, Evil-Lyn locates the Cosmic Key and Skeletor sends her with a group of mercenaries and soldiers to vanquish He-Han and his friends and bring the key back. Will they succeed?
Rotten Tomatoes: 17/100%
Imdb: 5.4/10
Metacritic: 35/100%
If there are any movies/tv shows you want Dave and Chris to review please contact them on the following links:
email:
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49 min

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Nostalgic movie review show hosted by Whatever Entertainment team, Dave and Chris. The guys go back in time to review some wonderful and truly awful movies from the days before streaming and even DVD's and had to go to the video store to pick up the latest entertainment.