Verhoeven Effect

We dive into the weird world of The Omega Man. After a violent world war and world ending plague a man is has a city left to himself. At night mutants try and attack him as he tries to keep his sanity. Meeting other survivors convinces him to make a cure.

Act 1: 19:06

Act 2: 40:53

Act 3: 1:14:58

Director - Boris Sagal

Cinematographer - Russell Metty

Written by - John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington (screenplay), Richard Matheson (novel)

Cast - Charlton Heston, Anthony Zerbe, Rosalind Cash

We dive into the weird world of Colossus The Forbin Project. In a time on the edge of violence a super computer is created as a nuclear response system. It then holds the world hostage with nukes if they do not comply with it's vision.

Act 1: 17:03

Act 2: 27:55

Act 3: 54:09

Director - Joseph Sargent

Cinematographer - Gene Polito

Written by - James Bridges novel by D.F. Jones

Cast - Eric Braeden , Susan Clark , Gordon Pinsent

We dive into the weird world of Westworld. In a future with violent guests visiting a simulated theme park, the robots go haywire and start killing everyone.

Act 1: 31:02

Act 2: 50:40

Act 3: 1:20:16

Director - Michael Crichton

Cinematographer - Gene Polito

Written by - Michael Crichton

Cast - Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin

We dive into the weird world of Nadja. In a violent New York a drunk Helsing decapitates Dracula. Dracula's morose daughter Nadja weaves her way through a 90's emotional carousel.

Act 1: 19:58

Act 2: 46:37

Act 3: 1:14:59

Director - Michael Almereyda

Cinematographer - Jim Denault

Written by - Michael Almereyda

Cast - Elina Löwensohn , Peter Fonda , Nic Ratner

We dive into the weird world of Desperado. A gun slinging guitar player avenges his love.

Act 1: 32:31

Act 2: 1:05:59

Act 3: 1:39:02

Director - Robert Rodriguez

Cinematographer - Guillermo Navarro

Written by - Robert Rodriguez

Cast - Antonio Banderas , Salma Hayek , Joaquim de Almeida

We dive into the weird world of Logan's Run. In a violent future a domed city keeps order by having everyone volunteer to die at 30. Some of them run.

Act 1: 15:56

Act 2: 50:06

Act 3: 1:26:38

Director - Michael Anderson

Cinematographer - Ernest Laszlo

Written by - David Zelag Goodman

Cast - Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan

We dive into the weird world of Cliffhanger. A violent Treasury agent and even more violent Euro criminals steal a plane full of transaction currency.

Act 1: 12:23

Act 2: 56:39

Act 3: 1:18:38

Director - Renny Harlin

Cinematographer - Alex Thomson

Written by - Michael France and Sylvester Stallone

Cast - Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker

We dive into the weird world of The Long Kiss Goodnight. A violent assassin loses her memory and takes up her cover as a school teacher and tries to figure out who she was.

Act 1: 41:34

Act 2: 1:10:27

Act 3: 2:02:44

Director - Renny Harlin

Cinematographer - Guillermo Navarro

Written by - Shane Black

Cast - Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima

We dive into the weird world of Edge of Tomorrow. In a violent alien future war, a media liaison is unwillingly forced to repeat the same beach landing offensive until he finds some way to stop it.

Act 1: 43:12

Act 2: 1:15:56

Act 3: 1:55:29

Director - Doug Liman

Cinematographer - Dion Beebe

Written by - Christopher McQuarrie and Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth

Cast - Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton

We dive into the weird world of Real Steel. In a future with violent boxing robots that only harm each other, a dead beat dad reconnects with his son.

Act 1: 37:55

Act 2: 1:02:21

Act 3: 1:50:54

Director - Shawn Levy

Cinematographer - Mauro Fiore

Written by - John Gatins(screenplay) Richard Matheson short story “Steel”

Cast - Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo