Tag Archive for 80’s movie

Bloodsport

Director Newt Arnold Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Bolo Yeung Rated R Score 3.5/6 When a martial arts-trained soldier learns of an underground fight-to-the-death tournament through the last words of his dying sensei, he must travel to Hong Kong while avoiding capture from his military superiors so he can fight his way…

Fletch

Director Michael Ritchie Starring Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Score 5/6 Rated M Irwin M. “Fletch” Fletcher is a newspaper reporter being offered a large sum to off a cancerous millionaire, but is on the run, risking his job and finding clues when it’s clear the man is healthy. On a whim I brought…

Wargames

Director John Badham Starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy & John Wood Rated PG Score 6/6 A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. First things first, when i sat down to watch WarGames, Ally Sheedy’s line about 41 being…

Arena

Director Peter Manoogian Starring Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Camp & Claudia Christian Rated M Score 2.5/6 A human becomes an unlikely rising star in the biggest fighting tournament in the galaxy that’s dominated by alien species. For those of you who might be interested after some quick research I found out that Arena is considered as…

Masters of the Universe

Director Gary Goddard Starring Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella & Meg Foster Rated PG Score 4/6 The heroic warrior He-Man battles against the evil lord Skeletor and his armies of darkness for control of Castle Grayskull. I suppose there are more than a few jokes that can be made about Masters of the Universe especially considering…

Willow

Director Ron Howard Starring Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis Rated PG Score 5/6 A young farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a special baby from an evil queen. I’ve been meaning to take a look at Willow for at least a month and when I heard that a…