Cult Movies, Action & Adventure

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Actors:Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, ...
Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy
by Paramount (DVD) (Release Date: 1999-06-22)

Actors:Luana Anders, Luke Askew, Robert Ball, Tita Colorado, ...
Easy Rider
by Sony Pictures (DVD) (Release Date: 2002-06-04)

Actors:Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, ...
The Crow (Miramax/Dimension Collector's Series)
by Dimension (DVD) (Release Date: 2001-03-20)

Actors:Victor Arnold (II), Dominic Barto, Sherri Brewer, Drew Bundini Brown, ...
Shaft
by Warner Home Video (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-06-06)

Gordon Parks (The Learning Tree) directed this 1971 detective story about John Shaft (Richard Roundtree), an African American private eye who has a rocky relationship with cops, an even rockier one with Harlem gangsters, and a healthy sex life. The script finds Shaft tracking down the kidnapped daughter of a black mobster, but the pleasure of the film is the sum of its attitude, Roundtree's uncompromising performance, and the thrilling, Oscar-winning score by Isaac Hayes. Parks seems fond of certain detective genre clichés (e.g., the hero walking into his low-rent office and finding a hood waiting to talk with him), but he and Roundtree make those moments their own. Shaft had a couple of sequels and a follow-up television series, but none had the impact this movie did. --Tom Keogh

Actors:Lynn Baker, Dan Barrows, Susan Foster, Ed Greenberg, ...
Billy Jack
by Warner Home Video (DVD) (Release Date: 2004-06-01)

This time-capsule film from 1971 is a perfect example of having one's cake and eating it, too. Written and directed by filmmaker Tom Laughlin--and starring him in the title role--Billy Jack concerns a half-white, half-Indian karate expert who protects a free school built on principles of pacifism by kicking hell out of pesky rednecks. The story actually embraces that tension between Billy Jack's way of doing things and that of the school's founder (Delores Taylor), but their tension doesn't so much lead to an examination of principles as it leads to an excuse for Laughlin to incorporate fight scenes between hippie politics. Crude and brutal, the film is pretty exploitative of a viewer's torn sympathies, and in that way Billy Jack actually anticipates much of the simple-minded, violent fare that followed in the movies of the '70s and '80s. --Tom Keogh

Actors:Edward Abrahms, Christopher J.C. Agajanian, Gary Bettenhausen, Edward Booker, ...
Gone in 60 Seconds
by Bci / Eclipse (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-11-28)

Actors:Edie Adams, Marian Beeler, Pam Bille, Michael Caldwell (III), ...
Up in Smoke
by Paramount (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-11-21)

Cheech & Chong's first cannabis comedy is also their best, a souvenir from the more carefree days before "Just Say No," when people did not feel so defensive about inhaling. In 1978, the prevailing spirit was more like "Just Say Blow." Even New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael liked it (the movie, that is), adding that it was "an exploitation slapstick comedy, rather than a family picture, such as Blazing Saddles or High Anxiety--which means that it's dirtier, wilder, and sillier." The story has to do with bumbling potheads Cheech & Chong searching for primo bud, while being tailed by a team of inept law-enforcement officers, led by Sgt. Stedenko (Stacy Keach). Sample dialogue: When a cop pulls them over to ask if they are any illegal substances in his vehicle, Cheech replies: "Not any more, man." Up in Smoke is an irresistibly silly and charming movie that--despite, or perhaps because of, the national furor over drug use--plays today like a relic from a bygone era, a sweeter, ...

Actors:Norman Alden, Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger, ...
The Transformers - The Movie
by Rhino / Wea (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-11-07)

During the 1980s, one cartoon series ruled the airwaves... The Transformers. This paragon of consumerism was created with a dual purpose--to entertain and to galvanize children to buy the toys. Somewhere along the line, the show became a cult favorite, so in 1986 they fashioned an epic tale of good versus evil specifically for the big screen. The result looked vaguely like an animated remake of Star Wars. Who are the Transformers? The good guys are the Autobots: Optimus Prime, SoundWave, Jazz, Ultra Magnus, and many more. Their mortal enemies are the evil Decepticons, led by Megatron and StarScream. The Autobots must save their home planet from an evil entity known as Unicron (voiced by Orson Welles). At the same time, they must defend themselves from an all-out attack from the Decepticons. Along the way, lives are lost, battles are fought, and a new Autobot leader is born as another dies. The story and action never stop in a thrilling ride that often makes you forget that ...

Actors:Rudy Ray Moore, Lady Reed, Lord Java, Jack Kelly, ...
The Human Tornado
by Xenon (DVD) (Release Date: 2002-03-19)

In this sequel to the smash hit "Dolemite" Rudy Ray Moore is on the run from a redneck sheriff who has caught Dolemite with his woman.DVD Special Features:Original 1970s radio spots and restored theatrical trailer trivia game location tour with Rudy Ray Moore Dolby Surround encoded animated menus and much Moore!System Requirements: Running Time 86 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 000799100820 Manufacturer No: 23205

Actors:Sharon Bercutt, Joseph Hanwright, Sid Haig, Robbie Lee, ...
Switchblade Sisters
by Miramax (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-05-23)

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