THE WRECKING CREW is, in some ways, what the world needs: a buddy action movie starring Dave Bautista (WRONG SIDE OF TOWN) and Jason Momoa (BULLET TO THE HEAD). Bautista sort of publicly wished it into existence, and the public agreed it should exist. The catch is that it went straight to the Evil Shipping Conglomerate Prime streaming service, so it’s arguable whether it really does exist unless it starts playing on cable (which is possible, since it’s already happened with their ROAD HOUSE remake).
It’s directed by Ángel Manuel Soto (CHARM CITY KINGS, BLUE BEETLE) and written by Jonathan Tropper (co-creator of Banshee and Warrior, showrunner of See, also with Momoa and Bautista). Also Matt Reeves (THE BATMAN, UNDER SIEGE 2) is one of the producers? That’s odd. Anyway it’s nothing substantial, but I liked it. (read the rest of this shit…)
Detective Jenny “Silk” Sleighton, the famous character created by Claudine St. James, is back three years later, keeping the streets of Honolulu safe once again. Except this time they don’t credit Claudine St. James, supporting my theory that there is no such person as Claudine St. James and they just put that credit on the first one to make the character seem extra pulpy. (And it worked.)
BLACKBELT II: FATAL FORCE is pretty different from part 1. It has the same producers (Roger Corman and Cirio H. Santiago), and continues the tradition of listing championship titles on the credits, but it doesn’t have the same characters or any story connection or seem like the same type of movie or same level of quality. Also, according to IMDb, it came out three years before part 1. Huh.
“Look Silk, I know it’s gonna be hard to recognize these cold cuts, but that’s your scag dealer, minus one ear.”
