Cult Cuts Volume 31 (Return to the Video Store: Full Moon Rising Part One)
#3/4: Dollman (1991)
(7/10): Starring Tim Thomerson from Trancers as the titular Dollman, directed by cult director Albert Pyun and scored by Richard Band, the film offers up a solid amount of fun to had, but it did leave me wanting more as I was expecting something a bit different than what I got.
It follows Brick Bardo who, after dealing with the law in his own ways once again after suspension from the force he has left his planet and then crashes on Earth. People look the same as they do back on his planet on Earth except that on Earth the size ratio is drastically different meaning that he is about the size of a toy to them.
He manages to save a woman from a group of street hoodlums with his advanced weapons but after he gets taken in by her and her son the hoodlums come across someone who Brick has previously dealt with, and all that remains of him is a head that floats on a hovering machine and he strikes a deal with the hoodlums as he has a weapon of his own that could potentially turn them into a deadly threat.
It's silly but Tim Thomerson makes it worth a watch as he brings his same kind of energy and charisma that he had in Trancers which elevates it up as he's a pretty solid character actor.
The score is also quite interesting as it's not the usual type of score that I've heard from Full Moon, it sounds very nineties and hip-hop oriented which is an odd but welcome change of pace.
The effects are solid for a low budget production and it is making me come around on some of Full Moon's stuff as, when they have the money, they can actually make quite fun little movies and with this one being 82 minutes, again just like Doctor Mordrid, it's easy to digest and doesn't overstay its welcome.
#3/4: Dollman (1991)
(7/10): Starring Tim Thomerson from Trancers as the titular Dollman, directed by cult director Albert Pyun and scored by Richard Band, the film offers up a solid amount of fun to had, but it did leave me wanting more as I was expecting something a bit different than what I got.
It follows Brick Bardo who, after dealing with the law in his own ways once again after suspension from the force he has left his planet and then crashes on Earth. People look the same as they do back on his planet on Earth except that on Earth the size ratio is drastically different meaning that he is about the size of a toy to them.
He manages to save a woman from a group of street hoodlums with his advanced weapons but after he gets taken in by her and her son the hoodlums come across someone who Brick has previously dealt with, and all that remains of him is a head that floats on a hovering machine and he strikes a deal with the hoodlums as he has a weapon of his own that could potentially turn them into a deadly threat.
It's silly but Tim Thomerson makes it worth a watch as he brings his same kind of energy and charisma that he had in Trancers which elevates it up as he's a pretty solid character actor.
The score is also quite interesting as it's not the usual type of score that I've heard from Full Moon, it sounds very nineties and hip-hop oriented which is an odd but welcome change of pace.
The effects are solid for a low budget production and it is making me come around on some of Full Moon's stuff as, when they have the money, they can actually make quite fun little movies and with this one being 82 minutes, again just like Doctor Mordrid, it's easy to digest and doesn't overstay its welcome.