What happens when you cast Rutger Hauer as a burnt-out Rick Deckard & have him hunt the Venom symbiote in London? You get the movie "Split Second", that's what!
Jace here Brandon! OMG Thank you so much for the review!!!!!! I'm saving watching it untill tonight so me and my bro can see it together but am so stinking excited!!!
Hey Brandon! Ok, here's the deal with the monster, it assimilates the DNA of it's victims into itself, including those it bites or scratches but lets survive. This is where the psychic connection comes in. That's why the three of them can "hear" it's heartbeat when it's nearby. But it is one of those blink and you miss it types of explanations. Love the channel, and glad you did those movie, loved "Split Second" back in the day. Love the fact that a damn missile launcher was "too fucking small!".
I worked at Blockbuster for 5ish years. Let me tell ya, there was nothing better than recommending a lesser known movie (like this) to a customer when they couldn’t find something to watch, and having them return and say how much they enjoyed it. Great times and great relationship building.
But after you'd wiped away the tears you'd take a gamble on something random. Sometimes it was truly, unspeakably awful. But every now and then it would be a real gem. Often way better than your original choice. Man, I really miss video shops!
I am a generation-z born in 2001 and during my childhood we often rented movies at blockbuster. It was stuff like Godzilla movies, MST3K, etc. Good times. Our town had 2 of the 3 last blockbuster video stores in America until both closed down. Now there is only 1 blockbuster left in America.
I just love Dick's little character development. From the good boy to nearly Stone's level of stress, needing more coffee. For all it's faults, I enjoy it everytime I see it.
Because when he finally saw the creature, and despite having HIT IT, that's when he went a bit nuts because he realized that this "crazy cop" he'd been partnered with...was the sanest one in the room.
There was a scene that was cut showing Durkin talking to his wife (who is very hot) about going someplace where she can be safe. She refuses until he just puts her over his shoulder to have sex with her to...distract her to the point of following his instructions?
I ran a movie theater back in 1992 -- and we had Split Second for two weeks (don't ask me how -- I think we sold like 17 tickets total during that span), but me and a buddy (who's no longer with us) stayed and watched it every night after work. It's great with booze and pizza.
Yup, one of my all time booze and pizza movies; along with I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle and The Runestone. I'm fairly sure the reason why they don't show the monster much is because the basic design is a man in a skin diving suit wearing a motorcycle helmet with some teeth glued to the front.
I worked at the movies when I was a teen around that time.We would get the new films and after work we would proof the reel.Which means showing the film after work to make sure there were no tears.And sometimes,us employees would stay after work and binge watch films and we wouldn't leave until 2-3 in the mourning.
@@thedragonlee76 Yeah, we did that too -- which was cool when it was some horror movie or comedy or something you wanted to see. Less exciting when it was something like Remains of the Day... :p
Gotta post this. I've seen this film too many times, so there may be head cannon ahead... If you missed the DNA part of the plot I am not surprised as it's an idea not well integrated but a lot of the film hangs on. The creature is an amalgam of rat and human DNA, probably a side effect of the disease being spread by the rats (see the street signs and Derkins fear of rats). It gains the DNA of anyone it injures and believes that it gains the power of the person and their soul by eating their hearts. It BELIEVES it's Satan, up to the viewer if it really is. The psychic connection has nothing to do with astronomy, the Scorpio thing is part of the serial killer taunting the detective Cliche from an earlier script. It's the magical DNA (cause that's how DNA works) that gives the psychic connection first to Stone when he is injured in the underground with foster then Dirkin after his stomach is slashed and Michelle after she is bitten in the shower. The connection is why Dirkin starts to get more like Stone at the end of the film (aka "We need bigger guns" and craving coffee and chocolate). The reason Stone shoots the heart is that, it's what he could "hear" through the psychic link whenever he was near the creature. Later in the underground we see that Dirkin hears it too but mistakes it for his own heart, causing him to break down in fear, it's what caused Stones panic attacks at the start of the film. By this point Stone realizes it's the creatures heart, allowing Stone to move past the fear and giving us the films "if it bleeds we can shoot it" moment. Shooting the heart is symbolic of the end to the nightmare as Stone had heard the sound of the heart, more than seen the enemy. Personally I saw this film on VHS as part of a double bill with the another Rutger Hauer film "Wedlock" I always had to fast forward through wedlock to watch Split Second
Yeah, that's all a pretty understandable interpretation of the text of the film. I'd also accept something very, very similar but involving the word "alien". This is something of a pet peeve of mine with "Bad Movie" Channels like this one; it's more than fine to call a movie like this confusing. I mean, when you're someone just watching a movie, it isn't really your job to put in a lot of effort to understand what's going on in it and forcing you to (especially at this level where all I can really call this is an 'interpretation' because it isn't really concrete) is a very real flaw. When you retell the plot of movies to tepid jokes for a living, though, it kind of Is your job, and not even trying like this and just treating everything that isn't super explicit about what's going on as wild and incoherent does a disservice to the film and your own credibility.
Wonderful analysis of the film's plot. Now the thing about this film.. You either have turn your brain off or overanalyze to heck to properly enjoy it. And in this comment section, you both kinds of people.
According to the wiki: "Durkin figures out that Stone escaped from it ten years ago, and it is now fixated upon killing Stone just as it previously killed Foster. In fact, as the movie progresses, each killing and "appearance" of the monster is an attempt to lure Stone closer and closer. The massive chest wound that Stone sustained all those years ago is what created the psychic link between Stone and the creature." So no it isn't the Devil, just some weird psychic monster. Also the bubbles at the end suggested not that it was not dead, but that there are more than one of them.
According to the rewrites there were some plotlines about a mutated disease caused by rats. I've always thought it was someone who was likely a satanic serial killer affected by the disease and became the monster. I believe the whole scorpio thing is that the monster was trying to become a demon
Mmm, not sure about the last part. Assuming the creature isn't dead is a lot more plausible than assuming there's more than one of them, since we've gotten no hints to the latter. Also don't really see the connection between chest wounds and psychic connections (maybe if, like, a piece of the creature got lodged inside Stone's body or something?), but that's the script's problem. I'm surprised Terminator didn't get a mention on the list of movies this film's, uh, "homaging"; that dance club looks pretty Tech Noir to me, though I suppose that was probably true of a lot of clubs at the time. Kinda weird that they decided to tack a horoscope thing onto the "occult killer" idea, too; seems to add a lot of restrictions without much payoff. Rutger deserves better!
Here in El Paso Texas the last Blockbuster closed in early 2016. The last movies we rented were Beetlejuice and The Godfather. That place is a clinic now.😔
@@ricardoaguirre6126 Dude, I'm from El Paso too! Do you mean the one in front of Albertsons? I went to that Blockbuster so many times. I still miss it. So many good memories.
@@ricardoaguirre6126 Oh, that one. It's a clinic too? I don't travel through that area much. I only went to that Blockbuster when it was closing and they were selling everything. I miss Blockbuster so much.
Yeah, Venom is cool, but the thing is that he's so vague and unique at the same time that you can't recreate what clicks in his design without people seeing right through it. Spawn kinda counts, but he was also created by Todd Mcfarlane so yeah
The early to mid 90s were awesome for movies, esp. ones most people don't remember or don't talk about enough. Hardware, Robot Jox, Split Second, I Come in Peace, The Guyver--the list goes on and on.
Pete Postlethwait got basically no mention of his passing. I didn't know about it till well after the fact. Rutger Howard actually got some decent mentions. Still again he was much more popular outside the US. He was actually doing some show in the UK (name escapes me) where he played like an orderly or something at a hospital. Good stuff.
@ted dymski Yep. As people have mentioned elsewhere in the comments other than Kim Cottrell not many of these folks are still around. And of the main recognizable cast literally just her as far as I'm aware.
One of the best moments of this movie is Durkin losing it at him and Stone's names, because that was actually Neil Duncan cracking up during that scene but Rutger Hauer kept it together so well they left it in.
Darth Games you see ...im an adult and was raised in a time when anxiety was for men returning from war and women raising children....not because my little pony got cancelled or because someone assumed my gender
@@JnEricsonx I didnt enjoy it as a child. As a teenager I loved it. As an adult I think it is near masterpiece for what it is. The Ronin blu ray is fucking fantastic looking.
I'm really glad Brandon's finally being recognized. A big cinephile friend of mine recommended him 4-5 years ago and right off the bat I knew this guy had "it". Not only talented, informative, but the humour feels natural. 126k subscribers is still too low for the quality he makes.
HIGHLY AGREED. I only discovered him like two days ago because... IDK, the algorithm showed him, and he was talking about The Demolitionist, and I could NOT. STOP. LAUGHING! This guy is great lmao
3:30 Brandon may mention this later, but Stephen Norrington did the creature and gun FX. His revolver has essentially the same barrel modification Blade has on his Mac-10 (and similar to the other guns in Norrington’s DEATH MACHINE).
Kim Cattrall is awesome and hot in everything. This movie, "Big Trouble In Little China", "Porky's", and even "Sex In The City". Yeah, I watched a few episodes. She was Cougarific in that show!
Him asking the dog reminds me of The Simpsons episode Who Shot Mr. Burns. When they were interrogating Maggie and Santa's Little Helper. And the cops were like they ain't talkin.
I was tinking it was Peter Weller (The guy who played Robocop and Bukaroo Bazaï) when I see him the first time (compare with Screamers and you'll understand!)
Even when he was (quite literally!) sleep-walking through a part (witness his reprise of Lothos in Dracula: Ascension!) he still steals the scene. This..? was fun. Gory, goofy fun! (w/LOTS of Heavy Firepower!!) Twas a different Age... dare I say, a better one...
I liked this one back in the day and especially remembered the iconic bits like the coffee pen thing, or the straight laced partner freaking out about really big guns. Thanks for reviewing this one. I just showed it to my wife and we both had a good time watching it
Jon Ericson I was gonna comment on that too, yeah Nimoy wasn’t happy about it at all, and if I remember it correctly she did it in character with the ears and everything. I could be wrong. This might be TMI but I’d pay to get a calendar or something with hot women of ST nude in character. The Duras sisters were kinda hot...the three Orion slave girls in ENT and TOS...hell, even really good photoshop! I’ll see myself out.
Ah, memories of early 90's Friday nights in the UK when we were too skint to go out clubbing : cheap beer, fish and chips, and a double bill of "Split Second" and "Lifeforce" on VHS rented for £1 from the run-down local video shop.
After seeing Ladyhawke in the theatre, I used to watch *anything* with Rutger Hauer - and rented this as soon as it hit the video store. But, I was sure it had a different ending than this. I remember him dying at the end. Weird.
I've never heard of this film despite being old enough for Blockbuster (maybe too young to rent it). I've often thought it strange that more cyberpunk movies aren't British or based in Britain given its history with Punk. I gotta get this movie Awesome review BTW
This movie is awesome I have seen it multiple times over the years and the scene in the armory is classic. While not a great movie it walks that fine line of just enough action to be entertaining and just enough comedy to not take its self seriously. A beer and popcorn movie at its best.
My mom let me rent this when I was a kid. I forgot about it for years. Some scenes and the poster art started to come back to me in my mind, but I could not remember the title. Now, thanks to Brandon, it's all coming back to me :)
Why this channel doesnt have 10x the subscribers it does is beyond me... I've been saved from so many terrible movie night experiences, while at the same time given some great ideas for movie nights!
Wait? In that scene when he talks fast, with that cigar in his mouth, Dick sounds like... (checks IMDB) Alistair Duncan! Who needs badass guns?! He's got the wisdom of Mimir and Nanomachines.
Wow! Thanks for this! I've been (mis)quoting this movie for years, but I could never remember the name of it! Now I can finally show my nephew what the hell I've been talking for half his life.
It recognize Rutger Hauer from the 1987 film "escape from sobibor"! Great (but dark and sometimes hard to watch despite a lighter overall tone) movie btw. In that movie he played as a badass Russian POW.
In many ways, this movie reminds me of “I Come in Peace/Dark Angel.” They actually complement each other, and should be watched back-to-back. Also, both feature Michael J. Pollard in cameos.
And blade runner and big trouble in little china too because Rutger Hauer was in blade runner and in this film he’s a lot more like Harrison Ford’s character in blade runner. And also Kim cattrall was in big trouble in little china when she played Kurt Russell’s girlfriend in that. And Michael J pollard was in tango and cash with Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone.
Well, it’s got a terminator vibe to it. Plus the way the both of them dress at the end all gearing up to kill the monster just makes me think what would happen if Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered to play Harley Stone before Rutger Hauer got the part. Plus it’s got Paul verhoeven vibes to it since Rutger Hauer has worked with Paul verhoeven more than once. Arnold worked with Paul too on total recall and was originally considered to play robocop. And also Gary Scott Thompson who wrote this film, helped write hollow man with Air Force one and end of days writer Andrew Marlowe which was directed by Paul verhoeven.
What happens when you cast Rutger Hauer as a burnt-out Rick Deckard & have him hunt the Venom symbiote in London? You get the movie "Split Second", that's what!
Hey Brandon, After You Review Godzilla Vs Destroyah; Could you review The Rebirth Of Mothra Trilogy, The Mysterians, Varan, Atragon & Space Amoeba?
Check out the Albert Pyun movie Nemesis if you haven't seen it yet. It's a good fit for your channel.
I love this movie!
Jace here Brandon! OMG Thank you so much for the review!!!!!! I'm saving watching it untill tonight so me and my bro can see it together but am so stinking excited!!!
Hey Brandon! Ok, here's the deal with the monster, it assimilates the DNA of it's victims into itself, including those it bites or scratches but lets survive. This is where the psychic connection comes in. That's why the three of them can "hear" it's heartbeat when it's nearby. But it is one of those blink and you miss it types of explanations.
Love the channel, and glad you did those movie, loved "Split Second" back in the day. Love the fact that a damn missile launcher was "too fucking small!".
I worked at Blockbuster for 5ish years. Let me tell ya, there was nothing better than recommending a lesser known movie (like this) to a customer when they couldn’t find something to watch, and having them return and say how much they enjoyed it. Great times and great relationship building.
Kids today have no idea of the crushing depression of going to the video store for that movie you want AND SOMEONE ALREADY HAD RENTED IT!!!!
Oh God, don't remind me...
too real man, too real...
But after you'd wiped away the tears you'd take a gamble on something random. Sometimes it was truly, unspeakably awful. But every now and then it would be a real gem. Often way better than your original choice. Man, I really miss video shops!
I am a generation-z born in 2001 and during my childhood we often rented movies at blockbuster. It was stuff like Godzilla movies, MST3K, etc. Good times. Our town had 2 of the 3 last blockbuster video stores in America until both closed down. Now there is only 1 blockbuster left in America.
Especially after the whiff of euphoria you get from the aroma of microwave popcorn and video head cleaner the moment you walk inside.
I just love Dick's little character development. From the good boy to nearly Stone's level of stress, needing more coffee.
For all it's faults, I enjoy it everytime I see it.
Because when he finally saw the creature, and despite having HIT IT, that's when he went a bit nuts because he realized that this "crazy cop" he'd been partnered with...was the sanest one in the room.
Just an advice, u should never write the words "dick" & "little" in the same sentence
There was a scene that was cut showing Durkin talking to his wife (who is very hot) about going someplace where she can be safe. She refuses until he just puts her over his shoulder to have sex with her to...distract her to the point of following his instructions?
Bigger fucking guns.
2:20, RIP, Rutger Hauer. 1944-2019. 😔
Hell with The Hitcher, you could call him one the best villians period.
He was as awesome as a villain as he was as a hero
Remember Ladyhawke?
@@thebrownbaldy Yes I do. He was great in that.
The only reason why I like this movie is because of Rutger Hauer, he makes this movie watchable! I miss Rutger Hauer, rest in peace...
he will be missed. he improved that whole Blade Runner speech.
chicostephenson One of the greatest monlogue ever spoken in a movie! Loved it!
Logan Waltz Oh yeah!
Aaron B It was an awesome film! ;) =)
Logan Waltz Hobo With a Shotgun, great indie film
Love that he used Spider-Man animated series Venom for the title card
I was gonna say ultimate spiderman venom from the games.
thats why I clicked
Jose Sosa nah, the eyes, the half Red half Blue outline, that’s definitely TAS Venom
Channel Awesome got the Nostalgic critic staff, editor’s, and a building And still can’t compare to a Canadian sitting on his couch talking to himself
And Brandon is actually trying, I might get some hate for that but Nostalgia Critic stopped being good in 2017-2018 in my opinion.
"WTF!!! BLACK GUY WOMEN GET IN HERE I'VE FOUND AN IRREGULARITY!!!" - Doug Walker
@@tonymata8070 I feel they stopped being good several years before that, but we still got Phelous and he left them long ago.
@@goufr3540 Phelous is one of my favs. 😃
@@tonymata8070 Not hard to figure that, especially since Tenold reviews movies similar to Phelous, minus the skits usually.
I ran a movie theater back in 1992 -- and we had Split Second for two weeks (don't ask me how -- I think we sold like 17 tickets total during that span), but me and a buddy (who's no longer with us) stayed and watched it every night after work. It's great with booze and pizza.
Yup, one of my all time booze and pizza movies; along with I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle and The Runestone.
I'm fairly sure the reason why they don't show the monster much is because the basic design is a man in a skin diving suit wearing a motorcycle helmet with some teeth glued to the front.
All Cult films are great with Booze & Pizza! I remember this flick though, it was alright.
I worked at the movies when I was a teen around that time.We would get the new films and after work we would proof the reel.Which means showing the film after work to make sure there were no tears.And sometimes,us employees would stay after work and binge watch films and we wouldn't leave until 2-3 in the mourning.
@@thedragonlee76 Yeah, we did that too -- which was cool when it was some horror movie or comedy or something you wanted to see. Less exciting when it was something like Remains of the Day... :p
I remember that Siskel and Ebert were MERCILESS when they review this, they really went in.
This whole movie looks like a 2000AD comic come to life.
That's what I thought. I think 2000AD really gets overlooked outside the UK.
YES !!! A shared universe
Omg you're right. I knew I liked it for a reason.
"Sadly, Stone's partner was killed *so* young the only photo they had was his audition headshot" is one of the best lines I've heard all year.
14:45 - “You will be this armless, legless, faceless little thing, won't you? Rolling down the street like a turd in the wind.”
Hahahaha....you forgot the momentary silence between a turd and in the wind.
Dynaman21 Nice Venom reference.
we are venom
best line of the movie and often heard in my Role playing games "We need to get bigger guns. Big fucking guns!"
Usually spouted by any character I play in a table top also
Did Kim's character scream, "Die rat bastard die!", or something similar?
"Well Satan is in deep shit!" is not bad either.
Absolutely
Irony, considering a variant of that line is in Mass Effect 1, and Dick Durkin's actor VOICES the Turian Councilor in that.
R.I.P. Rutger Hauer (1944-2019). I grew up watching your films between the 80s and 90s.
It’s the Blue tampon commercial fluid that really makes this review.
Now that he said it, I can't see that blue drink without thinking of it.
Gotta post this. I've seen this film too many times, so there may be head cannon ahead... If you missed the DNA part of the plot I am not surprised as it's an idea not well integrated but a lot of the film hangs on. The creature is an amalgam of rat and human DNA, probably a side effect of the disease being spread by the rats (see the street signs and Derkins fear of rats). It gains the DNA of anyone it injures and believes that it gains the power of the person and their soul by eating their hearts. It BELIEVES it's Satan, up to the viewer if it really is. The psychic connection has nothing to do with astronomy, the Scorpio thing is part of the serial killer taunting the detective Cliche from an earlier script. It's the magical DNA (cause that's how DNA works) that gives the psychic connection first to Stone when he is injured in the underground with foster then Dirkin after his stomach is slashed and Michelle after she is bitten in the shower. The connection is why Dirkin starts to get more like Stone at the end of the film (aka "We need bigger guns" and craving coffee and chocolate). The reason Stone shoots the heart is that, it's what he could "hear" through the psychic link whenever he was near the creature. Later in the underground we see that Dirkin hears it too but mistakes it for his own heart, causing him to break down in fear, it's what caused Stones panic attacks at the start of the film. By this point Stone realizes it's the creatures heart, allowing Stone to move past the fear and giving us the films "if it bleeds we can shoot it" moment. Shooting the heart is symbolic of the end to the nightmare as Stone had heard the sound of the heart, more than seen the enemy. Personally I saw this film on VHS as part of a double bill with the another Rutger Hauer film "Wedlock" I always had to fast forward through wedlock to watch Split Second
Totally underrated comment.
Yeah, that's all a pretty understandable interpretation of the text of the film. I'd also accept something very, very similar but involving the word "alien". This is something of a pet peeve of mine with "Bad Movie" Channels like this one; it's more than fine to call a movie like this confusing. I mean, when you're someone just watching a movie, it isn't really your job to put in a lot of effort to understand what's going on in it and forcing you to (especially at this level where all I can really call this is an 'interpretation' because it isn't really concrete) is a very real flaw. When you retell the plot of movies to tepid jokes for a living, though, it kind of Is your job, and not even trying like this and just treating everything that isn't super explicit about what's going on as wild and incoherent does a disservice to the film and your own credibility.
Wedlock was titled Deadlock when I saw it.
Great comment, too!
Wonderful analysis of the film's plot. Now the thing about this film.. You either have turn your brain off or overanalyze to heck to properly enjoy it. And in this comment section, you both kinds of people.
According to the wiki: "Durkin figures out that Stone escaped from it ten years ago, and it is now fixated upon killing Stone just as it previously killed Foster. In
fact, as the movie progresses, each killing and "appearance" of the monster is an attempt to lure Stone closer and closer. The massive chest wound that Stone sustained all those years ago is what created the psychic link between Stone and the creature." So no it isn't the Devil, just some weird psychic monster. Also the bubbles at the end suggested not that it was not dead, but that there are more than one of them.
Is post death fart.
Oh. Thank god. Now everything makes total sense.
I thought it was an alien.
According to the rewrites there were some plotlines about a mutated disease caused by rats. I've always thought it was someone who was likely a satanic serial killer affected by the disease and became the monster. I believe the whole scorpio thing is that the monster was trying to become a demon
Mmm, not sure about the last part. Assuming the creature isn't dead is a lot more plausible than assuming there's more than one of them, since we've gotten no hints to the latter. Also don't really see the connection between chest wounds and psychic connections (maybe if, like, a piece of the creature got lodged inside Stone's body or something?), but that's the script's problem.
I'm surprised Terminator didn't get a mention on the list of movies this film's, uh, "homaging"; that dance club looks pretty Tech Noir to me, though I suppose that was probably true of a lot of clubs at the time. Kinda weird that they decided to tack a horoscope thing onto the "occult killer" idea, too; seems to add a lot of restrictions without much payoff. Rutger deserves better!
15:54 it’s like if venom was designed by hr giger
As he should be
Nice! You win the Internet!
That sounds awesome.
I should do fanart of that
If that were true, there'd be a lot more rapey detachable genitals involved.
As a 90s kid I remember video stores. The rows upon rows of movies to pick from was pure bliss.
Here in El Paso Texas the last Blockbuster closed in early 2016. The last movies we rented were Beetlejuice and The Godfather. That place is a clinic now.😔
Me too.
@@ricardoaguirre6126 Dude, I'm from El Paso too! Do you mean the one in front of Albertsons? I went to that Blockbuster so many times. I still miss it. So many good memories.
@@truefanforum3273 no it was on the east side by Lee Trevino.
@@ricardoaguirre6126 Oh, that one. It's a clinic too? I don't travel through that area much. I only went to that Blockbuster when it was closing and they were selling everything. I miss Blockbuster so much.
"Then Satan's in deep sh*t!" One of the best lines in the movie!
Yeah, Venom is cool, but the thing is that he's so vague and unique at the same time that you can't recreate what clicks in his design without people seeing right through it.
Spawn kinda counts, but he was also created by Todd Mcfarlane so yeah
The early to mid 90s were awesome for movies, esp. ones most people don't remember or don't talk about enough. Hardware, Robot Jox, Split Second, I Come in Peace, The Guyver--the list goes on and on.
4:14 Rutger Howard and Pete Postlethwait in the same scene. RIP both of them.
Pete Postlethwait got basically no mention of his passing.
I didn't know about it till well after the fact. Rutger Howard actually got some decent mentions. Still again he was much more popular outside the US.
He was actually doing some show in the UK (name escapes me) where he played like an orderly or something at a hospital. Good stuff.
@ted dymski
Yep. As people have mentioned elsewhere in the comments other than Kim Cottrell not many of these folks are still around.
And of the main recognizable cast literally just her as far as I'm aware.
Stefan Sharak He played Roland Tembo in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
I'm actually shocked that Brandon didn't even acknowledge Pete Postlethwaite and just called him that "guy"!
@@salmansengul Actually he did mention his name. Later in the video.
I’ve never seen a film become this self aware of itself as it goes on, and then embrace its own ridiculousness.
“What kind of name is Dick Durkin?”
One of the best moments of this movie is Durkin losing it at him and Stone's names, because that was actually Neil Duncan cracking up during that scene but Rutger Hauer kept it together so well they left it in.
"Now he lives on anxiety, coffee and chocolate." - Rutger Hauer is playing a Millenial?
SsnakeBite not even close....he actually has a reason for anxiety
He said coffee not soy and semen latte with a shitty political message on the cup
@@mikek4610 How the fuck do you not have a reason for anxiety?
Darth Games you see ...im an adult and was raised in a time when anxiety was for men returning from war and women raising children....not because my little pony got cancelled or because someone assumed my gender
@@mikek4610 god bless you sir
Hardware.
Split Second.
Death Machine.
The perfect early 90's uk cyberpunk/2000 ad triple bill.
I really need to watch Hardware again some day. Saw it in theaters...Didn't like it as a kid.
@@JnEricsonx I didnt enjoy it as a child. As a teenager I loved it. As an adult I think it is near masterpiece for what it is. The Ronin blu ray is fucking fantastic looking.
Well that’s my next Saturday evening sorted out, thank you sir.
Wanted: Dead or Alive.
Hostle Waters.
'Nuff said!
Death Machine is so awesome. I'm not sure, but I think they made second part as well?
I'm really glad Brandon's finally being recognized. A big cinephile friend of mine recommended him 4-5 years ago and right off the bat I knew this guy had "it". Not only talented, informative, but the humour feels natural. 126k subscribers is still too low for the quality he makes.
Ippokun agreed
HIGHLY AGREED. I only discovered him like two days ago because... IDK, the algorithm showed him, and he was talking about The Demolitionist, and I could NOT. STOP. LAUGHING! This guy is great lmao
Eh, a bit of an exaggeration.
Funnily enough, Brandon now has more subs than most ex-CA content creators.
Brandon and StitchedTogetherPictures are my favorites when it comes to movie reviews.
Both are also heavily underappreciated.
I like to think of this movie as Shadowrun in cinematic form: really has that rare combo of magic and sci-fi
Fancy running into you here lol. I agree though, Rutger Hauer is basically live action Jake Armitage
@@jorts_master69 ::Takes a moment::: Well shit. Its the glasses though isnt it.
@@JnEricsonx Haircut, glasses, trenchcoat, facial structure, whole 9 yards lmao
@@jorts_master69 Fair enough. Can we get another Shadowrun game please? Its been 8 years ffs. We had those 3 literally back to back to back!
Pete Postlethwaite is one of the best parts of this movie and The Lost World
R.I.P.
Oh, did he not be afraid to be part of that rubbish? He deserved better.
"Sony going to sue somebody!"
They didn’t own Spidey yet
Dino-MYT G A M I N G “Marvel gonna sue somebody!”
"Flagged by Sony" to replace "Flagged by Toho".
10:35, RIP, Pete Postlethwaite.
I remember renting the hell out of this movie all the TIME as a kid lol it was one of my favorites. Rutger Hauer was such an amazing performer.
That guy, Dick Durkin, was in Jeremy Brett's Hound of the Baskervilles! Small world...
3:30 Brandon may mention this later, but Stephen Norrington did the creature and gun FX. His revolver has essentially the same barrel modification Blade has on his Mac-10 (and similar to the other guns in Norrington’s DEATH MACHINE).
But on a paintball gun😂
@@matthewhendershot4391 I wanted that gun so bad.
Kim Cattrall is awesome and hot in everything. This movie, "Big Trouble In Little China", "Porky's", and even "Sex In The City". Yeah, I watched a few episodes. She was Cougarific in that show!
And mannequin!
It was primarily her fault my 12-year-old brain thought SatS was porn.
Police Academy too.
She was in Big Trouble!? When? Where?
@@Obiwan1994Kenobi-iv4jf She was Kurt Russell's love interest. Gracie Law.
Him asking the dog reminds me of The Simpsons episode Who Shot Mr. Burns. When they were interrogating Maggie and Santa's Little Helper. And the cops were like they ain't talkin.
THIS IS A DEMAND! You need to review every Rutger Hauer movie in existence!
14:00, RIP Michael J. Pollard.
I'm trying to think if anyone in this movie besides Kim Cottrell of note is still with us. Damn, that is depressing.😞
Rutger Hauer looks more badass here then that Dracula 3D shit he was in.
I was tinking it was Peter Weller (The guy who played Robocop and Bukaroo Bazaï) when I see him the first time (compare with Screamers and you'll understand!)
Even when he was (quite literally!) sleep-walking through a part (witness his reprise of Lothos in Dracula: Ascension!) he still steals the scene. This..? was fun. Gory, goofy fun! (w/LOTS of Heavy Firepower!!)
Twas a different Age... dare I say, a better one...
@@Sidragrosm You he's better here in this movie. then dracula 3d right?
@@megalon73 Never even SAW Dracula 3D - I hate the thought of seeing Rutger in such trash, what w/his passing and all...
@@Sidragrosm He deserve a better role then that. and title character Dracula need a better movie in the modern days of movie's.
DUDE, I SAW THIS WHEN I WAS 5 YEARS OLD!!!! THANKS FOR FINDING THIS! the monster does look like Venom!
Nice
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I liked this one back in the day and especially remembered the iconic bits like the coffee pen thing, or the straight laced partner freaking out about really big guns. Thanks for reviewing this one. I just showed it to my wife and we both had a good time watching it
Rutger definitely elevates the film.
I saw this in the theaters, and I remembered Kim Catrall's hair. "Hey--that's the same haircut she had in Star Trek!"
Same haircut, more nipples.
Fun fact she got the same titties too.
@@KenMabie
😂😂😂👍
@@KenMabie Which she tried showing off in a photo shoot on the Enterprise set during ST6. Needless to say...Nimoy was PISSED.
Jon Ericson I was gonna comment on that too, yeah Nimoy wasn’t happy about it at all, and if I remember it correctly she did it in character with the ears and everything. I could be wrong.
This might be TMI but I’d pay to get a calendar or something with hot women of ST nude in character. The Duras sisters were kinda hot...the three Orion slave girls in ENT and TOS...hell, even really good photoshop!
I’ll see myself out.
Ah, memories of early 90's Friday nights in the UK when we were too skint to go out clubbing : cheap beer, fish and chips, and a double bill of "Split Second" and "Lifeforce" on VHS rented for £1 from the run-down local video shop.
I can relate, a bottle of cpt. Morgan and a few mates, watching Hammer horror night on 4 😅! It was around 96 if memory still serves me.
This movie was called Detective Stone in Italy.
Chi dorme non piglia pesci.
Re-watched this, along with Salute The Jugger, with old friends recently to mark the passing of Rutger Haurer. It was a good night in.
After seeing Ladyhawke in the theatre, I used to watch *anything* with Rutger Hauer - and rented this as soon as it hit the video store. But, I was sure it had a different ending than this. I remember him dying at the end. Weird.
Everytime you review a movie I'm like yep I remember seeing that cover at blockbuster.
Glad you finally got to this video store classic.
I just love this flick, everything RH is in is pure entertainment gold.
4:04, that's one way of describing him, for all the right things.
4:24
"I don't wanna hear it Stone! That cannon of yours is against regulations! In this department we go by the book"
BANG
"Bye book"
Lmao I just saw that episode last night
Watched many times over in my youth loved every moment of it.
I've never heard of this film despite being old enough for Blockbuster (maybe too young to rent it). I've often thought it strange that more cyberpunk movies aren't British or based in Britain given its history with Punk. I gotta get this movie
Awesome review BTW
This movie is awesome I have seen it multiple times over the years and the scene in the armory is classic. While not a great movie it walks that fine line of just enough action to be entertaining and just enough comedy to not take its self seriously. A beer and popcorn movie at its best.
I loved this movie when I was young ,but I'm dutch and I love Rutger Hauer.
Michiel Goudzwaard what’s not to love?
"London Necropolis" - Yep, sounds like a great movie or an early 80s Goth band
I miss Rutger Hauer. He was the best in "Ladyhawke." My absolute favorite film of his. When he died, I was like, "No! Not Navarre!"
Think that's messed up? Imagine if he'd died in November last year, not just 2019. Think about it.
@@JnEricsonx Is this referring to "Blade Runner?" I like the movie, but he was a great knight.
@@peanuts_ma8965 Yeah. Remember in Blade Runner, it takes place in November 2019. Roy Batty dies in that month,
i can quote lines from this movie. thanks for the review dude.
4:34 A killer who rips peoples hearts out?🤔
Oh it’s Harry Warden from My Bloody Valentine. Case closed.
Split Second is one of my all-time favorite flicks featuring Rutger Hauer.
2:58 I think the design of Jake Armitage from shadowrun snes is based on Stone
You just gave me a nostalgia boner.
We need a live-action Shadowrun, with Jake as the lead, just so we can hear him comment, "been dead before, it sucked."
I was saying same thing. www.reddit.com/r/Shadowrun/comments/f7caqd/has_anyone_seen_split_second/
@Zoomer Waffen Put an ok in front of that for big laughs.
Prolly based on Decker from Bladerunner.
11:42, we need bigger guns!
Big f*cking guns!
Brandon sorta missed to include some of the best lines of this movie I think...
The movie poster was less revealing in Argentina, showing the cop on a hallway and not the monster
RIP Rutger, you are a legend. Love all your movies.
I'm guessing that for this year of Brandon's 2020 reviews will be focusing on late 1970s to mid 1990s cult classics
I love the idea of the monster stopping by the local Qwickie Mart for a bag of ice to pack that heart.
When I saw the original theatre version in the 90s, it dealt with Chinese astrology.
My mom let me rent this when I was a kid. I forgot about it for years. Some scenes and the poster art started to come back to me in my mind, but I could not remember the title.
Now, thanks to Brandon, it's all coming back to me :)
This would have been great on MST3K - Crow goes nuts over Kim Cattrall
Why this channel doesnt have 10x the subscribers it does is beyond me... I've been saved from so many terrible movie night experiences, while at the same time given some great ideas for movie nights!
Well, he is growin by leaps and bounds
13:49 for Rutger Hauer ashing into his freshly carved partner's gaping chest wound.
This video itself with the titlecard opening the actual review takes me back to the early 2010's
As a 90’s kid I still have my block buster card and I’ve never seen that box art
From what I remember, the monster was never shown on the posters or trailers.
Thanks ffor that, loved that movie when it came out of video. A real forgotten classic
This is great movie,monster effects at the end are bit dissapointing, but atmosphere is awesome.
You had me at "Rutger Hauer".
my favorite VHS tape when i was a kid. we wore it out watching it.
Thanks man for doing this movie. Was/is one of my favorite movie and been looking for it for like 15+ years.
So cool wierd movie haha
Wait? In that scene when he talks fast, with that cigar in his mouth, Dick sounds like... (checks IMDB) Alistair Duncan!
Who needs badass guns?! He's got the wisdom of Mimir and Nanomachines.
Finally catching up to your new stuff. Only found your channel a few months ago. Audio quality improved so much. Great job
I loved this movie when I was a teen :D
Wow! Thanks for this! I've been (mis)quoting this movie for years, but I could never remember the name of it!
Now I can finally show my nephew what the hell I've been talking for half his life.
Glen Danzig wore those alien hands on Danzig 777: I Luciferi
LOL nice catch!
I remember watching this on VHS in the barracks.
I miss the horror and B movie section in my local Blockbuster. Good Times
missed this during my early video store days except for previews; had to get my rutger hauer from the hitcher.
It recognize Rutger Hauer from the 1987 film "escape from sobibor"! Great (but dark and sometimes hard to watch despite a lighter overall tone) movie btw. In that movie he played as a badass Russian POW.
The four people who disliked this video were the ones who had their hearts ripped out in the movie.
In many ways, this movie reminds me of “I Come in Peace/Dark Angel.” They actually complement each other, and should be watched back-to-back. Also, both feature Michael J. Pollard in cameos.
I literally did that like 2 weeks ago
And blade runner and big trouble in little china too because Rutger Hauer was in blade runner and in this film he’s a lot more like Harrison Ford’s character in blade runner. And also Kim cattrall was in big trouble in little china when she played Kurt Russell’s girlfriend in that. And Michael J pollard was in tango and cash with Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone.
Good to see a new video from you on my vacation.
Dick's actor is the same guy who voices Celebrimbor in the Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War games. I only hear Celebrimbor every time he speaks...
He's also Mimir in God of War, and the Turian COuncilor in the ME games.
As well as gaming's favorite meme-spouting senator, Steven Armstrong from Metal Gear Rising.
4:16 I love the way Brandon, a well-noted film buff, refers to the great Pete Postlethwaite as simply "This guy."
👍 😁
Rutger’s partner is turning into Kosmo Kramer
Props to you, bro. Thanks to your channel, you've given me one hell of a B-Movie list. Keep up the great work
Me, when I see this poster ( 0:22 ): IT'S AN ENNEMY STAND!
I didn't know there was an R rated film adaptation of 'Venom' back in 1992!
13:52 more like Terminator 1 clothes.
Yep, Stone's partner is wear the just about same outfit as Arnold in the first Terminator
Well, it’s got a terminator vibe to it. Plus the way the both of them dress at the end all gearing up to kill the monster just makes me think what would happen if Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered to play Harley Stone before Rutger Hauer got the part. Plus it’s got Paul verhoeven vibes to it since Rutger Hauer has worked with Paul verhoeven more than once. Arnold worked with Paul too on total recall and was originally considered to play robocop. And also Gary Scott Thompson who wrote this film, helped write hollow man with Air Force one and end of days writer Andrew Marlowe which was directed by Paul verhoeven.
I just watched this movie recently. RIP Rutger Hauer you were the MAN.
1990's Venom looks decent enough.
Split Second is one of my favorite HBO movie of the 1990s.