Demolition High

Welcome back to the blog, ladies and germs! So no I will not be watching the next Witchcraft movie. Not because I am sick of the lovely Stephanie Beaton. She's been an absolute doll. No, it is more of the mindset is I wanted to plug another Jim Wynorski film and plenty of you that seem to enjoy those read-through, so changing up is always good. So how about a hostage scenario with a high school and only the misfit kids can thwart the terrorists? This is Demolition High.

Jinkies, I'm lost and insanely hot.

Now there are too many critics giving this the title, "Toy Soldiers Knock-off" and that is complete crap. These particular films of this action category has been Die Hard over and over. Toy Soldiers: Die Hard in a school. Under Siege: Die Hard on a Battleship. Passenger 57: Die Hard on a plane.  Air Force One: Die Hard on a plane again and Cliffhanger: Die Hard on a mountain. Cast less aspersions is all I am getting at, fellow critics.

Now then, on with the film. Our flick opens with night exterior on a lonesome check gate. A tawny, long legged brunette claims she is running a delivery and is lost to the gate guard (George 'Buck' Flower of Escape from New York, Starman, Back to the Future, Cheerleader Camp, Maniac Cop and They Live). Looking that gorgeous. Uh huh. Tanya (Rocky DeMarco of The Wasp Woman, The Assault, Desert Thunder, Raptor, The Curse of the Komodo, Vampire in Vegas and Camel Spiders) pulls a fast one, smokes the guard with a Desert Eagle and a cadre of paramilitary commandos in plain clothes and led by Luther (Jeff Kober of Falcon Crest, China Beach, Kindred: The Embraced, Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer,The Hills Have Eyes II and Sons of Anarchy) proceed to their raid.

Couldn't help but notice all the Uzi 9mms they had. Garage Sale from Night of the Comet?

Rebellious kid Lenny (Corey Haim of Lucas, Silver Bullet, The Lost Boys, License to Drive, Fast Getaway, Fast Getaway II, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Lost Boys: The Tribe and Crack: High Voltage) loves stickin' it to the man. The man being his father who is police chief. A standard by the book dad and anarchistic son and how they don't truly understand one another. Why, it would take a near death scenario for them to come together. Saaaay...

Ignore the bowl cut. I'm cool.

You almost feel bad for the two cops chasing the truck from last night's heist. Pretty sure one was only days away from retirement. Luther and crew had a fair degree of firearms, explosives and braggadocio they lay claim to the school and prepare to hand out their demands.

Establishing a perimeter and a rapport is the good police chief and General Wainwright (Dick Van Patten of Violent Midnight, Westworld, Love, American Style, The New Dick Van Dyke, The Streets of San Francisco, Eight is Enough, The Love Boat and Spaceballs) as the squabble with each other over jurisdiction and what is best to do with the terrorists in question.

Meanwhile Lenny with a handful of martial arts and some evil tricks seems to be handing the terrorists their collective asses. That being said, Corey Haim's bowl cut is so painful to look at. Just can't stand that hair cut EVER.

Now for me, the big attraction is the bad girl Tanya played by Rocky DeMarco with her tight black leather vest, waves of curled black hair, that cocky half-opened smile. Yes I was a tad smitten.

I did laugh hearing Alan Thicke curse. Yeah I'm of the Growing Pains generation so yes this was a tad surprising. Death by circular saw was a different attack. Spoilers, Alan Thicke wasn't hit by it, I just couldn't think of a transitional comment to make from one point to the next there.

Next time on Ms. 45, The Series.

I have read enough critics and armchair directors exclaiming everything from bad acting, cheap effects, a horrible script. If the movie had a parrot, they would have thrown rocks at it. Okay it is not Shakespeare. Love Rocky's terrorist with an insane blood lust. Jeff Kober giving great villain with his deep imposing voice, he and Rocky had great rapport and honestly Corey is doing a pretty damn good job with the one-liners. As for me, I am making 8 is Enough references, watching gun fights, explosions and decent fight sequences.

Personally I am scared for Lenny. Guy had no problem blowing guys away, using tools and hardware and breaking out the martial arts. Might possibly be either an action hero or a serial spree killer. Pure sociopath.

Enough love for this movie dubbed it worthy of a sequel, Demolition University but Jim Wynorski isn't involved with that so it may get left on the back burner for awhile. Over all this film has been deemed underrated. Got solid action, decent lines and I was losing my mind noticing all the character actors. Sorry cromagnon males, no titty. You will adjust or not.

You ain't from around here are ya, boy?

Curse of the Komodo

And we are back. Well as I mentioned on Facebook, I wanted to see some more Jim Wynorski films, so we will journey through the jungles of some remote island (regions of California and Hawaii) and see what mischief we can get up into. In the Isla Damas, an unusually large reptile now roams these jungles. This is Curse of the Komodo.

The girls are "abreast" of the situation.

With a night time excursion into the jungles, a team of military men proceed in, unaware of what lurks in this forgotten region. Hanson(Ted Monte of Komodo vs. Cobra, Solar Flare, Bikini Royale, The Lair and Dire Wolf) are all that's left of the spec ops group because the creatures made them snack food in no time at all. Seriously, I think they may have doused themselves in barbecue sauce and went for the gullet.

Meeting up with Becky (Gloria-Anne Gilbert of Treasure Hunt, Countess Dracula's Orgy of Blood, The Breastford Wives, Cry of the Winged Serpent), daughter of said genetic mad scientist, they can hide behind an electric fence. Just don't whiz on it. Moving on, Nathan Phipps (William Langlois of The Shooter, Tycus, Thy Neighbor's Wife, Cheerleader Massacre, Lost Treasure, Final Examination,The Curse of the Komodo and Bone Eater)and his assistant Dawn (Gail Thackray of Hard to Sorority House Massacre II, Hard to Die, Forbidden Games, Alien Escape, Sucker, Masseuse 3 and Revamped) contact the Naval Chief of the based in Hawaii(um wouldn't they be talking to a commander or higher?  Admitting ignorance of Naval Chain of Command) as their assignment was to create large quantities of food and not gigantic reptiles of mass destruction. 

Electric Lounge Lizard!

 The food effected them and caused them to grow.  Remember kiddies, genetic tampering is the new atomic mutations. It does everything.  Naturally the Komodos slurped down our military boys in no time and they want to bomb the island to avoid any investigation into this misappropriations of funds. Ze superweapons!

The Naval stock footage was a great idea and less time constraint to contend with trying to get a ton of permission vs.just a few aerial shots and then sets built.   Less hassle to ask for a fly by instead of trying to get onto a ship to shoot.

Meanwhile a casino heist just went down with Drake (Paul Logan of L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach, Stripper Wives, Savage Season, Way of the Vampire, The Vault, Vampire in Vegas and Mega Piranha) Tiffany (Rocky Demarco of Wasp Woman, Demolition High, The Assault, Agent Red, Cheerleader Massacre, Vampire in Vegas and Camel Spiders) and Reece(Cam Newlin ofThe Curse of the Komodo and The Village Barbershop) as they fled courtesy of a helicopter flight with pilot Jack. Hmm, is that Cherokee Jack I wonder.

With a raging storm that was explained happening prior, Jack has to land on the island for their own safety. Oh the irony there, Jack. I love how much of a control freak Drake is. Assuming the radio even worked, he is convinced their pilot will call in the Coast Guard. DUDE! He flew away three crooks. You think he can sidestep the Coast Guard and the local authorities looking into this theft? Oh they had a gun on me the whole time. Especially during the turbulence and that's why I still have a head.

Sir, shouldn't we have red shirts for this mission?

Yes fellow critics, I know. The muzzle flashes are CGI, the Komodo is CGI and yeah I noticed the Enfield Phipps carried was never bolt racked and was treated as semi-automatic instead. Boo hoo.

We can all lose our crap over M-16s being used instead of M4s if you like.

Was curious how evil seemed to get its comeuppance and I loved the disco light poles "electric fence" force field barrier. I know many of my critic brethren want to call this schlocky creature feature when I view it as harmless fun. Admittedly the saliva induced zombification was not explained but you can't have everything.

With the island teeming with komodo life, our thieves find themselves teaming up with the scientists and handymen in order to escape the island and avoid becoming komodo poops.

Not sure why midriffs needed to be seen but Rocky Demarco is clearly crunching those abs. Will our intrepid bunch avoid the super mutations? Will Drake continue to be a control freak? Will Becky fulfill her nudity clause?

There is a conglomerate of pretty faces being attacked by a CGI monster, government cover-up and weapons left on infinite ammo mode. And you point is what? Okay so it's not Gone with the Wind. I'm glad for that. With some mild nudity, occasional foul language, these folk are shooting at tennis balls. Not really smacking each other around, just some meager bitching among the menfolk. Oh yeah, the pissing and moaning is all the guys.

So yes. Have fun with this one. Have maybe a riffing party, drinking game on tropes or just kick back and enjoy a bit of mindless violence. It's all good either way.

She finds Tiffany quite "titillating".