Vampire's Kiss (1988)

A sex-obsessed man is convinced he's been bitten by a vampire and believes he's undergoing some sort of a transformation. This movie is pure insanity. Nicolas Cage dials it up to 11. What more is there to say? It's fucking brilliant.

4½ meme-worthy rants out of 5

Predator 2 (1990)

It had been over twenty years since I last watched Pred 2. It'll be at least another twenty before I can ever be talked into doing it again. It's an embarrassment to its 80s actioner parent. The real jungle is replaced by the concrete jungle. The anticipation is replaced by disappointment.
It’s a sci-fi action movie, so hoping that a change in locale will be used to highlight parallels about the nature of mankind's proclivities is perhaps too much to ask, but the subject is indeed touched upon. Bravo. But it's handled poorly and the film rarely manages to adequately tick even the boxes associated with its chosen genres. It succeeds mostly in being uglier.

1½ boned fish out of 5

The Running Man (1987)

On a scale of 01 to 10 (with 01 being Arnie’s worst acting ever and 05 being his best), The Running Man barely reaches 1.5.
It’s set in a futuristic, totalitarian society where public executions have been turned into a game show. Arnie, a man with morals, arms himself with one-liners and takes on the system. Yay for the common man. If it didn't have the satire it would have nothing worth a shit.

1½ romper suits out of 5