Stepping Razor — Red X
Stepping Razor — Red X 1993. Directed by Nicolas Campbell, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . Judging from this insightful documentary, Jamaican reggae superstar Peter Tosh was a strange blend indeed. Part paranoid, part religious mystic, and part genius entertainer, Tosh’s success never quite managed to equal that of his former bandmate and…
Gunmen
Gunmen 1994, R, 90 min. Directed by Deran Sarafian, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Denis Leary, Patrick Stewart, Kadeem Hardison, Sally Kirkland. At its best, Gunmen is a pale imitation of other, better films. At its worst, it’s instantly forgettable. Or have I gotten those two reversed? It…
It’s All True: Based On an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles
It’s All True: Based On an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles 1993. Directed by Bill Krohn, Myron Meisel, Orson Welles, Ricahrd Wilson, Norman Foster, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . It’s All True provides a missing piece of film history. In 1942, while Orson Welles was completing The Magnificent Ambersons, his follow-up to…
Death in Brunswick
Death in Brunswick 1991. Directed by John Ruane, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Sam Neill, Zoe Carides, John Clarke, Yvonne Hawley. Some days it just doesn’t pay to clean up your life and grow up. The day Carl Fitzgerald finally stumbles out of his trashed-out Melbourne shack and tries to order his hapless,…
I’ll Do Anything
I’ll Do Anything 1994, PG-13, 115 min. Directed by James L. Brooks, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Nick Nolte, Albert Brooks, Julie Kavner, Joely Richardson, Tracey Ullman, Whittni Wright. After Terms of Endearment and Broadcast News, two remarkably provocative and entertaining films, Brooks’s next film was eagerly awaited. I’ll Do Anything, though, hit…
My Father the Hero
My Father the Hero 1994. Directed by Steve Miner, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Gerard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James, Lauren Hutton. Take Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, plot lines from Preston Sturges’s sociopathic screwball comedy The Lady Eve and a second-rate sitcom, add a dash of slapstick a la Jerry Lewis,…
The Getaway
The Getaway 1994, R, 115 min. Directed by Roger Donaldson, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Jennifer Tilly, Michael Madsen, Richard Farnsworth, James Wood. This remake of the 1972 Peckinpah gem lacks the Ali McGraw/Steve McQueen heart and soul of the original, opting instead for the vacuous and thoroughly forgettable…
The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk II
The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk II 1993, R, 95 min. Directed by Corey Yuen, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Jet Li, Josephine Hsiao, Michelle Reis, Adam Cheng. This is a sequel that is occasionally superior to the original. Jet Li returns as Chinese folk hero Fong Sai-Yuk, the well-shorn acolyte of the mother…
