Nomination Year: 2005

SYNOPSIS: A really crappy film. Michael Paré (of The Philadelphia Experiment and The Greatest American Hero), with his slouchy demeanor and nasal, stupid-sounding voice, is like the bankrupt man's Sly Stallone. He plays Jim Randell, a renegade on-the-edge cop whose family was killed before his eyes when he was 6. With the help of a beautiful police psychiatrist, he uncovers the secrets of his past and goes after those responsible -- with extreme, extreme prejudice. This movie had more Overkills than almost any other I've seen in recent memory.

Smithee Award Nominations

"Alas, Poor Yorick"
That First Step's a Killer Jimmy witnesses the cheesy death of his family at the hands of a Hispanic madman. But it's the dad's death that's the most confusing. He gets hit/shot and starts to fall down in what looks to be the middle of a field, but then suddenly -- he's plummeting over a million-foot cliff!	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"Cutting Butter With A Chainsaw"
These Things Really Blow (Up) Here we have a bunch of motorcycles harassing our heroes in a parking garage. The cycles always hit something that explodes when they go down. The CYCLE doesn't explode, mind you, the thing it hits explodes. I particularly like the exploding railing/fence.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"Whoops!"
How Deep Are Those Pants Pockets, Anyway? He breaks into a warehouse so he can spy on the baddies across the way. But at the door, he has a backpack. Then, he doesn't seem to have it as he's walking through the warehouse. Then, his hand materializes a camera when he looks out the window. It's gone later. Then, suddenly, he has a gun. What's going on?	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"WHAT?!"

What Luck! What Luck! What Luck! This is a nice, cheesy car chase with some tasty elements. You've got the driving-ace friend helping Jim out. He goes up on two wheels in front of a train to escape from the bad guys. At least that's what I think we're supposed to believe. It's hard to tell. Then the baddies in the other car wipe out. Of course they explode, but not just an ordinary explosion. A gas-nozzle-from-nowhere opens up and adds fuel to to the fire. Then, we're supposed to swallow that some incriminating photographs -- just the ones he needs -- were thrown clear, unharmed. Right.

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Worst Acting
Ian Yule as Pembroke Pembroke walks into the scene in the captain's office. You win the prize if you can figure out what the hell accent he's supposed to be mumbling.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Yossi Wein	more often a cinematographer than a director

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Michael Paré	<Not Yet in Database>	Though he played Lt. Ray Bozeman in Gone and Bull Pruitt in Hope Floats, I will always know him as the Travolta-like jock Tony Villicana from "The Greatest American Hero."
Linda Hoffman	<Not Yet in Database>	Brooke in The Dentist flicks; Livia in Face/Off.
Justin Illusion	<Not Yet in Database>	hopefully this is a stage name
Ian Yule	<Not Yet in Database>	he was a career soldier, so hopefully he never discovers that he lost his only Worst Acting bid

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