The simple premise: A killer android (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent back to 1984 to assassinate the mother (Linda Hamilton) of a resistance leader of the future. A soldier of that resistance (Michael Biehn) is also...
1990s / Comedy / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published October 27, 2013 · Last modified February 5, 2019
Tim Burton (Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands) takes on comic science fiction in Mars Attacks!, a big-screen narrative version of the cult Topps trading card series from the early 1960s, in which Martian in flying saucers are...
After an assistant D.A. (Scacchi, Shattered) is found brutally murdered, all the evidence points to D.A. Rusty Sabich (Ford, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), who was involved with an affair with her shortly before her death....
1980s / Action / Adventure / Science Fiction
by Vincent Leo · Published November 22, 1999 · Last modified December 29, 2019
Before the ponderous space odyssey, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, opened, Paramount planned for a follow-up. Due to the costly production problems they experienced, the sequel would be a modestly budgeted film made by...
Reviews from film writer Vince Leo, covering all eras and genres of films from classics to the latest releases.
Film reviews from Vince Leo, from classics to new releases, since 1996.
