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So tonight, for the first time in ages, I exercised Mom-privilege and booted the kids out of the front room so I could watch an R pic.

Midnight Ride is worthy of a verse in the "Mark Hamill Fan Lament."

He's fabulous! Starts by trading on the "Adorable+harmless" image, ends by getting these orgasmic looks when he kills people. (Very sexy, very disturbing)

Plot: one big freakin car chase. Ok, taxi, police car, bus, ambulance, etc, chase.

Seriously Squicky Moment : He presents his lady driver with a special present: a key ring he's made for her. Out of lanyard and someone's eyeball. Later, sucks on the eyeball rather absently.

Robert Mitchum has seen better days and better roles. Pity. He was pretty convincing as the shrink. David Warner would have been better and creepier. With him, we'd wonder if he'd contributed to the insanity. ("Of course it's an evil asylum when David Warner is your shrink and John Glover is answering phones at the front desk." --review of In the Mouth of Madness)

As a B movie, I give it 4 stars. It's not Slipstream but it's almost enough to take the bad taste of Laserhawk out of my mouth.
Definitely worth 2 hours.

Now where's my screencap software...


(Speaking of Mr. Warner, I went and ordered Body Bags where he and Debbie Harry run a hair clinic. I understand Stacy Keach's breakdown in something to watch. Besides which, mostly naked Mark in another segment.)

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See, i didn't get that it was a glass eye. which is why I went EWWWWW!

My favorite bit is
when Dudikoff says "You can tie me to the hood of a taxi again and we'll drive some more."
The utterly hopeful puppy dog face he gives as he says "Promise?" just makes the scene.