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
( cut for the squeamish )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.)