Ghost Watcher 2 Director(s): David A. Cross (Ghost Watcher) Writer(s): David A. Cross (Ghost Watcher) Starring: Jillian Byrnes What impresses me most about director/writer David A. Cross is that Lions Gate distributed his first effort, Ghost Watcher, at the end of October 2004. A year later, in the same month of 2005, Ghost Watcher II [...]

Ghetto Dawg 2 Release Date: 2005 (USA) Genre: Drama Director(s): Jeff Crook & Josh Crook (both of Sucker Punch) Writer(s): Christine Conradt (A Killer Upstairs, The Perfect Nanny) Staring: Will Sierra, Paris Campbell, Kelvin Coffey Unfortunately, I remember nothing about the original Ghetto Dawg. I know that I saw it, but at this point I [...]

Gang of Roses Release Date: 2003 Genre: Action | Drama | Western Director: Jean-Claude La Marre (Go For Broke, Sugar Valentine) Writer: Jean-Claude La Marre (Nora’s Hair Salon, Sugar Valentine) Starring: Lil’ Kim, Bobby Brown, Mario Van Peebles, Glenn Plummer, LisaRaye, Stacey Dash “Hey, you! Go make an 1800s western with black, female cowboys avenging [...]

Game Over Release Date: 4 April 2006 (USA) Genre: Action | Drama Director(s): Peter Sullivan Writer(s): Max Miller Starring: Andre McCoy, Daz Crawford, La Trice Harper had a friend over my place when my April screener package from Maverick Entertainment arrived. The first movie to pop out was Tortillas Again? “Wow, this one is going [...]

The Game is Dead Release Date: 2005 Genre: Crime | Drama Director(s): Shaheed Shaheed Writer(s): Shaheed Shaheed Starring: Shaheed Shaheed, Treach, Aaliyah Hi The Game is Dead is a low budget urban film that is nearly two hours long. As if you weren’t already not going to watch The Game is Dead, that should solidified [...]

First Degree Release Date: 2007 (Spain) Genre: Mystery | Drama Director(s): Stephen Eckelberry Writer(s): Karen Black (Men) & Richmond Riedel Starring: Erika Eleniak, James Russo, C. Thomas Howell, Jack Scalia, Karen Black, James Wilder A group of yuppies get together and things happen. Ever since the term itself came in vogue during the 80s, that [...]

Firefight Release Date: 2003 Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller Director(s): Paul Ziller (Bloodfist IV: Die Trying, Snakehead Terror) Writer(s): Elizabeth Sanchez & Paul Ziller (both of Avalanche Alley) Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Steve Bacic, Nick Mancuso To give you an idea of how the direct-to-video industry will readily latch onto anything popular, Firefight was actually [...]

Final Voyage Release Date: 7 October 1999 (Malaysia) Genre: Action | Drama Director(s): Jay Andrews (aka Jim Wynorski) Writer(s): Andrew Stevens (Intrepid) & James Morley III (Intrepid) Starring: Ice-T, Erika Eleniak, Dylan Walsh, Claudia Christian More classic Jim Wynorski (as Jay Andrews, of course) schlock here, as he tackles the aspect of terrorists taking over [...]

Final Impact Release Date: 1992 Genre: Action | Drama Director(s): Joseph Merhi (Rage) & Stephen Smoke (Street Crimes) Writer(s): Stephen Smoke (Magic Kid) Starring: Lorenzo Lamas, Kathleen Kinmont, Michael Worth When Van Damme found success with Kickboxer, Bloodsport, and Lionheart, the direct-to-video world responded accordingly. And by accordingly, I of course mean every single direct-to-video [...]

Fighting Tommy Riley Release Date: 2006 (Italy) Genre: Drama | Sport Director(s): Eddie O’Flaherty Writer(s): J.P Davis Starring: Eddie Jones, J.P. Davis, Christina Chambers J.P. Davis clearly has a brass set of balls, as he decided to pull a Sylvester Stallone on Hollywood when it came to his script for Fighting Tommy Riley. When Stallone [...]