Death Wish II isn’t a great sequel by any means and like the first, hard to really “enjoy” the film or find it terribly entertaining given the assaults early on, though seeing the scumbags getting their justice had satisfying elements at least.
Twisting the Knife is the next collection of films from filmmaker Claude Chabrol and includes The Swindle, The Color of Lies, Nightcap and The Flower of Evil and has a plethora of bonus features for each film.
Moonfall might’ve made for an entertaining disaster film but the film feels dated feeling and looking like a relic of the 1990s and a cast that includes Halle Berry who clearly looks disinterested. I suppose if you’re interested this might be worth a rental.
Rundown of the major releases from the April 2022 Arrow Films including 12 Monkeys (4K Ultra HD), Robocop (4K Ultra HD), Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (4K Ultra HD) and The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter.
Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema VI presents three more crime-dramas by Kino Lorber and includes Singapore, Johnny Stool Pigeon and The Raging Tide. This set was released on April 26th.
Dirty O’Neil is an interesting crime-drama to say the least, a bit slow early on and the central character isn’t terribly interesting, not helped by Morgan Paul who doesn’t have a whole lot of charisma.
American Flyers debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars Kevin Coster, David Grant, Rae Dawn Chong and Alexandra Paul.
Jigsaw, based on the novel “Sleep Long, My Love”, is a British crime-mystery starring Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis and Yolande Donlan arrived on Blu-ray and DVD on April 5th from Kino Lorber.
Desperate Riders is a western-suspense-thriller starring Drew Waters, Vanessa Evigan, Trace Adkins and Tom Berenger and was released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 5th.
Rogue Cops and Racketeers: Two Crime Thrillers by Enzo G. Castellari features two solid Italian films released by Arrow Video, and includes great video and audio transfers to go along with a good selection of bonus features.
Spider-Man: No Way Home was probably my favorite of the “trilogy” with an okay story, albeit thin and on the contrived side, but the character and their developments were pretty entertaining.
Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the date and released artwork for the suspense-thriller Agent Game starring Dermot Mulroney, Annie Ilonzeh, Jason Isaacs, Katie Cassidy and Mel Gibson.
Scream 2022 is a decent entry into the now vaunted franchise. The kills are gorier than ever and the new cast actually mostly work and it’s nice to see the three legacy cast members back one more time even if their roles are on the limited side.
Tenetacles comes to Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics and stars John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda and comes out April 12th.
New Year’s Evil is a ho-hum horror movie with little horror and the kills pretty standard. Save for the finale, this is a bore of a film that might have a minor following but for myself, little about this was enjoyable outside of Kip Niven’s creepy but fun performance.