After.Life

2009 American Horror Film

Director: Agnieszka Wójtowicz-Vosloo

Writer: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, Paul Vosloo & Jakub Korolczuk

Cinematography: Anastas N. Michos

Running time: 104 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Life is the symptom. Death is the cure.

Cast:

Christina Ricci as Anna Taylor

Liam Neeson as Eliot Deacon

Justin Long as Paul Coleman

Celia Weston as Beatrice Taylor

Chandler Canterbury as Jack

Plot

A young woman caught between life and death... and a funeral director who appears to have the gift of transitioning the dead, but might just be intent on burying her alive.

Awards: None

Trivia

The prop knife used by Anna (Christina Ricci) is the same one used by Alex (Glenn Close) in Fatal Attraction. 

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3 stars out of 5 stars

13 Hours in a Warehouse

2007 American Horror Film

Director: Dav Kaufman

Writer: Dav Kaufman

Cinematography: Adam Olson

Running time: 92 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Their lives were snuffed out. . . now they're back for vengeance!

Cast:

Paul Cram as Craig Teller

Chars Bonin as Randy Hancock

Carson Lee as Steve Johnson

Cody Lyman as Paul White

Daniel Jay Salmen as Mike Hancock

Meisha Johnson as Jennifer Wilkins

Kathryn Vento as Ghost #1

Rachel Grubb as Ghost #2

Carly McMenoman as Ghost #3

Kati Batchelder as Gallery Owner

Mark Wipple as Body Guard #1

Terry Jones as Body Guard #2

Daniel Mayer as Mr. Hancock

Plot

As five underworld heavies settle in for an all night stay at an abandoned warehouse and former film studio, a series of bizarre and unsettling occurrences quickly lead them to believe they are not alone. It was supposed to be a simple night of babysitting a single hostage, but when a series of numbers began to appear on the walls things soon took a dark turn. 

Awards:

1. Gold Award- Fantasy/Horror Dav Kaufman- WorldFest Houston

Trivia: None

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3 stars out of 5 stars

The Wolfman

2010 American Werewolf Horror Film

Director: Joe Johnston

Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker & David Self

Cinematography: Shelly Johnson

Running time: 103 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: When the moon is full the legend comes to life

Cast:

Benicio del Toro as Lawrence Talbot / The Wolfman

Anthony Hopkins as Sir John Talbot

Emily Blunt as Gwen Conliffe

Hugo Weaving as Inspector Francis Aberline

Geraldine Chaplin as Maleva

Art Malik as Singh

Antony Sher as Dr. Hoenneger

David Schofield as Constable Nye

Simon Merrells as Ben Talbot

Cristina Contes as Solana Talbot

Michael Cronin as Dr. Lloyd

Nicholas Day as Colonel Montford

Clive Russell as MacQueen

Roger Frost as Reverend Fisk

Shaun Smith as Carter

Plot

Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf.

Awards:

1. Oscar- Best Achievement in Makeup Rick Baker & Dave Elsey- Academy Awards, USA
2. Saturn Award- Best Make-Up Rick Baker & Dave Elsey- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

Trivia

Many actors, including Gene Simmons and David Lee Roth, were called in to do the Wolfman's howls. 

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Vampyres

1974 Erotic Vampire Film

Director: José Ramón Larraz

Writer: D. Daubeney & Thomas Owen

Cinematography: Harry Waxman

Running time: 87 minutes

Country: United Kingdom

Tagline: They shared the pleasures of the flesh, and the horrors of the grave!

Cast:

Marianne Morris as Fran

Anulka Dziubinska as Miriam

Murray Brown as Ted

Brian Deacon as John

Sally Faulkner as Harriet

Michael Byrne as Playboy

Karl Lanchbury as Rupert

Margaret Heald as Receptionist

Gerald Case as Estate Agent

Bessie Love as American Lady

Elliott Sullivan as American Man

Plot

A lesbian vampire couple waylay and abduct various passer-byes, both male and female, to hold them captive at their rural manor in the English countryside in order to kill and feed on them to satisfy their insatiable thirst for blood.

Awards: None

Trivia

The house is Oakley Court, used for exteriors in several Hammer films, and for The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It was later turned into a luxury hotel. 

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Unleashed

2005 American-British-French Martial Arts Action Thriller Film

Director: Louis Leterrier

Writer: Luc Besson

Cinematography: Pierre Morel

Running time: 103 minutes

Country: United States, France & United Kingdom

Tagline: Chained by Violence. Freed by Music

Cast:

Jet Li as Danny the Dog

Morgan Freeman as Sam

Bob Hoskins as Bart

Kerry Condon as Victoria

Vincent Regan as Raffles

Dylan Brown as Lefty

Tamer Hassan as Georgie

Michael Jenn as Wyeth

Scott Adkins as Swimming pool fighter

Silvio Simac as Swimming pool fighter (uncredited)

Michael Ian Lambert as The Stranger

Plot

A man reared into behaving like a dog, escapes from his captor to start a new life, who seeks to reclaim him because of his unnatural martial arts skills that are triggered when unleashed.

Awards: None

Trivia

Morgan Freeman's character Sam was at first not blind at all. After hearing from a piano school for the blind (with a very high reputation, and where the scholars developed their hearing), Freeman had the idea of making his character blind because like this it is easier for Sam to "see" the child in Jet Li's character, and not the brutal killer. 

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Take Me Home Tonight

2011 American Retro Comedy Film

Director: Michael Dowse

Writer: Jackie Filgo & Jeff Filgo

Cinematography: Terry Stacey

Running time: 97 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Best. Night. Ever.

Cast:

Topher Grace as Matt Franklin

Anna Faris as Wendy Franklin

Dan Fogler as Barry Nathan

Teresa Palmer as Tori Fredreking

Anney Tesloyn Gomez as Donna Kepler

Chris Pratt as Kyle Masterson

Michael Biehn as Bill Franklin

Lucy Punch as Shelly

Michelle Trachtenberg as Ashley

Demetri Martin as Carlos

Michael Ian Black as Pete Bering

Bob Odenkirk as Mike

Angie Everhart as Trisha Anderson

Jay Jablonski as Benji

Edwin Hodge as Bryce

Candace Kroslak as Ally

Nathalie Kelley as Beth

Robert Hoffman as Tyler "Dance Machine" Jones

Ryan Bittle as Rick Herrington

Seth Gabel as Brent Tufford

Plot

Four years after graduation, an awkward high school genius uses his sister's boyfriend's Labor Day party as the perfect opportunity to make his move on his high school crush.

Awards: None

Trivia

Topher Grace revealed that the heavy drug use in the film caused the delayed release. Grace and director Michael Dowse wanted to "do something that felt like it was literally made in the '80s" and not a parody of that generation. Grace believed it wouldn't be the 80's without heavy cocaine use, so there was "real hesitation" on part of the studios. The film ended up sitting on the shelf until Ron Howard and Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment came to the rescue. According to Grace, they even ended up "putting stuff back" in the film, rather than having to cut. 

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Sabotage

1936 British Thriller Film

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: Charles Bennett

Cinematography: Bernard Knowles

Running time: 76 minutes

Country: United Kingdom

Tagline:  ...A Bomb Plot ...A Killing ...Justice

Cast:

Sylvia Sidney as Mrs Verloc

Oskar Homolka as Karl Anton Verloc

Desmond Tester as Steve

John Loder as Sergeant Ted Spencer

Joyce Barbour as Renee

Matthew Boulton as Superintendent Talbot

S.J. Warmington as Hollingshead

William Dewhurst as The Professor

Charles Hawtrey as a Studious Youth

Peter Bull as Michaelis (uncredited)

Plot

A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.

Awards: None

Trivia

Some critics objected to the way Alfred Hitchcock chose to end the sequence involving the delivery of the bomb on the bus. Hitchcock, stung by the criticism, is said to have regretted his decision. Nonetheless, the treatment is faithful to Joseph Conrad's book. 

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Requiem for a Vampire

1971 French Erotic Horror Film

Director: Jean Rollin

Writer: Jean Rollin

Cinematography: Renan Pollès

Running time: 95 minutes

Country: France

Tagline: Two young girls...trapped...With no escape! Forced to submit to the Horrors of the Pit!

Cast:

Marie-Pierre Castel

Mireille Dargent as Michelle

Philippe Gasté as Frédéric

Dominique as Erica

Louise Dhour as Louise

Michel Dalesalle

Antoine Mosin

Agnès Petit

Olivier François

Dominique Toussaint

Agnes Jacquet

Anne-Rose Kurra

Paul Bisciglia as L'homme au Vélo

Plot

A vampire lures beautiful young women to his castle in Europe.

Awards: None

Trivia

Several versions of the film were released on DVD in different countries

Buy

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Phantoms

1998 American Horror Film

Director: Joe Chappelle

Writer: Dean Koontz

Cinematography: Greg Littlewood & Richard Clabaugh

Running time: 91 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: For centuries they told us the terror would come from above. We've been looking the wrong way.

Cast:

Peter O'Toole as Dr. Timothy Flyte

Rose McGowan as Lisa Paige

Joanna Going as Jennifer Paige, M.D

Liev Schreiber as Deputy Stuart 'Stu' Wargle

Ben Affleck as Sheriff Bryce Hammond

Nicky Katt as Deputy Steve Shanning

Clifton Powell as Gen. Leland Copperfield

Rick Otto as Scientist Lockland

Valerie Chow as Scientist Yamaguchi

Adam Nelson as Scientist Burke

John Hammil as Scientist Talbot

John Scott Clough as Scientist Shane

Michael DeLorenzo as Soldier Velasquez

William Hahn as Scientist Borman

Robert Himber as Scientist Walker

Bo Hopkins as Agent Hawthorne

Robert Knepper as Agent Wilson

Plot

150 dead and 350 missing in the tiny mountain town of Snowfield, Colorado. And that's only the beginning...

Awards: None

Trivia

The "flatworm theory" used in the movie (that flatworms can eat the remains of their own kind and absorb their knowledge) is based on actual tests given to flatworms which involved seeing how quickly they would make the "correct" turn at a Y-intersection after eating the previous experimenters. The results were more inconclusive than the film says. 

Buy

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Offspring

2009 American Horror Film

Director: Andrew van den Houten

Writer: Jack Ketchum

Cinematography: William M. Miller

Running time: 100 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: They’ll lust for your life.

Cast:

Jessica Butler as Eartheater

Kelly Carey as Loreen Kaltsas

Holter Graham as Vic Manetti

T.J. Graye as Gloria

Stephen Grey as First Stolen

Amy Hargreaves as Amy Halbard

Taylor Piedmonte as Miles Harrison

Art Hindle as George Chandler

Erick Kastel as Stephen Carey

John Kochahney as Cave Baby

Matt Larkin as Cop #1

Daniel Lemieux as Cop #2

Spencer List as Rabbit

Jack Ketchum as Max Joseph (as Dallas Mayr)

Pollyanna McIntosh as The Woman

Scott Mellema as Detective

Emma Elizabeth Messing as Baby Melissa (as Emma Messing)

Andrew Elvis Miller as David Halbard

Will Miller as Biting Baby Double

Preston Mulligan as Boy

Ed Nelson as Cow (as Edward Nelson)

Tommy Nelson as Luke

Frank Olsen as Will Campbell

Leigh Shannan as Second Stolen

Ahna Tessler as Claire Carey

Robert Tonino as EMS

Andrew van den Houten as Assistant Medical Examiner

Jana Veldheer as Hitchhiker Susan

Rachel White as Girl

Luke Sass as Policeman

Peter Sass as Policeman

Tommy Sass as Policeman

Tracy Lorenz as Policeman

Chris Martinez as Policeman

Plot

Survivors of a feral flesh-eating clan are eating their way through the locals. Amy Halbard and Claire Carey strive to survive their abduction by the cannibals and save their children. A subplot involving Claire's despicable husband, Steven, gives an opportunity to cleverly compare predatory civilized folk to the appetite-driven primitives.

Awards: None

Trivia

At least one of the cannibals in this movie is really a vegetarian. 

Buy

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4 stars out of 5 stars

No Strings Attached

2011 American Romantic Comedy Film

Director: Ivan Reitman

Writer: Elizabeth Meriwether

Cinematography: Rogier Stoffers

Running time: 108 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Friendship has its benefits

Cast:

Natalie Portman as Dr. Emma K. Kurtzman

Ashton Kutcher as Adam Franklin

Greta Gerwig as Patrice

Jake Johnson as Eli

Cary Elwes as Dr. Metzner

Mindy Kaling as Shira

Kevin Kline as Alvin Franklin

Chris Bridges as Wallace

Olivia Thirlby as Katie Kurtzman

Lake Bell as Lucy

Ophelia Lovibond as Vanessa

Talia Balsam as Sandra Kurtzman

Guy Branum as Guy

Phil LaMarr as Police Officer William Harris

Adhir Kalyan as Kevin

Ben Lawson as Sam

Matthew Moy as Chuck

Jennifer Irwin as Megan

Abby Elliot as Joy

Nasim Pedrad as Writer Oliver Kurtzman

Mollee Gray as Sari

Stefanie Scott as Young Emma

Plot

A guy and girl try to keep their relationship strictly physical, but it's not long before they learn that they want something more.

Awards:

1. Teen Choice Award- Choice Movie Actor: Romantic Comedy Ashton Kutcher-Teen Choice Awards

Trivia

Ivan Reitman's first R-rated since the film Stripes.

Buy

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Lady of Burlesque

1943 American Mystery Film

Director: William A. Wellman

Writer: James Gunn

Cinematography: Robert De Grasse

Running time: 91 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: Mirth! Murder! Melody! Mystery! and Girls! Girls! Girls!

Cast:

Barbara Stanwyck as Deborah Hoople, aka Dixie Daisy

Michael O'Shea as Biff Brannigan

Iris Adrian as Gee Gee Graham

Charles Dingle as Inspector Harrigan

J. Edward Bromberg as S.B. Foss

Frank Conroy as 'Stacchi' Stacciaro

Victoria Faust as Lolita La Verne

Gloria Dickson as Dolly Baxter

Marion Martin as Alice Angel

Frank Fenton as Russell Rogers

Stephanie Bachelor as The Princess Nirvena

Pinky Lee as Mandy

Eddie Gordon as Officer Pat Kelly

Janis Carter as Janine

Lou Lubin as Moey, the Candy Butcher

Gerald Mohr as Louie Grindero

Bert Hanlon as Sammy

Claire Carleton as Sandra

George Chandler as Jake

Lee Trent as Comic

Don Lynn as Comic

Plot

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out whom the killer is before they strike again.

Awards: None

Trivia

It is commonly assumed that Craig Rice, mystery writer from the 1940s and roommate of Gypsy, ghost-wrote "The G-String Murders" for her. However, this has been disputed both on stylistic grounds and on the evidence of manuscripts. 

Buy

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Kingdom of the Spiders

1977 Horror Science-Fiction Film

Director: John "Bud" Cardos

Writer: Alan Caillou & Richard Robinson

Cinematography: John Arthur Morrill

Running time: 97 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: A new species of horror is born.

Cast:

William Shatner as Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen

Tiffany Bolling as Diane Ashley

Woody Strode as Walter Colby

Lieux Dressler as Emma Washburn

David McLean as Sheriff Gene Smith

Natasha Ryan as Linda Hansen

Altovise Davis as Birch Colby

Joe Ross as Vern Johnson

Marcy Lafferty as Terry Hansen

Adele Malis-Morey as Betty Johnson (as Adele Malis)

Roy Engel as Mayor Connors

Hoke Howell as Earl Forbes

Bill Coontz as Clyde

Whitey Hughes as The Baron

Jay Lawrence as Deputy

Bettie Bolling as Mildred Cobb

Anita Merritt as Waitress (as Juanita Merritt)

Nadia Caillou as Screaming Woman

Valla Rae McDade as Screaming Woman

Jon-Jon as Injured Boy

Plot

Investigating the mysterious deaths of a number of farm animals, vet Rack Hansen discovers that his town lies in the path of hoards of migrating tarantulas. Before he can take action, the streets are overrun by killer spiders, trapping a small group of towns’ folk in a remote hotel.

Awards: None

Trivia

$50,000 of the movie's budget went towards spiders. The producers offered to pay $10 each for live tarantulas, and handlers collected 5,000 of them. 

Buy

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Johnny Got His Gun

1971 Anti-War film

Director: Dalton Trumbo

Writer: Dalton Trumbo

Cinematography: Jules Brenner

Running time: 111 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: The most shattering experience you'll ever live.

Cast:

Timothy Bottoms as Joe Bonham
Kathy Fields as Kareen
Marsha Hunt as Joe's Mother
Jason Robards as Joe's Father
Donald Sutherland as Christ
Charles McGraw as Mike Burkeman
Sandy Brown Wyeth as Lucky
Don 'Red' Barry as Jody Simmons (billed as Donald Barry)

Plot

Joe, a young American soldier, is hit by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in a hospital bed in a fate worse than death --- a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth and nose. He remains conscious and able to think, thereby reliving his life through strange dreams and memories, unable to distinguish whether he is awake or dreaming. He remains frustrated by his situation, until one day when Joe discovers a unique way to communicate with his caregivers.

Awards:

1. FIPRESCI Prize-Dalton Trumbo-Cannes Film Festival
2. Grand Prize of the Jury- Dalton Trumbo-Cannes Film Festival
3. Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film Dalton Trumbo- Kinema Junpo Awards

Trivia

Only a minor success at the time of its release, this long-forgotten film became well known in 1989 when it was incorporated in the Metallica video "One" (1989), which turned it into a cult item. 

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Insidious

2011 American Independent Supernatural Horror Film

Director: James Wan

Writer: Leigh Whannell

Cinematography: David M. Brewer & John R. Leonetti

Running time: 102 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: It's not the House that's Haunted.

Cast:

Patrick Wilson as Josh Lambert

Rose Byrne as Renai Lambert

Ty Simpkins as Dalton Lambert

Lin Shaye as Elise Rainier

Leigh Whannell as Specs

Angus Sampson as Tucker

Barbara Hershey as Lorraine Lambert

Andrew Astor as Foster Lambert

Corbett Tuck as Nurse Adele / Doll Girl #2

Heather Tocquigny as Nurse Kelly

Ruben Pla as Dr. Sercarz

John Henry Binder as Father Martin

Joseph Bishara as Lipstick-Face Demon

Philip Friedman as Old Woman

J. LaRose as Long Haired Fiend

Kelly Devoto as Doll Girl #1

Plot

A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.

Awards: None

Trivia

The mask Elise puts on to enter the world of dreams is the same as the mask used by the The Sandman, the master of dreams, in the comic book series of the same name, created by Neil Gaiman. 

Buy

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4 stars out of 5 stars

Hall Pass

2011 Comedy Film

Director: Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly

Writer: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Pete Jones & Kevin Barnett

Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti

Running time: 109 minutes

Country: United States

Tagline: One week. No rules.

Cast:

Owen Wilson as Rick Mills

Jason Sudeikis as Fred Searing

Jenna Fischer as Maggie Mills

Christina Applegate as Grace Searing

Joy Behar as Dr. Lucy

Alexandra Daddario as Paige

Nicky Whelan as Leigh

Stephen Merchant as Gary Putney

J.B. Smoove as Flats

Larry Joe Campbell as Hog Head McCormick

Richard Jenkins as Coakley

Vanessa Angel as Missy

Alyssa Milano as Mandy

Megan Joy as Burger Girl

Bo Burnham as a bartender

Dwight Evans as Maggie's father

Kathy Griffin as herself

Plot

Rick and Fred, two husbands who are having difficulty in their marriages, are given a Hall Pass by their wives: for one week, they can do whatever they want.

Awards: None

Trivia

It cost $200,000 to get the rights to use the Law & Order chimes for the "Day 1-7" title cards. 

Buy

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4 stars out of 5 stars

G.I. Joe: The Movie

1987 Animated Film

Director: Don Jurwich

Writer: Ron Friedman

Running time: 93 minutes

Country: United States

Cast:

Charlie Adler as Low-Light

Shūko Akune as Jinx

Jack Angel as Wet Suit

Jackson Beck as Narrator

Michael Bell as Duke, Xamot, Blowtorch and Lift-Ticket

Gregg Berger as Motor-Viper

Earl Boen as Taurus

Arthur Burghardt as Destro and Iceberg

Corey Burton as Tomax

William Callaway as Beach Head

François Chau as Quick Kick

Peter Cullen as Zandar and Nemesis Enforcer

Brian Cummings as Doctor Mindbender

Jennifer Darling as Pythona

Laurie Faso as Tunnel Rat

Hank Garret as Dial Tone

Richard Gautier as Serpentor

Ed Gilbert as General Hawk

Dan Gilvezan as Slip Stream

Zack Hoffman as Zartan

Kene Holliday as Roadblock

John Hostetter as Bazooka

Don Johnson as Lt. Falcon

Buster Jones as Doc

Chris Latta as Cobra Commander, Gung Ho, and Ripper

Morgan Lofting as Baroness

Chuck McCann as Leatherneck

Michael McConnohie as Cross Country

Mary McDonald-Lewis as Lady Jaye

Burgess Meredith as Golobulus

Ron Ortiz as Law

Rob Paulsen as Snow Job

Patrick Pinney as Mainframe

Poncie Ponce as Red Dog

Lisa Raggio as Zarana/Heather

Bill Ratner as Flint

Neil Ross as Buzzer, Dusty, Monkeywrench and Shipwreck

Brad Sanders as Big Lob

Ted Schwartz as Thrasher

Sgt. Slaughter as Sgt. Slaughter

Kristoffer Tabori as Mercer

B. J. Ward as Scarlett

Vernee Watson-Johnson as Scientist

Lee Weaver as Alpine

Frank Welker as Torch, Wild Bill and Order

Stan Wojno Jr. as Lifeline

Plot

The G.I. Joe force must oppose a Cobra organization that has secretly allied with a subterranean reptilian who were their founders.

Awards: None

Trivia

The movie was being produced by the same company, and at the same time, as The Transformers: The Movie. It had been agreed that both movies would suffer the loss of the lead heroes, Optimus Prime and Duke. Production had begun on G.I. Joe first, and was thus expected to be released first. During the production of the two films, G.I. Joe Got held up while Transformers finished production. Release dates were changed and Transformers got a theatrical release in 1986. Optimus Prime's death sparked some controversy and caused the writers to change Duke's death to a coma. G.I. Joe never got to the theaters, and was released to video instead. Had G.I. Joe been released first, Optimus Prime might have survived the movie. According to story consultant Buzz Dixon, however, if you watch the "Duke goes into a coma" sequence with the volume turned down, it's obvious that Duke actually dies at the end of the scene.

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4 stars out of 5 stars