The Suspense is Killing Us

Super Vehicles: one of the best micro-genres out there. You take some kind of conveyance, be it a boat or a blimp or what have you, and you super it up! Not much to it, that's why exactly 2/3 of all Super Vehicle movies are great, just like the three below.

BLUE THUNDER (1983, John Badham)
CYCLONE (1987, Fred Olen Ray)
STEALTH (2005, Rob Cohen)

What happens when the cliche-ridden dream factory of Hollywood clashes with the hard bitten realities of genuine cops and/or pilots? We find out, with three Hollywood movies that accurately demonstrate the difference between true life and make-believe!

THE HARD WAY (1991, John Badham)
INTO THE SUN (1992, Fritz Kiersch)
HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE (2003, Ron Shelton)

Brat Pack luminary Molly Ringwald made a string of thrillers in the mid to late 90's, playing the villain, the victim, and some lady who works in an office. Was she able to replicate her teen idol success of the 80's? The answer may or may not surprise you!

MALICIOUS (1995, Ian Corson)
OFFICE KILLER (1997, Cindy Sherman)
REQUIEM FOR MURDER (1999, Douglas Jackson)

Before he was Frank Drebin, before he had a special set of skills, before he was Schindler, tall Irish actor Liam Neeson already had a decade plus in the biz. The men he played were always tall, but not always Irish, and that's where the trouble began.

NEXT OF KIN (1989, John Irvin)
UNDER SUSPICION (1991, Simon Moore)
RUBY CAIRO aka DECEPTION (1992, Graeme Clifford)

We figured now was probably the perfect time to do an episode about nuclear annihilation! We're talking about three very different movies involving The Bomb, all of which seem to agree that it would be pretty bad if one went off.

WAR GAMES (1983, John Badham)
MIRACLE MILE (1988, Steve De Jarnatt)
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS (2002, Phil Alden Robinson)