Yo ho ho, this is an interesting, surprisingly gory film
Now, here's a film that should definitely be available on DVD by now. By the time I got around to watching this, I had completely forgotten what it was even supposed to be about - but I put away any misgiving once I saw that it starred Michael Caine and was based on Peter Benchley's post-Jaws novel of the same name. Admittedly, the movie is a little out there and has a couple of weaknesses in the plot, but the whole thing is realistic enough to be plausible and features some pretty shocking violence for a 1980 non-horror movie - the opening scene is a particularly effective attention-getter.
Michael Caine plays Blair Maynard, a New York journalist determined to get to the bottom of a rather shocking number of boats lost near the Bahamas in the last three years. As fate would have it, his son Justin (Jeffrey Frank) turns up in his office unexpectedly (the ex-wife having forgotten to even let Maynard know he was coming), so the two of them jet off to Florida for the...
50. CALIBER CARNAGE!
Investigative reporter Blair Maynard is looking into the disappearance of recreational water craft and their passengers over a three year period in the Caribbean. Unfortunately for Maynard and his son, his journey will unlock the chilling 300 year old secret of "The Island" and its inhabitants. What is the Island? What terror awaits Maynard and his son on the Island? Can anyone escape the Island?
In 1980 long before cable and satellite television would come to Windsor, we had decoder boxes hooked up to our televisions so we could receive the signal from ON-TV via WXON out of Detroit. Believe it or not, ON-TV was also the first network to broadcast the uncut version of the original "Dawn of the Dead" Thanks to ON-TV in 1980 I was able to see " The Island" starring Michael Caine and I've waited a long time to see this film again.
Thanks to Universal Studios a legitimate DVD is finally available for fans via their MOD program. The disc is manufactured on demand...
Pirates trapped in time
Think of The Hills have eyes or Wrong Turn but in the high seas. Yes very violent, very disturbing and absurd that such 18th century pirates are still around roaming these vast oceans? The coelecanth an 8 foot long fish believed to have been extinct for 30 million years was found on the coast of South Africa in 1938 and a school of it were found in the Indian Ocean 10 or so years ago. So the plot is plausible and unique and one of its kind intelligently conceived by Peter Benchley of Jaws fame. Not to mention the Caribbean is rich in colonial history in addition to the enigma of the Bermuda Triangle phenomena. Michael Caine and son are caught in a web of conflicts and delusion in this motley crue of ravaging despicable pirates or buccaneers in its English historical context. The browning machine gun scene with Michael Caine belongs to cinematic history's most powerful and violent shootout. David Werner one of Britain's great imports to Hollywood delivers a mind boggling performance as...
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