Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.
Music comedy and spoof horror are all combined in this uniquely low-budget attack on conventional horror movies! When a high-level government experiment goes terribly awry a group of giant mutated tomatoes roll through suburbia on a spree of mayhem and murder...
Part of the gritty, punk-inspired wave of US independent cinema of the early 1980s, Out of the Blue is a bleak, harrowing drama. Essentially the vision of actor and director Dennis Hopper, the film finds the man behind the sepia-tinged soul searching of Easy Rider at a far lower ebb, in terms of the tone of the film and his own character, Donny. The undoubted star of the movie, however, is Linda Manz, who plays the troubled 15-year-old CB, a troubled teenage girl on the brink of adulthood. Waiting for Donny to return from a jail sentence for manslaughter, CB is living with her drug-addicted mother and seeking solace in the Sex Pistols and Elvis Presley. The events that unfold on Donny's return are often unbearably grim (the final scenes are practically unwatchable) but produce a movie that is worthy of its hallowed status. Hopper in particular is an uncomfortable sight, made all the more unsettling by the knowledge that it is hard to tell where his character ends and he begins. It's hard work, but more than worth the effort. On the DVD: for its first release on DVD much effort has been made to give Out of the Blue the treatment it deserves. The enhanced visuals are excellent, focusing on Hopper's inspired direction. The audio soundtrack is available in Dolby Digital sound, particularly effective on the recurring use of Neil Young's fragile "Hey, Hey, My, My (Out of the Blue)", the song which gave the movie its title. Hopper's audio commentary is fascinating and reflects his dedication to the project, a film that he practically rewrote on set after stepping in to replace the original director. The movie's place in both Hopper's career and alongside works such as Repo Man and Driller Killer is also examined in an excellent 12-page booklet. --Phil Udell
Eric Mason's only ambition is to become an astronaut. When he meets a young waitress he discovers to his delight that her father was the thirteenth man on the moon...
Ideologies collide with fatal results when a military drone contractor meets an enigmatic Pakistani businessman.
Bill (Dylan Baker): a lonely middle-aged man who has never been able to interact with the world around him keeps his distance and prefers to exist in a lackluster state of self-imposed exile. Karen (Sharon Stone): finds salvation in thrills that she knows are forbidden - acts that are empowering and taboo. Gary (Timothy Hutton): has a habit of falling asleep at his desk rather than go home to deal with his loveless marriage to Karen. Travis (Pruitt Taylor Vince): frozen in time bears the guilt for a terrible tragedy from his past which has scarred him for life. This powerful drama embraces the stories of these four unlikely heroes each consumed by a personal struggle to make sense of their lives.
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