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Rip It Up, Issue 176, 1 March 1992, Page 35

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Abraxus—Guardian Of The Universe You probably thought they were just bit-players in Predator, but according to the blurb on this vid they were in fact the stars. Jesse (the Body) Ventura and Sven-Ole Thorsen take the leads in this routine terminator-style action sci-fi romp. Defending Your Life I've always been a fan of Albert Brooks and he doesn't disappoint in this lightweight satire he wrote, >. directed, and stars in. After dying in a car crash Brooks wakes up to find himself in Judgement City where he must account for his actions during his past life. Life is all about confronting your fears, Brooks tells us. Presumably wimps come back as slugs? The Hard Way James Woods and Michael J. Fox star in this self-mocking comedy that some critics have taken too seriously. Fox is the Star Actor who must hang out with Woods the Loner Cop so he can better'feel' for the role in his / up-coming movie. A mix of action, romance and comedy.

The Dream Machine - Corey Haim gets a Porsche for nothing and doesn't suspect a thing? < Like, maybe there's a dead body in the boot? Could that be why the bad guys are pursuing him? Dying Young ' I'm not the one to ask about this vid. Any film with Julia Roberts in it and produced by Sally Field doesn't quack. my duck. Very popular with the Kleenex crowd I'd imagine. Ernest Goes To Jail : You've probably seen Jim Vamey as Ernest on TV's Hey Veml. If you liked that you'll love this. More of Varney's vocal and facial gymnastics for the . pre-teen audience, the film is 'dumb', but likeable. Final Impact I've followed Lorenzo Lamas' career with interest since I saw him playing a breakdancer in Body Rock. He was so good they always showed him doing the moonwalk from the waist up! He's more impressive here as a former World Kick Boxing Champion. Some nicely staged (brutal) action sequences, but the film drags. Flight Of The Intruder Not to be confused with Flight the Navigator, as seen on TV umpteen times, this is another 'Nam flick. The year is 1972 and while Nixon is playing political games with Hanoi the 'men' are making fruitless forays into enemy territory and paying the 'ultimate' price. Good performances from a solid cast, this is a well made film that will have you signing up even though you know war is hell. If Looks Could Kill A supposed suspense thriller which pits Michael Keaton as the cunning calculating psychotic yuppie tennant of nice yuppie landlords Melanie Griffith and Mathew Modine. Plenty of mind games going on among the three as Keaton attempts to take over the house. The film is creepy, but its hard to sympathise with Modine's character who is such a dork you can't help rooting for Keaton. This is supposedly a film where the woman is the Hero, but Griffiths really wins by default. Sibling Rivalry Films are like geese: they come in gaggles and you have to watch out for the turkeys. Here's another of those what-do-we-do-with-the-dead-body? comedies. Director Carl Reiner gives the genre some new life with three storylines converging into one.

Starring TV's Kirstie Alley, Ed O'Neill, Scott Bakula, and Carrie Fisher. Now for bonus points, can you name the programmes they starred in? The Sleeping Car Jason enrols in Journalism 202 and finds living quarters in an old railway sleeping car. Before you ditch your inner-city warehouse apartment for the railyards you better see what happens here. Liberal doses of death and camage, ghostly apparitions, and erotic couplings abound! Toxic Avenger 3—The Last Temptation of Toxie Not to be confused with the animated Saturday morning kids cartoon, this is the third in the live action Toxic Avenger series. Real Z-Grade stuff, but having seen Parts 1 & 2 are you really going to ignore this one? (Evidently shot simultaneosly with Part 2 in 1989).

NICK D'ANGELO