Space Marines (1996)
Space pirates, led by diabolical Colonel Fraser, take over a cargo ship carrying anti-matter explosive and an important official. Space marines, led by Captain Gray, must stop their evil plans.
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I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.
This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.
Hey! It had 785 muzzle flashes--that was enough for me!
CAUTION: SLIGHT SPOILER IN LAST PARAGRAPH, although I try to keep it vague.This is the kind of movie you've got to be a fan of one of the cast or you probably won't want to bother seeing it. Considering Meg Foster's one of my favorites, I obviously took the time to look at it.One interesting feature is the interplay between some of the characters. The most obvious is that between Zack Delano (played by Billy Wirth) and Dar Mullins (played by Cady Huffman).The not-quite-so-obvious interplay, though, is that between Capt. Gray (played by Edward Albert) and Cmdr. Lasser (played by Meg Foster). Meg puts on that ice-queen persona that she can be so good at, playing the cool and disciplined starship commander, obviously not liking having to kowtow to galactic bureaucrats, but putting up with it and insisting that her subordinates like Capt. Gray do likewise.Until, in the end, she and Capt. Gray finally DO see eye-to-eye on something, he kind of gives her a thumbs-up, and she gives a VERY slight smile, just a little breaking of that iciness but kind of sweet.
I just have to say that I thought this movie was awesome. You can't rent this movie and expect it to Academy Award caliber, you have to take for what it is; a fun, cool movie. To me, the thing that really made the movie was John Pyper-Ferguson's portrayal as Colonel Fraser. He was awesome, one of the coolest characters I've seen in awhile. If nothing else, I think everyone should see this movie just to see his performance.
To me it is a great mystery that movies such as Space Marinies actually get made. The plot is ridiculous and predictable, the acting one big joke. The only thing preventing me to rate this movie a plain zero is the unability to do so.