Christopher-Lee Movie Reviews

So here we have another feature length Plympton work. The Tune actually did work, thanks to the nimble songwriting talents of Plympton's musical partner Maureen McElheron. But Ms. McElheron is not in evidence for Mutant Aliens and so the writer-director has a bunch of wacko looking human goofballs who--right, you guessed it--change shape to become the aliens they really are. In the process of getting to this point, lots of strange sex and violence is proffered, none of which adds up to much in terms of telling any real story.

The three stars are for Plympton's astounding visual imagination and occasionally sharp sense of humor. But look elsewhere for an animated film that actually has real substance.

This DVD is rated R for violence,murder,death ,partial nudity and swearing. The DVD transfer is pathetic.The only extras are a trailer, a actor bio and a very bad scene selection!!

buy this movie if you are fans of Jack Scalia(a B grade actor who was big in the past) ,or if you love B grade action movies or just a pathetic DVD transfer!!my advice rent it .But this DVD may be hard to rent and or buy!! So if you want this movie, buy it online here at Amazon!!

This DVD is rated R for violence,murder,death ,partial nudity and swearing. The DVD transfer is pathetic.The only extras are a trailer, a actor bio and a very bad scene selection!!

buy this movie if you are fans of Jack Scalia(a B grade actor who was big in the past) ,or if you love B grade action movies or just a pathetic DVD transfer!!my advice rent it .But this DVD may be hard to rent and or buy!! So if you want this movie, buy it online here at Amazon!!

The story is a re-working of the original: the "sword of Alexander the Great" gets stolen and our hero cop, who has dreams of a toga-clad swordfight and can see the last seconds of a dead person's life through his eyes by touching his blood, must infiltrate an underground gladiadorial combat ring. This time the beautiful museum researcher starts out as his girlfriend, and somehow his parter, who had been left floating in a swimming pool (a la "Sunset Boulevard") in the previous movie, is alive as if nothing happened.

Several sequences from the first movie are inserted in this one, making a back-to-back viewing guite humorous (a la MST3K: "How do you make sure an original movie is on time and under budget? Don't make one!"). They handled the fencing ring completely differently though. Whereas in the first movie, the fighters were uniform in wearing black tank-tops and pants with matching weapons, this movie had each fighter as a costumed character fighing with a distinctive style. The attitude of the tournament was much more WWF/WCW and less of the formal, serious mood. The bettors, instead of being subdued, formal rich people, were loud, trashy, yuppie club-goer types, serviced by a guy with a leather jacket, visor, and chalkboard. The fighting had a lot more hand-to-hand action and a great variety of weapons (axes, katanas, elk-horn knives, a fan, etc).

Like the first movie, there are confusing plot elements and several big holes. There is also one real big boner. One character believes that he is the re-incarnation of someone executed by Alexander aroubnd the 300's BC, yet James Hong (the actor playing the role, as well as he ever does) keeps on saying he will have his revenge at last, after "1700 years!" Math practice, anyone?

Both of these movies are best for people who can't get enough sword fighting. There's really nothing else it can do for you. A similarly themed movie (without the psychic/re-incernation element) that I can reccommend is "Ring of Steel," with Robert Chapin, Carol Alt, and Joe Don Baker.

The story is a re-working of the original: the "sword of Alexander the Great" gets stolen and our hero cop, who has dreams of a toga-clad swordfight and can see the last seconds of a dead person's life through his eyes by touching his blood, must infiltrate an underground gladiadorial combat ring. This time the beautiful museum researcher starts out as his girlfriend, and somehow his parter, who had been left floating in a swimming pool (a la "Sunset Boulevard") in the previous movie, is alive as if nothing happened.

Several sequences from the first movie are inserted in this one, making a back-to-back viewing guite humorous (a la MST3K: "How do you make sure an original movie is on time and under budget? Don't make one!"). They handled the fencing ring completely differently though. Whereas in the first movie, the fighters were uniform in wearing black tank-tops and pants with matching weapons, this movie had each fighter as a costumed character fighing with a distinctive style. The attitude of the tournament was much more WWF/WCW and less of the formal, serious mood. The bettors, instead of being subdued, formal rich people, were loud, trashy, yuppie club-goer types, serviced by a guy with a leather jacket, visor, and chalkboard. The fighting had a lot more hand-to-hand action and a great variety of weapons (axes, katanas, elk-horn knives, a fan, etc).

Like the first movie, there are confusing plot elements and several big holes. There is also one real big boner. One character believes that he is the re-incarnation of someone executed by Alexander aroubnd the 300's BC, yet James Hong (the actor playing the role, as well as he ever does) keeps on saying he will have his revenge at last, after "1700 years!" Math practice, anyone?

Both of these movies are best for people who can't get enough sword fighting. There's really nothing else it can do for you. A similarly themed movie (without the psychic/re-incernation element) that I can reccommend is "Ring of Steel," with Robert Chapin, Carol Alt, and Joe Don Baker.