He Can’t See… But He Can Kill

Title: Blind Fury

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  This movie stars Rutger Hauer, and also features Terry O’Quinn and Brandon Call as the kid.   Yes, John Locke is the father of JT from Step by Step.   Wiggy. 

Introduction:  I actually found this movie on DVD at my local library.

Location:  They start with war, and then they go over a city area to escape the bad guys and then eventually track them down.   This may not have had a huge budget, but it had some.

Plot:  At the beginning of the movie, we see a bomb go off in a war and Rutger Hauer loses his sight.   Then, we fast forward to later back in the states and his good is in trouble with some bad guys over drugs.   Eventually, the kid gets kidnapped and they have to get him back.   The thing is, Rutger Hauer is a one man wrecking crew with a sword and even though he can’t see he still slices up guys like nobody’s business. 

Acting:  It’s on like Donkey Kong.

Production:  I’m not sure whether this was in theaters or not, but I’m inclined to say yes if I had to base it on overall quality. 

Sex/Nudity:  No, haha.

Special Effects:  When they are there, they are good for 1989. 

Overall Verdict:  There’s one rather funny moment in this movie when Rutger Hauer is driving and the guy next to him is like, “Are you blind??” and he’s like, “Yeah, what’s wrong with you??”   It’s funny because so many drivers who aren’t blind are still terrible at driving for some reason.    This is still a solid movie, as I watched it and really enjoyed it more than I thought I would.   If you haven’t already, you should see it. 

The Prequel to I Am Number Five

Title: I Am Number Four

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  The kid from Beastly mixed with Tomothy Olyphant.  

Introduction:  I’m not sure whether or not I’ve reviewed this before (It feels kind of like I have), but here we go again anyway.   If this is in any way similar to my other review I apologize because, well, I review so much stuff I tend to forget.   I know that I started watching this movie before—and I might have made a review based on that—but I’m not 100% certain that I did a review, so either enjoy or enjoy again depending upon my selective memory.

Location:  This takes place in primarily the same town, but it has some special effects that imply it had a budget.   Not a B movie, which could have made it so much better.    We’ll get to that later though.

Plot:   A kid named John Smith is number four and numbers one through three have been killed.   He is being hidden from aliens who want him dead for reasons I never fully understood.   In the end, rather than be killed by the aliens John stays and fights them and I think he wins but I really don’t care.   This movie is a sort of generic alien in high school movie and if you wanted to see a much better version of what they were going for (Only in reverse) then just watch The Faculty.

Acting:  Somewhere between Twilight and Sucker Punch.

Production:  This was in theaters, yeah.

Sex/Nudity:  Doubtful.

Special Effects:  There are a lot and they are quite funny.  

Overall Verdict:  At one point, John Smith begins lighting up in class.   When his classmate friend asks him about it, he just says it’s a trick he did with flashlights because class is boring.  This got me to thinking… What if this was a B movie and you could see wires when guys flew through the air?  What if his hands really did light up with flashlights?   What if he stuck a flashlight in his shirt and that’s how he made the glowing effect?   That is something I actually wouldn’t mind seeing—that version of the movie.