174. WWE: Cause Stone Cold Said So
175. High Plains Invaders
176. Vice Academy
WWE: Cause Stone Cold Said So is another WWE compilation. This one features highlights from the Rattlesnake's storied WWE career. Rather than focusing on his feud with WWE owner Vince McMahon, this one showcases his feud with Bret Hart and the Hart Foundation more than anything. It's mostly a series of short clips introduced by Stone Cold with the most time spent on Hart and Austin's Wrestlemania 13 match. Like most WWE compilations of this particular time, it's good for a small does of nostalgia, but not much more. Unless you're a huge Stone Cold fan, it's really not worth picking up.
High Plains Invaders is the latest release in the RHI Maneaters series.
Set in 1892 in the small town of Avaranth, Colorado, Jules owns a mine and has been having his workers mine for pitchblende and harvest that for the uranium that is found within. Unfortunately for him, his miners are getting sick. Even worse off for him is that all of the uranium being mined has somehow attracted aliens who are junkies for the stuff. Going against the aliens are a notorious train robber who has been sentenced to death, his former lover, a female bounty hunter and Jules. Will they be able to survive or will they fall at the hands of the aliens?
This movie's alright for a cheesy B-grade flick. It takes the standard elements of a western and combines them with sci-fi elements for an interesting mash-up. The story is entertaining enough. The cast is pretty good with James Marsters as the lead. Support comes from Cindy Sampson, Sebastian Knapp and Sunny Van Heteren. All are decent, making the best of it in what is obviously a low budget flick.
Overall, High Plains Invaders is entertaining but certainly not spectacular. If you stumble upon it, you could do much worse. It's definitely not worth going out of your way for.
Vice Academy is a 1989 knockoff of Police Academy that focuses on young girls (and one guy) attending an academy so they join the police department's vice squad. The students focus on stopping drugs and prostitution rings.
Former adult film star Ginger Lynn Allen leads the cast as Holly, the daughter of the police chief. She's an overachiever, always eager to please. Her chief rivals are played by Linnea Quigley and Karen Russell. Chronic underachievers, they are lazy and don't care much about the academy itself.
There's really not much to say here that is positive in nature. The story is pretty bad and the acting doesn't do the movie any favors. It doesn't succeed as a comedy, nor does it succeed as a softcore skin flick. Of course, in spite of that, it found success in the home video market. Ultimately, 6 of these movies were made and released. Only 3 have seen the light of day on dvd though.
Overall, Vice Academy really isn't worth watching.
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