#suburban commando

[junkfoodcinemas]

JUNKFOODCINEMAS PRESENTS SO BAD IT'S GOOD JUNK: PART 2

Catwoman (2004) dir. Pitof

Jason X (2001) dir. James Isaac

Halloween: Resurrection (2002) dir. Rick Rosenthal

New York Ninja (2021*) dir. John Liu, Kurtis M. Spieler

The Wicker Man (2006) dir. Neil LaBute

Undefeatable (1993) dir. Godfrey Hall

Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) dir. Andy Sidaris

Maximum Overdrive (1986) dir. Stephen King

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) dir. John R. Leonetti

Suburban Commando (1991) dir. Burt Kennedy

[lonelyzarquon]

7 COMFORT MOVIES (in no particular order)

tagged by @classichorrorblog (thank you, loved making this list <3)

tagging: @genes-tierney @talesfromthecrypts @mulderscully @andtwelfth (genuinely curious + absolutely no pressure 💖)

ik i’m extremely late for this, i had fun nonetheless :]

[the-haunted-toybox]

[balthazar-sketti]

Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall and Hulk Hogan on the set of "Suburban Commando", 1991.

[theknucklehead]

[90smovies]

[itscodebaby]

A little late, but RIP Shelley Duvall

I know this absolutely isn’t the movie you think of when you look back on her career, but this was most likely the first movie of hers that I ever saw. I was a huge wrestling fan as a kid. So this movie is kind of special to me and it’s nice that she will always be a part of this memory I have. Picked this up at a garage sale a few days before she passed.

[gameraboy2]

Hulk Hogan in Suburban Commando (1991)

[quasar1967]

Starlog #167-169 plus Yearbook #9

[adamwatchesmovies]

Suburban Commando (1991)

While I didn't enjoy this film, that doesn't mean you won't. No matter what I say, the people involved in this project did it: they actually made a movie. That's something to be applauded. With that established...

From the setup, you expect Suburban Commando to be fairly straightforward. It probably won’t be good but by following its formula, it might entertain kids. Inexplicably, the film misses all of the easy opportunities given to it and doesn’t even manage to meet the meagre expectations placed upon it. At best, it has a couple of meme-worthy scenes. You won’t remember this movie down the line.

Intergalactic warrior Step Ramsey (Hulk Hogan) has finally defeated the villainous General Suitor (William Ball) but just barely. His superior suggests he take a vacation, which sees him become marooned on a backwater planet - Earth. Attempting to blend in with the locals until his ship repairs itself, he befriends Charlie Wilcox (Christopher Lloyd), an unappreciated architect working for Adrian Beltz (Larry Miller).

A warrior from a distant world finding himself out of his environment and befriending a local to kill time is not a new plot. The thing is, usually these types of stories have the outsider pair up with a kid. You can see why after this movie. Having a grown man mess with Ramsey’s high-tech gear and try to be a superhero just doesn’t feel right. When Ramsey gets in trouble because he misunderstands stuff we take for granted, you keep thinking Wilcox should have a tighter leash on him. It gets weirder because Wilcox has a son you think is going to be Hulk Hogan’s sidekick. It's like he was added as an afterthought, but the role has more to offer than Shelley Duvall's. She plays Mrs. Wilcox and has nothing to do.

The character arcs are clumsy and predictable. Charlie’s biggest obstacles are a pair of redneck neighbors who steal his parking spot (a subplot that never gets resolved), his underappreciative boss, and a stoplight. Okay then. Step Ramsey (whose name is distracting because it sounds so much like Chef Ramsey) might as well be a robot. Hogan is little more than a prop dragged around from one episodic gag to the next. Even if he could act, he isn’t given the opportunity to. At least his physical prowess is well used in the film’s best scenes, all of which include a mime whose luck has run out.

It all builds towards an ending that’s uninspired and generic but at least Suburban Commando is harmless. If you’re thinking this is going to be one of those “so bad it’s good” movies, you will get a couple of laughs from the scenes where it steals from Star Wars wholesale but those moments come and go quickly. After that, you’re stuck watching a movie that makes you wonder why anyone bothered. (On VHS, January 17, 2020)

[littletroubledgrrrl]

[junkfoodcinemas]

Suburban Commando (1991) dir. Burt Kennedy

[randomrichards]

R.I.P. SHELLY DUVALL:

The bright eyed actress

Played the timid like a pro

Turns indie darling

[the-haunted-toybox]

[longlivedelusion]

Question, just watched Suburban Commando on tv for the first time and I wonder...

Is there any fanfics between Charlie and Shep in the universe? Cause I feel like that farewell felt particularly 💅 idk. Maybe just me

[take-taker-taken]

Shoutout to one of the worst movies ever made. Fun fact - right after it came out, Mark was trying to see it and struggled to find a theatre showing it 😂

I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT SUBURBAN COMMANDO?!!?? I’ve never seen this movie but like ….. look at him!!

I found this on Pinterest and was like this is a really old pic of Calaway, and found out it's from that movie.

Adorable.