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Subgenre Sampler

 
Quiet Earth, TheQuiet Earth, The (1985)
Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge
New Zealand's best attempt yet at the sci–fi genre. Bruno Lawrence wakes one morning to find himself apparently the only person left on earth.…
Raising ArizonaRaising Arizona (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter
Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter can't concieve a baby of their own, so they steal a quintuplet from a redneck tycoon. Highly original, off–beat…
Rambo 2Rambo 2 (1985)
Dir. George Pan Cosmatos
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier
Iconic actioner in which traumatised commando John Rambo (Stallone) returns to Vietnam to rescue imprisoned G.I.s. Simplistic and violent, but a key…
RanRan (1985) Recommended
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Tatsuya Nakadai
The title translates to 'chaos'; it is Kurosawa's vast and bloody interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear. Grandiose in every sense – a…
Ray Bradbury Theater, The (TV Series) (1985-1992)
An HBO–originated fantasy anthology series entirely scripted by the eponymous (and prolific) author, based on his short stories and novels. A…
Re-AnimatorRe-Animator (1985) Aro Favourite
Dir. Stuart Gordon
Feat. Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
Essential splatter comedy takes gore levels to a (then) new extreme. Rebel science student Herbert West invents a serum that brings the dead back to…
Real GeniusReal Genius (1985)
Dir. Martha Coolidge
Feat. Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, Michelle Meyrink
Kooky sci–fi comedy set on a Californian college campus, where a teenage genius develops a high powered chemical laser, but the CIA wants to…
Red SonjaRed Sonja (1985)
Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brigitte Nielsen, Sandahl Bergman
Unremarkable except for its silliness, this excursion into CONAN territory pits uber–bimbo Nielsen against various diehard villains.…
Remo Williams: The Adventure BeginsRemo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley
Fred Ward plays a tough NYC cop whose death is faked and a new identity of "Remo Williams" is bestowed by a secret organization known as CURE who…
Restless NativesRestless Natives (1985) Recommended
Dir. Michael Hoffman
Feat. Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Ned Beatty
Two Scottish friends become local folk heroes and tourist attractions when they start holding up tour buses with novelty items.

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