Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Innerspace (1987)
- Dir. Joe Dante
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan… - The premise of FANTSTIC VOYAGE is comically reworked with a vastly different plotline involving a miniaturized Dennis Quaid is inadvertently injected…
Last Emperor, The (1987)- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. John Lone, Peter O'Toole - Grand scale interpretation of the true life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, who ascended the throne at three years–old to live…
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)- Dir. John Hughes
Feat. Steve Martin, John Candy - Well–matched comic coupling Steve Martin and John Candy go astray in the Midwest transport system. Reliably funny "mature" comedy is a pleasant…
Predator (1987)- Dir. John McTiernan
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers - Big Arnie leads a SWAT team into the South American jungle only to be confronted by a faceless, hostile alien life–form. Solid sci–fi…
Robocop (1987)
- Dir. Paul Verhoeven
Feat. Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox… - Loaded with sweat–breaking violence and suspense, dir. Paul Verhoeven never surpassed this stunning dystopian satire about a prototype cyborg…
Spaceballs (1987)- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, John Candy… - A rollicking and fairly successful Mel Brooks take–off of STAR WARS and the space–opera genre, with Rick Moranis irresistibly hilarious…
Untouchables, The (1987)- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro - Well–cast and generally classy update of the adventures of Elliot Ness, the earnest law enforcer who took on Al Capone during the prohibition…
Absolute Beginners (1986)- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. David Bowie, Sade Adu, Patsy Kensit… - Glitzy musical pastiche that takes its inspiration from British jazz, mod, and beatnik culture to tell its barely coherent tale of teen angst.
Aliens (1986)- Dir. James Cameron
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn… - Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, the only survivor from the first grisly encounter with the slimy she–creature, here joining a team of…
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell - High–tech, tongue–in–cheek adventure in which Kurt Russell kicks butt in Chinatown.
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