I had no idea — none! — that both Christopher Lee and Ron Perlman were in the cast of this film. Mind: boggled.
From looking at his filmography, this is situated in the period between Cronos and City of Lost Children, which I can only imagine was something of an artistic rollercoaster ride for Mr. Perlman.
How on EARTH did Christopher Lee get roped into this movie? I looked at the picture of him with George Gaynes and thinking, "That Russian with the mustache looks a lot like Christopher Lee—but, NAH! Why would he be in a direct-to-video stinker like this?"
The pay could not have been THAT good, and I can't believe Christopher Lee had never been to Russia before—he even spoke the language, so I suspect he had been there on work at least a few times over the years.
...or "work", the kind he never EVER did for the SOE during WWII! 😉
"A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge" has a subtext that is both blaringly obvious and also denied to this day as an intentional feature by many that were involved with the production, including the director. I'm embarrassed to say that I felt something very odd was going on while watching it, but I didn't call it by its name. It's it super-80s? Yes it is. Is it a "teen movie", a genre I hated watching while I was a teen. Yes, it is also that, but that's not it either.
I feel that now my curiosity about the post-Guttenberg Police Academy movies has been fully satiated without having to watch any of them. Thank you, Nathan, for truly doing God's work.
I originally voted for the Nightmare series, and I'm very excited about it. The quality in those films swings widely and wildly. The original Robert Englund films cover the same time period as the PA series, so it will be a nice parallel reality to examine.
Growing up in Germany, this, oddly enough, was the Police Academy film that was on tv most often. So I've seen this way more often than is warranted (without retaining much but the absurdly underwhelming game).
If I remember right, in the German dub the song 'Moskau' by Dschingis Khan features prominently. Presumably not the case in the original, unless there js an English version of the song too
Great. Now I want to see this movie for the cop hanging out with confused Russian family subplot.
I had no idea — none! — that both Christopher Lee and Ron Perlman were in the cast of this film. Mind: boggled.
From looking at his filmography, this is situated in the period between Cronos and City of Lost Children, which I can only imagine was something of an artistic rollercoaster ride for Mr. Perlman.
How on EARTH did Christopher Lee get roped into this movie? I looked at the picture of him with George Gaynes and thinking, "That Russian with the mustache looks a lot like Christopher Lee—but, NAH! Why would he be in a direct-to-video stinker like this?"
The pay could not have been THAT good, and I can't believe Christopher Lee had never been to Russia before—he even spoke the language, so I suspect he had been there on work at least a few times over the years.
...or "work", the kind he never EVER did for the SOE during WWII! 😉
"A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge" has a subtext that is both blaringly obvious and also denied to this day as an intentional feature by many that were involved with the production, including the director. I'm embarrassed to say that I felt something very odd was going on while watching it, but I didn't call it by its name. It's it super-80s? Yes it is. Is it a "teen movie", a genre I hated watching while I was a teen. Yes, it is also that, but that's not it either.
We'll all discuss it later when the time comes.
I see on Letterboxd that Nathan definitely understood the "secret" theme of NES2.
I feel that now my curiosity about the post-Guttenberg Police Academy movies has been fully satiated without having to watch any of them. Thank you, Nathan, for truly doing God's work.
I originally voted for the Nightmare series, and I'm very excited about it. The quality in those films swings widely and wildly. The original Robert Englund films cover the same time period as the PA series, so it will be a nice parallel reality to examine.
Growing up in Germany, this, oddly enough, was the Police Academy film that was on tv most often. So I've seen this way more often than is warranted (without retaining much but the absurdly underwhelming game).
If I remember right, in the German dub the song 'Moskau' by Dschingis Khan features prominently. Presumably not the case in the original, unless there js an English version of the song too