Tango and Cash
Not much ass kicking in this one - very little in fact. But, on the plus side, everything JCVD shoots with a gun explodes (motorcycles, barrels, etc.). There's a few building explosions in there too which is pretty sweet. The scenery is nice - filmed in the Mojave desert in Cali. Would love to check that out.Also, there are a few great tit shots (why doesn't every movie have 'em?), a respectful nod to the 80s when they were mandatory. Young Jamie Pressly looks hot. Damn. Pat Morita's accent is hilarious, and the old man from the Seinfeld episode is in this movie too (the one that has the old records that Kramer and Neuman take). So bad it's good. jacobnunnally.blogspot.com
Frank Markland
Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Eddie Lomax a suicidal tough guy who finds he ultimate motivation to live, revenge and it is here when he plays Yojimbo and knocks around the redneck punks who ripped him off of his sacred motorcycle. Inferno or as it is known here in the US, Desert Heat is the last gasp of 80's action in a decade that was leading into a decade that wussified the genre with CGI and digitalized fight sequences. Desert Heat then is generally far more enjoyable than the general output post-2000 but what we also have is a goofiness I miss in the panic of either deadly serious action flicks or crushingly dumb action flicks (Ahem , XXX) so in the end we have a movie that I loved. Jean-Claude Van Damme as usual provides the usual high kicking action sequences we come to expect but also provides us with more laughs this time. Indeed the real fun in this gleefully nutty dumb action flick is the demented dialog which consist as an ego trip. For instance Pat Morita says at one point about Van Damme "I bet he gets lots of P---y!" or when Larry Drake is asked why he favors his youngest son "I actually loved his mother, you were both unfortunate side effects of recreational f--king back when f--king was fun!" Of course his response to his saddened son, was to get over it. While I can't actually recommend you go out and rent Desert Heat, I do say that if you stumble upon it on late night TV, I highly doubt you'll find a more enjoyable movie to watch.* * out of 4-(Fair)
Libretio
COYOTE MOON (UK: Inferno) Aspect ratio: 1.85:1Sound format: Dolby DigitalA disillusioned ex-soldier (Jean-Claude Van Damme) goes to the desert to commit suicide, but instead gets drawn into a small town plagued by thuggish drug runners.Van Damme's career continued its downward slide with this routine actioner, inspired by YOJIMBO (1961) and bolstered by violent set-pieces and a gallery of eccentric supporting characters (played by Pat Morita, Danny Trejo, Larry Drake and Vincent Schiavelli, amongst others). Tom O'Rourke's screenplay springs few surprises, but director John G. Avildsen (THE KARATE KID) keeps the pot boiling in between scenes of gunfire and hand-to-hand combat, and Van Damme strikes something of a god-like figure in his skintight vest and clinging jeans (it's doubtful he ever looked sexier than he does here). Undiscriminating action fans will lap it up, though it doesn't really amount to very much. Released to video in the US as DESERT HEAT.
jiggsmcgretzky
I think this was a pretty good movie for Van Damme to make his come back from drugs in. It was the same formula as every single other Van Damme movie, but it was pretty entertaining, and Danny Trejelo (sp.?) was very good as his faithful friend Johnny Six-toes. I've certainly seen worse (the matrix, for example)! It's too bad that Van Damme has gone to straight-to-video movies now, since he is STILL a better action actor than a clown like Matt Damon in the "Bourne Mistake" or whatever! Damon is a puss, a bad actor, and a complete wienie! I had a hard time not LAUGHING at the thought of him as an action figure! Oh well.. I hope Jean-Claude Van Damme starts making better action movies again very soon, and gets one in the theater.
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