Joe Lara
In the future, the Earth has become uninhabitable, leaving the last remaining humans to set off on a spacecraft to populate a vacant planet. The majority of the thousands of people aboard have been frozen as they wait for a space anomaly to modify the environment, making the planet suitable for human life. Unfortunately, a group of space bad guys has come aboard and has the potential to put an end to humankind for good. Directed by Lloyd A. Simandl, Starfire Mutiny stars Joe Lara and Elise Muller. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
A young man's future hangs in the balance as two opposing forces struggle for his trust in this dramatic thriller from director Menahem Golan (Over the Top). Bo Brown stars as Jackie Stewart, a high-school basketball phenom poised to hit the big time. Enter Shakes Montrose (Billy Drago), a shady character bent on exploiting Jackie's talents for his own financial gain. Meanwhile, Jackie's coach is truly looking out for the young man's best interests and may be the only person who can save him. Death Game also stars Richard Lynch and Maureen Lavette. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joe Lara, Billy Drago, (more)
- 2000
A crime caper that gaily spoofs such antecedents as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and nods its head more than a few times to the work of Quentin Tarantino, Very Mean Men opens in a bar, where a bartender (Matthew Modine) finds himself serving drinks to a tough-looking guy (Martin Landau) he pegs as a cheap drinker. In order to keep the miniscule tips coming, the bartender makes up a story about warring mob families in the San Fernando Valley. In one corner there are the Minettis, who are led by Gino (Ben Gazzara), a mobster who's mellowed with age. Gino wants to make amends when Big Paddy Mulroney (Charles Durning) complains that Gino's clan is invading his side of the Valley. Gino's temperamental son Paulie (Scott Baio, sporting peroxided hair and a goatee to match) gives Mulroney money, only to then stiff Mulroney's waitress daughter on a tip after having lunch at the family's diner. Soon ethnic insults are flying like bullets, and everyone is out for revenge. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Matthew Modine, Martin Landau, (more)
Unctuous uberzillionaire Max Gast (Udo Kier), a diabolical industrialist who thinks the world is dangerously overpopulated, prepares to use his space-based weapon to cause widespread nuclear meltdowns at power plants around the world and thereby reduce the population by several hundred million. And he'll rule the survivors with his statuesque -- some would say wooden -- wife Elizabeth (Brigitte Nielsen) by his side as his queen. But Max didn't count on suave, savvy, and handsome special agent Jack Logan (Joe Lara) coming to the planet's rescue. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
- 1999
- R
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Marc Roper's action film Operation Delta Force IV: Deep Fault finds the heroic Delta Force attempting to recover scientists who have been kidnapped. During the mission, however, they learn of Project Zeus, and now must risk their lives before Zeus destroys the planet. The cast includes Justin Williams, Greg Collins, and Gary Hudson. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
In late 1996, a group of armed revolutionaries invaded the Japanese embassy in Lima, Peru, and took the staff (which included a number of high-echelon politicians) hostage in a bid to win freedom for 400 political prisoners being held in Peruvian jails. Lima: Breaking the Silence is a fictionalized action-drama inspired by this real-life siege. The cast includes Joe Lara, Christopher Atkins, Billy Drago, and Charles Napier. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
A man becomes the unwitting last barrier between terrorists and nuclear holocaust in this action thriller. Rod Armstrong (Frank Zagarino) is a former Navy SEAL who travels to Moscow with his old friend Bob (Charles Napier) and Bob's wife Susan (Kimberly Kates) on a vacation. However, Armstrong soon discovers fun and games is not the first thing Bob and Susan have in mind; it seems that the happy couple is also working with U.S. Intelligence, and they've been sent to Russia to crack open a ring of illegal arms dealers selling stolen nuclear weapons to terrorists with cash in hand. However, shortly after Bob reveals this secret to Armstrong, he is killed. Now Armstrong and Susan are on the run from the Russians as they try to find the kingpin and bring him to justice before terrorists with nuclear weapons can destroy the world. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frank Zagarino, Kimberley Kates, (more)
- 1997
- R
When terrorists steal a biological weapon and its antidote, its up to a crack team of military commandos to get it back. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ernie Hudson, Jeff Fahey, (more)
- 1996
- R
Believing himself to be mankind's savior, a crazed general and his followers prepare to launch a full-scale nuclear attack unless he is paid an enormous amount of cash. As the situation rapidly accelerates out of control, only Tannen, a super spy and leader of a crack team of Special Forces commandos can stop him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frank Zagarino, Joe Lara, (more)
The U.S. government faces its most deadly adversary ever when top FBI agent Jim Parker (Bryan Genesse) is abducted by a nefarious Cuban general and implanted with a stolen military computer chip that turns him into a deadly terrorist in this explosive thriller from action specialist Mark Roper. It's a race against time as Agent Parker struggles to regain his free will and take down the rouge general, but does man have the power to overcome machine when it's sending orders from beneath his skin? Whether or not he can overcome the power of this experimental microchip, the stage is set for an explosive climax that could bring nations to their knees and ignite a war in which the line between man and machine becomes increasingly blurred. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
In this sci-fi horror outing a terrorist turns into an unstoppable mass of electromagnetic energy after an attempted prison break goes horribly awry. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joe Lara, Evan Lurie, (more)
- 1994
Joe Lara, best known as TV's Tarzan, must protect the fetus of the last fertile woman on Earth in this silly post-nuke science fiction film. Much of the action is obviously Terminator-inspired, as John Ryan plays an evil cyborg chasing the heroes around an old factory. Israeli director Boaz Davidson, best known for sex comedies like Lemon Popsicle and The Last American Virgin, injects some interesting touches into the familiar proceedings which should keep action fans happy. It's obviously low-budget, by-the-numbers filmmaking, but it's not bad for its type. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joe Lara, Nicole Hansen, (more)
- 1992
- R
In this exciting and violent crime drama, a drug dealer turned photojournalist returns to his old stomping grounds in L.A. and ends up entangled in a new drug scheme by his former pal. After stealing a fortune in drugs from a ruthless crime lord, the photographer must flee for his life. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1992
Made for television, Danger Island has also been released as The Presence. Things get going when a private plane crashes on tropical island. We soon learn we aren't in for Gilligan's Island Redux as an unseen presence wreaks havoc. Some of the castaways disappear, while others develop bizarre deformities. It's all due to a biological experiment which went horribly wrong nearly two decades earlier. Model Kathy Ireland costars with June Lockhart and Richard Beymer: where else but on American network television? Danger Island debuted September 20, 1992, its print ads emphasizing a bikini-clad Ireland rather than horrific elements. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Beymer, Kathy Ireland, (more)
Matt Dillon is the only one available from the series in this movie. This time he discovers that he has a daughter he never even knew that he had. Unfortunately, however, she has been kidnapped by some renegade Apaches. Needless to say, the now retired Marshall Dillon comes out of retirement to go to her rescue. Surprisingly respectful and thoughtful with regards to Native American relations. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Arness, Richard Kiley, (more)
- 1989
If you liked the 1941 Johnny Weissmuller opus Tarzan's New York Adventure, you'll go ape (sorry!) over the made-for-TV Tarzan in Manhattan. The Jungle Lord uncovers an insidious plot by a covetous scientist to enhance the natural IQ of African monkeys. To prevent his beloved Cheetah from falling into the hands of vivisectionists, Tarz heads for New York, where he meets his Jane (Kim Crosby) -- a wisecracking cabbie. Tony Curtis plays Jane's father, barely justifying his "special guest star" credit. Tarzan in Manhattan was the pilot for a TV series that just plain didn't swing. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
