Gary Goldman Movies
Martial arts hero Steven Seagal developed, co-wrote, co-produced, choreographed, and debuted in this thrill ride -- a cop film with more attitude, and more plot, than its star had duties on the set. Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing. When the FBI orders his squad to ignore the mysterious shipment of military explosives they seized from a notorious narcotics dealer, Nico defiantly pursues his own investigation. With the help of his partner Jax (Pam Grier), he sifts through a tangled web of Catholic priests, illegal immigrants, and trained assassins to uncover a drug cartel run directly out of the CIA by an official named Zagon Henry Silva. Nico remembers the man from his CIA days in Vietnam, when Zagon used the agency (and the war) as a front for smuggling opium. At the time, Nico was too outranked to thwart him, but he will no longer let Zagon abuse his position to remain immune from prosecution -- especially now that the official has plans to murder a U.S. senator. Zagon may be above the law of most men, but he is certainly not above Nico's. ~ Aubry Anne D'Arminio, Rovi
- Starring:
- Steven Seagal, Pam Grier, (more)
- 1979
A rare TV project from animator Don Bluth, Banjo the Woodpile Cat begins in somewhere in the Great Midwest, where the title character, a mischievous kitten, pulls one too many pranks on his mom and dad. Fearing severe punishment, Banjo hops a truck bound for Salt Lake City. Here he is befriended by a brace of worldly street cats named Crazy Legs and Zazu, not to mention a bevy of jazz-club showgirls. Wearying of scrounging for food, dodging dogs and braving thundershowers , Banjo prevails upon his new friends to help him get back to his old farm. Originally shown back to back with another animated special, Stanley the Ugly Duckling, Banjo the Woodpile Cat first aired May 1, 1982, on ABC. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sparky Marcus, Scatman Crothers, (more)
- 1987
- R
This low-budget psychological drama finds a pregnant woman slowly losing her mind after she is attacked by an intruder. Two scenes are "borrowed" from Dial M For Murder and Roman Polanski's Repulsion, but director Chuck Vincent manages to add his own touches of black humor to this routine feature. Nudity and violence make this a R rated film. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jane Hamilton, Paul Siederman, (more)
- 1992
- G
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When Chanticleer the Rooster (Glenn Campbell) is tricked into leaving town to seek fame as an Elvis-style Las Vegas singer, his farm is plunged into eternal darkness. This animated musical from Don Bluth centers on a young farm boy who embarks on a magical journey into the animal world to try and bring Chanticleer home. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
- Starring:
- Glen Campbell, Ellen Greene, (more)
- 1987
- R
Porn director Chuck Vincent presents this R-rated yawner about a male stripper (Blake Bahner) and a hooker (Rebecca Lynn) who initially hate each other but predictably fall in love. Jenny Hunter and Brian Ingles also share in a winning lottery ticket. The steamy eroticism is the highlight of this otherwise forgettable feature. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Rebecca Lynn, Blake Bahner, (more)
The Package, a thriller involving political assassination and intrigue, is an excellent action feature using a familiar theme and providing good performances by the cast. Boyette (Tommy Lee Jones) is a prisoner entrusted to Gallagher (Gene Hackman) for transportation back to the United States. Boyette escapes and Gallagher must find him. In doing so, Gallagher finds himself getting into far more than he had bargained for as he becomes involved in a political assignation plot that he must stop. Both Hackman and Jones are excellent in reprising familiar roles. Hackman is never better than when portraying the decent man in a precarious position, and Jones plays Boyette with the same cunning and intelligence that he brought to The Executioner's Song. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, (more)
- 1987
- R
This soft-core T&A comedy concerns an attempt by Russian spies to rob a sperm bank for the frozen seed of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. Porn director Chuck Vincent (Roommates) peppers his cast with blue-movie stars like Jane Hamilton (aka "Veronica Hart"), Jamie Gillis, Jennifer Delora, and Annie Sprinkle, but fails to generate any heat, the peculiar but altogether typical result of attempting to turn what are basically stunt persons into actors. Vincent retired from hardcore in the mid-'80s and turned out a number of numbing soft-core entries such as this one under his Platinum Pictures banner before succumbing to AIDS ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jeanne Marie, Alan Fisler, (more)
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