Before us is the second story of three, included in the most amazing film project, going against such a law of the universe as time. It is unique in that in 1988, the year the director Charles Band shot his next film in the form of an almanac of independent stories, but his studio “Empire Pictures”, registered in Italy, became bankrupt, had to move to the States, founding its full-fledged receiver “Full Moon”, which lives productively to this day, working in a rich rhythm of releasing a variety of action-packed b-movie. So, in this turmoil, the tape was lost, lying down until 2011, when the author purely accidentally stumbled upon it, deciding to give the audience an unreleased, infused for more than two decades, like aged expensive wine.
The material has undergone an impressive restoration, requiring painstaking work. The general collection promises to be published under the title “Pulse Pounders”, as it should have been in the 80s, but creatively resourceful Charles Band did not miss the opportunity to stretch the pleasant intrigue a little, first publishing each chapter separately. The first gift was “The Evil Clergyman” based on the work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, the second came out this segment, and the third planned adventures on strange worlds from the full-length film “The Dungeonmaster”.
Such a long and intricate backstory turned out in the picture with an amazing fate, breaking the boundaries of time, when we now have a wonderful opportunity to view for the first time what should have come out when recognizable genre actors are again so young and cheerful, as if decades have not passed! The pioneer mentioned above was a self-sufficient adaptation of the classic of literature, which without any problems was perceived like this with a swipe, and the current picture for twenty-four minutes is a continuation of the long-running sci-fi franchise “Trancers”, which requires the viewer to be familiar with a couple of its initial episodes. Here it is desirable to accurately understand the specifics of the fictional universe in order to capture the characters and futuristic rules of the game that make you laugh at the comic relationships of the characters or feel the dramatic moral and family conflict of the sad hero Jack Det.
The plot takes place between the first and second parts, when our future policeman, locked in the past, seeks to establish a new life with his beloved Lina, torn between the work of a private detective, the main calling and her. On the threshold appears his stern boss traditionally in the body of a girl, foreshadowing that after him a dangerous criminal fled here with the intention of revenge on Jack Det. Using a short timekeeping, the author skillfully handles a small segment of his full-flowing franchise, aptly scattering brand jokes, developing a love line, of course, not forgetting about the component of a fantastic action movie. Knowledgeable viewer with great pleasure will observe all this, acutely feeling the ideological inseparable affinity of the series with the “obsolete novelty”, densely filled with the familiar atmosphere of successful initial releases about transeras. Especially pleasing scenario jumps between time periods, where there is not only a gray-haired Jack Det from the past, but also from the future – the same authentic dark-haired sample with a colorful scar on the half of the face, which was used in the prologue of the original. In general, as it is clear, a well-remembering and loving dilogy of the franchise will be able to appreciate the work done, otherwise it will be very difficult to delve into the course of affairs on the screen and in general you can simply confuse who is who and from where and where he came with what mission, in whose body, because of which he dislikes the second and sulks at the first.
As a result, if you are genuinely interested in all this "bimowish" action-fun show in the color of futuristic noir with transers, then the viewing takes place in one breath, delighting with the opportunity to see firsthand again the youthful Tim Tomerson, Art LaFleur and Helen Hunt, putting together the main trinity of the series.
7 out of 10