Wedlock
1991 Directed by Lewis Teague
Synopsis
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner.
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Fun, sillly, vaguely-futuristic prison escape romp with a neat gimmick (exploding neck braces). Danny Trejo pops up as a tough inmate (what else?), Stephen Tobolowsky chews the scenery as a camp prison warden, Mimi Rogers runs around in skin-tight pants and Rutger Hauer wears the most hideously gaudy poncho ever committed to film. What's not to enjoy?
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This made-for-cable stinker is set in the future in the laziest way. First, in the bank robbery scene, the guns shoot lightning (or something of that nature). Second, they have necklaces the blow up when they are more than 100 yards from their jail partner. Other than that, there are helicopters and cars (not even with a futurist paint jobs) and, hell, Graffiti Bridge is still playing in the theater. I'm not sure what happened, but this appears to be the nail in the coffin for director Lewis Teague. He had a pretty good run before this, directing Alligator, Cujo, Cat's Eye, The Jewel of the Nile, and Navy Seals. Rutger Hauer has a highly fluctuating accent. Joan Chen, from Twin Peaks, does alright overacting like she's in Tank Girl or Dick Tracy. Mimi Rogers is supposed to be sexy. Ned Ryerson is mis-cast as the villian.
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Continuing my run of largely underrated 1990s action and sci-fi offerings that I crammed on to VHS cassettes from Sky Movies recordings (long play VHS was a fabulous invention, wasn't it?), Wedlock was one that could easily have been a pretty decent box office hit with a starrier cast.
Mind you, I only thought that before I found out it was made for TV (HBO, more specifically) and in that regard it is actually quite an impressive achievement - and quite possibly, therefore, one of the best TV movies you would ever wish to see. The plot's a clever one - Rutger Hauer is imprisoned at an experimental facility, after being double crossed during a jewel heist, where every inmate…
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Over 20 years is a long time for a slogan "Sometime in the future" because all the shit looks really ancient in the Wedlocks future. Definitely not the best R. Hauer movie, still enjoyable enough to keep you interested. Mimi Rogers is ok as a leading lady.
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This made-for-cable stinker is set in the future in the laziest way. First, in the bank robbery scene, the guns shoot lightning (or something of that nature). Second, they have necklaces the blow up when they are more than 100 yards from their jail partner. Other than that, there are helicopters and cars (not even with a futurist paint jobs) and, hell, Graffiti Bridge is still playing in the theater. I'm not sure what happened, but this appears to be the nail in the coffin for director Lewis Teague. He had a pretty good run before this, directing Alligator, Cujo, Cat's Eye, The Jewel of the Nile, and Navy Seals. Rutger Hauer has a highly fluctuating accent. Joan Chen, from Twin Peaks, does alright overacting like she's in Tank Girl or Dick Tracy. Mimi Rogers is supposed to be sexy. Ned Ryerson is mis-cast as the villian.
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i love rutgar, but this was pretty terrible even for a fan like me
jeeze he really did some lousy films didnt he?
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Fun, sillly, vaguely-futuristic prison escape romp with a neat gimmick (exploding neck braces). Danny Trejo pops up as a tough inmate (what else?), Stephen Tobolowsky chews the scenery as a camp prison warden, Mimi Rogers runs around in skin-tight pants and Rutger Hauer wears the most hideously gaudy poncho ever committed to film. What's not to enjoy?
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Continuing my run of largely underrated 1990s action and sci-fi offerings that I crammed on to VHS cassettes from Sky Movies recordings (long play VHS was a fabulous invention, wasn't it?), Wedlock was one that could easily have been a pretty decent box office hit with a starrier cast.
Mind you, I only thought that before I found out it was made for TV (HBO, more specifically) and in that regard it is actually quite an impressive achievement - and quite possibly, therefore, one of the best TV movies you would ever wish to see. The plot's a clever one - Rutger Hauer is imprisoned at an experimental facility, after being double crossed during a jewel heist, where every inmate…