Director Charles Band, and his production company Full Moon, created some of the best low-budget films in the eighties. (Well, them and their east-coast brethren, Troma Films.)
This gem mixes in Blade Runner, Terminator, Philip Marlow, and generic “space fantasy” into one textbook case of Eighties Awesomeness. I’m a big fan of low-budget 80s filmmaking, with their love of neon and fog machines. And great hair.
The movie has done so well, they made 5 sequels! No, I have not seen them. For some reason Netflix doesn’t stream the others. They must be super duper awesome. And sacred.
Here’s the blurb on Netflix:
Stand-up comic Tim Thomerson makes his starring debut as Jack Deth, a cop in 23rd century Los Angeles — now underwater as a result of a new Ice Age. Elements of The Terminator and Blade Runner collide when Jack zaps back to 1985 Los Angeles to wipe out the zombie-like minions of criminal mastermind Martin Whistler (Art La Fleur). Several sequels featuring the Jack Deth character followed. Helen Hunt appears as Mrs. Deth.
