If talking about the MSTK3 movies - my husband and young daughter inexplicably adored The Final Sacrifice - violent men doing violent things in the woods. I myself preferred Space Mutiny, starring what looked like Zeus, the late Sharrie Lewis, and John Phillip Law.
Momma Mia.
Yup–shallower than a puddle in the theater parking lot, filled with actors who can neither dance nor sing; plot that had a lobotomy somewhere in the second draft. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I don’t recall much about it now, but I saw the 70s remake of Buck Rogers 7 times in the theater–by myself the last 6 times.
I missed the edit window. Now I can’t find the movie! I could have sworn it was called Buck Rogers, but it does not exist in imdb or rotten tomatos.
does anyone else recall a sci-fi movie in the late 70s (like 1978 or 9) that involved a man, a woman, a short little “robot” (maybe android) who was all silver and seemed to talk in “ubby-dubby”? I truly cannot recall any plot points except at one point there is some sort of dance scene and the xylophone was made of Lucite and changed colors as it was played. Sorry to hijack, but this is driving me nuts.
I can’t even recall anyone who starred in it. Clearly it was not a hit. 
I remember Buck Rogers but it was a tv show. I thought the android on that was like half fuzzy though, but may have some aspects mixed up with Battlestar Galactica.
I can even remember the intro… BUCK… ROGERS…IN…THE… TWENTYSOMETHING…CENTURY!!
The feature length pilot for Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was shown in the cinema. The robot, Twiki, had a head shaped like a bell-end.
Lori Petty fans should also check out A League of Their Own, in which she plays Geena Davis’s scrappy little sister.
I, too, enjoyed the original theatrical release of Buck Rogers (although I haven’t seen it since then), and thought The Village wasn’t nearly as bad as the critics made out. It wasn’t as good as the act-of-genius The Sixth Sense, true, but it was good, IMHO. No one creates a quiet air of menace like M. Night.
I’ll add Timecop to the mix. The only Jean-Claude Van Damme movie I’ve ever seen, and a pretty good time-travel thriller. Ron Silver is an eminently hateable villain, and Mia Sara is in a smokin’ hot love scene. A great popcorn flick.
It was if you were an eight year old boy. Gil Gerard and Erin Gray starred in it. Mel Blanc did Twiki’s voice.
When The Terminator originally came out, our local newspaper’s critic blasted the crap out of the movie. Hated it, worst film, utter crap, etc.
Of course, by the time the sequel had come out, he was praising the original to high heaven.
At that point, I stopped giving a shit what film critics thought.
Heh, now I’m really curious how badly the critics hated movies I liked.
I’ll start with Jackie Chan (RT IMDB Name):
18% 4.7 The Medallion
22% 5.0 The Tuxedo
43% 6.2 City Hunter (Sorely underrated, even by martial arts fans.)
46% 5.9 Mr. Nice Guy
Jet Li:
13% 5.5 The One (While the CGI was pathetic, what makes this movie stand out is that Jet Li, along with the fight director, created a new style for the “evil” Jet, and it becomes very clear during the final fight.)
33% 5.8 Romeo Must Die
54% 6.4 Lethal Weapon 4
N/A 5.2 Born to Defense (What a friggen tragedy here. It was his major movie debut, he directed it himself, and the plot was relatively advanced for it’s day, dealing with the US occupation of China after WW2.)
Bruce Lee:
56% 7.2 Fists of Fury (Another head scratcher. not only because of it’s deep plot, but also because it’s rated lower than the crapfest of Return of the Dragon, where Chuck Norris stank it up not only with fighting, but with his red hedgehog body hair. It was like Ron Jeremy’s early work in gay porn.)
Tony Jaa:
54% 6.9 The Protector, aka Tom Yum Goong (Sigh. Among fans of the genre, this is considered to contain the absolute best capoeira fight ever filmed.)
A friend of mine could do a dead-on impersonation of Twiki, and liked to say, “Bidi bidi bidi bidi… fuck you, Buck.” Got me every time. 
And I must admit to a bit of a crush… Erin Gray was hot, IMHO: http://www.blueprintpodcast.com/blog-images/wilma-deering.jpg
We nicknamed twiki “the chubby silver dildo.”
Except for Christine Baranski who can do both, and Amanda Seyfried who has a lovely voice. The only really bad singer was Pierce Brosnan, who gets points for being game to try.
I thought the time logic of this film made a lot more sense than 90% of the films that deal with time.
That is the rare example of perfect casting and perfect art direction sunk by dreadful songs and the wrong, wrong, wrong director.
This is a film I’ll defend up and down. It’s one of me and my wife’s favorite films. We were distraught when the DVD release was re-edited. We’ll keep watching out LaserDisc version with the original edit. Dammit, I want a BluRay disc with the original theatrical cut!
The thing that the critics didn’t get is the soundtrack is the emotional heart of the film. Tom Waits’ songs say what Frederick Forrest’s and Teri Garr’s characters can’t. You can’t just watch the film without paying attention to the lyrics of the songs and get the full impact.
I loved that film! Ice cream trucks exploding in huge fireballs!
“I’m an angel. I kill firstborns while their mamas watch. I turn cities into salt. I even, when I feel like it, rip the souls from little girls, and from now till kingdom come, the only thing you can count on in your existence is never understanding why.”
Slowly but surely, Lissener is wining people over.
Wow, Last Action Hero has 34% at RT.
Personally, I loved it. I watched it twice in the theaters. It was the first great parody of the action genre, but it had good action as well. In fact, it was such a good parody, it could get the esteemed “deconstruction of the genre” tag.
I still get chills when Jack tells Arnie: “You have only caused me pain.”
Another “Last Action Hero”-defender here. I think it’s a spot-on deconstruction of the action genre and had a ton of great throwaway gags.
But you’re right. This was a case of bad marketing. Part of the problem is this was Arnie’s follow-up to T2 and it was promoted as another shoot-em-up flick rather than the parody that it was. I don’t recall any of the previews giving the impression that this was supposed to be anything but a straight-up, “blow shit up real good” action movie.
I second “Last Action Hero”. Wonderful over-the-top satire, up to and including the ridiculously unrealistic stunts.
Also, “Air America”. Nothing to write home about, but does contain some good witty lines and a fair amout of food for thought too. And Mel Gibson.
Speaking of whom, I never understood why Lethal Weapon fans dissed the third and fourth installments of the franchise. Sure, Riggs (Gibson) and his SO Cole (Rene Russo) are getting depressingly normal in part IV, but that’s just like real life, especially as they’re getting to be parents too. That’s character development – sure the earlier movies were more fun with Riggs being borderline crazy and all, but people change. Except in movies they rarely do, which makes Lethal Weapon all the more special for daring to do that.
I also second “Reign of Fire”, the movie notorious for featuring more helicopters on the cover than in the movie. Precious little dragon action too, but what there is is awesome.
Stallone as a mobster trying to go straight, Tim Curry as Dr Poole, a linguist … great comedy.
Lisa Provolone: You kept me a prisoner up here - like Rapunzel.
Snaps: Well, you certainly ain’t Snow White!
Sophia: Look at the example you’ve set! Filling the house with thugs, goons and hit men!
Snaps: All right… sometimes I had to bring my work home with me…
I also liked Wanted quite a bit, although Rotten Tomatoes ranked it at 72% positive reviews, so I’m not sure it counts.
I love the Finucci Brothers!
Finuccis–SIT! 
The Matrix Reloaded. It was one of the few movies I went to see twice in the theater (the second time on IMAX).
I think in the minds of a lot of people it was dragged down by Matrix Revolutions (which is deserving of its reputation as an awful movie). It set you up for so much and Revolutions just failed to deliver.
But as a standalone action flick, it kicks ass and the freeway chase ranks as one of my top five favorite action scenes of all time.
Also, Monica Belluci looks smoking hot in it.
“Dumb and Dumber.” It was. But dammit, it’s funny.
“Fell off the jetway again.”