Mortal Kombat! Cheesy '90s soundtrack, lame-to-decent martial arts, laughable but not-taking-itself-seriously acting, and Cary Tagawa! I love that film more than I reasonably should.
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The OP said BAD movies!
Your namesake from Midnight Cowboy (decidedly not a “so bad” movie) would have said just the same thing.
Per the OP, I’ll add Battle Beyond the Stars, a Star Wars wannabe starring Richard “John Boy” Thomas. Awful, yet wonderful.
Seconded! I love this movie.
Also: the cartoon The Last Unicorn. Cheesy, but brings a tear to my eye anyway.
I love MK as well. It’s got just enough plot to keep the story going from fight to fight. Christopher Lambert and Linden Ashby (along with Cary) are both very awesome in the movie. Unfortunatley, Bridgette Wilson is in it and she can’t fight and her acting is pretty weak.
Cat Man: Weird type of person. I wonder who could’ve done it?
Star Child: Good question, Cat Man. What do you compute, Space Ace?
Space Ace: Insufficient data at the moment, Star Child.
Cat Man: We better look into it.
The Demon: {growls}
It’s more a SF version of The Magnificent Seven.
How about “Big Trouble in Little China” with Kurt Russell?
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
Of course, it might have been The Ramones that made this movie great, but it’s also chock-full of typical Roger Corman so-bad-it’s-goodness.
Quite right – it even has Robert Vaughn playing the same role he played in The Magnificent Seven.
there are two versions – in one the Valkyrie wears a lot fewer clothes.
Well, I ain’t a f’real cowboy…
I will second Kiss Meets Phantom; third Xanadu.
I will also add, Dr. Detroit, Starhops, Frankenhooker, Lust in The Dust, and Bad Santa.
I should also give a shout out to Cobra if for no other reason than the scene where Sylvester Stallone cracks open a beer before confronting the bad guy in the supermarket.
Here’s the scene in its entiriety.
I also like the line, “What is important is gravity.”
I own Batman and Robin on Blu-ray.
Joe vs. The Volcano, it’s sappy, corny and has a ridiculous plot. Most of the cast consider it the worst movie they ever made but despite all that Hanks, Ryan and Bridges rock it anyway. Who on this planet couldn’t identify with Joe Banks about his job?
Damnit, I meant to include the racial/national stereotypes in my checklist. Good catch!
I’ll just add some stuff, since this is what I came in here to mention:
The 60’s yellow porsche that Sully is driving inexplicably at one point turns into a 70’s model, with enormous spoiler, for a few seconds. After Ahnold kills Sully and walks over to it on its side, flips it over, and drives away in it, it’s undamaged.
And how can we forget Ahnold throwing a large blunt pipe THROUGH the bad guy’s body? And then steam comes out, while Ahnold says “Let off some steam, Bennett.”
BTW, Bennett was played by the guy who was the mohawk baddie from Road Warrior.
What’s the body count in “Commando” when Ah-nold assaults the bad guy’s complex? I counted 56 the last time I watched it. Did I miss a few dozen?
“The Core” is more enjoyable than it should be.
Hey now! That’s not bad-good! That’s good-good! Or at least good-bad-good…or…something.
A surprisingly effective, creepy little movie. Telly is over the top, but I’m fairly sure he was supposed to be. I, too, am fond of it :).