Video Killers - Our Top Five Movies That Inspire Us

The Video Killers talk about movies they have seen recently, and do it for so long, the episode had to be split into two parts! Come back next week to find out more about what makes the Video Killers tick!

Welcome to our inaugural episode!

This week, our first week, the Video Killers discuss the movies that we find comforting. The five movies that we can watch over and over. The top five movies that aren’t always our favorites, but they have shaped us in some way or another.

The Video Killers also share a bit of movie music each.

First Big Question of the Series: Timothy or Sam Bottoms???

First Off…The Movies We Watched This Past Week Segment

Magic Cop (1990)

THE IMPOSSIBLY COOL CHING-YING LAM

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A former cop rejoins the police department to investigate a drug ring that employs ghosts and vampires.

Crocodile Fury (1988)

GODFREY HO’S INSANE MASTERPIECE

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Monica, a witch vampire, has the power to invade with vampires. They can destroy everything that exists on earth. The situation worsens when Monica is working with Cooper, the master of the seas.

Righting Wrongs (1986) (AKA Above The Law)

CYNTHIA ROTHROCK!!

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Yuen Biao plays Jason Chan a lawyer, angry at the way the law seems to protect the bad guys, he decides to take the law into his own hands when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. but Cindy Si is soon on his case and it all spirals into a situation only a few will survive.

Yes Madam! (1985)

CYNTHIA ROTHROCK AND MICHELLE YEOH’S FIRST MOVIES!

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Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass onto a forger friend Panadol (Tsui Hark). Inspector Ng (Michelle Yeoh) is assigned to the case, along with Inspector Morris (Cynthia Rothrock) from Scotland Yard. The investigation leads the cops to the bumbling crooks and soon they are on Triad leader Tin’s (James Tien) tail, he will stop at nothing to get the incriminating film back and with his hitman and bodyguard (Dick Wei) at his side, he proves too much for the inspectors to catch using legal means, in frustration they give up their badges and go after Tin alone.

Night of the Sharks (1988)

STARRING THE ONE AND ONLY, TREAT WILLIAMS

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David must fight for his life against the gangsters who killed his brother for a CD filled with proof of their illegal activities. When David gets possession of the CD they go down to Mexico where David lives as a shark hunter. Who will get David first, the gangsters or the shark?

Host (2020)

ZOOM HORROR!

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Six friends hire a medium to hold a seance via Zoom during lockdown, but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realize they might not survive the night.

Hydra (1985) (aka The Sea Serpent)

TIMOTHY BOTTOMS AND RAY MILLAND

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A serpent, created by radioactivity, threatens a Spanish coastal town.*

Strike Commando (1987)

SWEET, SWEET REB BROWN!

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While operating behind enemy lines, Sergeant Mike Ransom learns of a Russian presence in North Vietnam. Ordered to obtain proof of this discovery, Ransom returns to enemy territory but is captured and subjected to a variety of tortures. Eventually he escapes to continue his mission despite being hampered by a traitor in his own ranks.

KILLER CROCODILE 2 (1990)

EVEN MORE CROCODILE MAYHEM!

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The Caribbean swamps which is to be made into a holiday resort is terrorized again by a second monstrous crocodile which is killing off anyone unfortunate to be on the water.*

Top Five Movies That Changed Our Lives..

Colette’s Five

Akira
Sunset Story
Con Air
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Soundtrack Pick: The New York Ripper

Tim’s Five

The Evil Dead
The Beyond
American Movie
Blood Feast
The Raid
Soundtrack Pick: Ocean’s 12

Gregg’s Five

The Last American Virgin
It’s a Wonderful Life
Terror in the Aisles
Mitchell
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
Soundtrack Pick: The Last of the Mohicans

Mentions in the Show

Ed Brubaker

Double Indemnity

Cynthia Rothrock

American Ninja

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