B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - GULAG (TV 1985)

This month B-Movie Gazette dives into the prison genre and who doesn't like a good prison flick? Gulag is an extremely well-produced TV movie originally made for HBO before wandering out to obscurity-land. David Keith is in top form as a sportscaster and while covering an event in Moscow is framed by the KGB. Unable to prove his innocence a prison escape is now inevitable, just how will he do it? Malcolm McDowell co-stars, this is a good one folks! 2.75 stars/2.75

Sunday, January 30, 2022

WILLIAM SHATNER DOES HIS OWN STUNTS ATOP AMTRAK TRAINS, LLOYD BRIDGES IS ON BENNIES IN THE CHEESE-FEST KNOWN AS "DISASTER ON THE COASTLINER" (TV 1979)

 

An ABC Sunday Night Movie Of The Week. All the ingredients were here for an ultimately cool TV movie but unfortunately it only delivers in the last ten minutes with a cool action scene where William Shatner does some pretty courageous stunts on a train going 40 mph plus. Everything leading up to that however is cheese-o-rama with Lloyd Bridges leading the pack as an overzealous cop eager to pull his gun on any one or thing that crosses his path. Alec Baldwin would be proud. (Sorry, couldn't resist that one.)

Worth one watch for cinephiles otherwise skip this and watch Unstoppable or Silver Streak instead. Currently streaming on Paramount +, Amazon, also found the YT link below  1.5 stars/2.75

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