11 Hidden 90's Sci-Fi Movie Gems That Need Your Attention!
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- Given how extensive the subject matter actually is, there is no other film genre that can match up to the creativeness and originality of science fiction. Thanks to this particular genre, we have been able to witness an exciting array of remarkable, mind-boggling movies. But, while it is true that we fondly remember flicks like The Terminator, Independence Day, Men In Black, The Matrix, Inception, and Avatar amongst many others, there also seems to be an entire range of the sci-fi genre that has simply been brushed aside. So, in today’s video, we are going to take a peek at 11 of these underrated gems from the ’90s that undoubtedly deserve your time.
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I am so happy to know I am not the only person who loves Soldier more than it deserves.
I think it deserves quite alot of love though, what you talking about man :).
Epic movie !
One of my app time favorites
It's a must watch.
I haven't seen that one but I have seen and do love space truckers. One of the most mental things I've ever pointed my eyes at
Soldier is one of the most underrated scifi films of all time. Kurt Russell did such an excellent job with such little dialogue.
It's not underrated.... we just love it buddy. Like how one loves their slowest child just a little more than the others.😂
yep its a classic
I saw Soldier as a kid at the theater. I re-watched it after getting out of the Army and having done two combat tours. I would say this is probably the best example of how veterans have to deal with PTSD.
Soldier is one of my favorite Kurt Russel movies of all time!
His performance as Todd was absolutely amazing.
Russell
It was good but Escape from NY, the Thing, and Big Touble in Little China are my favs. Big Trouble is prolly the best.
@@intzbk1 Oh obsoletely. He has had a hell of a lot of great movies.
Big Trouble in Little China is probably my favorite as well.
Followed by Escape from NY and LA
Then probably Soldier.
Honestly it can be hard to put them in an order as it depends on what I want to watch at the moment!
Don't forget Tombstone
I forgot all abt that movie. Pre chronicles of reddick type vibes.
Soldier is criminally underrated. Really a great movie!
If I remember correctly, It also takes place in the "Alien/Predator/Blade Runner" universe.
@@Smartmouthgamer23rd correct, it has references to the same battles that Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) mentions in his famous "tears in the rain" Soliloquy in Bade Runner, and has been confirmed by the director as such
I am honestly glad that Kurt Russel starred in Soldier it is hard to imagine other actor as Todd.
I realise how good actor he is in that movie, he pass so much emotion without any dialogues, only with his eyes, even expressions are meager!
Brilliant film
That was my first thought on seeing the film, "He LOOKS like a soldier!"
The only other actor I could see would be Micheal Biehn
he is..I actually watched this film before escape from new york & kurt russel in soldier looks more like a killing machine
1:16 Wing Commander 1999
3:27 Virus 1999
5:32 Soldier 1998
8:00 Space Truckers 1996
10:12 Hardware 1990
12:27 Tank Girl 1995
14:40 No Escape 1994
16:58 Fire in the Sky 1993
19:28 Fortress 1982
21:23 Moom 44 1990
23:00 Robot Jox 1990
Thanks, although Fortress is from '92, not '82.
And Moon 44, not Moom 44.
No Leprechaun 4, Capricorn One or Saturn 3???????????????????
@@silvervalleystudios2486 Capricorn One came out in 1977, Saturn 3 in 1980.
i remember seeing one scene from robot jox. havent heard of it since and wondered if it was just a weird dream. ive had this experience many times where i saw a piece of an obscure movie and remember nothing else and never seeing nor hearing about it again
I loved soldier, I still remember one of the simplest but most touching line of that film. "What do you feel when you fight?", "Fear." It shows that even a hand raised warrior still fears combat.
Also a film I would have liked to see on this list is a film called Screamers. Creeped me out a lot when I was a kid.
Screamers yes! Had a great atmosphere that made the film quite unnerving.
YESSSS screamers.
So glad you brought that up. Screamers is awesome.
Yes!
so fun fact, screamers was based off a story called "second variety" written by phillip k dick. the guy who also wrote the story "do androids dream of electric sheep". which makes screamers indirectly related to bladerunner
I loved soldier back in the day. Watched it recently actually. Still amazing. Something about 90s movies speak to me so much more than today’s.
Yes late 80s,90s and early 2000s movies are the best...no question about it.
Practical effects, they make a huge difference vs CGI.
The left had not taken over the civilized world and brought the entertainment industry to complete ruination by injecting it full of propaganda.
👌it does,,,man there is something about the 90-2010 plus minus era
Lately it's still good,,but everything just goes straight to Netflix showmax etc,,,
Screamers should definitely be on this list.
Hell yeah
I had expected it to be kinda. O_o
I agree.
Yes! What a good movie. So many Nightmares as a kid :D
...and Tremors
Fire in the Sky is absolutely terrifying. That abduction scene and experimenting is one of the scariest I have seen.
Scared me so much when I was younger
Same
I think The Tommyknockers had a similar scary alien scene that scared me too hahah. I think it was that movie
yeah that was crazy scene, and the movie is based on true story!
I think this movie gave me a fear of the dark when I was younger. I remember being terrified to go outside at night on my own as we lived in the middle of the countryside.
Thanks for adding Soldier to this list, it's such a fine movie. I agree on your points on Russel, his non-verbal communication was a thrill to watch
VIRUS and SOLIDER are very underrated movies, they deserve more recognition
Virus is a crazy ass movie I always loved it
There is a reason why that is, they both sucked
Fuck i forgot about virus great movie, scare the shit out of me and my cousin
Some filmed in Hampton Roads , with ship from the now gone ghost fleet.
Soldier was pretty good, but Virus is irredimable because of the truly terrible script.
DID YA KNOW... The makers of SOLDIER (1998) have said that the film actually takes place in the same universe as BLADE RUNNER (1982).
Which apparently also takes place in the Alien universe.
@@JnEricsonx The space suits from the sci-fi movie "Outland" with Sean Connery were allegedly used in the opening sequence of "Aliens".
@@mikaelbiilmann6826 SOunds about right.
@@mikaelbiilmann6826 Oh man thanks for reminding me about Outland, its probably been 20 years, it was one of the only sci-fi movies my mom loves because of Sean
It definitely is the same universe. The movie tells that Todd fought in the battle of Tannhauser Gate.
As well as being filmed in Australia, "No Escape" was known in Australia as *"Escape from Absolom"* , which I think is a much better title because it sounds more specific and less generic. The island is called Absolom after all. It was a truly first rate movie that was unfairly overlooked. And it was also produced by Gale Ann Hurd, famous for producing the Terminator films, Aliens, The Abyss etc (she was also married to James Cameron during those years and they worked as a team on all those films), and I clearly remember being very keen for Escape from Absolom when the trailers were airing on TV here in Australian in 1993, because they mentioned *"From the Producer of Terminator 2 and Aliens"*
I'm so glad that you mentioned Soldier. Kurt Russell says more with a simple tilt of his head and most actors could with a full page of dialog. I recommend this movie to everybody I know. Now I can point to this video to show them all that I'm right about it. I always love these videos of yours when I'm looking for movies that I need to see
Plus the fact he legit looks like a veteran Marine hes a beast in his age in that movie. It was a perfect time for him to portray a seasoned mercenary.
Rutger Hauer's Split Second is an under-appreciated gem. A fast pace, plenty of action and humor make this a must see!
The man lived off black coffee and cigs. So bad ass.
@@viktor_dives And chocolate!
Best scene in the movie: ruclips.net/video/hH69ZrCmgm8/видео.html
We need guns! Big fu@#en guns!
Rutger Hauer is an under-appreciated gem.
Soldier is an amazing video. One of my favorite Easter eggs is when they list Todd’s medals and battles. He has a “Plissken patch, Col. Jack O’Neil ring, and MacCready Cross”. The battle he’s been in are the same ones mentioned by Roy Batty in the original Blade Runner.
no surprise there's a connection to Batty, both films are set in the same universe
There's also a trashed hover cop car from Blade Runner 👍
None of the things ppl mention of the film production, cast, easter eggs etc, add up to much more than a curio in my experience.
I get the rest, but what's a MacCready Cross?
@@mojrimibnharb4584 it’s from The Thing. Kurt Russell’s characters name is
MacReady
"Enemy Mine" must have been the 80's. Going to watch a clip now. ha
1985. One of my favorite movies of all time, in any genre.
"And when, in the fullness of time, when Zammis brought its own child before the Holy Council, the name of Willis Davidge was added to the Line of Jeriba."
It's a really good movie.
Best Ever!
yep 80s, was in school when it came out
'Jerry' was a profit: "Your Mickey Mouse is a big, DOPE!"
Gale Anne Hurd is such an amazing producer who created both Virus and No Escape. She is a genius.
Watched Soldier a few days ago, brilliant movie, still holds up really well i think
Soldier is one of the top ten SyFi movies ever made. Unfortunately it is not politically acceptable in todays society.
@@WesS2016 huh??
I re-watch it once a month. Just amazing IMHO.
look at when he gets dumped on the planet then watch bladerunner 2049 it seems like they were just stealing the basic idea for that whole scene from Soldier.
@@icedriver2207 Im rather ashamed to say that Bladerunner and the sequel have been on my to watch list for around 15 years now haha! I'll get there
One I'd like to add to the list is "Screamers" from 1995. It's a bit trope heavy, but IMO it's a good movie.
Good choice to add
Can I come with you?
The book is even better.
@@JPerry-jw9ik Nice! lol
Moon 44 is fantastic. So underrated. Emmerich's best worst was at the beginning of his career - Moon 44 and Stargate. He also made a student film set in space, before those two.
The VHS cover of Cyborg scared the crap out of me as a young teen. Eventually saw it, and loved it. ALL the movies on this list are excellent, great video!
I swear this entire list was my weekend rental list as a kid.
Hell, I saw the majority of these IN theaters. Haven't seen Space Truckers, Fire in the Sky, or Moon 44.
@@JnEricsonx I saw a few in the theater. Fire in the sky and it scared the shit out of me.
@@IgoByaGo I was an horror/gore hardcore fan with 10 yo and gotta admit the abduction scene from "Fire in the Sky" fucked my up
@@JnEricsonx Fire in the Sky is definitely a must watch.
Fortress, No Escape and Soldier were some of my favourite movies back in the 90s.
Fun fact, Soldier was intended to be set in the same universe as Bladerunner (Tannhauser Gate is mentioned in Todd's military career as an Easter Egg).
Fantastic list!!!! Only one missing I can think of is Cyborg JCVD
Soldier was so good! I can't count how many times I watched it since it came out. It never gets old. Kurt Russell is excellent in this!!
Nemesis (1992) is also a good one.
largely considered to be Albert Pyun's best work. It's like Pyun embraced his B-Movie roots and just went full steam ahead. The movie knows what it is and it likes it...
i saw Nemesis when i was small when all we had was "The Movie Channel" but did not know the name of movie till like a decade later when i by chance found it at a Used DVD an Bookstore an snatched it up.
Olivier Gruner was so cool in that cyberpunk classic
I love No Escape. And the seminal line that featured heavily in the trailers I still love, "You want it, come and get it!" One film I saw that goes under the radar as well is Existenz
Soldier was a simple story yet an amazing character study, Russell was outstanding in the film, and loved the Loreena McKennett song, "Ride the Caucasus."
Other underrated gems I've seen --
Wing Commander, Tank Girl, No Escape, Fortress (1982), and Moon 44.
Others point out two other B-movie gems that were missed -- Screamers (1995 with Peter Weller; terrifying) and Split Second (1992 with Rutger Hauer; terrifying yet also very funny in places).
Sweet list, Fortress is criminally underrated and unseen
Same with Soldier
Fortress 2 is also good.
It truly is
I love it
I love moon 44
Soldier has always been one of my favorite movies.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to kill them all, sir."
chilling line. First time I watched it and heard that line. I was like oh shit its on.
Fun fact: it shares the universe with Blade Runner.
Shits on any Schwarzenegger line
thank you for making this video. Only four of the movies listed have I not seen but will definitely check them out thanks to your video. As for the rest of the videos listed, it was great to hear of them again. Especially Robot Jox!!
Wow. This is legitimately a good list! A lot of these kinds of 'hidden gems' videos are full of not at all 'hidden' gems or sometimes... not gems at all. Well done! I'll use this list to rewatch most of these and check out the handful I haven't seen!
I watched soldier so many times when it came out! the most underrated Gem in the sci fi world
Soldier is one of the best movies of it's time and still very entertaining.
Soldier was just amazing. Kurt Russel put down one of the best performances of all time.; I was so deeply shaken when he answers a question "what's it like?" with "Fear, Fear and discipline" .. her : "Now?" him "Always!"
I actually love the movie soldier, it’s well done and left me wanting a second one.
SOLDIER is a kicka$$ and underrated movie.
That is probably the most positive review of wing commander I've heard.
Yeah I saw this in the theater. I have low tastes...and I did not enjoy this film.
@@samdoorley6101 You're not alone in that thought. I am pretty forgiving with Scifi movies, but Wing Commander was junk. It didn't help that I played the Wing Commander series and had high hopes for the movie.
It's the only movie I seen in theaters that I got up and walked out on
I didn't mind it. Hell I didn't even know it was a video game until years later
Yeah. I LOVE the games, 3 and 4 are excellent. I don't understand how the man who MADE THE GAMES directed the movie that wasn't better.
Soldier is my favorite movie. Describes selfless sacrifice and doing what is right. K Russell performs an outstanding role well.
Soldier had a shared universe with Blade Runner with "battle of tannhauser gate" cited in Todd's military record and a supposed to be a well known battle as said by one of the characters figuring out that he was a soldier.
It also shares the universe with alien.
I think they're more easter eggs and references than shared universes
Nope they are shared.
Theres a spinner from Blade Runner on the junkyard planet.
@@joeshuge the blade runner - alien connection is debunked since forever now... you try to hold on to stuff that always was nothing more than a nod/easteregg and neither thought thru nor fleshed out... give it up, its a busted myth...
Soldier with Kurt Russel is one of my favorites.
Quite of few movies that I loved in the 90s are mentioned here. Ones I never forgot and later seeked out on DVD to own. Namely, No Escape, Soldier, Robot Jox, Fortress and Moon 44! Others I'll have to revisit and check out the ones I missed like Hardware and Tank Girl. Great list!
Soldier is one of my all time favorite movies. It looks great and has a solid story
I also agree that Kurt Russell has always been underrated.
Soldier was always one of my favorites
I love these retro film reviews. As a man of a certain age, I remember watching these 20 plus years ago... and not since. Damn you Marvelous videos for making me go on Amazon and purchasing them! Which I often do when I drink whiskey! :) I once woke up the next morning after consuming said beverage and was horrified to find out that I had spent £80 on Amazon for retro movies! :) So glad I did :) Keep up the good work. Brilliant reviews and 100% agree with your assessment.
!!GREAT NARRATING MY FRIEND!! You made it fun to watch.
I've seen 'Soldier' sooo many times. Love it! Not overlooked by me, lol.
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I'm surprised "Class of 1999" didn't make the cut.
That would have been great.
Wow!! I got to this gem after panning this videos! Glad I did, it's not very know in my country.
Same here. One of my favorite films
would have had that instead of Tank Girl. It's soo much better.
I am so happy to find this great collection thx mate.
Soldier, Wing Commander, and Tank Girl of some of my favorite childhood sci fi movies. Fortress and Robot Jox are up there as well. Gotta check out Moon 44 now, though.
Add my love for "Hardware" - an amazing film for a nothing budget. Also check out Richard Stanley's follow-up, "Dust Devil."
True that , I've seen Hardware : Surprisingly Good film.
I always liked the world-building in Hardware. Clearly they didn't know it wouldn't succeed
Hell yes. Hardware is probably still my favorite SF film from that era. Hugely underrated cast, and a fantastic soundtrack.
Nice trip down memory lane watched everything on this list
I've had Soldier on my faves list for years. It's watchable over and over again. Definitely one of the good ones.
Thanks for recalling these forgotten gems. I had watched these in theatre...good old memories..virus made my jawdrop.😮
Excellent list!!! I was about to put "Screamers" on the list too, but some people did it before me. So, I recommend
Stargate (1994)
Bicentenial Man (1999)
Dark City (1998)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Stargate, Galaxy Quest and Starship Troopers wouldn't belong on any list about 'Hidden Gems', they are far too well known
Starship troopers was complete garbage
@@synaesthesia2010 that said, I've seen all of these. Dark City was a good film...
@@DBBMed Starship Troopers is a Masterpiece
@@mctownes2013 im assuming you Have probably never seen Streetcar Named Desire/Citizen Kane/One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest/any Daniel Day Lewis Film?
Hell yeah, Tank girl rocks 😎 . Ice T as a ripper was kool, and Rebecca Buck also played "NOS" in an episode of Star Trek Voyager with Lieutenant Tuvok and Tom Parris 😎
Incredible list! Just an incredible list! These are all great movies!
Great lists, thanks bro 🤙
Robot Jox makes me wish for a Mechwarrior live-action movie
Robot Jox looks really good considering they used zero CGI for the giant robots.
Duuuuude!!!
Been looking for a copy of mechwarrior or something similar to it. Used to love that game, but my disk has dissapeared.
U need to check out GunHed. Its a much better movie than robot jox.
I cannot believe Robot Jox has not been remade especially with movies like Pacific Rim borrowing so much from it!
Wing Commander had a scene where they were using sonar for detection. There is just a tiny problem, there is no sound in space. I remember face-palming pretty hard that time.
Yeah they tried to make that scene like submarine hide-and-seek. I thought the movie was awful.
Wing Commander is not the masterpiece this video claims it is, and I swear they only hired Jürgen Prochnow to be the commander so he could recreate that sonar scene from Das Boot.
@@TheJosep70 You thought it was merely awful. I lost 5 points off my IQ from seeing it!
@@kpobuibo
Most people watched it because it had the first trailer for Star Wars ep. 1
Not SONAR but LIDAR, like RADAR but using lazers, more accurate over short distances than Radar.
HTH
I agree with the many who feel that "Soldier" is a seriously underrated and under appreciated film. Its also a chilling film in many ways regarding what any Country or World could do regarding its Soldiers.
By far, my favs in this list is Soldier and Fire in the Sky. Those movies have stuck with me for half my life now
How do you mispronounce the great Dennis Hopper's name? I constantly hear mispronounciations on this channel. You think they would rehearse the video in front of someone so they can tell them they're mispronouncing words.
Oh good I'm not losing my mind and alone in my bafflement.
Dennis...Hooper? I...can't.
May unsub as I like a list...but the thirst with some of these videos is creepy (top 10 succubus/10 dangerous but beautiful werewolves of all time/top tentacle horror?) and rookie errors like this when trying to be informational is absurd.
So perverted creepy and sometimes even inaccurate.
Yeah...I'm Ok thanks. Plenty of lists made by people less thirsty who get names of famous people correct.
He seems to struggle saying apocalyptic too and the Shatner-esque pausing is a bit annoying.
They don't care. They're just churning these out with the least amount of work possible. Just don't subscribe or watch the adds.
He mispronounce Terran as well
Also called it "Robot Jock" when the proper pronunciation is "Jocks" (Jox). They're robot jockeys.
Great one, but missing some movies from this list like: Stargate (1994), Event Horizon (1997), Starship Troopers (1997), The Guyver (1991), Guyver: Dark Hero (1994), A.P.E.X. (1994)
Stargate and Starship troopers are not "hidden" gems. Stargate, in particular, spawned what, 2 successful tv series?
Great list thanks man👍
I never was into sci-fi much as a kid, I'm 61 and for whatever reason I love sci-fi now. ? Great voice and emcee of this video , I actually wrote down with a pen, each movie and year , I'll watch all of them. Thank you and please make more of these previews, it's awesome or in my day we'd say it's cherry or boss. lol
and still no Death Machine - what have you guys got against Brad Dourif? ;)
Good movie :)
Yeah!
Death Machine is better than all those movies combined
I feel old now, since I saw all these movies when they first came out...
Lol same
Ditto. Loved Soldier and Screamers in the theater as well as Fifth Element. So glad I got to see them in a theater.
9:27 I can no longer take this video review seriously because you don't know the difference between a Hooper and a Hopper.
Love that 'Soldier' is here. It was a hidden gem favourite of mine when I was a kid!
Hardware also has a brief cameo from GWAR and music from Iggy Pop, Motörhead, Public Image Ltd. and Ministry.
No way is ministry in that movie. It fits but I haven't seen it in 20 years haha rewatched ai the other day and id forgotten Al and the lads were it that as well
Carl McCoy from Fields of the Nephilim as well: "Where's the little man?" ;)
I worked on Hardware. I did all the CG graphics using an Amiga 😁
Seriously? lol With 3.5?
@@kingpickle3712 You mean floppies? Then yep of course. It was an Amiga 1000 so pro stuff 😉 Deluxe Paint 3 and Sculpt4d. Amazing how far we've come
@@EDcase1 Yeah, the floppies. I can't remember when but they had the tape drives for those as well and they upgraded from floppy to a hard case drive. Good times, lol.
You did an amazing job. I actually saw it theatrically and thought everything looked great.
@@michaelmayo Wow, thanks very much. I always think I could have done better 🤔
dude I remember all of these, effin fantastic list of flicks most people have never heard of. just great. every movie on this list is a must watch
Soldier was my favourite. Excellent film
" 'Soldier' is considered to be a "spin-off sidequel"-spiritual successor to Blade Runner, seeing both films as existing in a shared fictional universe. "
46yrs old and I remember 80% of these movies ! Thanks for the help with the long forgotten names
Ich bin 44 Jahre & habe keinen der Namen vergessen
Wenn ich mir nur alles andere auch so gut merken könnte 🤣
A fantastic jump back for me, took me back to my youth. I think i have watch most of them with the exception of Virus. Great work guys
I have seen and loved quite a few of these. I definitely will watch them all, some again. Its been a while. Thanks fornthe reminder. 😊
As an Iraq Veteran and A Sgt as well it really shows what being torn down and remolded in to a fighting machine, I liked the end when Sgt Todd was braking down and showing emotion and started caring. that's what happens when one is so wired for so long.
No Escape I almost forgot about that movie, absolutely amazing movie I love it
Brilliant list, earned a new sub
This could be a list of my favourite sci-fi movies of all time. Out of all of the them I'd only not seen Moon 44 and Tank Girl has to be my all time favourite movie.
OK... Where's Starship Troopers?! :)
still sitting intact on the throne of the best sci-fi action movie ever made by one of the best directors ever to live
No escape was a real underated film. Well worth a watch. Rip Ray.
"Soldier" is actually part of the "Bladerunner" universe, for you who did not know this already, the script is written by one of the two writers of the "Bladerunner"-script, David Webb Peoples.
No its not
@@BBAERSTANCE1 It is, Just check either movies wikipedia-page, with citations. On what grounds do you consider my statement false?
@@perholmstrom7050 Nope, noooo it isnt
@@BBAERSTANCE1 You present a compelling argument, but I am still not willing to accept it. Let's agree that we disagree on this subject.
@@BBAERSTANCE1 Todd fought in the battle of Tannhauser Gate.
I remember all of these except for the Kurt Russel flick. I'll be watching that before bed tonight. If you haven't seen no escape, I highly recommend it. Awesome vid. Thanks.
Yes to all of these. These are all my favorites.
If you love post apocalyptic sci-fi, you must hunt down and watch "Blood of Heroes".
Amazing performance by Rutger Hauer.
It was also called "Salute of the Jugger".
I love that movie.
I watched it once on HBO as a kid but didn't know what it was called or who the actors were. It wasn't until my late 20s that I rediscovered it. It was quite the treat and the movie was just as good as I remembered.
My dad recorded it off HBO and would watch it together every once in awhile.
Love me some Dennis Hooper.
Haha...had me yelling at the sceen when i heard it.
Right?
This is a good list and will be watching these over Thanksgiving weekend as a marathon on these movies.
This is exactly the video I needed to see
I love so many of these. Most of these would better than a lot of stuff being done today.
Nemesis is another hidden gem!
Nemesis was the best of any of the Pyun films. One of my favorites. I paid $45 for the DVD and it was tough to find.
I love nemesis for being quality rubbish i got it from a pound shop back in the early 2000s. Back then a real big studio movie would cost about £15 on dvd buts some £1 shops would have a whole stack of dvds. I bought loads enjoying how terrible these movies were. Nemesis and cold harvest turned into guilty pleasures. Terrible movies on most scales but absolutely giddyly over the top joys otherwise
As soon as I saw the cable cutting of the mech's hand, it triggered memories of Video rental stores. I knew it was it was Robot Jox immediately, even though I had not thought about that movie in at least 15 years
Solider is one of my favorites from that era. 😁 Good to see the Russell family working together.
The diner in space truckers needs to be featured in the expanse.