Midnight Heat

 (1996)

Midnight Heat (1996), also known as "Blackout" and "A.K.A" is an B-level actioner starring the former football phenom known as The Boz, real name Brian Bosworth. The film opens as he is leaving his job as an extremely muscle-bound but nonetheless mild-mannered bank manager, and is hit. He awakes with memory loss. He doesn't recognize his gorgeous wife or their palatial home, but keeps having nightmares about a darker existence having to do with prison, white supremacist tattoos, and violence. When his wife is killed and an attempt is made on his life, he has enough clues to send him to L.A. There he teams up with a spunky cocktail waitress to solve the mystery and wipe out a huge nasty gang, as only a  mild-mannered bank manager can.

The acting could have been better, and the film really could have used a lot more nudity. The story is not bad, if a little obvious in that I think most will guess the ending long before the credits roll.

On the other hand, the flick is rarely seen and the action is fast-paced, hence of interest to some and an easy watch for those who are curious.

It is only available on DVD from RLDVDs.com in a region-free fullscreen transfer.

Azalea Davila, in a flashback, shows breasts.

Occhi di Cristallo

A serial killer is terrorizing the city, slaughtering with no mercy and no small amount of creativity. Hot on the trail is Inspector Giacomo Amaldi (Luigi Lo Cascio), who quickly notices a pattern to the killings: each time, a different body part is removed and replaced with the equivalent part of a mannequin. The body count is increasing, however, and the killer's identity remains a mystery. The investigation takes an interesting turn when it appears that a colleague with a brain tumor just might know the all the answers to the questions Amaldi is looking for.

 

Lucia Jimenez

 

Borislava Kostadinova

 

Karla

No fun here, but this 2006 docu-drama provides an interesting look at serial killer husband and wife Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka (Laura Prepon), who in the early 1990's kidnapped, tortured, sexually molested, and murdered several young women in Canada. As was later discovered, prior to his marriage, Bernardo was also a serial rapist who was known as the Scarborough Rapist.

The movie delves into the relationship of the pair, and explores Homolka's claims that she was physically abused by her husband both before and after their marriage, and was actually another of his victims. It also presents the prosecution's view that she was an active and willing participant in the murders. She got a greatly reduced sentence in exchange for testifying against her husband.

Perhaps one of the most bizarre aspects of this case is that Homolka participated in the death of her younger sister, who died of an overdose after being loaded with pet tranquilizer so that Bernardo could "have a virgin". Although the plan had only been to knock her out so that Bernardo could have his way with her, they gave her so much that she never woke up.

This is a fascinating movie, and as tasteful as possible given the subject. I considered it a very worthwhile look at the dark side of people.

Laura Prepon

Edwige Fenech in The Policewoman Goes to NY, yet another in the cheesy series. Hey, who cares when you get to look at Edwige?

Jenny Agutter in Sweet William, a rarely-seen tidbit from the Agutter filmography. Check out a very young Sam Waterston. The clips are VHS quality. (No DVD available, to my knowledge.)

Here are Mr. Skin's caps from that film:

And here are his efforts from China 9, Liberty 37, another obscure Agutter offering:

Sample right >>>>

(Take a look at pictures of a young Agutter, and you'll see what I mean about the cloning.)

Weird fact for the day: Trachtenberg speaks fluent Russian.

Assorted pictures of a young Heather Mills McCartney doing various naughty things.