Most Americans have probably never heard of this movie, which is considered a classic of Canadian cinema. If you’re among those who know nothing of this work, please seek it out – it might be one of the best films you’ve never seen.
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A cop is blamed for his wife’s murder and joins with the assassin to try to escape Hong Kong in Alfred Cheung’s neo-noir On The Run, on Blu-Ray from 88 Films
A small town is besieged by… well… Vampire Zombies… From Space! in Michael Stasko’s hilarious throwback to 50s/60s sci-fi horror, on physical media by Cleopatra Entertainment.
Snakes on the Plane, the meme-heavy B-movie, slithers back onto 4K and Blu-ray in a new limited release via Arrow Video.
BOOTLEG FILES 926: “Metropolis 2027” (Fritz Lang’s 1927 science fiction classic, updated with color and a dialogue track).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: A fan film made without the clearance of the rights owners of the original classic.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nein.
The other day, I received an email from a person named Garrett Guynn, who reminded me that I wrote a Bootleg Files review in September 2019 of “MetropolisRemix,” which took Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent black-and-white classic and reimagined it as a color film with spoken dialogue. Mr. Guynn included a link to my review, which was helpful because I had no memory of his film. And when I reread my review, I could only vaguely recall the production.
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Nia DaCosta’s 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is brutal, yet poetic, immediately continuing from the previous entry as Spike discovers the horrible truths about men and Dr. Kelson learns the wonders of monsters.
A hit man for the mob lives his life based on the ways of the samurai who finds himself targeted by his own employer. Now he has to balance honor with trying to stay alive.