Bob checks in with five more short (but longer than capsule) reviews for the Seattle International Film Festival, 2026. Keep reading for reviews of Quince (Fifteen), Lady, Chili Finger, Sons of the Neon Night, and The Big Cheese!
Frank Castle continues to wrestle with his past, both in his family and repercussions from his vigilantism, in Reinaldo Marcus Green’s underwhelming Punisher: One Last Kill, now on Disney+.
Eureka! releases seven German rough-and-tumble high-adventure flicks from the sixties based on Karl May books, all starring Lex Barker. ADVENTURE CALLS: KARL MAY AT CCC is out now on Blu-Ray.
Washed-up actor Johnny Cage joins the defenders of the Earth Realm against Shao Khan’s evil forces in Simon McQuoid’s awkwardly uneven Mortal Kombat II.
In G.I. Samurai, Japanese troops find themselves 400 years back in time and join the fight during a civil war. Kosei Satio’s 1979 film is now on Blu-Ray via Arrow Video in May.
An LAPD pilot gets a new helicopter and a conspiracy plot to solve in John Badham’s 1983 surprisingly awesome cop action classic, coming to 4k UHD from Arrow Video.