{"id":916,"date":"2021-10-26T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/31horrormovies.wordpress.com\/?p=916"},"modified":"2021-10-26T08:24:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T12:24:00","slug":"oct-26th-night-game-1989","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/?p=916","title":{"rendered":"Oct. 26th: Night Game (1989)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Night Game (1989)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by Peter Masterson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey look another slasher!\u00a0 Well kind of, I guess.\u00a0 It really is in that weird tweener area like 10 to Midnight with Bronson.\u00a0 Half slasher, half cop drama, all sexy saxophone OH YEAH!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plot for this one, is\u2026unique.\u00a0 A police detective played by Roy Scheider tracks down a serial killer who is stalking young women on the beach front after each game that a certain baseball pitcher wins.\u00a0 Who wrote this? Spencer Eastman, if you want to be technical but rhetorical question, cmon.\u00a0 The whole baseball part is really shoehorned into this movie.\u00a0 Think of this as 10 to Midnight, meets Ace Ventura Pet Detective, meets Lethal Weapon.\u00a0 Weird mix?\u00a0 Yeah I thought so too but let\u2019s talk about that.\u00a0 Lethal Weapon\u2019s score is totally ripped off in this movie. The sexy saxophone is in full effect.\u00a0 10 to Midnight because it\u2019s about a police detective hunting down a serial killer.\u00a0 Ace Ventura Pet Detective because it is about a former professional athlete with beef towards a former teammate.\u00a0 Granted this came out before Ace Ventura so theres that right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The acting is pretty good.\u00a0 Roy Scheider is always quality.\u00a0 We also get Lane Smith whom is one of my favorite character actors, he\u2019s awesome as an authority figure in whatever movie he\u2019s in.\u00a0 Paul Gleason, from Breakfast Club fame plays the crooked cop Broussard.\u00a0 He does such a good job playing the dick in everything haha, type casted?\u00a0 The kills really aren\u2019t anything too impressive but they work, mostly throat slits.\u00a0 The killer has a hook for a hand and is a former MLB pitcher for the Astros, until Baretto takes his job in the rotation.\u00a0 The killer, named Epps has gone mad and now murders women any time Baretto wins.\u00a0 Odd, I know.\u00a0 Epps is a menacing figure but you only see him in the last 15 minutes, unfortunately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This only has a 4.9 on IMDB as of me writing this review.\u00a0 I will say I think this movie is better than that, but it isn\u2019t great.\u00a0 The plot is stupid, let\u2019s face it.\u00a0 The idea of a killer offing women ONLY when a pitcher wins a game.\u00a0 What weird motive.\u00a0 Why not just kill the pitcher?\u00a0 He\u2019s pissed at him, or is he angry with the Astros?\u00a0 Then why not just bomb the Astrodome?\u00a0 His logic is missing for sure.\u00a0 While the plot is awful the acting is good and the suspense is decent.\u00a0 I give this a C-, it left a lot to be desired but isn\u2019t horrible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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