Hologram Man

Another excellent Joe Lara movie. All the cast were great but Joe is my favorite. I saw this one quite a few times too. You gotta see this Sci-fi. It's another action flick. It's real cool.

A typical PM Entertainment film which means lots of action, lots of explosions and a decent cast. Set in the near future, a social revolutionary is put into hibernation for his crimes and at a parole hearing five years later manages to escape stasis as the eponymous 'hologram man' to cause further mayhem. The oddly named law officer Decoda (I thought it was Dakota!) who captured him originally is ordered to track him down. It's an entertaining film. Joe Lara as Decoda is a bit dull but the film is enlivened by the villains including Nicholas Worth as One-Eye, William Sanderson as Manny and Tommy 'Tiny' Lister as Eightball. Topping them is Evan Lurie as 'Slash' Gallagher who is funny and violent but also strangely sympathetic. Anneliza Scott is also good as Decoda's new work partner Carradine but is not in it enough and gets killed prematurely. One would have liked to have seen more of her.

After viewing this movie, all I can say is "odd. Very odd." The sci-fi part of it seemed a bit overly-done; but I can't really comment on that aspect since I never advertised myself as a sci-fi expert. There were wayyyyyy too many explosions and shootings. I sometimes got the feeling the writers added all these when they needed time to fill since most of these scenes seemed pointless. The only redeeming quality of this movie was it's quirky plot in which the viewer couldn't help but be confused whether to route for the "good guy" or the "bad guy," since the "bad guy" (in terms of the guy who was the rebel of society) actually had the right idea. Other than that, there were way too many explosions and shootings. Almost to the point that it was sickening. But like a former poster on here said, "Hologram Man" may actually be worth looking at ... just to see what society should "not" be. If society ever got this bad, I wouldn't want to be in it.

HOLOGRAM MAN is another straight-to-video science fiction thriller from the 1990s, this time clearly indebted to the likes of THE LAWNMOWER MAN. A notorious murderer is captured by the cops and turned into a hologram in a futuristic society, only to escape and continue to wreak havoc. Directed by action specialist Richard Pepin, I thought this film was pretty amusing. It has wall to wall action sequences and a massive body count, as well as all of the explosions and shoot-outs you could wish for. The early computer effects are well achieved on the low budget and reminded me of Wes Craven's SHOCKER at times. The bad guy is an overacting maniac while Joe Lara's wooden hero reminded me a little of SAMURAI COP. Best of all is the great supporting cast, featuring roles for the likes of B-movie specialist Michael Nouri, DIE HARD 2's John Amos, hulking heavies Tommy 'Tiny' Lister and Nicholas Worth, cult favourite Alex Cord, and the reliably kooky William Sanderson.