Brain Smasher - A Love Story [VHS]

Brain Smasher - A Love Story [VHS]
by Albert Pyun

Brain Smasher - A Love Story [VHS]

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Actor: Andrew Dice Clay, Brion James, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Teri Hatcher, Yuji Okumoto
Director: Albert Pyun
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
Running Time: 88 minutes
Release Date: 1998-01-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Vidmark / Trimark
Studio: Vidmark / Trimark

VHS Movie Reviews of Brain Smasher - A Love Story [VHS]

Movie Review: A very fun movie.
Summary: 5 Stars

We enjoyed watching this movie. Who would have thought Andrew Dice Clay and Teri Hatcher would make such a fun team? They do. I like this movie.

Movie Review: Loved this movie when I was little...
Summary: 4 Stars

I wish this movie was on DVD! I don't own a VHS player and have been dying to see this again. I used to watch this movie all the time when I was about 12 years old. It was such a fun, comical, entertaining little cheese-fest. I loved it! I hope it gets released sometime on dvd or bluray for those of us who have ditched vhs!!!

Movie Review: One of my favorite movies of all time!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a great movie: call it a cult classic, call it camp, but the fact is that if this movie ever came on TV at 2 A.M. you'd be glued to the screen until it was done. It stars Andrew Dice Clay and is a made-for-HBO semi-low budget action/comedy about a bouncer named Brainsmasher (Clay), a model (Teri Hatcher), her botanist sister and a clan of Chinese martial arts monks terrorizing Portland, Oregon.

In short the plot is that the model's botanist sister sends her this flower that bestows ultimate power if eaten because Chinese monks are after her. Now the Chinese monks (read: ninja-like guys) are after the model, and she runs into a nightclub. A bouncer (Brainsmasher) gets caught up in the fray and ends up joining forces with the model and....weird things happen.

The plot is nonsensical but the writing is top notch, and Clay plays Brainsmasher with Bruce Campbell-like comic delivery that is flawless. Just when you're afraid it might drag down into the throwaway plot there's plenty of brawler vs. martial arts cartoony violence peppered in that is actually quite well choreographed. The chemistry between Clay and Hatcher is a bit forced, but if you wanted serious romance then you'd be watching something other than Brainsmasher: A Love Story. This is by far Andrew Dice Clay's best performance ever, and I have been looking for this on DVD for years (my VHS tape is almost worn out).

Comparing this movie to others of the genre is challenging: it is lighter and less violent than most action movies, has more of a plot and better dialogue than most martial arts movies and is much funnier than any romantic comedy ever made.

Even if you hate Andrew Dice Clay, watch this movie! It's a rare gem that never gets old and is better than the sum of its parts.

Movie Review: Brainsmasher rules
Summary: 4 Stars

Ok so this is a cheesey movie. I loved it and wish it were on DVD. Right now the only VHS I still have are this one and my wedding.

Movie Review: Another Excellent B-movie!
Summary: 4 Stars

If you liked "Big Trouble in Little China" you'll love "Brain-Smasher!"

I saw this movie on HB0 many years ago, and watched it over and over again. To this day, I find myself longing for a couple of the songs I heard. Unfortunately, the studio that put this movie out has all but disappeared, and the vocalist who performed much of the music is now a naturalist and audio book recorder, with nary a CD for purchase.

Brain Smasher is your usual Dice movie, although his character is much more subdued than say Ford Fairlane. This must have also been one of Teri Hatcher's first roles, before she became such an over-actor. She was actually quite good and very attractive in this film.

I won't go into the plot, because, well, others already have. This movie appears to be coming out on DVD at the end of Jan. 2007 in the UK, so I hope they release it via DVD in the states soon.

If you're looking for something different--quirky but fun--check out Brain Smasher.

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