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Down Twisted
''Down Twisted'' is a 1987 thriller film, directed by Albert Pyun, and starring Carey Lowell, Charles Rocket, Courteney Cox, Norbert Weisser, Linda Kerridge, Trudi Dochtermann and Nicholas Guest. Plot A naïve, good-hearted Los Angeles waitress does not think twice about helping her troubled roommate. Her help lands her in Central America fleeing for her life with a grungy mercenary. Cast * Carey Lowell as Maxine * Charles Rocket as Reno * Trudi Dochtermann as Michelle * Thom Mathews as Damalas * Norbert Weisser as Alsandro Deltoid * Linda Kerridge as Soames * Nicholas Guest as Brady * Galyn Görg, Galyn Gorg as Blake * Courteney Cox as Tarah * Bambi Jordan as Suzie * Ken Wright as Mr. Wicks * Alec Markham as Captain * Eduardo Cassab as Sargento * Christabel Wigley as Theona * Joe Holland (actor and director), Tim Holland as Mickey Release The film was given a limited theatrical release in March 1987. The home video release was in the United States in 1990 by Media Home Entertai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Pyun
Albert Pyun (May 19, 1953 – November 26, 2022) was an American film director who made low-budget B-movies and direct-to-video action films. The Independent Film Channel said that Pyun "has carved out a unique niche as a director of low-budget, high-concept genre films starring actors past their prime", adding that "others believe this a charitable description for Pyun, who has also been derided as the new Ed Wood." Though his films frequently blended kickboxing and hybrid martial arts with Science fiction film, science fiction and dystopic or post-apocalyptic themes, which often include cyborgs, Pyun stated in a 2012 interview that "I have really no interest in cyborgs. And I've never really had any interest in post-apocalyptic stories or settings. It just seemed that those situations presented a way for me to make movies with very little money, and to explore ideas that I really wanted to explore — even if they were [controversial]." Pyun's films include ''The Sword and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |