The Worst Film Ever

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Dreadfully Boring

Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,

Don't be fooled by reviewers making it sound like a blue movie. There isn't nearly that much sex in it. I liked it, I mean, as the story progressed, there was more than just a spark of hope to have a-not-too-dismal find on the "Dangerous Babes" box-set, and after junk SEXTETTE and big yawn SEPARATE WAYS I was just relieved that this one was at least watchable. The story is there, it is plain and simple, it is a small low- budget movie. Exploitation? Yes, there is a lot of nude scenes with Simone Griffeth. What (I suppose) nobody else mentions, is that the nude scenes are very tastefully done. A climbing- out-of-bed-after-sex scene, and an in-bathroom- after-sex scene which turns into a shower scene. There's nothing lurid, it's pretty straightforward. The sex scenes itself are quite tame even by vanilla standards, and really integral to the story- line. So, to all the Mother Grundies out there, get over it 'n' stop yer whining!What is to moan about is the way this story unfolds. Our burglar 'hero' gets wounded, and then... ...then what? Hell, I don't know. I can't figure it out. Seemingly mortally wounded, he got carried off by the thuggy blokes from Christine's opening nightmare. And what then? Unlikely medics? He was right as rain, she thought he was dead. But how did those guys fit into the story? Aw well, who cares?Simone Griffeth is worth watching. Researching her, I learned she was the lead in SWAMP GIRL at the start of her career (1971), and had the female lead in DEATH RACE 2000 (1975), which I've only heard about but never seen. Here she is much older, but as the title would suggest, still HOT!Loved the little kid. Renee Johansen. Gonna Google and see what happened with that one.I'm not complaining too much. With the chance I took in my quest for NIGHT CLUB, I could have drawn several more (and worse) stinkers, as Crown International Pictures is fertile breeding ground for just exactly that. Anyway, it is more than a hundred times better than running mate SEPARATE WAYS.

"Hot Target" comes with several interesting aspects attached to it. For starters, it seems to be an attempt to be a modern day film noir, inspired by films like "Double Indemnity" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice" though having "R" rated elements like nudity and sex. It's also interesting that this film's focus is on the woman, instead of the man. As well, it's interesting that this time around the movie is not American, and is instead an English/New Zealand co-production and set in New Zealand (not England, as some previous user comments have stated.) No doubt this movie had the potential to be entertainingly different, though the actual execution makes it anything but. For starters, while this was made for theaters, it sure doesn't look like it - it has a cheap British made-for-TV feel throughout, and the music score also has this feeling. Second, in several aspects the movie's plot is too close for its own good to another modern day film noir ("Body Heat"). But what really sinks the movie is its weak tone - it never comes across as terribly sexy, terribly tense, or terribly mysterious. And it's capped with an ending that's far from satisfying and raises questions that are never answered. Apparently these filmmakers didn't look carefully at past film noirs to know that you don't just need certain elements - they have to also be well executed.

Filmed in New Zealand in 1985 but first seen here as an NTSC DVD in the late 1990's, this film is set in the U.K. and features such esoteric activities as cricket matches. Believing it would only have a limited appeal to North American audiences, distributors never released it for theatre showings here . The original DVD was not reprinted, and by now the film would no doubt have achieved almost complete oblivion this side of the Atlantic but for the fact that a couple of years ago the distributor, Crown International, packaged it with seven other thrillers as a dual double sided DVD release marketed at about the usual price for a single film on DVD disk. Clearly this compendium was of considerable interest to IMDb users as most of the eight films suddenly started to become candidates for user comments again.Such packaging arrangements work well for many older viewers who have nostalgic recollections of one of the films featured, and have been waiting for a DVD version to become available. The film which led me to buy this complete set was French Quarter, a film that I would rate above any equivalent current release I have seen so far this year. I commented on it for IMDb in 2005 at a time when no DVD was available, and my comments (still on record in this database) indicated that I would certainly buy a DVD version should one become available. The other seven films were a bonus. All new to me, only two proved to have any interest - Pick-up and Hot Target. Comments so far made on this database.do not fully do justice to either. Perhaps I will pick up the computer to comment on Pick-Up later, now it's time to consider Hot Target which has been described as an inferior English imitation of Body Heat. Technically inferior certainly; with Kathleen Hepburn and Mickey Rourke starring in Body Heat this could be taken for granted:, but it is not an imitation. I felt the story in Hot Target was one which was much closer to real life as most people experience it - making it a film many viewers may find more meaningful and remember longer. 90% of paperback books listed as crime thrillers are about premeditated murders which, thank heaven, almost certainly constitute less than 10% of the serious crimes committed. The same goes for films, most viewers will never carefully plan and commit a murder and this makes it harder for them to identify with the characters in Body Heat In Hot Target we have a wife who feels suffocated by life with an overbearing husband,(SPOILER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS)and is therefore a relatively easy prey for the confidence trickster who seduces her in order to take impressions from her house keys whilst she is in the bathroom. Neither of them has any killer urge and this makes it easier to become involved in the story which seems closer to real life than to a lurid paperback novel. Don't get me wrong - I really enjoyed watching Body Heat but, just as with most paperbacks, it's story started fading as soon as I had seen it - Hot Target left me with much more to think about, and in this respect it was a better film.Although it did not have quite the intensity that Hepburn and Rourke achieved, there was nothing shabby about it. Other commentators on this database confirm that Simone Griffeth, Steve Marachuk & Bryan Marshall all gave very competent performances (as did Peter Mc Cauley in a shorter part as the Police Inspector). One viewer even commented that Simone Griffeth sweated in a most convincing way during her sex scene - I would not go this far, most aspiring actors would give a lot to be able to control their sweat glands during moments of stress, but I do not believe many of them have ever mastered this art. It is probably fairer to comment that the make-up department showed more care than is often the case by providing a supply of body oil at the critical moments. Kudos to them! Another reviewer comments that Griffeth's nude scenes are worth all but a cent of the price he paid for the DVD, but that he cannot quite decide whether the rest of the film warrants this last cent. I enjoyed the humour, but this and other comments do give an impression that we are discussing soft-core porn rather than erotic drama. This should be corrected, the nudity is very brief, extending for a total of perhaps two or three minutes of the running time, and is certainly not exploitive. For example during a tryst in a secluded spot at a cricket match, a nipple shot lasting about one second served to show the couple were not discussing the finer points of England's national game. The nudity could probably have been dispensed with, but it contributed to the story so why should it have been? Some may not have been happy with this film's conventional aspect ratio, but all things considered I felt it was a competently made and enjoyable film. If you are considering buying this collection do not let these reviews deter you.IMDb currently rates Body Heat at 7 and Hot Target at 5. Both are good but not great films, I rate them equally at 6, Hot Target is less sophisticated, but it is closer to everyday life and for me this balanced things up. It is easy to make a film more intense when the characters become caricatures, however whether I have become involved with these characters is more relevant to my assessment. Is this not a good basis for judgement? .

Billed as a thriller in the spirit of "Body Heat", this film was only available on video in North America -- not surprising, since it is very thin on plot and very heavy on heavy breathing. Loaded with gratuitous nudity, Hot Target will appeal to anyone who is looking for titillation. The American cat-burglar, like the rest of the film's characters, is laughable; there is actually a little bit of entertainment value in the stunningly horrid dialogue. You need only look at the filmography of the cast members to see what a fabulous piece of work can do to a life in film - like, say, end it.Basically, it's 100 minutes of horizontal jogging under the flimsiest pretenses - great, if you like that sort of thing. If you were looking for a thriller "in the spirit of 'Body Heat,'" then I suggest you see Body Heat.Direct-to-video. Kills careers - dead.