Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

PRIME TARGET is an extremely low budget action thriller that dates back to 1991. It was a labour of love for writer/director/lead actor David Heavener, one of those unknown macho wannabe guys with lots of chest hair but no discernable acting talent. Heavener plays a renegade cop in the Dirty Harry mould (he even has Andrew Robinson as a superior) who is tasked with transporting mob boss Tony Curtis cross-country while goons attempt to either rescue or assassinate him. Lots of low rent action ensues, with big guns blowing holes in people and the usual obligatory shower scene with a blonde bimbo. Curtis is amusing enough and there's another nice supporting role for Isaac Hayes, but otherwise the entertainment value on this one is limited thanks to it being the one-man-David-Heavener show.

The VHS for this low budget affair incredibly starts out with David Heavener pitching some kind of contest, where you call him for $2.00/ minute. Is this possibly to cover the movie's micro budget getting blown? Either way, the first thing that will get your attention as cheaping out, is there are no extra's milling about, especially noticeable in the final shootout on the court house steps. I mean guns blazing, snipers falling off roofs, and the town is completely deserted, except for the combatants? Every cent must have been spent on the car chases, and pyrotechnics. The script is so simple, a ten year old could have written it. So why is the movie still watchable? It's got a very intriguing cast of supporting actors. What's not to like about Don Stroud, Isaac Hayes, Andy Robinson, or Tony Curtis? The film includes some humorous exchanges between Heavner and Curtis, brief nudity, and a catchy C&W tune. You could do a lot worse than "Prime Target". - MERK

Prime Target is all some people would like to believe America is about : sun blasted deserts, ugly remote villages, bland-looking people and redneck western-descent heroes.David Heavener's vision of heroism is even worse. In his self-made justice world, a Cop Hero :1. Wields a flamethrower, burns criminals alive, and... gets "suspended" as a result.2. Takes 25,000$ from the FBI just to drive some criminal around, and plagiarize The Gauntlet and Clint Eastwood in doing so.3. Wears a awfully-looking hat just to reinforce that dumb country attitude.4. Hates talking, hates culture, and hates eating everything else besides a hamburger.5. Uses a 60 centimetre (illegal?) six-shots handgun making big holes in human bodies.6. Listens to moronic country music.7. Drives around with a "don't talk to me, I live on an empty island" attitude."Prime Target" looks just like libertarian propaganda : Every official is corrupted? The "man" has to take justice into his own hands. Bankers ask for their 25,000$ mortgage in ten days? No problem, the "man" will find the money. His wife wants to throw him away because he never shows up at suppers? No problem, the "man" just has to push around, and he's screwing his wife again... the same boring dumb blonde girl showing up in all these movies.Damn, at least the 70s movies were entertaining. This is crappy "Free America lives by the gun and dies by the gun" propaganda.

All right, I'll admit it. I was channel surfing on the world wide web, and found this playing KCTU, out of Wichita, Kansas. It was late, I was bored, and I stumbled on it during a gun scene near the beginning. This is a completely predictable movie, shoot possibly by some local high school kids! Everything about it just screams "70's B movie", but it was made in 1991! So why did I watch it? After seeing 60 seconds of it, I thought "This movie is BAD, could it get any worse? Yes, it does. It has the same allure of Rocky Horror, your just glued to it. Bad acting, bad jokes, bad puns, bad sound effects (tires don't squeal on dirt). This has it all. If you like 70's B movies, you've found your winner here. Otherwise, you couldn't pay me $25,000 to watch this movie again (in movie pun there).