Comments on: Movies You Have Not Seen But You Should See (Because They Are Good) #10

By: Cap'n Carrot

Cap'n Carrot — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:25:11 +0000

Haven’t seen this one in years, but I fondly remember it from my childhood. Finding good video game movies is kinda like finding good Jessica Biel movies, almost impossible.

By: the scowl » Blog Archive » a quartet of monday night links while I listen to politically charged folk music

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:53:40 +0000

[...] Hot damn, Cloak and Dagger. I definitely remember friends of mine watching this in my youth. That said, all I can actually [...]

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:02:32 +0000

I haven’t seen this years. And years. And years.

Although I seem to recall being slightly annoyed that it had nothing to do with the video game.

I should dig out my Atari 2600 when I’m back in Canada. Put it on an HDTV and be amazed at how well the graphics still hold up.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:05:03 +0000

Gah! I loved that movie so hard! Thanks for the reminder.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:54:26 +0000

“Jack Flack always escapes!”

I’ve rarely seen a better early-setup-and-last-reel-payoff than that line.

By: Justin Newberry

Justin Newberry — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:59:57 +0000

Man, oh man, there must be some geek hive mind shit going on ’round here. I was just thinking about how much I missed this flick the other day. Gotta find it at the video store now…

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:28:28 +0000

OH MY GOD.

I have seen this on cable, and I kind of regret it not being part of my childhood, because it was “before my time”. It was pretty awesome, and way better than the Home Alone movie based on an important game. Which, sadly, was part of my childhood.

Macauly Culkin (sp?) should not be part of anyone’s childhood.

Are you going to do cartoon movies people haven’t seen but should have because there are good? Because I love me some obscure cartoons.

By: Will Entrekin

Will Entrekin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:58:51 +0000

OMG. Cloak & Dagger! Flight of the Navigator! The B.R.A.T. Patrol! The Last Starfighter! I-Man! And thus the floodgates of 80s memories were opened, and the chocolate grenades and blinky-morse code recollections flooded my brain. And it was good. Nice, MGK. Very, very nice.

By: FS

FS — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:19:47 +0000

Coleman was great. It’s a pity he never really got the fame he deserved.

He was awesome in Wargames: “I don’t have to take that, you pig-eyed sack of shit.”

By: Zenrage

Zenrage — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:08:35 +0000

Seen it too many times and that little girl always annoyed the hell out of me.

I preferred Midnight Madness and Krull.

By: CandidGamera

CandidGamera — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:21:57 +0000

An early childhood fave of mine..

By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:39:41 +0000

I am not ashamed to admit that at one time I really wanted an imaginary Dabney Coleman of my own.

I also remember as a wee lass (already afflicted with early onset fantasy fictionitis) being slightly disappointed by the lack of actual cloaks and daggers in this film. But I still enjoyed it. Especially the descriptive gut-shot scene.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:55:25 +0000

“I remember the scene where the goon threatens to shoot Henry Thomas in the stomach and describes to him how painful a death it will be”

Yeah, that’s the part that’s still with me, although in my memory, it has to do with kneecaps.

Wow. It must have been about 20 years since I last watched this. Probably still sitting on a tape in my mom’s basement.

By: Lithera

Lithera — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:48:21 +0000

Ha! I actually hvae seen this one.

And I like it! HA!

By: MDF

MDF — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:58:12 +0000

Thanks for the memories. I hadn’t thought about that movie in years — and it was great.