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Once again, "Watchers Reborn " allows us to reenter the secretive world of the Outsider and his intelligent pooch partner. With the program failing miserably three previous times, you'd think the National Security Agency and Defense Department would abandon the project. Think again. Those wacky bureaucrats! They just can't give up on the idea that a genetically engineered beastie, linked psychically with a super-intelligent dog, will serve as an effective means to destroy our nation's enemies. A few thousand domestic corpses later, you'd figure they would get the idea that the program ISN'T WORKING! You'd also think the producers of this film would get the idea that the movies aren't working anymore, either. Wrong on both counts. In "Watchers Reborn ," we see yet another scientist hard at work to turn the Outsider project around. This time it's Dr. Grace Hudson (Lisa Wilcox ) pushing papers. She's working closely with the National Security Agency, presented to us in the form of the evil Lem Johnson (Stephen Macht ), to make this sucker wor (www.amazon.com....ev_manlink)
Here are a few things I noticed about "Watchers Reborn ". One, why is the lab containing the Outsider experiment located near Los Angeles? We've seen time and time again that this program poses a significant security risk to human beings, yet the government conducts the experiments right near a major metropolitan area teeming with potential victims along with a big media apparatus that would just love to break a story about a secretive genetics experiment involving animals. I'm surprised the lab isn't right next door to PETA headquarters. Two, Mark Hamill 's career really went south after the "Star Wars" films. Most of us know this, of course, but "Watchers Reborn " really brings this fact home in an unpleasant manner. Hamill looks like a hangover in a suit as he lurches his way through this movie. Ouch. Three, the Outsider looks really cheesy. His look has deteriorated as the series progressed, but he's downright laughable in this outing. Four, "Watchers Reborn " proves, as if any additional evidence was necessary at this point, that Hollywood considers white guys in suits an evil hated by all forms of creatio (www.amazon.com....ev_manlink)
As Louis XV used to say, "Apres moi, le deluge". After the first film, the sequels heralded disaster . "Watchers Reborn " represents the absolute nadir of this franchise. It stinks. (www.amazon.com....ev_manlink)
The House of Corman brings "Watchers Reborn " to DVD with lackluster results. Corman's always been one to work on the cheap, and his DVDs are no different. We see the movie in a full screen format with average audio quality. The only extras are three trailers for other Corman films: "When Eagles Strike," "Hope Ranch," and A Woman Hunted ". I'm proud to say that I survived all of the Watchers films. I reviewed the first two all the way back in September 2004, almost three years ago, and now I'm done. What will I do with my time? I guess I can start working my way through all of those "Friday the 13th " and "Halloween " films. I suppose I could read the Koontz book that gave birth to these monstrosities. I could even rewatch the Watchers films even though only the first two really merit any serious attention. Nah! On to the next crop of cheap, cheesy, flicks that only a bad movie lover can love (www.amazon.com....ev_manlink)
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