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Commit OneEp. 96: Could’ve Been Worse. This Could’ve Had Cher.: Commit One’s Review of Fatal BeautyThis is one movie that if they actually tried to rip off another movie it would have been an improvement! Will, Mike, and Sam travel to the world of 80s cop films with the forgotten "gem" from 1987: Fatal Beauty. Starring Whoopi Goldberg in the main role along with Sam Elliot as a bodyguard and love interest (yeah, with all due respect we didn't get that one either), the film follows Whoopi's sometimes-undercover cop character as she digs into the drug trade so much that we had to do a disclaimer at the beginning of this episode to address it a...2025-04-081h 51Commit OneEp. 95: How is this NOT an Asylum Film?!: Commit One’s Review of Jeepers Creepers: RebornWill the torture ever stop??? Will, Mike, and Sam revisit the world of the Jeepers Creepers franchise that they covered in the very first Trilogy of Torture by looking at the reboot film that stumbled over itself right out of the starting gate with the 2022 entry Jeepers Creepers: Reborn. With no cast returning (not even Jonathan Breck for his role as the Creeper) and no involvement from the original creator Victor Salva (which is honestly a good thing in the grand scheme of things), this film tries to do something new with the story and twist things around, but fai...2025-04-081h 36Commit OneEp. 94: The Critics Should Have Been Court Marshaled!: Commit One’s Review of Major PayneCan someone PLEASE explain to us why the critics didn't like this one? Will, Mike, and Sam take on a 90s classic film that helped make Damon Wayans a household name (as well as give many, many quotable lines) in the 1995 military comedy Major Payne. Co-starring Karyn Parsons (of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air fame), the film features Wayans as a tough Marine who becomes the commanding officer of a bunch of misfit JROTC cadets. Yeah...even with the military theme it is a bit paint-by-numbers. While predictable at times, it still holds up as a favorite despite somehow qualifying for...2025-04-081h 46Commit OneEp. 93: Heigh-Ho! Heigh-Ho! Heigh...Oh No No No!!!: Commit One’s Review of My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) (Valentine’s Day Special)Note: As Sam explains in the opening to this episode we ran into technical difficulties with the recording to the effect that the timing seems a bit off in places. We do apologize for this as we could not fix this in time and we may do a re-release later on down the line with it corrected, but we do hope it does not distract from your enjoyment of the episode.
Nothing says "I love you" like a pickaxe to the head! Will, Mike, and Sam celebrate Valentine's Day in their own....unique....way by looking at a...2025-04-081h 32Commit OneEp. 92: Here There Be...Aliens?: Commit One’s Review of OutlanderNot to be confused with the STARZ series (at least it didn't rip off a classic tale). Will, Mike, and Sam kick off 2023 with a look back into the past....we guess....with the 2008 film Outlander. Starring Jim Caviezel as the titular outlander who is really a humanoid alien (don't worry that doesn't spoil anything as you know that in the first five minutes) who must adapt to Anglo-Saxon Viking culture to hunt a monster under the guidance of King Hrothgar (played by John Hurt) and must use his "magical" ways to defeat these odds....wait a minute....this i...2025-04-081h 49Commit OneEp. 91: It’s Just Like Home Alone...But in New York!: Commit One’s Review of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Christmas Month Hater’s Choice)Wait....this seems awfully familiar....oh well. Will, Mike, and Sam wrap up Christmas Month and 2022 with your Hater's Choice episode as they look at a 90s Christmas classic for many people, albeit pretty much being a copy-and-paste story with the 1992 film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Even with the cast from the original film returning, including Macaulay Culkin as Kevin, this film really just an excuse to use New York as a location while all other logic is thrown out the window (including the original film's character development save for the villain Harry...yes the only one w...2025-04-082h 16Commit OneEp. 90: Guess What Day it is!: Commit One’s Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (Christmas Month)Well...at least we got a classic internet meme out of this. Will, Mike, and Sam continue Christmas Month with a cult classic holiday horror film that is most known for "Garbage Day!" and the MASSIVE overacting skills of the main character with the 1987 film Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2. Starring Eric Freeman in his first lead role (wherein he receives conflicting direction from the director and the producer), the film follows up the original film by following the younger brother of the first film's killer. However, don't worry if you haven't seen the first one because this film s...2025-04-081h 26Commit OneEp. 89: Even Tim Taylor Couldn’t Improve This: Commit One’s Review of I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Christmas Month)Oh JTT.....you left Home Improvement and upset Tim Allen for this?!?! Will, Mike, and Sam continue Christmas month with a film that they have been collectively avoiding for three years but knew that it had to be done eventually with the 1998 Disney film I'll Be Home for Christmas. Starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas fresh off of his Home Improvement and The Lion King voiceover fame in a role that has really no redeeming qualities, this holiday film features a true Disney plot that makes no sense, sends a confusing message, has very little in the way of ANY development, and...2025-04-081h 35Commit OneEp. 88: It’s Big and Bright Deep in.....Massachusetts?: Commit One’s Review of Deck the Halls (Christmas Month)Our eyes! OUR EYES! Will, Mike, and Sam kick off their third annual Christmas month with a film that was nominated for Worst Excuse for Family Entertainment with the 2006 holiday "classic" Deck the Halls. Starring Matthew Broderick and Danny Devito as two neighbors that get into conflict over Christmas lights (and the holiday in general) with one being obsessed with Christmas traditions and one that just wants his house to be seen from space. Yes, that is pretty much the premise. With the film checking off a lot of the Christmas family comedy cliches and two guys that are...2025-04-081h 48Commit OneEp. 87: So....This is Russian Blair Witch Project Then?: Commit One’s Review of Devil’s PassWhen will these college documentary students ever learn? Will, Mike, and Sam bridge the gap between Halloween and Christmas months with a found footage film that, although it is technically a bad film with a third act that goes SO off the rails, is actually a pretty decent film with the 2013 horror film Devil's Pass. Featuring no actors of note (typical of a found footage film), the movie at first seems like a rip-off of The Blair Witch Project except in the snow and freezing terrain of Russia until it takes such a sharp left turn that even Will (wh...2025-04-081h 50Commit OneEp. 86: What Bond Needed....Was More Cowbell!: Commit One’s Review of A View to a Kill (James Bond 60th Anniversary Special)Hmmm....that didn't age very well. Will, Mike, and Sam celebrate the 60th film anniversary of one of the most iconic spy characters in history in James Bond by looking at a bit of Bond trivia by the resident Bond nerd Will (who wanted to do this by himself but was not allowed), and then looking at the final film with Sir Roger Moore as 007 in the 1985 film A View to a Kill. Featuring Christopher Walken as the Bond villain Max Zorin, Grace Jones as Zorin's henchwoman May Day, and Tanya Roberts as the official Bond girl Stacey Sutton, t...2025-04-082h 01Commit OneEp. 85: So...This is How You Kill a Franchise...: Commit One’s Review of BloodRayne (Trilogy of Torture 2: Uwe Boll)Suddenly....BEN KINGSLEY!! Will, Mike, and Sam mercifully bring their second Trilogy of Torture (and third Halloween month) to a close with the 2005 film BloodRayne. Marking Uwe Boll's third attempt at adapting a video game movie, the film strips back the stylized action and rock music of the last two entries in favor of slow, poorly choreographed fight sequences, a boring plot, actors that are mostly just phoning it in throughout the entire 95-minute runtime, and even a scene that is really not necessary AT ALL. But hey, at least there is a lot of blood! Even with names l...2025-04-081h 37Commit OneEp. 84: Hey Uwe Boll! GAME OVER!: Commit One’s Review of Alone in the Dark (Trilogy of Torture 2: Uwe Boll)Note: We had some audio issues during the recording of this episode which we suspect is a result of improper microphone storage during our long hiatus as Sam explains at the beginning of this episode. While she did try to fix things as best as she could we do apologize for the quality of this episode and will be working to fix this in future episodes.
How does Uwe Boll keep getting work?! Will, Mike, and Sam continue their second Trilogy of Torture (and continue Halloween month) with Uwe Boll's second ill-fated attempt at adapting a video g...2025-04-081h 16Commit OneEp. 83: This Went SO Off the Rails!: Commit One’s Review of House of the Dead (Trilogy of Torture 2: Uwe Boll)Well....they had to get to this "amazing" director sooner or later. Will, Mike, and Sam kick off their third Halloween month as well as their second Trilogy of Torture by looking at three of the early English-language films (and video game film adaptations) of Uwe Boll! For this week the Commit One crew is looking at Boll's first video game movie with the headache-inducing and over-the-top nuttiness that is the 2003 film House of the Dead. Representing almost nothing from the video game it is based on and starring no one really of note other than featuring Opie Taylor's l...2025-04-081h 40Commit OneEp. 82: IT’S ALIVE!: The Season 3 Premiere of the Commit One Movie Podcast!Did you miss us? Will, Mike, and Sam make their somewhat-epic return after a four-month hiatus to kick off the third year of the Commit One Movie Podcast with a bit of an explanation (but a good one) of why they have been gone for so long, what they have been up to during the time away, and a preview of a few episodes to come including one that was recorded BEFORE the hiatus but again was not able to be posted (again, they do explain that in the episode). So, sit back, relax, and enjoy the madcap banter...2025-04-0840 minCommit OneEp. 81: It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s an...Elephant??: Commit One’s Review of Operation Dumbo DropThis episode is dedicated to the memory of Ray Liotta.
Disney is at it again! Will, Mike, and Sam jump back into the Disney vault for a Vietnam War family comedy film (talk about an oxymoron) that is somehow based on a true story in 1995's Operation Dumbo Drop. Featuring a well-rounded cast with main stars Ray Liotta, Danny Glover and Denis Leary along with Doug E. Doug and Corin Nemic, the film follows a dysfunctional group of soldiers attempting to deliver an elephant to a Vietnamese village in order to maintain a military influence over the fa...2025-04-081h 47Commit OneEp. 80: Nothing: We Have No Title: Commit One’s Review of Gehenna: Where Death LivesThe title should really explain a lot about this one! Will, Mike, and Sam go back into the world of semi-horror/more thriller and suspense (with a small dash of Lance Henriksen) with the 2016 film Gehenna: Where Death Lives. Starring no one else really of note besides the small cameo by Henriksen, the film starts off with very lousy acting that does get better as the story becomes more convoluted when time travel ends up getting thrown into the mix. Yes, you read that right...time travel. It is an odd little film that, while it does have a f...2025-04-081h 37Commit OneEp. 79: The Last Sharknado Made More Sense!!!: Commit One’s Review of Sky SharksWhat in the name of good taste and Skeleton Man was this? Will, Mike, and Sam really scrape the bottom of the barrel this time as Will and Sam slowly lose what sanity they have left (much to Mike's amusement and delight) with the 2021 disaster of a film called Sky Sharks. Horrible acting, horrible set pieces, an insane plot by any standards, and just bad taste all around is what makes up this insult to cinema....and we haven't even gotten to the zombies yet! However, despite the pain that this film brings (in more ways than one), the Co...2025-04-081h 12Commit OneEp. 78: This Film is for the Birds!: Commit One’s Review of The Return of JafarThis episode is dedicated to the memory of Gilbert Gottfried.
This is where it all began for lesser-quality Disney sequels. Will, Mike, and Sam return to the less-than wonderful world of Disney by looking at their very first direct-to-video film which also serves as the pilot episode (albeit releasing four months after the series debuted) of the TV series Aladdin with 1994's The Return of Jafar. Despite Robin Williams not returning to the role of the Genie, this film still stands out with most of the cast returning including the late, great Gilbert Gottfried in his most memo...2025-04-081h 39Commit OneEp. 77: And the Award Goes to....CRAP!!: Commit One’s Look at the 42nd Golden Raspberry AwardsWhy has it taken the Commit One crew so long to even talk about the Razzies? Will, Mike, and Sam take a short pause on their movie reviews to take a look at the annual Golden Raspberry Awards which for the past 42 years have "honored" the worst in film. Despite many controversies detailing what films are nominated to how the awards are given out to the actual voting committee not even needing to watch the film, the "Razzies" have still provided some fun times when it comes to the films that are covered. With this year's ceremony having wrapped...2025-04-081h 00Commit OneEp. 76: Go Go....Oh Who Cares?: Commit One’s Review of Inspector GadgetThis is one film that needed a recall. Will, Mike and Sam take a look at another childhood-destroying film and Hollywood and Disney take an existing property with an existing story and instead make an unneeded origin story that is still disconnected with the source material in the 1999 film Inspector Gadget. Starring Matthew Broderick in the title role, the film shows what happens when you try to take the wackiness from better films like The Mask, try to make it family-friendly, and end up trimming a lot of the film to the effect that the pacing is completely off to...2025-04-081h 34Commit OneEp. 75: I Have the Aspirin!!!: Commit One’s Review of Masters of the UniverseThis should have been banished for Eternia: Will, Mike, and Sam return again to the 1980s with a childhood-destroying, convoluted, and confusing mess of a film that is 1987's Masters of the Universe. Starring Dolph Lundgren in only his second starring role as He-Man, this film shows what happens when you make a film based off of a toy line, mostly ignore the cartoon series based on said toy line, and drop the audience right in the middle of the action with little to no explanation before inevitably moving most of the action from the fictional world to the r...2025-04-081h 31Commit OneEp. 74: Could Someone PLEASE Shoot This Jukebox?: Commit One’s Review of Rock of AgesDisclaimer: During the editing of this episode Sam realized that some of our mocking of the over-the-top acting in some scenes of this film could accidentally be misinterpreted by listeners as us mocking other aspects of those scenes such as the content. We apologize if anyone even briefly misunderstands our reactions as this was not our intent and we hope you still enjoy this episode.
Well....at least there's good music? Will, Mike, and Sam journey back into the world of musicals with a film adaptation of a successful Broadway musical that doesn't quite hit all of t...2025-04-081h 49Commit OneEp. 73: They Fought the Law and the Ratings Won: Commit One’s Review of Judge Dredd (1995)It's all about the LAAAAWWWWW!!!!! Will, Mike, and Sam travel to the dystopian future this time with a film that takes a good comic book source and changes many of the things that made it so good to the point where it has damaged the reputation so much that when a more faithful adaptation comes along no one cares to watch it. Yes, we are talking about the Sylvester Stallone led 1995 film Judge Dredd. Despite good costumes and visuals, this film proves the phrase "turn off your brain and enjoy the stupid" with a clumsy script, poor dialogue, and a...2025-03-102h 02Commit OneEp. 72: Where’s Kurt Russell When You Need Him?!: Commit One’s Review of Harbinger DownWell, if you're going to rip off a film at least you got Lance Henriksen! Will, Mike, and Sam set sail with this blatant version of The Thing except on a boat, poor acting at points, stupid decision making at others, but at least come up with good practical effects with the 2015 film Harbinger Down. Starring the aforementioned Henriksen, this film (which was in a large part helped funded through Kickstarter) shows what happens when you try to pay homage to a better film only to be seen as a poor imitation by the end. A bit boring at po...2025-03-101h 49Commit OneEp. 71: The Password is...Don’t Mess with St. Olaf People! Commit One’s Review of Lake Placid (Betty White Tribute)This episode is dedicated to the memory of Betty White.
The First Lady of Television has a potty mouth! Will, Mike, and Sam start a new era of the Commit One Movie Podcast on a bittersweet, but still a happy reflective tone as they look back on their memories on the life of Betty White and one of her most memorable supporting roles with the 1999 film Lake Placid. Starring Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt and Betty White herself in a small, yet important, supporting role that many believe helped relaunch her career just boils dow...2025-03-101h 44Commit OneEp. 70: ...And Now For Something Almost Different: A Commit One Retrospective and Look Into the FutureIt's the end of an era! Will, Mike, and Sam celebrate the final weekly Friday release of the Commit One Movie Podcast with a retrospective reflection of the show from it's humble beginnings with Doctor Detroit to the many jokes, arguments, and just plain bad movies that the crew has covered over the last year-and-a-half. Listen in as the trio talks about their favorite moments from the movies themselves to the funny moments that were too good that they had to stay in as well as a "behind the scenes" look at how a few of the moments were cr...2025-03-101h 01Commit OneEp. 69: Good Grief This is Bad!!!: Commit One’s Review of Flubber (A Robin Williams Tribute)What happens when you take a comedy film and make a great improvisational actor, who just patched things up with the studio, more subdued in his performance? You get this family-friendly waste of time! Will, Mike, and Sam close out 2021 with a special tribute episode to the late, great Robin Williams on the year of what would have been his 70th birthday by discussing his life and impact on the lives of many people with his work and look at one of his not-so-great performances (but still passable at points) with the 1997 Disney film Flubber. Released the same year a...2025-03-102h 20Commit OneEp. 68: Right Down Memory Lane!: Commit One’s Favorite Christmas Movies & SpecialsThese are ones that defined our Christmas childhoods. Will, Mike, and Sam sit down to look back on their favorite Christmas films and specials from their childhood (and even adulthood) in this special Christmas Day episode where the normal format is set aside for the holidays (as well as the absence of a Hater's choice which is explained in the episode). The items discussed mostly would not qualify for a regular episode so the Commit One crew thought it would be a good gift to have some recommendations. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this holiday discussion of three...2025-03-1057 minCommit OneEp. 67: This Jack Frost is Nipping at....NOOO!!!!: Commit One‘s Review of Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer SnowmanUmmmm....okay......a killer snowman. Will, Mike, and Sam continue Christmas month with a holiday horror movie (that Sam was able to grab this time around) with an even worse and hokier sequel than its own original film with the 2000 direct-to-video film Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman. Given the subtitle to avoid confusion with the family-friendly Jack Frost starring Michael Keaton (also pretty bad), this film proves that when you need to try to improve on the outrageous premise of the original horror film with a serial killer who is fused with snow (it's actually a l...2025-03-101h 42Commit OneEp. 66: Can We Just Have the Coal Instead?: Commit One‘s Review of Mickey‘s Once Upon a ChristmasEven the beloved Disney characters are not safe! Will, Mike, and Sam continue Christmas month with a short direct-to-video feature that not only makes Will and Sam Disney-nerd out a bit but also raise Mike's chagrin who refuses to pay money to the "House of Mouse" even though he is a fan with the 1999 Christmas anthology Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas. Starring everyone's favorite Disney characters from Mickey and Minnie in the 100th retelling of "Gift of the Magi" to Donald Duck in a Groundhog Day-esque short to Goofy and his son Max pre-Goof Troop, it really has a b...2025-03-101h 50Commit OneEp. 65: 3 Santa Strikes, 2 Brothers Fighting...in a Movie Starring Vince Vaughn!!: Commit One‘s Review of Fred ClausTalk about Christmas family drama! Will, Mike, and Sam return from another brief hiatus to kick off their second annual Christmas month with a film that, while having its many flaws to the point where it is not as fondly remembered, does have its moments where filmmakers decided to show Santa Claus's extended family in the 2007 comedy Fred Claus. Starring Vince Vaughn as the titular Fred, the older brother of Santa Claus (played by Paul Giamatti), the film tries to show what happens when the older sibling of a beloved individual has to live in his brother's shadow. Yes, i...2025-03-101h 53Commit OneEp. 64: Can Our Memories Be Repossessed?: Commit One‘s Review of Repo! The Genetic Opera (Halloween Hater‘s Choice)Well....at least the music was somewhat decent. Will, Mike, and Sam end their second annual Halloween month with a special Hater's Choice episode with a film that has been recommended several times by one of their first fans that also helped share the podcast with the 2008 science-fiction, horror rock-opera Repo! The Genetic Opera. Starring Alexa Vega (now PenaVega), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and even Paris Hilton of all people, the film is a constant barrage of over 50 musical numbers (earning the opera title!), trippy visuals, and a story that is more ridiculous and c...2025-03-101h 34Commit OneEp. 63: Good Thing We Didn‘t Have That V8: Commit One‘s Review of Attack of the Killer TomatoesWell, can't say this one isn't rotten. Will, Mike, and Sam take a look at a cult classic film that somehow received three sequels and STILL gives parodies a bad name with the 1978 film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Even though it is meant to be a parody with a ridiculous premise, this film still fails on so many levels with terrible acting, random scenes and gags, sometimes forgetting to focus on the KILLER TOMATOES, and blowing over half of it's budget on an unintentional scene (listen to the episode to find out!). Even though it has a few f...2025-03-101h 29Commit OneEp. 62: We Have Some Grave News...This Sequel Sucks!: Commit One‘s Review of Grave Encounters 2Didn't we learn ANYTHING from Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2?!?! Will, Mike, and Sam continue Halloween month by looking at a film that they have talked about before on the podcast where they praised the original film that came before it and dreaded looking at the sequel. Well, the time has come for the trio to look at 2012's Grave Encounters 2. Taking the failed idea from Book of Shadows, the sequel presents the original film (Grave Encounters) as just a movie complete with "reviews" to start off the movie before going off the rails, and not in a good way...2025-03-101h 35Commit OneEp. 61: Ummm....Anyone for Tennis?: Commit One‘s Review of Are You Scared?No, but we are bored and slightly mad. Will, Mike, and Sam finally return to their movie reviews and kick of their 2nd annual Halloween month with the groan-inducing and head-scratching 2006 Saw rip-off film, Are You Scared? Starring nobody of note (not even a lower-level celebrity like in an Asylum film), this waste of time tries to take the "game" element of the Saw franchise and tries to get "creative" with the story only to end up with bad acting, bad character choices, and inept villain who LITERALLY GIVES EASY CLUES TO THE POLICE, and a "twist" and villain mot...2025-03-101h 38Commit OneEp. 60: We‘re Back!!: The Return of Commit OneFINALLY!!! The Commit One Movie Podcast HAS COME BACK!! Will, Mike, and Sam return from their one-month hiatus to discuss where they have been, what caused the hiatus from technical issues to the now "lost" episode that had THREE attempts to be recorded, what they have been up to in their lives along with what movies they have seen during the break, follow up their previous episode with a few more films that they will never cover, and give a bit of a preview of what will be upcoming on the podcast including information about the 2nd annual Halloween...2025-03-101h 11Commit OneSpecial Announcement from Commit OneSome unfortunate news we need to share, Movie Haters. We will return as soon as we can!
2025-03-1004 minCommit OneEp. 59: We Are NEVER Touching These (Even with a Ten-Foot Pole)!: Movies the Commit One Crew Will Not CoverDon't expect these on the podcast at any time! Will, Mike, and Sam take some time in this special episode to briefly look at some of the movies that, for one reason or another, they will never cover in a full-length episode. Although these films would qualify under the normal requirements to be included in an episode, whether they be too controversial, too raunchy that no amount of cleaning up will help, or just too horrible that the crew couldn't even get through ten minutes from just previewing the film! These are so bad for so many different reasons...2025-03-1039 minCommit OneEp. 58: We Guess Kids' Games are Supposed to be Scary?: Commit One's Review of Hide in the LightCome out, come out, wherever the good movies are!! Will, Mike, and Sam question how childhood kids' games are suddenly being made into movies and how hide and seek can be horrifying with the 2018 film Hide in the Light. While having a decent premise and some promise if redone a different way, this independent film from the same people that brought Inferno: Skyscraper Escape (much to Will's annoyance) still fails on several fronts with poor acting, dumb characterization, pacing that is all over the place, and full-blown side conversations happening when the characters are in danger! This is one f...2025-03-101h 27Commit OneEp. 57: Can We Throw This Season in a Cage?: Commit One's Review of Season of the Witch (2011)Our eyes! OUR EYES!! Oops....wrong movie! Will, Mike, and Sam take a look at their first Nicholas Cage film with the 2011 medieval supernatural film Season of the Witch. Starring the previously mentioned Cage along with Ron Perlman and Claire Foy in her first role, this film tackles a very different take on witch trails during the Crusades with mixed results with a rushed script and a few plot holes that makes this one a forgettable watch. Despite some decent acting (and good humor at times) from Cage and Perlman, it is not enough to save this losing season. S...2025-03-101h 29Commit OneEp. 56: Brooke Knows Acting Better!: Commit One's Review of Sand SharksWhen the daughter of Hulk Hogan actually does one of the best acting performances in a film, you know something is wrong! Will, Mike, and Sam dive back into the world of creature features and lament missing the boat on covering this film during Shark Week with the 2012 direct-to-video film Sand Sharks. Starring Corin Nemec (whom Stargate fans know better as Jonas Quinn), the previously mentioned Brooke Hogan, and a whole cast of people barely anyone has heard of, this film lives up to the "quality" of creature features covered by this podcast with horrible acting, even worse CGI, an...2025-03-101h 39Commit OneEp. 55: This Needed a Luis Rundown: Commit One's Review of Fantasy IslandThis is one fantasy we wish we could all forget. Will, Mike, and Sam look at what happens when studios attempt to take a popular former series and try to turn it into a horror movie with few good results in the 2020 film Fantasy Island. Starring Maggie Q, Lucy Hale, and Michael Pena as the mysterious Mr. Roarke, the most recent film covered on the podcast explores a film with a questionable script and even more questionable characters that not even a minor role from Michael Rooker could save it. Even with a few twists that could have been p...2025-03-102h 17Commit OneEp. 54: This Sequel Got a FORE!!: Commit One's Review of Caddyshack 2What happens when you do a sequel that the original's writer does not want to do, the star it is built around throws the script in the trash and does not return, and tries to to make it "family friendly" compared to the R-rated original and fails on all counts? You get the 1988 film Caddyshack 2! Will, Mike, and Sam hit the course to look at this ill-advised sequel where the one returning star (Chevy Chase) expressed his regret before the film was even released and a plot that is so all over the place the sub-plot is completely lost. D...2025-03-101h 57Commit OneEp. 53: Be Vewy Vewy Quiet....We're Hunting Endorsements: Commit One's Review of Space JamThe studio executives just thought they had a slam dunk with this....well at least with kids. Will, Mike, and Sam kick off (or in this case tipoff) the second year of the Commit One Movie Podcast by looking at a beloved childhood film, but the flaws stand out more to adults in the 1996 live action/animated film Space Jam. Starring NBA legend Michael Jordan along with the Looney Tunes characters, the film features some....interesting...acting from athletes (but what else would you expect?) and questionable characterization from the Looney Tunes themselves (Bugs Bunny needing help.....seriously???), it i...2025-03-102h 20Commit OneEp. 52: Someone Must Be Punished for This!: Commit One's Review of Manos: The Hands of FateDisclaimer: While we do want to keep this podcast as PG as possible, there was a little more swearing than usual for this film. Although this language is censored to keep a "clean" content rating, listener discretion is still advised.
If bad movies are at the bottom of the barrel, this one is actually BENEATH the barrel altogether!! Will, Mike, and Sam close out the first year of the Commit One Movie Podcast with one of the worst, if not THE worst, movies ever put to film in the 1966 abomination that is Manos: The Hands of Fate. Wr...2025-03-101h 45Commit OneEp. 51: Ridley Scott May Have a Case Here!: Commit One's Review of Dead SpaceIn this space, no one can hear you snore. Will, Mike, and Sam take on a film that at it's core is nothing more than an Alien ripoff with the 1991 direct-to-video film Dead Space. Starring Marc Singer of Beastmaster and V miniseries fame as well as then-relatively new actor Bryan Cranston, this film is a very short sci-fi film with uneven pacing, questionable acting, and a Swiss-chesse like plot that makes one wonder why they even bothered. Even though the practical effects are decent, they are not enough to save this forgettable film. However, the Commit One crew is here to...2025-03-101h 26Commit OneEp. 50: IT'S HERE!! Enough Said: Commit One's Review of SharknadoYou KNEW that they were going to get to this one at some point so better late than never! Will, Mike, and Sam jump back to The Asylum by looking at the first film of the company's biggest unintentional franchise with the 2013 television film Sharknado. The reputation of the film speaks for itself and holds up to The Asylum's "high" standards with terrible acting, a ridiculous plot and leaps of logic, horrible CGI, and very questionable editing choices. With the craziest part being that this first film is actually played somewhat serious, there is no escaping the ridiculousness as...2025-03-101h 56Commit OneEp. 49: This is so Yabba-Dabba-Dum-Dum: Commit One's Review of The Flintstones (1994)Who was begging for a live-action version of this? Will, Mike, and Sam once again try to ruin their childhoods (with little success) by taking on a franchise that has existed and been beloved since before any of them were born that was then almost ruined with the 1994 live-action adaptation of The Flintstones. Starring John Goodman as Rick Moranis as Fred and Barney, respectively, the film boils down to essentially an extended episode of the original show with random scenes that barely go anywhere to just fill time. Even with a decent cast (with the exception of THAT actress p...2025-03-102h 12Commit OneEp. 48: Minecraft has Better Creepers Than This!: Commit One's Review of Jeepers Creepers 3 (Trilogy of Torture 1)They're tired, they're at each others' throats, but they need to finish and they have the worst for last! Will, Mike, and Sam conclude their seemingly endless recording session by taking on the final film in their first ever Trilogy of Torture: the 2017 film Jeepers Creepers 3. Despite having Jonathan Breck return one last time as the Creeper and writer/director Victor Salva come back behind the camera, the film proves what NOT to do for a follow-up with poor effects, a nonsensical plot, terrible acting, and Creeper motivations and supernatural elements that, when compared to the arguably first two b...2025-03-101h 48Commit OneEp. 47: School Lunches Were Never Like This...: Commit One's Review of Jeepers Creepers 2 (Trilogy of Torture 1)Will, Mike, and Sam may just be at each others' throats before this is over. The Trilogy of Torture continues for the Commit One crew as they dive into what they consider to be the "best" of the Jeepers Creepers trilogy with the 2003 sequel Jeepers Creepers 2. Featuring the returning Jonathan Breck as the Creeper as well as Ray Wise as a defiant farmer this sequel that was also written and directed by Victor Salva of the first film, throws away the boring slow burn of the first installment in favor of a Creeper that is on his last day of...2025-03-101h 37Commit OneEp. 46: WAKE UP and Open Your Peepers!: Commit One's Review of Jeepers Creepers (Trilogy of Torture 1)This....is going to be painful. Will, Mike, and Sam take on a challenge to their sanity in their first-ever Trilogy of Torture where they will look at three films with a common thread (director, actor, or series). This time, it's the Jeepers Creepers trilogy as the crew takes on the first film in this episode. Starring Justin Long, Gina Philips, and Jonathan Breck as The Creeper, the 2001 film has everything from a director with a highly questionable past to poor character decisions to a boring script to an underwhelming finale (where the originally scripted one sounded much better be...2025-03-101h 35Commit OneEp. 45: Spiders...WHY Does it Always Have to be Spiders?: Commit One's Review of Spiders 3DEven in three dimensions this movie is absolutely terrible. Will, Mike, and Sam dive in AGAIN into a creature feature and their fourth spider film (take a wild guess who's leading this one) with the 2013 film Spiders 3D. Starring Patrick Muldoon, who has previously appeared on this podcast in Ice Spiders, this is a film that actually starts out well with a promising first 20 minutes before going downhill fast with a convoluted plot, horrible acting, and even worse CGI with spiders having human facial features. When the Commit One crew at one point has to rely on an internet me...2025-03-101h 41Commit OneEp. 44: Not to be Confused with an Oscar Winner: Commit One's Review of Parasite (1982)If a 2019 film of the same name could win Best Picture, then this one would get the Golden Raspberry for being the worst. Will, Mike, and Sam dive into 80s B-movie cheese with the 1982 film Parasite. Directed by B-movie icon Charles Band (who is making his first appearance on the podcast but certainly won't be his last) and featuring Demi Moore in her first starring role, the film shows how NOT to do a dystopian-like film with poor, stilted acting, terrible fight sequences that even slow-motion cannot help, and a plot with more holes in it than Swiss cheese. E...2025-03-101h 36Commit OneEp. 43: Let's Sing the Doom Song!: Commit One's Review of DoomFINALLY.....The Rock has made his first appearance on the Commit One Movie Podcast! Will, Mike, and Sam take on yet another video game movie (it's all Will's fault!) but this time in space with the 2005 film Doom. Starring Dwayne Johnson (who was still being billed as The Rock at the time) and Karl Urban, this film takes one of the pioneers of the first person shooter video game genre and throws almost all of the excitement out of the window as well as the established story in favor of poor lighting (for atmosphere!), weak character development, a barely c...2025-03-102h 00Commit OneEp. 42: It's Inaccurate History Time Boys and Girls!: Commit One's Review of Battle of the BulgeWhen a former president has to come out of retirement just to bash your movie, you KNOW that you've done something wrong! Will, Mike, and Sam take a leap into history (well, wrong history at times but still history) with their first war movie in 1965's Battle of the Bulge. Starring Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw, the film presents what not to do when it comes to presenting certain times in history in sacrificing accuracy for "entertainment" in an overblown war epic. Long, boring, and just completely wrong all around ad the Commit One crew is here to (unfortunately) b...2025-03-102h 02Commit OneEp. 41: Eight Eyes, Eight Legs, ZERO Intelligence!: Commit One's Review of Ice SpidersDude.....bro....did you bring the bug spray? Will, Mike, and Sam endure this "dude" dialogue and more poor decisions from people in authority in the 2007 creature feature Ice Spiders (wow, who picked this one??). Starring no one of note besides a small role for producer Stephen J. Cannell (and before you say "but what about Vanessa Williams?" Wrong one), this film shows what happens when you mess with nature and create giant spiders that can take the cold. Honestly, after so many creature disasters of humans messing with nature you would think someone would have learned by now! Ho...2025-03-101h 53Commit OneEp. 40: RIP...Hulk's Acting Career: Commit One's Review of No Holds BarredWell, let me tell YOU something brother!....YOUR MOVIE STINKS!! Will, Mike, and Sam lay the smackdown on another film as Hulk Hogan makes his return to the podcast in his first starring role and the WWE's (then-World Wrestling Federation) first film with 1989's No Holds Barred. Also starring Kurt Fuller and Tiny "Zeus" Lister (which this film is where he received his nickname), the film is a very poor and cheesy attempt at bringing the wrestling world onto the big screen with some very odd results. A main character that presents zero character flaws, a flimsy script, so m...2025-03-072h 05Commit OneEp. 39: We Have the Pieces Now We Need the BLUCHER!!: Commit One's Review of Young Frankenstein (April Fool's Edition)Another Frankenstein movie....really? Who thought it was a good idea to try to make a comedy out of this and put Willy Wonka himself in the main role, while also putting it in black and white? Wait a minute....what are we saying??? APRIL FOOLS HATERS!! Will, Mike, and Sam have a little fun with their format in the spirit of April Fool's Day by looking at the Mel Brooks' classic 1974 film Young Frankenstein. Starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, and Kenneth Mars in one of the finest casts put together, Brooks puts t...2025-03-072h 26Commit OneEp. 38: Yippee Ki-Yay Comrade!: Commit One's Review of A Good Day to Die HardWhere's Hans Gruber when you need him....oh, right. Will, Mike, and Sam return to sequel territory as they witness Bruce Willis taken on Russian gang members (with none of the actors actually Russian) and the city of Moscow as John McClane in the 2013 film and fifth film in the Die Hard franchise, A Good Day to Die Hard. With the first original script specifically made to be a Die Hard film since the original classic and Jai Courtney as McClane's son Jack, the film is a fast-paced mess with a very thin plot in favor of action sequences (incl...2025-03-071h 54Commit OneEp. 37: Mike's Worst Digi-Nightmare: Commit One's Review of Digimon: The MovieDarn you Fox Kids!!! Will, Mike, and Sam discover what happens when an American company takes three short films from a popular Japanese property in both countries, edits them down and smashes them together, and throws it on the screen to both joy and confusion in the 2000 film Digimon: The Movie. While Will and Sam do still enjoy the film from their childhoods (Mike not so much), they still look at both the good parts and the many, many bad parts with so many plot holes by the third act it is a wonder how a coherent story was m...2025-03-072h 02Commit OneEp. 36: Even Time Tunnels are Bigger in Texas: Commit One's Review of Time TrapWhat happens when you have a movie that is set and filmed in Texas? Well you get three Texans like Will, Mike, and Sam (mostly Will and Mike) want to talk more about their hometowns and Texas in general than talk about this interesting, but still confusing mess that is 2017's Time Trap. Starring the older brother of Luke and Owen Wilson, the film makes and attempt at a decent time travel story and has some actual good decisions by the characters, but lacks any real explanations or major action sequences to hold its promising start to its strange e...2025-03-071h 45Commit OneEp. 35: Glad There's Not a Board Game of This...Wait...: Commit One's Review of American WarshipsWhat do you get when you try to make a knockoff film of an already bad movie? You get the 2012 film American Warships! The Asylum is back again as Will, Mike, and Sam look at their first mockbuster film that takes the already ridiculous premise of Battleship (really, HOW do you make a movie based on a board game???) and adds more ridiculousness and awful CGI to make a confusing mess of a film that even Apollo Creed himself (Carl Weathers) couldn't save this waste of money, film, and time. "Thunder" strikes in more ways than one in this di...2025-03-071h 41Commit OneEp. 34: With Apologies to Peter Sellers: Commit One's Review of The Pink Panther (2006)This is so dumb, da dumb, da da da da da dumb. Will, Mike, and Sam discover why remakes rarely ever work out well as they take a look at the hot garbage mess that is the 2006 film The Pink Panther. Starring Steve Martin as Inspector Jacques Clouseau (taking over the role made famous by the late Peter Sellers in the original 1963 classic and its sequels), the film shows that sacrificing a good and coherent plot in favor of jokes and gags one after the other never works out well in this really lifeless excuse for a film. It...2025-03-071h 49Commit OneEp. 33: Where's Shepard and his Chainsaw When We Need Him?: Commit One's Review of Ice SharksIt happened. It finally actually happened. The Asylum makes its first appearance on the show as Will, Mike, and Sam brave the arctic setting both in their home state of Texas and in the 2016 film Ice Sharks. Starring no one of note (kind of surprising for the Asylum to not have one recognizable name!), the film is about what you would expect from an Asylum film with very little plot, terrible CGI effects, and some of the worst and boring dialogue you will ever hear. However, there is still fun to be had at Mike's expense with this both b...2025-03-071h 20Commit OneEp. 32: Let's Do the Time Loop Again!: Commit One's Review of ARQEven Netflix isn't safe from the cycle of bad! Will, Mike, and Sam take on their first Netflix original film that attempts to do something interesting with a time loop plot, but drastically falls short in pacing, characters, and an attempt at an interesting ending in the 2016 film ARQ. Starring Robbie Amell (not to be confused with his cousin Stephen Amell of Arrow fame), the film makes use of a limited budget but does not do much to add anything interesting to the genre and leaves the audience with more questions than answers, which by the end there is a...2025-03-071h 46Commit OneEp. 31: This Movie's Rating Got the T-Virus: Commit One's Review of Resident Evil (2002)Mindless action, questionable character choices, little buildup for story....did Michael Bay direct this one? Will, Mike, and Sam can easily answer that question twice over because one, it was Paul W.S. Anderson and two, this actually has some plot as they look at the 2002 film Resident Evil starring Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, and others in a very, VERY, loose adaptation of the video game series (which the plot may explain why the games went in the direction that they did....) and the start of a film franchise that has not one single positive Rotten Tomatoes rating. With e...2025-03-072h 00Commit OneEp. 30: Wait, There's MORE of this Yellow Brick Train Wreck?!: Commit One's Review of The Wiz (Part 2)The pain just keeps easing on down the road..... Will, Mike, and Sam take plenty of aspirin in preparation of taking on the second half of the 1978 musical film, The Wiz. Picking up as Dorothy and her friends enter the Emerald City, the Commit One crew continues to question the inept decisions of the cast, the odd choices in both dance numbers and set pieces, and are left dumbstruck at how the major villain is finally brought up....only to be in this overlong fiasco for around 10-15 minutes (but does lead to an interesting moment of recognition for b...2025-03-071h 24Commit OneEp. 29: Stop! In the Name of Our Brain Cells!: Commit One's Review of The Wiz (Part 1)This is it. They've finally done it. A movie so mind-numbing and headache-inducing that Will, Mike and Sam can't even finish in one sitting! It's the 1978 cult classic film that is equally beloved by many and looked at in horror by others: The Wiz. In the first of this special two-part dive into this ill-advised jump from successful Broadway play to the silver screen, the Commit One crew watches as Diana Ross as Dorothy, Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as the Tin Man and Ted Ross as the Cowardly Lion take on a Joel Schumacher-written script (which...2025-03-071h 25Commit OneEp. 28: Below Zero. Below Average. Below....Smarty....Things: Commit One's Review of Snow BeastThis one should have just hibernated for the winter as Will, Mike, and Sam look at yet another in a very, very long line of creature features in the 2011 film Snow Beast. Starring John Schneider (better known from The Dukes of Hazzard and Smallville television series) as a wildlife researcher who travels with a team to a Canadian ski lodge....oh let's face it this film is so by-the-numbers and basic that even the snow beast itself looks like a gorilla costume spray-painted white. While not the worst thing the Commit One crew has reviewed so far, this film sti...2025-03-071h 22Commit OneEp. 27: Well, This Franchise Ran Out of Diesel: Commit One's Review of xXx: State of the UnionDisclaimer: The film featured in this episode features an attack on the United States Capitol as part of the main plot of the film. This episode was recorded in advance before the recent ill-advised actions from protesters on the Capitol building. After discussing the issue among ourselves, we decided to move ahead and post the episode as scheduled and advertised. We do completely understand if you wish to not listen to our discussion of this film and our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that has been affected by this act of senseless violence.
BOOM! POW! E...2025-03-071h 55Commit OneEp. 26: They Should Have Called This Deep Snore Six: Commit One's Review of DeepStar SixIf in space no one can hear you scream, then this film proves that in the ocean no one can hear you snore. Will, Mike, and Sam kick off 2021 with a deep sea sci-fi film that was actually one of six within a one year time frame and still is not very good itself with the 1989 film DeepStar Six, Full of characters with little to no development (and actors whom the audience will barely hear from after this with a few exceptions), a painfully slow build-up, and a plot that makes absolutely zero sense when one really thinks about i...2025-03-071h 40Commit OneEp. 25: Get to Da Shopping Mall!!: Commit One's Review of Jingle All the WayMerry Christmas Movie Haters! You asked for it and you got it as Will, Mike, and Sam take a look at your film choice as they wrap up Christmas month with the 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger "classic," Jingle All the Way. Also starring Sinbad as a competing father and Jake Lloyd (who would go on to play Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace) as the son, the film follows what happens when filmmakers try to combine slapstick comedy with social commentary/satire and end up not only jumping the shark but the entire ocean (and even a Sharknado!) with the entire pr...2025-03-072h 19Commit OneEp. 24: Where is Our Escape Clause for this One??: Commit One's Review of The Santa Clause 3: The Escape ClauseWhat happens when you make a successful, fondly remembered Christmas film, then make a sequel that is okay but not great, but you don't just quit while you're ahead? You get the 2006 Disney film The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Will, Mike, and Sam wonder this exact question and many others as they watch Tim Allen and Martin Short nearly destroy their careers with a film that was made to just be a cash-in, but made nearly $70 million less than the second film despite having a much lower budget. A poor script, poor acting at points, and a pace...2025-03-071h 52Commit OneEp. 23: Santa Hogan Should Have Just Tapped Out: Commit One's Review of Santa With MusclesHow many brain cells can die in just one Christmas movie? Will, Mike, and Sam find out the hard way as they look at a very thin-veiled attempt at a Christmas "comedy" with the 1996 film Santa With Muscles. Starring Hulk Hogan as a man who is hit in the head and is made to believe he is Santa Claus and....well, that should already tell you enough on how bad this one is! Poor acting, a less than paper-thin plot, and more cringe-worthy scenes to shake a candy cane at, this one should have just been left under the t...2025-03-072h 00Commit OneEp. 22: Someone was Dreaming of a Red Christmas: Commit One's Review of Santa's SlayHave a holly....jolly....funny...cringy....and whatever-else-this-is Christmas as Will, Mike, and Sam kick off Christmas month with an interesting choice for their first Christmas-themed film in the 2005 horror-comedy Santa's Slay starring professional wrestler Bill Goldberg as an alternative version of Santa Claus who is depicted as the son of the devil and forced to be nice for 1000 years after losing a glorified curling match to an angel. Yes, someone actually wrote this script! Full of corny dialogue, slightly over-the-top kills, and actors that seemed to be having WAY too much fun, Santa's Slay does prove that, while s...2025-03-071h 37Commit OneEp. 21: 35 Years Almost Went Down the Warp Pipe: Commit One's Review of Super Mario Bros.Note: In this special edition we go a little bit deeper with our discussion seeing as we are honoring 35 years of the Mario game franchise. If you wish to skip this discussion and go into our discussion of the film, we break off to the film beginning at 34:40.
There are not enough Power Stars in the Mushroom Kingdom that can save this disaster! Will, Mike, and Sam both honor one of the greatest video game franchises of all time while also looking at the ill-advised attempt to bring it to the big screen in the 1993 film Super...2025-03-072h 28Commit OneEp. 20: Double No Pleasure. Double No Fun. Double Just...No: Commit One's Review of Double DragonWe'll just save our quarters on this one thank you very much! Will, Mike, and Sam take on their first video game movie and reinforce why trying to adapt a video game for the big screen is rarely ever a good idea in 1994's Double Dragon. Featuring Robert Patrick as the villain and Alyssa Milano in the female lead as Marian, the film takes the relatively simple premise of the game it is based off of, throws it out of the window, and substitutes it for a "family-friendly" tone and enough 90s cheesiness to attract mice. Over the top (a...2025-03-071h 35Commit OneEp. 19: No Nightfall...No Night's Watch...Good Night Alaska!: Commit One's Review of WyvernAlaska just can't seem to catch a break. Will, Mike, and Sam head back North this time for a creature feature where the Midnight Sun just makes things worse than they already are in actually letting the bad CGI stand out on the titular dragon in the 2009 Syfy TV film Wyvern. However, even with a completely made-up story about the monster's origins, the film proves to be an actual decent film (and not to mention a MAJOR improvement over Skeleton Man) with a relatively grounded story, likable characters, the filmmakers actually giving the audience what they may want at t...2025-03-071h 27Commit OneEp. 18: This Film is a Bomb. Major Bomb: Commit One's Review of The League of Extraordinary GentlemenThis episode is dedicated to the memory of Sir Sean Connery and Will's dad, Curtis.
Wow, this one was really shaken instead of stirred. Will, Mike, and Sam discuss a film that is so poorly made and had such a troubled production that it made the star quit the film-making industry altogether (with the exception of two voice-over roles in 2012) with 2003's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Starring Sean Connery in his final live-action role, the film follows a promising premise based on the graphic novel of the same name with famous Victorian-era literary characters teaming up i...2025-03-071h 55Commit OneEp. 17: Thank You for Our Personal Pot of Gold!: Commit One's Review of Leprechaun in the HoodThe pain of Halloween month is finally over for Will, Mike, and Sam as they look at a film chosen by YOU Movie Haters that was actually an improvement over the other choices for this month in 2000's Leprechaun in the Hood. Starring Warwick Davis as the titular leprechaun Lubdan along with Ice T, the fifth outing in the horror-comedy franchise that really just makes viewers want to scratch their heads and groan at all of the constant rhyming as well as the lack of any real exposition. While the film could be much worse, the Commit One crew...2025-03-072h 01Commit OneEp. 16: What in the Name of the Guardians of the Galaxy is This?: Commit One's Review of Skeleton ManThis is what happens when you try to film a movie about nothing! Will, Mike, and Sam continue Halloween month with the absolute waste of film and time that is the 2004 film Skeleton Man. Starring Michael Rooker and Casper Van Dien, the very, very, VERY thin plot follows a group of Special Forces try to find fellow soldiers but must contend with a supernatural being. While even failing to rip off Predator right, this movie is just bad all around to the point where not only did Sam and Will apologize to each other for their previous movie choices, bu...2025-03-071h 12Commit OneEp. 15: Lights! Camera! No Action!: Commit One's Review of 1, 2, 3...ScreamOh plot, where are you? Halloween month continues for Will, Mike, and Sam as they take a look at the low-budget "horror" film 1, 2, 3....Scream and wonder what went wrong the most of the many things in this "interesting" film. Sam is able to dish out unintentional revenge against Will for his last film choice as the Commit One crew wonders where the actors learned to act, who thought the plot was a good idea, and why the effects were so poorly done while also knowing that they would not even care to know the answers to those questions. This...2025-03-071h 36Commit OneEp. 14: The Screenwriters Should Have Been Given Saturday Detention: Commit One's Review of Cabin by the LakeWhere's Gibbs from NCIS when you need him? Halloween Month continues on for Will, Mike, and Sam as they take an ill-advised look at the USA Network TV movie from 2000, Cabin by the Lake. Starring Judd Nelson as a screenwriter who is also a serial killer, the film tries its best to be suspenseful, thrilling, and scary and fails on all three fronts with slow pacing, strange dialogue, and very poor decisions made by the characters. It is a film so bad that it caused Sam to threaten to hit Will with a throw pillow, so you know that...2025-03-072h 03Commit OneEp. 13: This is Not What AC/DC Meant!: Commit One's Review of Highway to HellNo laughs, no scares, just bad all around....which is scary itself! Will, Mike, and Sam kick off Halloween month with the obscure B horror-comedy film that should have just stayed forgotten in 1992's Highway to Hell. Starring Chad Lowe and Kristy Swanson, this film tries to bring a mix of humor and fright yet fails at both miserably with poor dialogue, terrible special effects, even poorer character choices, and enough puns to make Will want to pull his hair out (at Mike's enjoyment). Join the Commit One crew as they find out that this particular road is not...2025-03-071h 52Commit OneEp. 12: They Should Have Just Burned This One Altogether: Commit One's Review of Inferno: Skyscraper EscapeWhat happens when you mix a terrible plot that tries to rip-off a more successful blockbuster film, characters with no redeeming qualities, and enough stupidity to make Will go into an anger-fueled rage? You get 2018's Inferno: Skyscraper Escape! Will, Mike, and Sam work their way through a film so poorly acted and written with "special effects" that it makes Dragonball Evolution look borderline watchable. A movie so bad there are barely any recognizable names, the advertising department doesn't even use the right building in the official poster, and had to be renamed from it's original title (Crystal Inferno...2025-03-071h 26Commit OneEp. 11: The Movie TV Networks Just Threw Back: Commit One's Review of Bait ShopGet ready to cast your lines as Will, Mike, and Sam take a look at a television movie that, although falling under the "bad" movie category and allowing many people to get "bingo" on their movie cliches list, is still a good-natured comedy where fishing becomes war in 2008's Bait Shop starring Bill Engvall and Billy Ray Cyrus (yes, THAT Billy Ray Cyrus). Following a paint-by-numbers plot and some questionable choices by the characters, this film still provides some entertainment as Bill Engvall pretty much plays himself, but instead is a bait shop owner. So sit back, relax, and j...2025-03-071h 50Commit OneEp. 10: Let''s Never Play This One Again, Right Sam...I Mean Mike?: Commit One's Review of Out ColdWhat happens when you take the plot from a cinematic classic starring Humphrey Bogart, move the setting to Alaska, change from drama to an attempt at comedy, and have Zach Galifianakis in his first major supporting role? You get the 2001 film Out Cold! Will, Mike, and Sam take a look at an attempt to not only make snowboarding look cool (which it does), but also try to capitalize on the "party" movie comedy craze (which it fails at). With so little plot that the script had to borrow elements and even lines from the 1942 film Casablanca, it is no wo...2025-03-071h 35Commit OneEp. 9: Hey! George Lucas Laid a Rotten Egg (And it Doesn't Involve Jar Jar)!: Commit One's Review of Howard the DuckThis episode is dedicated to the memory of Chadwick Boseman.
Wow, is this one fowl. Will, Mike, and Sam take on one of the most infamously bad films in the last 40 years as they suffer through the scrambled mess that is 1986's Howard the Duck. Serving as the first official theatrically released Marvel film, the Commit One crew is glad that this didn't derail what would become the epic MCU with its terrible attempts at humor, awful duck costume (though appreciated!), and a story so disjointed and disorganized even good special effects couldn't save this one. You ma...2025-03-071h 53Commit OneEp. 8: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Can of Raid...: Commit One's Review of Big Ass Spider!It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a....spider?? Will, Mike, and Sam discuss their second spider movie which, although bad in it's own right, is actually rather good (WHAT?!?!) as they take a look at the 2013 film Big Ass Spider! It's a tale of two movies with the seriousness of the military trying to contain one giant spider and the comedy of the exterminator and his newfound security guard pal as they try to work together to take down the arachnid menace. While still full of questionable acting choices, poor CGI, and a cameo from the king of ca...2025-03-071h 26Commit OneEp. 7: We Are SO Glad This is Not Over 9000: Commit One's Review of Dragonball EvolutionKamehame-oh who really cares? Will, Mike, and Sam endure a painful experience as they discuss and try to find some good things to say about 2009's Dragonball Evolution. Poor casting choices, a very flimsy story, enough green screen effects to give a viewer a massive headache, and a moment where Will nearly has a nervous breakdown. While previous movies have had a bit of praise at points, this one proves to be one that ALL three of the friends universally hate. Join the Commit One crew as they hold nothing back against this poor excuse in bringing a popular a...2025-03-071h 24Commit OneEp. 6: Relatively Interesting, Poorly Developed: Commit One's Review of R.I.P.D.Grab the cumin and join Will, Mike, and Sam as they take a look at their first comic book movie with 2013's R.I.P.D.: Rest in Peace Department and witness two great actors with good on-screen chemistry do their best to save this short travesty of a film. Despite an interesting premise, some decent jokes, and the likes of Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, and even Kevin Bacon, what the viewer is left with is some terrible CGI, a very shallow storyline, and really just turning in a poor rip-off of Men in Black (but with dead people in...2025-03-071h 18Commit OneEp. 5: The Biggest, Deadliest, Most Boring Game of Floor is Lava Ever....But with Sand!: Commit One's Review of The SandDon't touch....we mean WATCH...The Sand! Will, Mike, and Sam dive into their next creature-feature where the creature is barely in it and they are faced with stupid characters, poor decisions, terrible dialogue, and some of the worst CGI effects to ever be filmed in 2015's The Sand. Join the Commit One crew as they share their thoughts on a film that actually has an interesting premise but instead quickly becomes very boring in what amounts to a giant game of Floor is Lava on a beach. Even the addition of Jamie Kennedy could barely make things more i...2025-03-071h 01Commit OneEp. 4: Poorly Written Sequels Based on Successful Films Rarely Ever Work Out: Commit One's Review of Speed 2: Cruise ControlWill, Mike, and Sam really wish that they had missed the boat on this one as they take on one of the worst movie sequels in cinematic history with Speed 2: Cruise Control. Together, they discuss what happens when practically everyone involved is actually forced to make the movie because the movie studio saw dollar signs, you take the exciting premise of the original film and slow it down on a boat, and even a great character actor as a villain cannot save the poorly written plot, boring dialogue, and forced chemistry between the two leads. It's anchors aweigh as...2025-03-0758 minCommit OneEp. 3: Not Police Academy 8....But it's Close Enough: Commit One's Review of LavalantulaWill, Mike, and Sam unwillingly dive into their first made-for-TV creature feature with the 2015 Syfy film Lavalantula starring Steve Guttenberg as washed-up former 90s action star Colton West along with a few of his former Police Academy co-stars. It's mind-numbing, it has poor choices made by the characters, it has so many plot-holes we're surprised there is an actual movie, and it has plenty of explosions. Join Commit One as they break down this mentally exhausting film. Oh, and did we forget to mention the lava-breathing spiders?
2025-03-0757 minCommit OneEp. 2: Mom's Friendly Ro-Bust Company: Commit One's Review of Doctor DetroitWill, Mike, and Sam take on their first review with a look at 1983's Doctor Detroit. Join them as they dive into this obscure 80s film full of morning exercise, an evil gangster named Mom (with her henchmen Johnny and Carson), "ladies of the evening," an unwilling double-identity, enough subtle racial jokes to make you cringe and even James Brown! It's fast, it's strange, and it's sometimes head-scratching, but the Commit One crew are here to break it all down.
2025-03-071h 10Commit OneEp. 1: What Are We Getting Ourselves Into?: An Introduction to Commit OneThree friends. So many bad movies. No mercy. Will, Mike, and Sam introduce the Commit One podcast from it's humble, not-exactly-PG origins to the original idea to finally the audio product that it has become. From how the friends met to the many "rabbit holes" that they go down, you will learn how the podcast came to be and what will be in store for the future. The movies may be bad, but the conversations will hopefully make up for them.
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