The yeti is a cryptozoologic creature that inhabits the Himalayan mountain range. According to the internet, so it must be true, the term ‘yeti’ derives from the Tibetan words for ‘rocky place’ and ‘bear.’ Various sizes are given for the beasts, ranging from just a few feet tall to over fifteen feet. The western term for yeti is ‘abominable snowman,’ first coined by Charles Howard-Bury in his book Mount Everest The Reconnaissance, 1921. He didn’t see a yeti, but he saw tracks in the snow at an elevation of 21,000 feet that Sherpas along on the expedition said were ‘metoh-kangmi,’ which translates as ‘man-bear snowman.’ Don’t be too impressed with this research. I took it from Wikipedia. Anyway… Continue reading “The Yeti”
Some of Those Responsible: Corbin Bernsen
Larceny (2017)
Dolph Lundgren is a Shitty Movie Sundays All-Star. Hardly a year has gone by since the 1980s when he hasn’t starred or featured prominently in multiple b-action or sci-fi flicks. His most notable hiatus was 2020, when he was busy battling terminal cancer that was first diagnosed in 2015. The man is a worker, and the shitty movie fan’s experience is better for it. Oh, by the way, he’s cancer free as of 2023.
Larceny, a joint Mexican-American production from 2017, fits right into this difficult era in his oeuvre. He looks aged, is definitely slow, and has a hard time carrying an action scene. We at Missile Test were unaware of his health issues, attributing the decline in his athleticism to mere aging. Well, let us eat some crow. Any shit we’ve given him for mailing it in for the last nine years is unjustified. Anyway… Continue reading “Larceny (2017)”
