Dear friends, Mike totally forgot Time Addicts was Australian not British. It was a while since he had seen it and when they talk trashy them kind of sound alike. It's kind of like when people say Milwaukee is in Michigan. Or that Minnesota is in Wisconsin, or that Minneapolis is in Milwaukee. No one really knows where these places are. If someone says "Blimey!" "Dodgy" or some other word it's "British". And when Mike says "British" he means "Everywhere else in the world except Wisconsin" and as we all know Wisconsin is the best place in the galaxy.

Nobody hated Alien Hunt until Mr. Plinkett reviewed it.

At the top of the IMDB trivia for Alien Hunt (2024) at the time of writing is: "Rich Evans from Red Letter Media has not seen this movie."

Imagine watching a movie in the theater in the midwest and hearing Rich Evan’s laugh coming from the back of the theater

Somehow The Phantom Menace returned…

Zac Efron looks like an original He-Man action figure.

What tiny, wasted country village gets the RLM VHS collection when you all die?

Hi! Director of Alien Hunt here. Uhh - HOLY SHIT! Consider me honored! You even pronounced my name right! 🥲 Our movie is tiny. Like: barely-had-money-for-bug-spray tiny. So this is badass. PS - You SHOULD watch the movie! It was made to be a fun throwback to the drive-in/sci-fi Roger Corman-esque (RIP!!) movies of the 60s and 70s! We worked hard and had a lot of fun making it!! 🛸

RLM should get Kim's video library

If you can believe it, the Iron Claw movie is TONED DOWN from the real story. They had ANOTHER brother who also took his own life, and the father often monetized each brother's death with a memorial show.

Best part of Alien Hunt: when the big burly short hair woman is escaping with her team from the alien and then she says "RUN, GO! GET TO THE CHOPPER!". It was AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING!!! Classic 11/10

15:03 - Mike Stoklasa thinking about what hijinks could occur if only RLM acquired Kim's 55,000 VHS collection...

Please do a Roger Corman memorial episode. Best of the Worst, or even a simple discussion would be wonderful.

Kim's Video sounds like a feature length Half in the Bag skit, I'm just picturing Mike and Jay searching an abandoned warehouse full of rotting tapes and stopping to talk about movies they've seen. Rich Evans shows up as a Mafia boss, it writes itself!

Alien Hunt was incredible! My favourite part was when the Alien said: "It's Xenomorphin time!"

"Post Pulp Fiction, Tarentino kinda knockoff movies" Immediately cuts to a woman sticking her feet in the camera

RLM's recap episodes have become the state of the union for the decline of cinema.

Really looking forward to more distinctive and weird film recommendations and wherever else you guys take this channel. I don’t mind at all if you move further away from big budget franchise reviews, I’m just glad to see more reviews.

A quick note for whoever that guy is that I'll always just call Mr. Plinkett about movie gun tropes: You also pump a pump shotgun after you load it because you need to load a round into the chamber behind the barrel. Before you do that, there are shells in the magazine, but the gun won't be 'charged' and can't fire. Because pump action shotguns generally have a magazine which is permanently attached to the shotgun, you keep that magazine loaded without charging the shotgun, and then pump to charge and put a round in the barrel when necessary so that you cut down on unintentional discharges and potential accidents. It's true that once you've loaded and pumped it once, subsequent pumps will remove the existing round from the chamber and put a new one in its place.

Mike watched an entire film set in Melbourne and assumed it was English because the main characters were scummy

Don’t say you’ll never watch alien hunt. In thirty years it will be on the wheel of the worst

Alien Hunt was a cinematic masterpiece. The film in no way was able to captivate the viewer and it honestly fell flat in many aspects related to script but the monster in it kinda reminded me of that movie Alien so I left it on while my house burned down from a grease fire.

Jay: "I was not expecting any involvement of the mafia" Me (from Sicily): "Oh, my sweet summer child..."

Sigourney Weaver's cameo in Alien Hunt was wild! Best acting she's done in years!

Mike is wrong about the shotgun. You pump it to chamber the first round after loading. I’m not financially tied to Alien Hunt which you can watch now on Prime Video and Fandango.

The Abigail twist reminds me of when I showed my wife From Dusk Til Dawn and only told her it was a crime thriller. Her reaction was the best I've ever seen.

No Dune Part II though? I mean, I'm pretty checked out of all the big blockbuster Marvel movies or anything Star Wars or Godzilla or whatever, but that guy, Villeneuve, he has a vision goddammit, and it's beautiful!

Jay: I don't know Zac Efron. Jay 30 seconds later: brings up a Zac Efron not well known, new gossip about him

You should re-release the Plinket as well.

I was almost excited that Mike was bringing up Alien Hunter, a weird and charming small-budget movie starring James Spader written by a clear UFO enthusiast with no knack for storytelling whatsoever. But then I realized he's talking about Alient Hunt, some nothing shot-in-the-woods movie starring nobody.

The end scene with Zac Efron and his kids gets me EVERY TIME

I don't know if you will see this, Rich Evans, but I have a movie to whole heartedly reccomend to you! It is just up your alley. It is called Alien Hunt, and my favorite thing about it is that there are NO trees in the film.

The Phantom Menace?? Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. In a long time....

Thanks for the video guys, really looking forward to seeing all the stuff you've recommended here. Please do more of this format, I end up seeing amazing films i would otherwise never have heard of

Alien Hunt was great! I give it 5 out of 5 stars! I loved the part with the alien and the part with the hunt! Rich Evans’s best work in years!

The biggest flaw of The Iron Claw was the guy they got to play Ric Flair, who clearly didn't bother to study Flair beyond "WOOOO!"

“One of those post pulp fiction Tarantino knock off movie” *cuts to shot with characters feet in frame* very subtle.

While it is funny to hyperbolize saying that all the SW Prequel hate came after the Plinket reviews, you cannot deny the reach and impact those videos had not just on Star Wars fandom, but online critiques and humour in general. The "video essay" as we know it today spawned from those reviews. For good or bad, not to overfluff it, but it was really like South Park often was. It changed things even for people who were either unaware of it or only knew it second-hand. And the people who made the sequels undoubtedly saw those reviews and were influenced by them when they made their scidmarks on the cinematic toilet bowl of history.

Why are Jay and Mike so dang adorable? I can’t help but giggle laugh aww during each video and I’m pretty sure that’s not what they’re going for but…

I'm so proud of Mike for learning how to use a smartphone instead of printing his notes out

When I heard the name "Jim Cummings" I immediately thought they were talking about the Voice actor, and somehow he had directed multiple films; but no turns out this is a completely different Jim Cummings.

Imagine if From Dusk Til Down came out in the modern era. Everybody would be spoiled going into it. But maybe they were in the 90s. I was just a kid when it came out and I don’t remember any of the marketing for it.

Thanks yall this video made my day a little better

There was another Von Erich brother, but he wasn't included in the Iron Claw because addressing every suicide would have felt like tragedy exploitation.

“Our subscriber count just dropped.” Mike, the Plinkett Star Wars reviews are what got me into RLM and I have watched each of them dozens of times.

As an Italian RLM fan, I definitely was not expecting Sgarbi to show up in one of these videos.

It's nice to finally see RLM address the mind-numbingly incorrect take that everybody loved the prequels until Mr. Plinkett came along. Honestly it's been sickening seeing hordes of people online try and do historical revisionism for things we were actually around for.

Seeing Iron Claw without knowing what's gonna happen has to be like watching Selena without knowing what's gonna happen. Heartbreaking stuff!

I know you probably won't read this but I'm having an absolutely awful week and your videos always cheer me up. Thanks guys. Appreciate ya.

The best part of being an alcoholic is that I can hear all that junk about Abigail and know that in a month I'll have forgotten all of it by the time I get to the movie in my backlog

Racking a Shotgun is how you load a shell from the underside spring loaded tube, up to be fired. It’s Called “police-carry”, by keeping the shells in the tube underneath the barrel, you prevent accidental discharges.

Three White Russians in and I have to say, 'Alien Hunt' is good fun. Also, my wife and I have never talked so much about life. We balanced our budget and planned the next 3 years of vacations all before the ending. Thanks for recommending this movie, it truly helps people accomplish their goals and enjoy each other's company. /cheers

Didn't know about Kim's video collection. It kind of figures: the mayor of Salemi at the time was Vittorio Sgarbi, an art historian/critic and media personality, very prominent to this day. He has recently (and briefly) been our Culture undersecretary. Apparently the whole project went downhill after his term was up...and yes, of course the municipality was infiltrated by the mafia.

I can't believe Jay hasn't made Mike watch Gummo yet

All this rum and coke is making my stomach hurt so I think I'm gonna ditch the coke from this point forward

I can't stop staring at that deer head in the background...

The Phantom Menace re-release is Disney making good on Bob Iger's 'IP mining' comment.

Smiling Friends..... Its a cartoon my daughter recommend, I went in blind and half-in, I hear Mr. Plinkett. I'm proud.

Speaking of re-releases, a local theatre had a 45th anniversary re-release of Alien a few weeks back, and when we went it was my friend, and literally only two other people in the theatre, and I want to cry.

Was hoping you guys had seen Challengers, it's a great movie, and for some reason I always got the vibe maybe Jay or someone (I know Tim has worn a Nine Inch Nails shirt on BotW but not sure how much editing he does) on the channel was a Trent Reznor fan. The intro to "Mike and Jay Talk About" has a very industrial music sound and the visuals remind me of the cover to The Fragile. And Trent/Atticus' score for Challengers is so fucking sick.

I watch these guys more than I watch what I eat or do. I have diabetes, aids and dementia. Worth it. Subscribed.

Poor Zach Effron, breaking his jaw in that tragic three surgeon pileup.... 😂😂

Thank you RLM. I watched Abigail wothout knowing the premise thanks to you guys!

The RLM guys are KZfaq royalty, Mike is considered a a credible and reliable voice in this space, yet he still watches stuff like Alien Hunt on Vudu. Very good

Iron Claw actually removed an additional brother that also killed himself. The filmmakers thought it was too much of a bummer so they pretended there was one less suicide in the family.

I mean why talk about Dune 2 when you could talk about the Phantom Menace.

i have been waiting. thank u for excellent movie reviews.

The bit about Kathryn Newton being on the verge of laughter reminds me of how I see Elizabeth Moss. That woman always looks like she's about to burst into tears and sob uncontrollably

was just starting to miss these hack frauds

Just got the two disc bluray of Alien Hunt. Can’t wait to dig in , thanks for recommendation !

super excited to check out these films... this sounds like a great episode.

Regarding cocking shotguns. Many people load their shotguns with the action closed and store them that way for safety purposes. That way it is as ready as it can be without it being able to go off if someone happens to grab it and just pull the trigger. In such a case, you have to cock it to load the first shell before firing. It would not eject a shell because there is not yet one in the chamber. So the cocking of a shotgun before using it is not only cinematic, but does actually make practical sense in the case laid out above.

Phantom Menace is the first film Jay ever saw !

Been watching since the plinkett reviews and never commented but wanted to drop my two cents: You guys are right, who cares about an hour video about Godzilla X Kong? Personally, I would love if you did these more often. You always put me onto at least one or two great movies I wouldn't have noticed otherwise (checking out Lousy Carter and Snack Shack off these videos), and I really enjoy hearing your thoughts on "smaller" stuff like Abigail and Love Lies Bleeding. Covering Marvel movies etc was great when it was relevant, but there's only so much to say about that stuff at this point and I'm much more interested in seeing the channel evolve and "mature". Love your output regardless, thanks for all the laughs and insight.

Finally I'll learn what my opinions on the crap that came out this year are!!!

I loved that part in Alien Hunt where they hunted the alien

Jay, you were so right about The Last Stop In Yuma County. Just finished it and really liked it. Yet another film I wouldn't have known about if it weren't for you guys. Thank you.

I've just seen Alien Hunt. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED it. I cheered. I cried. I fist pumped the air, I stood and cheered. Its ABSOLUTELY everything you hoped it would be. And I can't WAIT for you to see it :)

You guys need to watch Hundreds of Beavers- I feel like it might be up your alley

If Barbara Crampton is in a movie that should be the first thing mentioned about that movie.

"The minute he sees a tree, he's checked out." That explains why Rich loves Fury Road so much haha

Thanks again for the clear shot of the door! SOon all other things will fade. There will only be a door.... It's like poetry...

Thank you for spreading the Holt McCallany love, Jay! I was that one kid who was waaaay into Alien³ when it came out. I read the novelization, memorized all the prisoner's names (just like I did with the previous film's Marines) and went out of my way to follow up on a lot of the amazing cast that was featured's other movies, before and since. Holt is one of many favorite actors from that film and has been my personal Clu Gulager or Cameron Mitchell growing up.

The fact that they keep ignoring Dune's existence is proof of their commitment to trolling their audience. I love it.

The Phantom Menace is the worst things since my stool last morning

And it's 34 years since the last episode of "Newhart" went to air. Don't tell Mr P, he'll only get depressed. Further.

The revisionist history these Prequel fans have created is wild. The fact that I've genuinely heard people say the Plinkett review is why people hated them is insane, how anyone can sit through those movies and not see how awful they are is beyond me.

Love these catch up videos because 9 out of 10 times I haven't seen the movie

Just watched Alien Hunt. My favorite part was when the alien took of his mask & revealed himself to be Rich Evans & yelled "Now THIS is podracing!"

Mike would be in a senior home and the Prequels fans would still be asking him to amend his opinion on the prequels

I'm going to watch this on the toilet at work

Zach claims that his face has recently changed shape, based on an accident he had in the high school musical Era. In reality, his face has become wide like that because of excessive cosmetic surgery; also, he's clearly on performance enhancing substances, and one of the common side effects of some, like Human Growth Hormone makes the facial/jaw structure widen a lot.

i work at a movie theatre and i love the 70-something regulars who show up for their extra buttered popcorns at 10am on a tuesday morning. i was surprised, though, that in january nearly all of them were coming out for the iron claw and seemed very excited. this left me with the belief that it was an uplifting family drama, and not a miserable one... just learned that i was horribly wrong. now i actually wanna watch it! thanks mike and jay!

Happy to see the Jim Cummings call-out! Y’all should watch Thunder Road if you haven’t! It’s his best imo.

Alien Hunt is getting more promotion than their Smiling Friends appearance

Grew up watching the Von Erich’s live at the Sportatorium in Dallas. My dad would take me on the weekends. A couple of hours drive from East Texas but I remember those road trips fondly 😊. ‬ ‪Also: Holt McCallany’s official nom de guerre is “His name was Robert Paulson”. ‬

Many of the surviving tapes and DVDs from the Kim's Video library have made their way back to NYC. They're now on display at the lower Manhattan Alamo Drafthouse, where you can browse and rent films from the collection for free. I haven't watched the documentary yet, but am curious if this detail is included at the end.

I love the scene in Alien Hunt where the alien goes "It's Giger Time!"

This is the best KZfaq video ever made! I haven't watched it yet, but I have a good feeling it will break new ground.

I liked the part when the alien hunter looks right at the camera and says "It's time to hunt the alien."