Dead Tides

I'm not kidding. This movie is the worst movie ever. E-V-E-R. I'm not saying don't watch it, because if you stumble upon it on late night cable, you will not be able to stop yourself. It's like a train wreck or an automobile accident. You know you shouldn't look, you know you don't want to look, that the horror is so terrible as to be unspeakable. And yet, there you find yourself, looking, gazing, staring, in wide-eyed amazement, that something this putrid, that something so horrible in every aspect, could make it into distribution in any form. Simply unbelievable.

This is not your usual Roddy Piper action movie. He plays a multi-dimensional character who has a pretty messed up life. His "girlfriend" can't decide between him and his former buddy, Scott. Of course, Roddy can't seem to decide if he wants to settle down with her. Otherwise, he has a pretty simple life running boats for sale from point A to point B for people. Simple until Tawny Kitaen and her psycho husband Juan Fernandez come into his life.

Roddy shows his romantic, gentle side with both his girlfriend and Tawny. But, be assured that there is plenty of bone crushing, shoot-'em-up, fist fighting action in this flick.

If you would like a different Piper, this is a good show.

Teflon tough ex-Navy Seal Mick (Roddy Piper) soon finds himself under siege, piloting a sleek schooner for a no less luxurious-looking drug baron's wife Nola (Tawny Kitaen). It is not long before his sinewy special skills are needfully called upon as Mick lands himself in increasingly stormy waters! This entirely watchable, sex-singed 90s seafaring actioner is vastly improved by the amiable, aesthetically pleasing presence of Roddy Piper and wanton Whitesnake temptress Kitaen, as the oft waterlogged plot is ably revivified by these charismatic actors. B-Movie Adonis Miles O'Keefe also appears as single-minded a D. E. A hardass desperate to arrest ruthless drug trafficker Juan (Juan Fernandez). 'Dead Tides' is more of a salty Zalman King flesh-fantasy than relentless PM Entertainment bullet-fest, since lusty captain Mick mostly relies upon his harpoon than his trusty Roscoe! Successful ladies man Mick gets oar than he bargained for once he climbs aboard the more than ship shape seductress Nola in Serge Rodnunsky's pleasingly saucy shoot 'em up 'Dead Tides'.

Really enjoyed the atmosphere, plot and beautiful women.

I admire Piper for trying something different than the usual action movies he appears in. Here he plays a more normal character who tries to avoid violence and confrontations. However, this movie is so weak in the storyline and execution, I was finally pleased when Piper started bashing heads together. Also, movie has some of the WORST editing techniques I have ever seen in a movie, with jiggily camerawork adding to the chore of looking at what's onscreen, despite some pretty photography.