I like to highlight the smaller movies as well here, so after a cult classic that launched a career, he’s a movie that no one has ever heard of, Dark Breed! After astronauts return from a secret space mission carrying alien parasites among them, its up to a no-nonsense former astronaut/cop/veteran to bring them to justice and save the world in the process. Most of this world saving is accomplished through ultra schlocky gunfights and explosions on the docks of…somewhere. But hey, at least Jonathan Banks is here! You know…Mike from Breaking Bad. He was in movies sometimes.

Even though this is an intensely schlocky movie, Dark Breed has some charms to it. It’s pacing is pretty good, and I appreciate any movie that has near constant gunfights, car chases, and alien possessors, even if everything else is pretty uneven. What really captured my attention here was the ending, which was completely shameless. I guess they figured that over an hour in everyone had stopped watching, because when the alien monsters finally hatch, they look exactly like the Predator, making the entire climax a laughable ripoff that somehow didn’t lead to immediate lawsuits. Even with that this isn’t the most enjoyably bad movie, though. This isn’t something that I would recommend seeking out for a dedicated ‘bad movie night’ but if you put it on in the background during a party you could cheer when something explodes and not pay attention when anything else is happening.