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A hard-boiled intergalactic policeman lands on Earth, where he is thirteen inches tall.A hard-boiled intergalactic policeman lands on Earth, where he is thirteen inches tall.A hard-boiled intergalactic policeman lands on Earth, where he is thirteen inches tall.
Kamala Lopez
- Debi Alejandro
- (as Kamala Lopez-Dawson)
Vincent Klyn
- Hector
- (as Vince Klyn)
Eugene Robert Glazer
- Captain Shuller
- (as Eugene Glazer)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is one of many occasions director Albert Pyun has used the name "Brick Bardo". He also used it for a minor antagonist in the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie Cyborg (1989), and first used it in Radioactive Dreams.
- GoofsSome of the stock footage shown during the South Bronx montage are actually not of the South Bronx.
- Alternate versionsGerman VHS release by Highlight Video cuts 29 seconds of the movie to qualify for a FSK-18 rating while also avoid being BPjM indexed. Only in 2020 was the uncut version granted a FSK-16 rating.
- ConnectionsEdited from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
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When, upon watching this movie and hearing some of the negative feedback, I'm reminded of that adage that "one man's trash is another man's treasure". "Dollman" may indeed be silly, cheesy, low budget nonsense but it IS fun on that level, damn it. Maybe not as much fun as it could and should have been (It would have been more amusing if everybody else besides star Tim Thomerson hadn't taken themselves quite so seriously.).
The high concept story is a time honoured one, having to do with the idea of seeing a tiny individual interact with giant surroundings. That individual is Dirty Harry type cop Brick Bardo (Thomerson, in fine form), who's from a distant planet rather similar to Earth. After chasing his nemesis Sprug (Frank Collison), a living severed head whose other body parts have been eliminated by Brick, to Earth, Brick realizes that by normal Earth standards he only stands 13 inches tall. Brick befriends a hot young South Bronx resident named Debi (Kamala Lopez) and her son, while Sprug aligns himself with local gang members led by Braxton (Jackie Earle Haley). Sprug has with him a deadly bomb, but Brick's own lethal gun is absolutely nothing to be laughed at.
The director is Albert Pyun, the man behind so many other low budget genre flicks, and the supporting cast features some of his regulars like Vince Klyn (the villain of "Cyborg"), Michael Halsey, and Nicholas Guest. Other actors you'll undoubtedly recognize are Frank Doubleday (a heavy in the John Carpenter favourites "Assault on Precinct 13" and "Escape from New York"), Luis Contreras ("After Midnight"), Eugene Robert Glazer (TV's 'La Femme Nikita'), and Judd Omen ("Pee-Wee's Big Adventure"). Great, grim 'n' ugly urban decay production design, decent pacing (it's NOT deadly slow), amusing music by Anthony Riparetti, entertaining gore, and ENJOYABLY unconvincing visual effects add to the diverting package that is this little B flick. Even at just over 82 minutes, however, one can see some padding, especially in the end credits.
Overall, it's a hoot, and recommended for Thomerson fans.
Seven out of 10.
The high concept story is a time honoured one, having to do with the idea of seeing a tiny individual interact with giant surroundings. That individual is Dirty Harry type cop Brick Bardo (Thomerson, in fine form), who's from a distant planet rather similar to Earth. After chasing his nemesis Sprug (Frank Collison), a living severed head whose other body parts have been eliminated by Brick, to Earth, Brick realizes that by normal Earth standards he only stands 13 inches tall. Brick befriends a hot young South Bronx resident named Debi (Kamala Lopez) and her son, while Sprug aligns himself with local gang members led by Braxton (Jackie Earle Haley). Sprug has with him a deadly bomb, but Brick's own lethal gun is absolutely nothing to be laughed at.
The director is Albert Pyun, the man behind so many other low budget genre flicks, and the supporting cast features some of his regulars like Vince Klyn (the villain of "Cyborg"), Michael Halsey, and Nicholas Guest. Other actors you'll undoubtedly recognize are Frank Doubleday (a heavy in the John Carpenter favourites "Assault on Precinct 13" and "Escape from New York"), Luis Contreras ("After Midnight"), Eugene Robert Glazer (TV's 'La Femme Nikita'), and Judd Omen ("Pee-Wee's Big Adventure"). Great, grim 'n' ugly urban decay production design, decent pacing (it's NOT deadly slow), amusing music by Anthony Riparetti, entertaining gore, and ENJOYABLY unconvincing visual effects add to the diverting package that is this little B flick. Even at just over 82 minutes, however, one can see some padding, especially in the end credits.
Overall, it's a hoot, and recommended for Thomerson fans.
Seven out of 10.
- Hey_Sweden
- Jan 22, 2012
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- Also known as
- Кукольный человек
- Filming locations
- Lanza Brothers Market - 1803 N Main St, Los Angeles, California, USA(Three gangsters rob liquor store during 'NYC' montage.)
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- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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