VHS : Brain Smasher - A Love Story

Rating: - Loved this movie when I was little...
I wish this movie was on DVD! I don't own a VHS player and have been dying to see this again. I used to watch this movie all the time when I was about 12 years old. It was such a fun, comical, entertaining little cheese-fest. I loved it! I hope it gets released sometime on dvd or bluray for those of us who have ditched vhs!!!

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Rating: - One of my favorite movies of all time!!!!
This is a great movie: call it a cult classic, call it camp, but the fact is that if this movie ever came on TV at 2 A.M. you'd be glued to the screen until it was done. It stars Andrew Dice Clay and is a made-for-HBO semi-low budget action/comedy about a bouncer named Brainsmasher (Clay), a model (Teri Hatcher), her botanist sister and a clan of Chinese martial arts monks terrorizing Portland, Oregon.

In short the plot is that the model's botanist sister sends her this flower that bestows ultimate power if eaten because Chinese monks are after her. Now the Chinese monks (read: ninja-like guys) are after the model, and she runs into a nightclub. A bouncer (Brainsmasher) gets caught up in the fray and ends up joining forces with the model and....weird things happen.

The plot is nonsensical but the writing is top notch, and Clay plays Brainsmasher with Bruce Campbell-like comic delivery that is flawless. Just when you're afraid it might drag down into the throwaway plot there's plenty of brawler vs. martial arts cartoony violence peppered in that is actually quite well choreographed. The chemistry between Clay and Hatcher is a bit forced, but if you wanted serious romance then you'd be watching something other than Brainsmasher: A Love Story. This is by far Andrew Dice Clay's best performance ever, and I have been looking for this on DVD for years (my VHS tape is almost worn out).

Comparing this movie to others of the genre is challenging: it is lighter and less violent than most action movies, has more of a plot and better dialogue than most martial arts movies and is much funnier than any romantic comedy ever made.

Even if you hate Andrew Dice Clay, watch this movie! It's a rare gem that never gets old and is better than the sum of its parts.

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Rating: - Brainsmasher rules
Ok so this is a cheesey movie. I loved it and wish it were on DVD. Right now the only VHS I still have are this one and my wedding.

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Rating: - Another Excellent B-movie!
If you liked "Big Trouble in Little China" you'll love "Brain-Smasher!"

I saw this movie on HB0 many years ago, and watched it over and over again. To this day, I find myself longing for a couple of the songs I heard. Unfortunately, the studio that put this movie out has all but disappeared, and the vocalist who performed much of the music is now a naturalist and audio book recorder, with nary a CD for purchase.

Brain Smasher is your usual Dice movie, although his character is much more subdued than say Ford Fairlane. This must have also been one of Teri Hatcher's first roles, before she became such an over-actor. She was actually quite good and very attractive in this film.

I won't go into the plot, because, well, others already have. This movie appears to be coming out on DVD at the end of Jan. 2007 in the UK, so I hope they release it via DVD in the states soon.

If you're looking for something different--quirky but fun--check out Brain Smasher.

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Rating: - A funny movie, no acadamy awards, but very entertaining, a good Cult classic
After his sucess on the comedy stage, Andrew "Dice" clay decided to bridge his way to the big screen. His first movie, "the adventures of ford fairlane" has a decent following and a great soundtrack. So how do you follow this up, simple, Brain Smasher's...a love story. Honestly, this movie is so bad its good. Chinese Red Lotus monks chaising a supermodel, wow. To top that, A boncer that goes by the name Brain Smasher. This is something you just have to watch, hard to explain, but you'll laugh at the action, as well as the jokes. And Teri Hatcher in one of her many B-films before making it on ABC's Lois & Clark Superman series, and Now desperate housewives. I can only hope they take this to DVD like they did Ford Fairlane. Note, one of the other reviewers is correct, the VHS quality is not great, it was recorded on EP mode, so it's not top notch, but still worth it to watch.