Tammy And The T-Rex (1994)

I chose this one for today because it's my birthday and I have been wanting to see this. When you think of Paul Walker, the first film that comes to mind for most moviegoers was his role as Brian O'Connor in The Fast and The Furious series. It should come as no surprise to anyone because it was iconic, but he didn't always star in iconic films right from the start. In the early 90's, he ventured around TV before getting back into films with 1994's Tammy And The T-Rex which is today's film. Walker stars in the film as Michael, the jock football player who just wants to hang out with the love of his life in Tammy (Denise Richards), but she has a jealous ex-boyfriend (George Pilgrim) who just won't leave her alone. Things between the two gets so heated that Michael ends up in a coma after being attacked by a lion. Unfortunately for Michael, a mad scientist/surgeon (Terry Kiser) has created a T-Rex, but he needs a brain for his dinosaur so he steals Michael's brain. Now it is up to Tammy to try and save Michael from not only the scientist and cops, but from that awful T-Rex body. The film also stars  Theo Forsett (Street Knight) as Byron, Ellen Dubin (Napoleon Dynamite) as Helga,  George 'Buck' Flower (They Live) as Norville, Sean Whalen (The People Under The Stairs) as Weasel, John Franklin (Children Of The Corn) as Bobby, and the film was written and directed by Stewart Raffill (Passenger 57).

Alright so I know what you are thinking, but this was actually a fun film to watch even though it was complete absurd. This film had the feel of a Troma movie without actually being released by Troma. It's so weird to think that Denise Richards starred in this and then shortly thereafter she starred in films like Starship Troopers and Wild Things. The same could be said for Paul Walker who would eventually go on to star in Varsity Blues before doing The Fast and Furious franchise so this film sort of featured a who's who in terms of Hollywood stars to horror veterans like John Franklin, George 'Buck' Flower, and Sean Whalen. Not to mention we also see Efren Ramirez who would go on to play Pedro in Napoleon Dynamite which was funny to see him play a pizza boy. The reason I also mentioned Troma is because some of the kill scenes and other sequences were worthy and cheesy to be made by Troma (who I love). When it focuses on just his arms, you can tells it's someone in the suit and the scenes of the T-Rex walking looked at times like something out of the old Land Of The Lost series. You know that really bad, cheesy, claymation/stop-motion animation styled shots. Some of the kill scenes are well done while others are just cheesy goodness, but I had a lot of fun and I went in with not a lot of high expectations. You know what you are getting yourself into when you watch a title like this. There's a lot of bad acting mixed with over acting and just some zany fun like the striptease scene at the end and that is Tammy and The T-Rex which I am giving a C- for a final grade because it knows what it is and it stays in it's lane.