Inventive indie-impresario Richard 'Dark Breed' Pepin's 'The Silencers' (1996) is a pleasingly noisome, deliciously goofball Sci-actioner starring that stolid B-Movie stalwart Jack Scalia, with Dennis 'Fade To Black' Christopher ruling hard as the endearing cosmic do-gooder 'Comdor.' I'm an unapologetic long-time fan of this blissfully ballistic, pizza n' beer, bargain bin brain-battery, and, while flawed, it's tremendously silly fun nonetheless, and that's usually enough to gleefully gloss over a B-film's rougher edges! 'The Silencers' righteously remains a hysterically hyped-up, not altogether credible MIB pilfering Sci-fi hoot! And the talented Pepin frequently tends to get a far bigger bang from his meagre B-movie buck than most, thereby making his engaging alien-invading shoot 'em up 'The Silencers' considerably more of an impactful low-budget, higher calibre action-fest than some might initially expect, and the splendidly charismatic Dennis Christopher's undeniably luminous presence dazzlingly dominates every scene he's in! All that hoopla being said, 'Dark Breed' is, perhaps, a better pace to start for Pepin/Scalia neophytes!
Review of The Silencers
