Peter Hyams

That's pretty good.

That's, uh, Peter Hyams.

We haven't gotten to it yet, but, uh, uh, uh, I, uh...

It's, it's one of his, uh, those, those interest- [laughs] I, I like to think of him as the interesting movies he did between Star Wars and Empire.

And you see that exact same strip mining process with another massive hit from 1994, which is Timecop.

Oh, Timecop is the quintessential '90s sci-fi action vehicle, directed by Peter Hyams.

Yeah, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

[laughs] It pulled in like $102 million worldwide, and it remains Jean-Claude Van Damme's highest grossing leading role.

Between Star Wars and In the Empire Strikes Back, he does Force 10 from Navarone, Hanover Street, which I actually kind of like.

I love Peter Hyams as a director, so I actually like Hand Over Street, but not a huge hit.

And he also does...

The Frisco Kid.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, it was originally gonna have Pierce Brosnan in the lead, but there was a change of s- of stars and a change of directors as well, ending up with Peter Hyams.

The filming was badly affected by floods in the Czech Republic in 2002, but the biggest problem, whi- and the thing that strikes you immediately when you watch it, is that the production company, Franchise Pictures, which was behind the year 2000's Battlefield Earth also-

Oh, God.

With a computer they found in a hedge.

Exactly.

I found a Collider interview with John Hyams, the son of Peter Hyams-

Mm

You will find-

Maybe you know, may- maybe you know his work from Peter Hyams', uh, 1990 whatever comedy, Stay Tuned.

I mean, you know.

[laughs]

And he has to go through all these, him and his wife have to go through all these like evil versions of 1992 shows.

And it's like gorgeous because it's, it's because they made it with real people at a place and it's, it's Peter Hyams.

So it's like, a real director you know like

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