Cutaway (2000) – Guy Manos.

My continued interest in film collecting isn't Blu-rays, I do purchase them, but only after they are greatly reduced in price. The largely forgotten, even misbegotten titles of unashamedly bargain-binned DVD label Prism still maintains a powerful lure. I cannot deny my appreciation of Cutaway's conspicuously DTV cast, the prospect of Ron Silver, Stephen Baldwin, Dennis Rodman, and Caspar Van Dien proved impossible to resist! I honestly feel Tom Berenger's presence is, perhaps, due to Lance Henriksen's absence, although, the late, greatly lamented Wings Hauser would have made for an edgier choice. Cutaway is by no means an original action thriller, yet due to the appealing idiosyncrasies of the cast, plentiful skylarking, and its fortuitous lapses into macho buffoonery, Cutaway's unabashed B-Movie-ness ultimately won me over! I don't exclusively watch escapist fare like Cutaway due to my bouts of cognitive instability, but I like to think that it plays a huge part in why I enjoy them so unapologetically. This formulaic retooling of Point Break is persistently enlivened by adrenalized displays of technically adept skydiving. Drinking game is optional, but you will get manifestly piddly every time 'cutaway' is mentioned in the text.