Here, in a nutshell, in the plot for "Twister's Revenge": three morons try to steal a couple's "Monster Truck". Yes, it's just that exciting!
No wait, there's more. Rebane and the screen writers seem to be trying for a cross between "The Love Bug" and "Dukes Of Hazzard" and maybe "Every Which Way But Loose". In stark contrast to those films, though "Twister's Revenge" appears to have no visible budget - or talent - to speak of. The screenplay appears to have been written under the influence of several beer bongs, cast with the talents of anyone local who wanted to act but couldn't get into the high school drama department's school play, and shot without benefit of rehearsals or dialog coaches or,well, anything much. Rebane appears to come from the "I just point the camera and let it roll" school of directing, so what you see is pretty much framed and set up like an 8 MM home movie.
In its favor: the movie has the lead "actress" - who couldn't deliver a natural sounding line of dialog if she were 3 times as good as she actually is - spend most of the movie gagged and tied up in a cave. Also in its favor, the last 30 minutes of the movie features a tank playing "Tag" and "Hide and Seek" with the Monster Truck. Not that Rebane can make this scenario any more compelling than anything else in the film, but at least you have two giant vehicles rolling over cars and through houses. Two of the morons ("Dutch" and "Bear") who want to steal the truck are actually better than the film deserves. They can't act, of course, but they do manage do deliver several OK readings of lines, if only by accident. They are slightly, just ever-so-slightly - amusing in a couple of spots. And there is one - ONE - decent payoff when the hero walks into a biker bar, asks a question of the local patrons and gets tossed out a window. Finally, it's pretty obvious that none of this is meant to be taken seriously, or as anything more than a good natured waste of time.
That's not much to go on, but it's still more than "Giant Spider Invasion" and "Monster-A-Go Go" (the other two Rebane moves I know about) put together. So it is isn't a good film in any sense of the word, but at least you can watch it without losing your will to live.
Not recommended for any reason other than masochism or background video wallpaper for your next drinking binge, but still not as loathsome as it might have been.
No wait, there's more. Rebane and the screen writers seem to be trying for a cross between "The Love Bug" and "Dukes Of Hazzard" and maybe "Every Which Way But Loose". In stark contrast to those films, though "Twister's Revenge" appears to have no visible budget - or talent - to speak of. The screenplay appears to have been written under the influence of several beer bongs, cast with the talents of anyone local who wanted to act but couldn't get into the high school drama department's school play, and shot without benefit of rehearsals or dialog coaches or,well, anything much. Rebane appears to come from the "I just point the camera and let it roll" school of directing, so what you see is pretty much framed and set up like an 8 MM home movie.
In its favor: the movie has the lead "actress" - who couldn't deliver a natural sounding line of dialog if she were 3 times as good as she actually is - spend most of the movie gagged and tied up in a cave. Also in its favor, the last 30 minutes of the movie features a tank playing "Tag" and "Hide and Seek" with the Monster Truck. Not that Rebane can make this scenario any more compelling than anything else in the film, but at least you have two giant vehicles rolling over cars and through houses. Two of the morons ("Dutch" and "Bear") who want to steal the truck are actually better than the film deserves. They can't act, of course, but they do manage do deliver several OK readings of lines, if only by accident. They are slightly, just ever-so-slightly - amusing in a couple of spots. And there is one - ONE - decent payoff when the hero walks into a biker bar, asks a question of the local patrons and gets tossed out a window. Finally, it's pretty obvious that none of this is meant to be taken seriously, or as anything more than a good natured waste of time.
That's not much to go on, but it's still more than "Giant Spider Invasion" and "Monster-A-Go Go" (the other two Rebane moves I know about) put together. So it is isn't a good film in any sense of the word, but at least you can watch it without losing your will to live.
Not recommended for any reason other than masochism or background video wallpaper for your next drinking binge, but still not as loathsome as it might have been.