Product Details

• Actors: Jack Scalia, Dennis Christopher, Carlos Lauchu, Lucinda Weist, Clarence Williams III
• Directors: Richard Pepin
• Writers: Joseph John Barmettler, Richard Preston Jr., William Applegate Jr.
• Producers: Jack Scalia, Richard Pepin, Joseph Merhi, Scott McAboy
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Pepin/Merhi Entertai
• VHS Release Date: August 13, 1998
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303976069
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #373,046 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Silencers Should Have Been Silenced - Avoid!!!!, September 4, 2009

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C. F. Hill "CFH" (Blue Ridge Summit, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silencers (Amazon Instant Video)

Some movies are so bad that they are actually "good", but Silencers doesn't fall into that category. In short, Silencers is just awful and should be avoided at all costs. I already wasted some money renting it and almost 2 hours of my life watching this disaster, so if you heed this warning you won't have to as well.

The movie starts out on promising note, with an opening scene that has decent enough effects, effectively sets a solid SciFi tone, and even has a little bit of humor. Sadly, it is all downhill from there. No plot spoilers from me (just in case you feel you just HAVE to see every SciFi ever made); the movie follows Secret Service Agent Rafferty as he attempts to protect the life of an alien who may or not be trying to help mankind. There are so many plot holes that it would be hard to start listing them, so I'm not even going to try.

The laughable script, which uses just about every stereotype and Cliché possible, is made even worse by really bad acting performances by just about everyone appearing in the movie. While every SciFi movie takes some suspension of disbelief, this one requires the type that only comes with a frontal lobotomy. This doesn't just apply to the aliens and their technology, but even to the humans and their ability to have exactly what's needed just when it's required. Oh, and wait until you see the lunatic fringe UFO magazine staff who can produce military issue C-4 and fight better than the "hero" of the story.

I could go on about the poor cinematography with disturbing camera angles, the bad special effects, preachy social and environment messages, over usage of techno-babble, cheesy sets, and implausible action sequences, but if you have gotten this far and still want to see the movie there really isn't any point in trying to dissuade you any further.

Not recommended!

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars B movie +++++, May 9, 2008

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AJ "maldevane" (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Silencers (DVD)

This is one of the greatest things I have ever seen.

TOTALLY ridiculous, but endlessly entertaining.

2 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars inspired by project u.n.i.v.e.r.s.e., June 10, 2005

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Ward Frazier - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silencers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

AH YES, YET ANOTHER SPOOK FLICK THAT WAS INSPIRED BY REAL LIFE EVENTS. IN THE MOVIE IT WAS CALLED PROJECT "TIME-SPACE" IN REALITY IT WAS CALLED PROJECT U.N.I.V.E.R.S.E. "UNIVERSAL NON INVASIVE VIEW of EXTRATERESTRIAL REGIONS for STUDY and EXPLORATION. IT STARTED IN 1989 AND IS STILL GOING ON TO THIS DAY. IT HAS TO DO WITH INTERDIMENTIONAL TRAVEL. PARALLEL UNIVERSE TRAVEL. THIS LIKE OTHER HIGHLY CLASSIFIED PROJECTS REVOLVED AROUND AROUND THE CONCEPT OF "ALTERNATIVE 3" THAT IS FINDING A SUITABLE HOME FOR THE HUMAN RACE TO COLONIZE AND GET OFF THIS ROCK WHILE THERE IS STILL TIME.THE PROJECT WAS SHUT DOWN FOR A WHILE BECAUSE OF AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF M.I.B. IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY MOVIES LIKE THIS ONE LET US KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROJECTS LIKE THIS GOING ON. IF ANYONE EVER WONDERED WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THOSE SECRET,ABOVE TOP SECRET,EYES ONLY,NEED TO KNOW,BLACK BUDGET PROJECTS, THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT GOES ON. THE KIND OF SPOOK STUFF THAT "THEY" DENY EXISTS YET WILL GO OUT OF "THEIR" WAY TO STEAL ALL EVIDENCE OF THE VERY THINGS THAT "THEY" CLAIM DONT EXIST. MOVIES LIKE THIS ARE ONES TO TAKE SERIOUSLY. BELIEVE ME IT DOES GO ON WHETHER YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IT OR NOT. WARD FRAZIER U.S. ARMY PROJECT M.A.R.S. MIND CONTROL SURVIVOR 1984-1986/PROJECT G.A.L.A.X.Y. TIME TRAVEL SURVIVOR 1986-1987,1993-1997 PROJECT D.A.D.D.Y. HUMAN CLONING SUBJECT MAY 1985 FT. MEADE MARYLAND PROJECT E.A.R.T.H. EXTRA-PLANATARY LIAISON 1987,2002,2003,2005 AND PROJECTS D.E.E.P. E.A.R.T.H. AND A.T.L.A.N.T.I.S. LIAISON 1987. "ITS NOT PARANOIA WHEN THEY REALLY ARE OUT TO GET YOU.