bad movies described as " a swift descent into sinful pleasure , decay , and debauchery " are hard to watch .
bad 2000 's movies that resemble bad 1980s films are even harder to watch .
shadow hours falls into the latter category , a mish - mashed train wreck of b - movie actors ( including michael dorn , aka star trek 's worf ) , an uninteresting plot , vain attempts
at capitalizing on the " underground " scenes of seedy los angeles , and really , really bad directing and horrendous music video - esque ballistic editing that was taught to me in film school right before i decided to drop out .
the film revolves around the life of michael holloway ( balthazar getty ) who is trying to restart his life with his one - dimensional wife chloe ( rebecca gayheart ) after a nasty bout of drug and alcohol addictions .
michael takes a job of working the graveyard shift at the local gas station and is bombarded by the ugliness and weirdness of the nightlife of l . a .
one night , he meets a strange gent named stuart ( mr .
buckaroo banzai , peter weller ) .
he drives a porsche , smokes french cigarettes , and drones on about life , eventually coaxing mike into exploring the " underbelly " of l . a . together , a tour of punk bars , s&m clubs , and bare - knuckle fights .
the film then throws in a murder mystery with a cop played peter greene , acting like he wants to get the chance at a reprisal of his role in the mask 2 .
the film then simply dissolves into a cheap rip - off of dante 's inferno mixed with an old stephen
j . cannell television pilot .
the pace of the film is jarring and utterly without focus .
other horrors include the endless montages of people pumping gas and the charlie sheen , johnny depp , richard grieco - esque acting of balthazar getty .
peter weller clearly knows his career is completely gone and does n't give two shits about it .
and after the cheap exploitation of bondage clubs , dance clubs , and brothels - damn , is n't anyone safe any more from the ugly eye of hollywood ! ?
way back in 1984 , a great but crazy director named abel ferrara made his worse film and called it fear city .
shadow hours reminds me of an almost perfect sequel .
director / writer : isaac eaton producers : peter alevey , andrea mia , shon greenblatt ,
balthazar getty starring : balthazar getty , peter weller , rebecca gayheart , peter greene , frederic forrest , brad douriff , michael dorn
does n't give two shits dissolves into a cheap rip - off jarring and utterly without focus an uninteresting plot , vain attempts really , really bad directing his career is completely gone even harder to watch horrendous