Impulse (1984)
3/10
Old people are crazy. Also, Bill Paxton.
29 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
A very small earthquake in a very small town appears to be the cause of everyone becoming increasingly crazy. The heroine's mother attempts suicide, which brings her back to her home town with her boyfriend. Some crazy stuff happens, such as;

-old people play kickball in the street

-an old guy urinates on the boyfriend's car

-old people suddenly try to rob a bank that they're in

-the old sheriff shoots a shoplifter in the back with an M16. Okay, it's America, so that one isn't so far-fetched. But old people are crazy.

Bill is the heroine's brother, he and his father run a very small dairy farm that doesn't have any cows, but somehow produces enough milk for the town. No sterilization, no pasteurization, hell, it's not even covered, it just sits in a big open vat before being poured into bottles.

While the boyfriend starts to go crazy, he discovers old pictures that the brother has of her sister, and kills him.

She then drives away while the whole town is now burning after everyone starts a riot.

A quick cut to the end (because many scenes make no sense), the boyfriend discovers the earthquake broke open a sealed pit that is leaking something into the water that is being used in the local milk (she didn't drink any). He then discovers the "government" are spraying the town, and they shoot him. The heroine sees him getting gunned down, and rams the shooter, killing him. She then walks away, the end.

End credits reveal the entire town mysteriously die (from the government spraying, presumably).

Starring: Anne Haney, an old woman who steals from the bank, goes on to play Judge Travelini in LA Law

John Karlen, he's been playing cops for 30 years, but here ends up as a dairy farmer

Meg Tilly (whom I often mistake for her sister, Jennifer), most famous for The Big Chill, recast in 3 movies after receiving injuries, took a 15 year hiatus to raise her children, came back to starring in Bomb Girls, 6-part miniseries that turned into 2 seasons and a movie

Tim Matheson, did a lot of kid's cartoons in the 60s (Jonny Quest, Sinbad Jr, Young Samson & Goliath, Space Ghost (and recently Scooby-Doo in 2013)), most famous as Vice-President on West Wing and Dr Breeland on Hart Of Dixie. He also appears in the latest Jumanji movie.
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