Martial arts instructor Susanne Carter (Jillian Kesner) travels to Asia to find her sister, a journalist, who has gone missing. Could the local mafia be involved? This is a New World Pictures production which is, of course, Roger Corman’s company. And the result is…OK but nothing to really write home about. The film’s original title …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 51- Naked Fist (1981)
From IMDB- ‘Following the suicide of his best friend, Captain Harry Morris accepts a final deadly mission to go behind enemy lines to destroy a radio tower that is broadcasting anti-war propaganda spoken by an American woman to American troops.’ An Italian Namsploitation film, you say? I’m there! This film is terrific. It moves at …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 43- The Last Hunter (1980)
An ex-bouncer has just been released from prison. He’s recruited by a nightclub owner who is having problems with local gangsters. G.B.H. is one of those movies that made me think, ‘What the hell have I just watched?!’ as the end credits rolled. Imagine a film that is shot on video, is set in Manchester …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 31- G.B.H. (1983)
Pam Grier stars as the lead character who takes on a gang of drug dealers after they kill her undercover cop boyfriend. Foxy Brown has so much going for it- Grier who is fantastic in the lead, Antonio Fargos (yes, Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch), a great soundtrack (that was released on Motown) and …
Continue reading The Video Nasties Reviewed- Section 3- Day 28- Foxy Brown (1974)
A team of Louisiana Army National Guards venture into a local bayou. After getting lost they take three small boats belonging to local Cajuns. When they fire blank bullets at the men the Cajuns return this gesture with real bullets, killing one of the soldiers. From here on in things get worse and worse for …
I missed this when it was first released. However, at the time I saw clips of the fights scenes and the slow mo bullet sequences and was duly impressed. What would i think of the film on first viewing almost 20 years later? I never lost interest during this film and I can see why it …
I had the honour and privilege to be able to see Predator (1987) in 4K and on the big screen the other day. It felt like visiting an old friend. Predator belongs in Arnie's Imperial Phase, which, for my money, runs from the Conan films up until Red Heat. At this time, he was making …
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