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In this grim rape/revenge tale by the celluloid
junkie Abel Ferrara, Zoë Tamerlis (in a startling debut) plays a young mute
girl called Thana (Thanatos) who transforms in a violent avenging angel after
she gets raped twice within a couple of hours. More convincing than Day of
the Woman (Meir Zarchi, 1978) in its extreme feminist reference. With
superb location photography by James Momèl. Tamerlis co-wrote the screenplay for Bad
Lieutenant (1992) as Zoë Lund and died in 1999 at the age of 37. An obscure Canuxploitation flick inspired by
John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 of an isolated group of people
in apartment building being terrorised by a fascistic gang during a police
raid. Although having a small budget director Donovan managed to deliver a
strikingly oppressive action thriller. Good performances by Tom Nardini and
Doug Lennox (with a satyr expression) as the compelling leader of the motley
crew.' Click here for an interesting review on >
Self
Defense (Siege)
Gary Oldman plays Clive
'Bex' Bissell, a broker
with a neat family who's also the vicious leader of a group hooligans who
tries to convince rival hooligan leaders to join him to form one large group
for the upcoming European football championships. Clarke's highly realistic
style and Oldman's highly convincing performance still make it the best film
on hooliganism to this day.
7) Vice Squad
( Gary Sherman, 1982 )
Vice Squad is the gritty
story, told during one long heated Hollywood night, of a prostitute Princess
(Season Hubley) who gets involved into trapping the murderous pimp Ramrod
(Wings Hauser) who killed her friend. Hitchcock once remarked: "The
stronger the villain, the stronger the film". If there ever was a
portrayal of a villain you won't forget, Hauser's performance of the perverted
Ramrod will do the job. Also good performances by Hubley and Gary Swanson as
detective Tom Walsh who helps her. Beautifully photographed by John Alcott (Barry
Lyndon).
With the reputation of being the most violent
action film of the 80s (perhaps ever!) Deadbeat at Dawn (budget approx.
$8.000,-) tells the unpretentious revenge story of gang-leader Goose >
( Jim
Van Bebber ) who wants to leave his
gang after one last drug score. The murder of his girl-friend by a rival gang
gives him only one last fatalistic goal. Distinguishing in its portrayal of a heavily
flawed protagonist and a movie that probably would not have its authentic
charm with a bigger budget. Gory, brutal and uncompromising... guerilla film
making at its finest! Remarkable and controversial Austrian
psycho-drama, based on real life events (the "Kniesek Case"), of a
sadistic psychopath (Erwin Leder, compelling) who goes on a murder spree
shortly after being released. A rare film by one-time director Gerard Kargl
that focuses on the psyche of the killer, presented in a detached austere
style told from the killer's point of view. The highly original camerawork by co-writer
Zbigniew Rybczynski (music video for John Lennon's Imagine) is forceful
as is the haunting score by Tangerine Dream's Klaus Schulze. A sadly
overlooked masterpiece! Check out a very interesting interview with
director
This lurid pop samurai movie with its incessant
blood shed is a mixture of the first two >
Lone Wolf and Cub
(Sword of Vengeance
and Baby Cart at the River Styx) and some additional footage. The story
is about the invincible and masterless samurai Lone Wolf who refuses to join
the relentless Shogun Kurando. After Kurando orders to kill his wife Lone Wolf
vows revenge and takes his son Tizuro with him on an infinite path of carnage. This cult classic is famous due to the clever
publicity by the distributor VIPCO after it was banned in the UK for its
extreme violence and for the major influence on Tarantino's Kill Bill
-series. 3) Cannibal Holocaust
( Ruggero Deodato, 1980 )
A highly unpleasant but cleverly constructed
movie about a group reporters who dissapear in the Amazon during their
examination of a cannibalistic tribe. When a group of rescuers discover some
of their remains and footage they shot of this tribe, an horrifying story
unfolds. The plot and mise-en-scène are intelligently
handled by director Deodato and although Cannibal Holocaust is infamous
for its explicit violence on animals in particular it's never gratuitous. The
photography of Sergio D'Offizi (Don't Torture a Duckling) is beautiful
as is the score by composer Riz Ortolani. The movie was a huge inspiration to
the makers of The Blair Witch Project (1999). A conversation with director >
Ruggero Deodato
on Cannibal Holocaust. In this stylish sci-fi actioner Kurt Russell
stars as the nihilistic war hero Snake Plissken who has been forcefully
assigned to liberate the American president (Donald Pleasance), who has been
captured by the Duke of New York (Isaac Hayes) and his gang, from Manhattan.
Carpenter who was one the great film authors of the 70s and 80s wrote the
screenplay (together with Nick Castle, who played the "shape" in Halloween),
the music and was also responsible for the magnificent set pieces. The film was shot in St. Louis, Missouri for
budgetairy reasons. The smart location photography from cinematographer Dean
Cundey who used his groundbreaking Panaglide (Steadicam) technique and the
wonderful set pieces give it the feel of a big-budget movie. 1) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
( George Miller, 1981 )
Miller's follow-up (at that time the most
expensive Australian movie ever) to Mad Max (1979) is the car
chase movie to end them all. In a dystopian post-apocalyptic world obsessed
with oil and dominated by terrorizing motorcycle gangs, loner Max (Mel
Gibson), whose wife and child were killed 3 years ago, joins a group of
refinery owners who convince him to drive their truck loaded with oil to a
safe area. Gibson's laconic presence as the one-track
minded Max is great and the performance by Vernon Wells (Commando) as
the vindictive gay biker Wes is unforgettable. The chase sequence in the last
third of the movie is quite simply the best that ever found its way on
celluloid or as Time Out film critic David Pirie commented: "...it
makes Spielberg's Raiders of the Last Ark look like a kid fooling with
Dinky Toys". Click here for a short documentary (6 min.)
concerning > the stunts in Mad Max 2. Other recommendations: Made in Britain
(Alan Clarke, 1982)...Tim Roth in his stunning debut as an intelligent
agitator!
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