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Film Review: Never Forget Stryker’s 1st Commandment,’Thou Shalt Not Kill…Except’ (1985)

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Apr 132012

Thanks to a bad call by a wet-behind-the-ears commanding officer, Sgt. Jack Stryker and his team are overcome during a mission to take a Viet Cong stronghold. Forced to retreat with only a handful of injured survivors, Jack earns himself a first-class ticket back to the states with an Honorable Discharge and a limp.

Reunited with his dog Whiskey and some old friends, Jack begins to settle back in to civvy life but it doesn’t take long before the war is back on for him and his buddies when a group of bloodthirsty cult members descend upon the Continue reading »

Film Review: Yôjirô Takita’s ‘Sexy Timetrip Ninjas’ (Chikan densha: Gokuhi honban – 1984) Transports Viewers to a Deadlier, Sexier Time

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Mar 082012

This Japanese film of the ‘pink’ variety delivers what it promises. There is a ‘timetrip’, some ninjas, and some sex. As a film reviewer I often get caught up in the details and forget to have fun. This film is fun. Sure the sets are terrible, the acting ‘hammy’, and the story is not going to win a Newberry Award any time soon, but this adds to the fun! If B-movies are your thing, Director Yojiro Takita film is definitely worth a look. It delivers what it promises – ninjas, sex, and a ‘timetrip’.

The movie opens as a period piece on the Osaka Castle in 1615. The obvious fact that it is a model cannot be overlooked. He we meet Lord Sanada as he summons Sasuke Sarutobi to his chambers for a meeting. It seems the castle Continue reading »

Film Review: Shuji Kataoka’s ‘S&M Hunter’ (Kinbaku – 1986) Ropes Viewers in with Outrageous Exploitation Action

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Feb 282012

After having viewed a few of Japans Pink films recently, I started to get an understanding of how the films generally looked and were made. S&M Hunter thus far, has been the best all around Pink film I’ve seen to date from technical aspects to having a full, story.

A man’s partner is kidnapped by The Bombers, an all female gang looking to use men as their personal sex slaves. S&M Hunter takes the job of infiltrating the group, and finding the kidnapped guy, all the while using his rope skills to train the females to serve him. He saves the day, one of the women falls for him and he knows deep down their love can’t be because he has many women to train Continue reading »

Film Review: Cage Returns in ‘Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’ (2011) and Once Again Fails to Kickstart Consumer’s Engines

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Feb 182012

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. These words echoed in my brain while watching Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance as I went against my better judgment and gave the sequel a chance. The only enjoyment I had from the first Ghost Rider, was my friend turned to me in the theater and said, “Bennie, I’m getting sober, and this movie’s getting worse.” Sadly, with Spirit of Vengeance, I was embarking on the journey alone, with no one to share my pain.

Johnny Blaze (Nic Cage) has to save Danny (Fergus Riordan) from Roarke (Ciaran Hinds), who apparently is Satan or one of Satan’s helpers. That’s pretty much all I can tell you about the storyline because the film felt like one, giant Continue reading »

Film Review: ‘Agneepath’ (Path of Fire – 2012) Sets Bollywood Ablaze with a Smoldering Tale of Revenge

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Jan 302012

Bollywood has started 2012 with a vengeance, literally, with Agneepath, a remake of a 1990 film. It includes everything you would expect from Indian cinema; romance, action, elaborate dance sequences, and lush colors, only this film has so much more violence and heartache.

As a child, Vijay’s father tries to talk the townsfolk of a small island off the coast of Mumbai out of loaning their land to Kancha, who wants to grow coke in their salt fields. Kancha will stop at nothing to get the land, so he has a little girl raped and murdered and sets Vijay’s father up, leading to mob justice and the father’s death. Vijay and his mother move to Mumbai where he comes across Rauf Lala, Mumbai’s top drugs dealer and human trafficker and becomes a member Continue reading »

Film Review: Cash Chin Man-Kei’s CAT III Classic ‘The Eternal Evil of Asia’ (Nan yang shi da xie shu – 1995) Still Delights with Sleaze & Frights

Asian Cinema, B. Woodell, CAT III, Demons, Erotic, Exploitation, Fantasy, Horror, Martial Arts, Revenge 2 Responses »

Jan 282012

The Eternal Evil of Asia is another wonderfully produced category III horror/voodoo/sex/comedy romp produced by legendary Wong Jing. Being one of the most prolific filmmakers in Hong Kong, anyone who knows what Wong is capable of, will have an inkling as to what they should expect in this hilarious tale.

Four friends travel to Thailand on a bachelor party excursion, but the trip goes awry when they befriend a local wizard and accidentally kill his sister. They return to Hong Kong, but the wizard follows and begins picking them off one by one. The wife to be has to decide to make a personal sacrifice to save the man she loves and her brother Continue reading »

Film Review: Italian Splatter Films Shake in the Demonic Presence of ‘Adam Chaplin’ (2011)

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Jan 112012

My first encounter with this movie was through this trailer which at a first glance (well, the first minute of it at least) looked kind of cheesy, that very particular cheese that so many low budget shot on video gore movies tend to be full of. You know, just a movie without ever reflecting on narrative etc, just pour on the gore. This can be good in itself but very straining on your patience. But then came a couple of really striking scenes and I knew I had to have this. I hopped on the filmmaker’s website and about five minutes after watching the trailer I had ordered it. It arrived yesterday (a bit smashed up due to the fucking post office but working just fine) and I popped it into the DVD player to hopefully get an entertaining experience. And by God it is!

Adam Chaplin might actually be one of the best comic book movies I have ever seen. It is not based on a comic but the story, the visuals and most importantly – the violence, are all as if torn Continue reading »

Film Review: Lieh Lo’s ‘Black Magic with Buddha’ (Nao mo – 1983) Combines Outlandish Gore & Stunning Amounts of CAT III Sleaze

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Nov 282011

I’ve learned something today. Evil Thai mummy brains aren’t something you should mess about with; it’s as simple as that. And if you do feel like keeping them for your own personal gain, make sure you feed them regularly. They tend to get rather mad if they are hungry. Like any other pet really. That’s something the protagonist of low budget Hong Kong sleaze Black Magic with Buddha learns when he goes to Thailand, takes home a brain with magic powers to use for his own personal gain. You see, our hero is somewhat of a looser. Only somewhat though, for a CAT III hero he is actually fairly likeable. He means well I suppose, he just doesn’t seem to think of the consequences of what he is doing, and the fact that it kills his sister and his wife’s family, well, he never seems to care that much about it. He comes off as Continue reading »

Film Review: Full Moon’s ‘Savage Island’ (1985) is a Chopped-Up, Wipped-Out Sleaze Fest

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Nov 172011

When the gorgeous Daly makes an appointment to see a shady jewel dealer named Luker (as in filthy?), she has no intention of purchasing precious gems, she’s out for cold-hard revenge. Armed with righteous fury and a machine gun, Daly weaves a tale of terror on a jungle island that Luker will never forget!

Let’s be upfront here, this isn’t a “grindhouse” film, despite the label being slapped on the front of the DVD case. These days pretty much everybody uses the words “grindhouse” and “cult classic” for whatever the hell they please, almost to the point of stripping the words of any real meaning. It was bound to happen, there’s no sense whining about it as, eventually, the trend will burn itself out. Until Continue reading »

Film Review: Marchent’s ‘Cut Throats Nine’ (1972) Brutalizes The Spaghetti Western Genre

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Nov 152011

I can imagine the filmmakers having a meeting before the shoot, before a script is presented. They want to make a western, that has been decided, but the writer is seething with anger. He has probably just gotten through a nasty divorce and is angry. They want a movie without heroes. They want everyone that dies to die in the most brutal way possible and the mood should be uncomfortable and filthy.

Boy did they succeed.

A group of soldiers are on their way to a fort with a number of chained Continue reading »

Film Review: Bickert’s ‘Dear God No!’ (2011) Offers Nothing but Gratuitous Sleaze & Ultra Violence (It’s Awesome)

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Oct 212011

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While I was waiting outside the theater waiting to be let in for the Las Vegas PollyGrind Festival screening of Dear God No!, a hairy, drunken, tattooed biker detached himself from a large group of hairy, drunken tattooed bikers and staggered over to me. He threw his arm around my shoulders and slurred, “You’re a beautiful man. Just a…beautiful man.” Unsure of the correct Emily Post-approved response in this particular social situation, I smiled politely and replied, “Thanks.” He then leaned in closer and declared, “What is it with glory holes these days? There are no glory holes anywhere any more…not even in Vegas. What’s with that shit?” It was at that moment that I thought to myself, Am I about to be raped by a biker?

My fear was slightly diminished when he continued with, “I’m gonna Continue reading »

Film Review: Saldana Sizzles as a Sexy Assassin in ‘Colombiana’ (2011)

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Aug 272011

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Never forget where you came from.” The words spoken to Cataleya (Zoe Saldana) by her father when she was a child, resonate throughout Colombiana with each bullet fired by the revenge fueled heroine.

At the tender age of nine, Cataleya witnesses her parents massacred by her father’s partner in crime’s men. Before the men arrive, Cataleya’s father gives her a computer chip that he says is her passport to the US if she can get to the embassy. In a very exciting sequence running through the slums being chased by men on foot, dirt bikes and cars, she escapes her parent’s Continue reading »

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