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Country: United States
Genre: Blaxploitation
Director: Jack Starrett
Year: 1972
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
A pity. Slaughter starts and ends on a strong note, but everything in the middle is as thin as a soup made with water and a nail.
First we get the theme song by Billy Preston over the credits - funkay! An old black couple gets […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: David Lam
Year: 1993
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
First Shot is Hong Kong’s answer to Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables, but it is far from a shot by shot remake. Fans of De Palma’s film will recognize many scenes, such as the murder of a witness, a crime kingpin’s lecture on unity, and […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action
Director: Rafal Zielinski
Year: 1994
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Can you say cable fodder? Despite the fact that almost nothing happens during Jailbait and it gets progressively more brain dead as it goes along, Jailbait is more entertaining than it has any right to be.
Here’s the setup. Teenager Kyle (Renée Humphrey) has run away […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Bullet Ballet/Action
Director: Sun Chung
Year: 1988
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
City War takes it’s time getting to the main business of the plot, and the funny thing is that the setup is the most entertaining part of the movie.
Ken Chow (the great Ti Lung) is waiting in line at a convenience story with […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Blaxploitation
Director: Arthur Marks
Year: 1975
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Bucktown isn’t a very good movie, but it is interesting. Bucktown asks the question “When does the right to scuffle become exploitation of one’s brothers and sisters?” The question is clearly directed at the black community of the era, but it’s still timely.
Duke (Fred Williamson) […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/Bullet Ballet
Director: Guy Lai Ying-Chau
Year: 1991
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
You don’t really expect an airtight plot when you sit down to watch a Hong Kong triad movie, but The Point Of No Return really pushes the envelope for incoherence and stupidity.
Eagle (Jacky Cheung) was saved from a life as a street urchin […]
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All Trash Cinema Club members are invited to enter the “Quid Pro Quo” Giveaway Contest, in which a copy of the kinky psychological thriller Quid Pro Quo will be given away.
Isaac Knott (Nick Stahl) is a wheelchair bound reporter who is investigating a subculture of people who fantasize about being crippled, some even going […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Bullet Ballet/Action/Drama
Director: Jeng Wing-Chiu
Year: 1991
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
In a way, The Roar Of The Vietnamese is a very Asian story. For those who don’t know, the tendency in most Asian cultures is not to have a strong sense of civic duty, but to have a very strong sense of family. Basically, once […]
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Country: United States
Genre: Action
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Year: 1991
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Ricochet would have been a classic of trash cinema if not for a jaw droppingly stupid third act. Denzel is at his virile, cocky best, and as usual, John Lithgow makes a terrific villain. Director Russell Mulcahy keeps the pace nice and punchy. This is […]
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Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Romance/Comedy/Martial Arts
Director: Vincent Kok
Year: 1999
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
I don’t think that many Western people would enjoy Gorgeous, but I was entertained.
There are so many strikes against it. First of all, you have to really be into Asian women. Otherwise, you’ll find Shu Qi’s character obnoxious instead of cute. She behaves like […]