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Written by James M. Tate / 9/18/2026 / No comments / british , cannon , horror , michael gough , seventies , sharon gurney , simon gough , thriller , yvonne mitchell

SHARON GURNEY WITH YVONNE MITCHELL IN 'CRUCIBLE OF HORROR'

british, cannon, horror, michael gough, seventies, sharon gurney, simon gough, thriller, yvonne mitchell

SHARON GURNEY WITH YVONNE MITCHELL IN 'CRUCIBLE OF HORROR'

Sharon Gurney in CRUCIBLE OF HORROR/THE CORPSE Year: 1971 Rating: ***1/2 It's been said that Viktors Ritelis was a British television d...

JUDD NELSON, DANA OLSEN AND JONNA LEE IN 'MAKING THE GRADE'

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</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2WcRpkqfKLrPmomPi3eb9DJ57D-kJkhyoqUjyQFYRRQHYevkDiBRpB5q6Qjev8h8B5m8HtrjqxaeF7Qlpa7Gn7-cUqeGhEEUzj9EQ4vVbTLp5tJRsE3-IY63Iku2ak7UGd7PTbK8D2ccGzVirB4ML7iw8-foI7qQ09p6lJ1ndRyCPTePknseUMpCYhPx/s1600/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2WcRpkqfKLrPmomPi3eb9DJ57D-kJkhyoqUjyQFYRRQHYevkDiBRpB5q6Qjev8h8B5m8HtrjqxaeF7Qlpa7Gn7-cUqeGhEEUzj9EQ4vVbTLp5tJRsE3-IY63Iku2ak7UGd7PTbK8D2ccGzVirB4ML7iw8-foI7qQ09p6lJ1ndRyCPTePknseUMpCYhPx/s1600/unnamed.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: MAKING THE GRADE Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>A year before <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2026/08/bclub.html">THE BREAKFAST CLUB</a> made Judd Nelson a star, turning his energetic acting style into a focused study of teenage angst and rebellion, he played a similar character – only his MAKING THE GRADE hero Eddie Keaton break-dances instead of jamming an air guitar Cream riff; in other words, his rebellion is catered strictly for humor. Wild on the streets, he owes a bookie, Dice Man, played by Andrew Clay, and winds up taking the place of a spoiled rich kid: attending a prep school whilst hiding from mobsters. <br>
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That’s the plot in a nutshell, and GRADE, within this framework, packs a lot of hit and miss humor as well as likable or fitfully unlikable side-characters, throwing everything into the pot: from pratfalls to one-liners to stereotypes to action scenes, and beyond... No surprise Nelson plays the part with gusto – though sometimes too much. Yet where Eddie’s urban-hip con artist stuck in the fledgling Preparatory academy tries stealing every scene on board, he’s given an ultimately thankless lead to people like Dana Olsen as, technically, the most important person herein...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><span></span>

andrew dice clay, cannon, comedy, dana olsen, eighties, gordon jump, jonna lee, judd nelson, ronald lacey, teen, walter olkewicz

JUDD NELSON, DANA OLSEN AND JONNA LEE IN 'MAKING THE GRADE'

Title: MAKING THE GRADE Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 A year before THE BREAKFAST CLUB made Judd Nelson a star, turning his energetic acting s...

CHARLES BRONSON'S LAST CANNON 'KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS'

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_ueo47qC0tLC3nXtxNp_UFoPtS-V79vCCUZMsBoYMWad8kvA_KvJkq4wP9aqxiUhNuZPQUQQ2ul4aUKqZdjubYsQuM_r4g8ISlIx0zXbWKjRxWResSLYBU3heT0vGUXU_GO1neFKhaXWSv45dtGMya5dx-JSc67lSSTXt0scsx6aGbzCjFML9d_eJnZR/s1608/Screen%20Shot%202025-11-29%20at%202.32.07%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="1608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_ueo47qC0tLC3nXtxNp_UFoPtS-V79vCCUZMsBoYMWad8kvA_KvJkq4wP9aqxiUhNuZPQUQQ2ul4aUKqZdjubYsQuM_r4g8ISlIx0zXbWKjRxWResSLYBU3heT0vGUXU_GO1neFKhaXWSv45dtGMya5dx-JSc67lSSTXt0scsx6aGbzCjFML9d_eJnZR/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-11-29%20at%202.32.07%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Charles Bronson in KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS Year: 1989 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The final Cannon production starring Charles Bronson (and director J. Lee Thompson) couldn't be more of an exploitation flick (surpassing even DEATH WISH 2), spending more time on the underage girls of a sleazy pimp than Bronson and detective partner Perry Lopez are trying to figure things out...<br><br>In KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS, initially/ironically involving a sex-obsessed Japanese father whose daughter (Kumiko Hayakawa) winds up one the youngest, most vulnerable victims of an underground sex-slave market...</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1slfyP935-EK7xsjbuXVlt3fPXG-CwooMAYmHTRTevvv9sOsGP0pKEkARIObu9ROvICIBtCHUxVfE9OeN7fQVTCqmDY1k6rmF8cyzR96TUBdInVKdiPLCx9EFF-DfUFFPQorUV5wfmI41GuqttEBGyw8kuPQfCv1gmwDKjoxdI60fsCw01629YefmcTPa/s1724/2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1724" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1slfyP935-EK7xsjbuXVlt3fPXG-CwooMAYmHTRTevvv9sOsGP0pKEkARIObu9ROvICIBtCHUxVfE9OeN7fQVTCqmDY1k6rmF8cyzR96TUBdInVKdiPLCx9EFF-DfUFFPQorUV5wfmI41GuqttEBGyw8kuPQfCv1gmwDKjoxdI60fsCw01629YefmcTPa/s16000/2.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Charles Bronson in KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Opening with blonde starlet Nicole Eggert as the most experienced, the actual leading young-lady's Amy Hathaway, even blonder, cuter and who just so happens to be Bronson's daughter, on the verge of the neon-noir-inspired criminal web led by CROCODILE DUNDEE II villain Juan Fernández... <br><br>Perhaps one of the sleaziest villains in Bronson cinema... providing the usual gun-blasting DEATH WISH-style vengeance that happens far too late to matter: overall making KINJITE more glossy expose than edgy crime-thriller. <br></p><p><span></span></p>

action, amy hathaway, bill mckinney, cannon, charles bronson, eighties, juan fernandez, neo noir, peggy lipton, perry lopez, sy richardson

CHARLES BRONSON'S LAST CANNON 'KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS'

Charles Bronson in KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SECRETS Year: 1989 Rating: ***1/2 The final Cannon production starring Charles Bronson (and director J...

DONNA DENTON & REBECCA FERRATTI SHARING 'OUTLAW OF GOR'

adventure, cannon, donna denton, eighties, fantasy, jack palance, michelle clarke, nigel chipps, rebecca ferratti, science-fiction, sequel, urbano barberini

DONNA DENTON & REBECCA FERRATTI SHARING 'OUTLAW OF GOR'

Title: OUTLAW OF GOR aka GOR II Year: 1988 Rating: *** Cannon's fantasy exploitation GOR was more obviously leading towards a sequel tha...

OLIVER REED & REBECCA FERRATTI IN THE CANNON FANTASY 'GOR'

<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8rEQKW4rOjYoz_GJWqO3fY3yTPIn8a7o3Tlk1Fjtit8YTo2MSjCvbaNKEqDrI7DXIwGiP3U9HwoPH6UeXSK7letWJzECGRuv3its9tJp5-HtA64rdhhlbNyM4s3en3LmvskgfhrRK5ZKR9JCvmB6Tb3dsKUUgFjcbdMMLH9S4aaX-D7mpsnM5awDZ_uU/s2134/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="2134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8rEQKW4rOjYoz_GJWqO3fY3yTPIn8a7o3Tlk1Fjtit8YTo2MSjCvbaNKEqDrI7DXIwGiP3U9HwoPH6UeXSK7letWJzECGRuv3its9tJp5-HtA64rdhhlbNyM4s3en3LmvskgfhrRK5ZKR9JCvmB6Tb3dsKUUgFjcbdMMLH9S4aaX-D7mpsnM5awDZ_uU/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Oliver Reed in GOR Year: 1987 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Beginning with an uptight, otherwise average-looking, spectacle-wearing professor lecturing a university classroom before being thrust into an otherworld adventure, Cannon Films' infamous GOR seems equally inspired by RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK as the more obvious CONAN similarities including scantily-clad chicks and muscular men in a barbarian world... where the professor goes from wimp to warrior, taking enough time to provide Urbano Barberini a realistically transitional performance...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Although known for having British veteran actor Oliver Reed as the spider-mask-wearing overlord, stealing what's called a home-stone for his own greed before seeking revenge on our hero for accidentally killing his son... it's brunette model/actress Rebecca Ferratti who really steals the show...<br></p><p><span></span></p>

action, adventure, cannon, donna denton, eighties, fantasy, jack palance, nigel chipps, oliver reed, paul l. smith, rebecca ferratti, science-fiction, urbano barberini

OLIVER REED & REBECCA FERRATTI IN THE CANNON FANTASY 'GOR'

Oliver Reed in GOR Year: 1987 Rating: ***1/2 Beginning with an uptight, otherwise average-looking, spectacle-wearing professor lecturing a u...

DEFENDING THE BREEZY SEQUEL 'BREAKIN 2': ELECTRIC BOOGALOO'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4CMdlSLCAtz2c5Mmq1faLghHh0vag2791PpV2KAI9Ub45bbMwWD8Vkw9ErDAEBrtj97TeAgAZc7ud3PiRi_rRF2NyZ2fQ8vEe31cUeYVF1yZ3JEoPPbZNQgqQIjraluDUlaMGkCQlihmYInhuCSfECbcgT56-bbxhTqlpRm_m6DxdB1YGRlBxfgOMuDHh/s1840/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-11%20at%2012.29.33%20AM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1072" data-original-width="1840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4CMdlSLCAtz2c5Mmq1faLghHh0vag2791PpV2KAI9Ub45bbMwWD8Vkw9ErDAEBrtj97TeAgAZc7ud3PiRi_rRF2NyZ2fQ8vEe31cUeYVF1yZ3JEoPPbZNQgqQIjraluDUlaMGkCQlihmYInhuCSfECbcgT56-bbxhTqlpRm_m6DxdB1YGRlBxfgOMuDHh/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-12-11%20at%2012.29.33%20AM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO Year: 1984 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Cannon Films' BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO  was rushed out the same year of the original's box office success, yet is more of a “Musical Based on The Film" (or a failed attempt at the first episode of a TV-series based on the film) than a necessary followup on its own... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fantasy sequences replace the former urban, realistic street grooves and back-room competitions: In fact, within the first five minutes the entire downtown is dancing… including mailmen, cops, everyone... </p><p><span></span></p>

adolfo quinones, cannon, comedy, harry caesar, ice-t, jean-claude van damme, lucinda dickey, michael chambers, musical, sabrina garcia, sequel

DEFENDING THE BREEZY SEQUEL 'BREAKIN 2': ELECTRIC BOOGALOO'

Title: BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO Year: 1984 Rating: *** Cannon Films' BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO was rushed out the same...

MENAHEM GOLAN'S 'LEPKE' WITH TONY CURTIS & ANJANETTE COMER

<p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtna58Hp7gESf_DRS_EdXMrcUSluOhL0sL3PRoUx7Rs_nQWMt814v4d-CX090FvrGGC5TXFonV6BYd9o3OBjh_wLLnfDz0cWQuR5ZZWUIlvn9iatqamUegcs_yjCnaKzni-dwEbYZki0GcnD7IxFYNG-tp7rRVCPGV6chbTIWyAjfZawanMSbks_xjqch/s1388/Screen%20Shot%202024-08-14%20at%202.23.09%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="1388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtna58Hp7gESf_DRS_EdXMrcUSluOhL0sL3PRoUx7Rs_nQWMt814v4d-CX090FvrGGC5TXFonV6BYd9o3OBjh_wLLnfDz0cWQuR5ZZWUIlvn9iatqamUegcs_yjCnaKzni-dwEbYZki0GcnD7IxFYNG-tp7rRVCPGV6chbTIWyAjfZawanMSbks_xjqch/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-08-14%20at%202.23.09%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: LEPKE Year: 1975 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A cross between yet another 1970's THE GODFATHER clone and a drive-in exploitation with sex and violence, future Cannon Films co-owner Menahem Golan directs Tony Curtis as LEPKE... beginning with a younger version with an intense Barry Miller in turn-of-the-century America, committing a crime and about to be locked up... a shame since more time should have been spent on those youthful years...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Instead, right when the titular Jewish mobster gets out, he's already a 50-something miscast Tony Curtis, who at one point talks Milton Berle into marrying docile daughter Anjanette Comer... and about thirty-minutes later, when the detectives start knocking, she's supposed to have realized her mistake at marrying a lethal crime boss...</p><p><span></span></p>

anjanette comer, barry miller, biopic, cannon, gianni russo, michael callan, milton berle, mobster, seventies, simmy bow, tony curtis, vic tayback, warner archives

MENAHEM GOLAN'S 'LEPKE' WITH TONY CURTIS & ANJANETTE COMER

Title: LEPKE Year: 1975 Rating: **1/2 A cross between yet another 1970's THE GODFATHER clone and a drive-in exploitation with sex and vi...

ROCK HUDSON, ROBERT MITCHUM, ELLEN BURSTYN 'THE AMBASSADOR'

cannon, eighties, ellen burstyn, elmore leonard, espionage, fabio testi, j. lee thompson, robert mitchum, rock hudson, thriller

ROCK HUDSON, ROBERT MITCHUM, ELLEN BURSTYN 'THE AMBASSADOR'

Rock Hudson in THE AMBASSADOR Year: 1984 Rating: ** Not to sound juvenile, since Ellen Burstyn is not only a personal favorite actress but o...

MICHAEL WINNER REDIRECTS CHARLES BRONSON IN 'DEATH WISH II'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfDfMBrLwkZFwN8GLTiXp1uksU1XHj9AvRBSAlCtOnEMhpvoJ9qyYpyfxEL4DvnRjYtUzE4IkxS6bhsaNBPmPyJFFaOEAOmJnY8Gsq8vtPmcSfugRpq1RvgPv-GBSxlos0tGo6vnX53UDlcHLhKGuwfCpX3bIY34ultGOJpygbM06mIsr0A6QHvv9M4lW/s1785/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-04%20at%205.07.42%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="975" data-original-width="1785" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfDfMBrLwkZFwN8GLTiXp1uksU1XHj9AvRBSAlCtOnEMhpvoJ9qyYpyfxEL4DvnRjYtUzE4IkxS6bhsaNBPmPyJFFaOEAOmJnY8Gsq8vtPmcSfugRpq1RvgPv-GBSxlos0tGo6vnX53UDlcHLhKGuwfCpX3bIY34ultGOJpygbM06mIsr0A6QHvv9M4lW/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-04%20at%205.07.42%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: DEATH WISH II Year: 1982 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Losing his wife entirely and daughter mentally to lethal hoods from the first movie had aged Charles Bronson's Paul Kersey eight-years when it's only supposed to be two.... which is how long it'd been since DEATH WISH made the already popular cult actor Charles Bronson a superstar... and now, in his last stretch at 60 years old, having joined the ranks of ambitious low-budget Cannon Films, the safest bet was a sequel... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Along with Bronson, cinema had also changed from the early 1970's crime exploitation into the early 1980's horror/terror element, which is what Kersey... still a successful architect but now in Los Angeles instead of New York... is up against in the form of an ultra-violent gang as opposed to, from the original, random criminals coaxed from the streets (after the initial trio, led by Jeff Goldblum, were never heard of since) or saving innocent people from them... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

body count, cannon, charles bronson, eighties, exploitation, franchise, gang, jimmy page, laurence fishburne, michael winner, sequel

MICHAEL WINNER REDIRECTS CHARLES BRONSON IN 'DEATH WISH II'

Title: DEATH WISH II Year: 1982 Rating: **** Losing his wife entirely and daughter mentally to lethal hoods from the first movie had aged Ch...

RYAN O'NEAL & LAWRENCE TIERNEY IN 'TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-MkymSUOnE7IiqPRVjIge8Qjzh2xT6Tir4oQF54geRFNs99ZV-HuybZB28K91gIB0XaoulRLVWzset55qLO1c1lJfwAK_-s2Fga-L0owxHRXQq8s2e15jkCoqQL9ckq_IbScA-hFV077_vkDlrpj6UwWubEI-5xFhCAx4bSUq2UWbqmpkVp4GezSMA/s1846/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-04%20at%202.40.56%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-MkymSUOnE7IiqPRVjIge8Qjzh2xT6Tir4oQF54geRFNs99ZV-HuybZB28K91gIB0XaoulRLVWzset55qLO1c1lJfwAK_-s2Fga-L0owxHRXQq8s2e15jkCoqQL9ckq_IbScA-hFV077_vkDlrpj6UwWubEI-5xFhCAx4bSUq2UWbqmpkVp4GezSMA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-04%20at%202.40.56%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Ryan O'Neal and Lawrence Tierney in TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE Year: 1987 Rates: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Ryan O’Neal’s infamous “Oh Man Oh God” moment, while awful and embarrassing, taken on its own accord... linked all over the Internet... within context of an equally bizarre vehicle, just sort of comes and goes, coinciding with a cheesy spinning camera-glide in this Neo Noir thriller with little thrills, tons of intentionally pulpy dialogue that Norman Mailer, who directed based on his novel turned screenplay, purposely borrows from the likes of Raymond Chandler and Mickey Spillane...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Although there weren’t many cocaine addicts written about back in those dime novel days; at least not for an aimless anti-hero to be involved with without a second thought. Enter O’Neal’s low-rent ex-con writer, Tim Madden, literally counting the days with shaving cream on a mirror of his missing wife's beachfront mansion...</p><span></span>

cannon, clarence williams III, debra sandlund, eighties, francis fisher, isabella rossellini, lawrence tierney, neo noir, norman mailer, ryan o'neal, wings hauser

RYAN O'NEAL & LAWRENCE TIERNEY IN 'TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE'

Ryan O'Neal and Lawrence Tierney in TOUGH GUYS DON'T DANCE Year: 1987 Rates: **1/2 Ryan O’Neal’s infamous “Oh Man Oh God” moment, w...

OLIVER REED & SUNNY JOHNSON IN 'DR. HECKYL AND MR. HYPE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlHiCFgNNqqDSZc083DjmjGJ6meEQXmeGVzNzhmxNgnl4tB7gC8R4xkb9QuOOCNAZwLR9xTEZaKBdoDgMt6R1TF-4nQjIP66Zg9U7NvS637BncU1Fh6rve2aRm9cwn_yQ2Xf2LSgCVnET4lpNqFvwRiPpJRw7MRMVsVS9jQzKFfNWSnWuklbo0qNn6Q/s1801/1%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="1801" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlHiCFgNNqqDSZc083DjmjGJ6meEQXmeGVzNzhmxNgnl4tB7gC8R4xkb9QuOOCNAZwLR9xTEZaKBdoDgMt6R1TF-4nQjIP66Zg9U7NvS637BncU1Fh6rve2aRm9cwn_yQ2Xf2LSgCVnET4lpNqFvwRiPpJRw7MRMVsVS9jQzKFfNWSnWuklbo0qNn6Q/s16000/1%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Oliver Reed in DR. HECKYL AND MR. HYPE Year: 1980 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>What's considered one of Cannon Pictures <i>and</i> Oliver Reed's worst movies has ironical casting since Reed, back in his Hammer beginnings, appeared as a pimp-bouncer in their own <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2021/07/2F.html">Dr. Jekyll adaptation</a>...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And in the satirical DR. HECKYL AND MR. HYPE, as a ghoulish-looking yet sweet-natured podiatrist, he alters into the dashing counterpart, an overweight Reed, not all that mainstream-handsome but fitfully formidable, as the best scenes are of the body count nature killing loose women he dates yet still can't score with...</p><p><span></span></p>

body count, cannon, cult, eighties, exploitation, horror satire, oliver reed, sunny johnson

OLIVER REED & SUNNY JOHNSON IN 'DR. HECKYL AND MR. HYPE'

Oliver Reed in DR. HECKYL AND MR. HYPE Year: 1980 Rating: **1/2 What's considered one of Cannon Pictures and Oliver Reed's worst mo...

CHARLES BRONSON AVENGING DANA BARRON IN 'DEATH WISH IV'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpz0XVw6_BpJRswnNLjDWTFZfz0pIEBeCqIFk5GCF3vMingo8riAghsfPsWJ7OMcDABDeVf34RyXp7_GulYO2M4NWELDAc11gYtPuaLmz92qRGJ1o9Ftx2xE4JcgN_FuNj7UOHAhwDgje3slVA5XDAzck0pZ44j3yIw8L9YxoyR7kNvKDTY7CvuPf5w/s1682/AVvXsEguVVktMHBrfFXFez7l9HNl1KDW14GL_Xn0TsKWNZpyGZspTGZEhndqf52AzUq_NLel79LZDsV6aEa4aDVwbrEVVXU4ufe_J2prts1M1xhndIhTaM6ggpL1hwbtU4lOSu5YAtKB2EJGOnuVETHTw3EVjltFtHdwp_TDa3imtTMmIGcY88W75KUXpIhkvg=s16000.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="1682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpz0XVw6_BpJRswnNLjDWTFZfz0pIEBeCqIFk5GCF3vMingo8riAghsfPsWJ7OMcDABDeVf34RyXp7_GulYO2M4NWELDAc11gYtPuaLmz92qRGJ1o9Ftx2xE4JcgN_FuNj7UOHAhwDgje3slVA5XDAzck0pZ44j3yIw8L9YxoyR7kNvKDTY7CvuPf5w/s16000/AVvXsEguVVktMHBrfFXFez7l9HNl1KDW14GL_Xn0TsKWNZpyGZspTGZEhndqf52AzUq_NLel79LZDsV6aEa4aDVwbrEVVXU4ufe_J2prts1M1xhndIhTaM6ggpL1hwbtU4lOSu5YAtKB2EJGOnuVETHTw3EVjltFtHdwp_TDa3imtTMmIGcY88W75KUXpIhkvg=s16000.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1987 cast: Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, Dana Barron, John P. Ryan rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It makes perfect bloody sense that <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/charles%20bronson">Charles Bronson’s</a> iconic vigilante Paul 
Kersey, who works as an architect by day and
 takes care of <i>business</i> by night, would become a bonafide hit man: After three entire films he’s gotten so good at killing criminals, he's 
hired by a mysterious "millionaire" (John P. Ryan) to infiltrate a rival
 gang by any means possible...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For those new to the DEATH WISH franchise, Kersey’s wife was murdered in
 the first movie, his daughter raped – then in part two his daughter's 
killed and now (after protecting an entire slum building in the third) he’s up against the mafia after girlfriend Kay Lenz's teenage 
daughter overdoses...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, body count, cannon, charles bronson, crime, dana barron, death wish, drugs, eighties, franchise, j. lee thompson, john p. ryan, kay lenz, mob, perry lopez, revenge, sequel

CHARLES BRONSON AVENGING DANA BARRON IN 'DEATH WISH IV'

year: 1987 cast: Charles Bronson, Kay Lenz, Dana Barron, John P. Ryan rating: ***1/2 It makes perfect bloody sense that Charles Bronson’s i...

CANNON BLASTS LUCINDA DICKEY IN 'NINJA III: THE DOMINATION'

action, cannon, cult, david chung, eighties, horror, karate, lucinda dickey, shô kosugi

CANNON BLASTS LUCINDA DICKEY IN 'NINJA III: THE DOMINATION'

Blu Ray of Ninja III Year: 1984 Rating: ***1/2 NINJA III: THE DOMINATION, despite being number three after The Cannon Group's previous N...

CHARLES BRONSON, JILL IRELAND & JAN GAN BOYD 'ASSASSINATION'

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action, adventure, body count, cannon, charles bronson, eighties, exploitation, james staley, jill ireland, political, randy brooks, thriller

CHARLES BRONSON, JILL IRELAND & JAN GAN BOYD 'ASSASSINATION'

Charles Bronson & Jan Gan Boyd Year: 1988 Rates: ***1/2 Jill Ireland's last collaboration after many with husband Charles Bronson gi...

CHARLES BRONSON INVESTIGATES 'MESSENGER OF DEATH'

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The only time famous bullet-blaster Charles Bronson uses a shotgun in MESSENGER OF DEATH is to blow a hole in a casket: The usual killer of bad guys is now killing the corpse... of a preacher... yet there's a twist. And for the most part, like CHINATOWN, the plot involves water in what's more Neo Noir/Thriller than Action...<br>
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Although there <i>are</i> a few big road-hogging trucks and one big gunfight (that Bronson actually verbally thwarts) pitting three Mormon clans against each other. Which resulted from the ultra-violent prologue where professional assassins slaughter an entire Utah family. So Bronson, playing a famous and intrepid reporter, is on the case.<br>

cannon, charles bronson, eighties, kimberly beck, laurence luckinbill, neo noir, religion, thriller, trish van devere

CHARLES BRONSON INVESTIGATES 'MESSENGER OF DEATH'

Blu Ray artwork cover for Cannon Films/Charles Bronson MESSENGER OF DEATH Year: 1988 Rates: ***1/2 The only time famous bullet-blaster...

CHARLES BRONSON CANNON ERA CONTINUES WITH '10 TO MIDNIGHT'

<p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZA3lpMjJS1oT8DmxECnrRY_bumTrVNTuzGOSfCwt83eAYxsYt3u5HbSzWIvkoyM8u1EnimWFn_be6rkirWfEWyOdKVVXMHiGc-QoOMt226nhqThO5GQZE8DZ9VoqPUm3fgrSBcSNIDPc/s1246/Screen+Shot+2021-07-17+at+2.50.43+AM.png" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="1048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ZA3lpMjJS1oT8DmxECnrRY_bumTrVNTuzGOSfCwt83eAYxsYt3u5HbSzWIvkoyM8u1EnimWFn_be6rkirWfEWyOdKVVXMHiGc-QoOMt226nhqThO5GQZE8DZ9VoqPUm3fgrSBcSNIDPc/w336-h400/Screen+Shot+2021-07-17+at+2.50.43+AM.png" width="336"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: 10 to Midnight Year: 1983 Rates: ***1/2</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Charles Bronson's Cannon Films were a total nightmare for those politically-correct critics who graded on their own flat curves, and 10 TO MIDNIGHT is surely no different... In fact it's probably the most hated of all... <br></p><p></p><p>That being a pure exploitation-driven nightmarish body count horror (during the Slasher genre craze) masquerading as a cop thriller about a young, mostly naked serial killer who, a hybrid of Ted Bundy and Richard Speck, kills sexy young girls and eventually sexy young nurses... </p><p>Making Bronson's Detective Leo Kessler, fitfully morphed from a cop to some kind of DEATH WISH style lawman-vigilante, not only do his usual trope-laden questioning of the liberal court system ("giving more rights to the criminals than their victims") but taking matters into his own hands in order to, you guessed it, "save the taxpayers money."  </p><p>And as they say/so the cliche saying/excuse goes... that cops can't be everywhere at once... </p><p>But that's not true for the second half of 10 TO MIDNIGHT, infamously bearing a title that supposedly has nothing to do with the plot: Then again, while there's never an actual clock beginning at 11:50 pm and striking at 12 sharp, Bronson winds up in a short-spanned race-against-time urgency (midnight representing time running out) since his daughter, played by super-cute near-future BEVERLY HILLS COP starlet Lisa Eilbacher, is one of several nurses... including the late gorgeous Kelly Preston... who Brad Davis's younger brother Gene Nelson eventually sets his creepy lusts on...<br>
</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83ylv_PRqni0VuwUGILKLzC5f7D1M2e23KdZZh_Hwk3ulX-zKYDv1CdE_--aJcQtzfUGk-GlJaFG2dHUFkGalUY9ZTRV3rESLFeEN6JzAfiUv7AprQQjo-qWx8lrN6O_-hakOddiYPrXjHTbxEBtEm4rCUNGJzEnbbs1ZWTnJngfHfixXxoukoFRZ7Q/s400/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-17%20at%202.53.26%20AM.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="400" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83ylv_PRqni0VuwUGILKLzC5f7D1M2e23KdZZh_Hwk3ulX-zKYDv1CdE_--aJcQtzfUGk-GlJaFG2dHUFkGalUY9ZTRV3rESLFeEN6JzAfiUv7AprQQjo-qWx8lrN6O_-hakOddiYPrXjHTbxEBtEm4rCUNGJzEnbbs1ZWTnJngfHfixXxoukoFRZ7Q/w400-h231/Screen%20Shot%202021-07-17%20at%202.53.26%20AM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>The late Kelly Preston in 10 to Midnight</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The best scenes occur before the cops... with by-the-book rookie played by Bronson's DEATH HUNT co-star Andrew Stevens... moving in...<br></p><p></p><p>And in that it's purely Gene Davis's trashy ride as he goes from one doomed beauty to the next in an ultra-violent, anything-goes fashion (one scene taking place in the woods like a slasher flick) far more suited to the lower-budgeted 1970's exploitation drive-in circuit. </p><p></p><p>And given Cannon Films miraculous achievement of making their own low budget features look as crisp and glossy as almost any mainstream programmer, the stalking and slaying of nude, doomed, screaming starlets feels that much more crass, crude, dated and inappropriate. <i>Or</i> you can call it <i>daring</i>. Either way, 10 TO MIDNIGHT, with a tables-turned last act involving Bronson stalking the stalker in a DEATH WISH fashion, has always been a cult favorite among the hit-or-miss lot of Bronson/Cannon features despite Roger Ebert giving it zero stars i.e. an amputated thumb's down.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKCvcH5Th-7ISxo4w0JkkKkd2smrbONYbWIrqpKJgROrR1s9V9olQMxIgRY_HQ8NGdhbO6G0IEzxpKwRPeD4qh4WgOVnTP0SPOLUckSsPJ9yEXmEWfQNwAf52EhcGAnGSkQyY8bOIB9mpFaiUx1KJFWx-MWBBv62fORLGk7Gl1GQqEcLwjczQW-IHFw/s1600/33.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1101" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKCvcH5Th-7ISxo4w0JkkKkd2smrbONYbWIrqpKJgROrR1s9V9olQMxIgRY_HQ8NGdhbO6G0IEzxpKwRPeD4qh4WgOVnTP0SPOLUckSsPJ9yEXmEWfQNwAf52EhcGAnGSkQyY8bOIB9mpFaiUx1KJFWx-MWBBv62fORLGk7Gl1GQqEcLwjczQW-IHFw/s16000/33.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Kelly Preston in 10 to MIDNIGHT</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span></span>

andrew stevens, body count, cannon, charles bronson, cop, crime, eighties, exploitation, gene davis, horror, kelly preston, Lisa Eilbacher, serial killer, thriller, twilight time

CHARLES BRONSON CANNON ERA CONTINUES WITH '10 TO MIDNIGHT'

Title: 10 to Midnight Year: 1983 Rates: ***1/2 Charles Bronson's Cannon Films were a total nightmare for those politically-correct criti...

BROOKE SHIELDS STARS IN SAHARA

adventure, cannon, eighties, john ryhs-davies, perry lang, race car, road trip, ronald lacy, sahara

BROOKE SHIELDS STARS IN SAHARA

year: 1983 During the entire eighties, CANNON FILMS attempted to cover just about every cinematic moneymaker in their own fashion, from...

CANNON'S LOU FERRIGNO HERCULES DOUBLE FEATURE

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<u>HERCULES</u>: If you don't fully enjoy a scene where, after Hercules' human (though not at all related) father gets mauled by a bear, followed by Lou Ferrigno as the title character... With limitless strength, a muscular build and his voice replaced by a cheesy sounding, low pitched, tough guy monotone... not only killing the furry brute but hurling him, free-floating into outer space...<br />
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If this doesn't suit you, then you're reading the wrong review, because while being cursed with an extremely low budget as CANNON FILMS were competing with pretty much every studio that had more money for special effects, which in this case are just plain "special" and yet the story, catapulted by a Moses-like Hercules baby floating down river, being rescued and, after the infant battles a two-headed serpent, eventually becomes the full-grown half-human child of mega god, Zeus: his despised and hunted son traveling from one adventure to the next and, this vehicle is surprisingly enjoyable and visually entertaining including three super low budget metallic monsters (in separate scenes) that resemble model toys so much, you would expect a child's hand to start moving them around...<br />
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Actually, one celestial hand belonging to Zeus does in fact reach into a waterfall, saving his kid and, in a number of other instances, he's playing a rigged game: no matter how many male and female antagonists (led by a bearded pontificating grouch) are trying desperately to kill the demigod before he ultimately gets a mission to...well let's put the somewhat convoluted plot aside, having to do with a gaggle of disgruntled vixens... including the iconic Sybil Danning in an underused role, trying her best to make it count, as usual... and just realize that what makes an entertaining movie is how it climbs from one level to the next, and HERCULES, despite all that's said about it, including being loathed more by Ferrigno himself than the critics, who probably ignored the piece altogether, actually has a creative, neatly balanced screenplay that lacked the funds to make it seem, well, realistic... but is mesmerizing enough to allow you to simply give in and enjoy the spectacle.<br />
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In one scene, as Hercules is slowly spinning a slave wheel, it's an obvious attempt by CANNON to bank in on Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou's former and far superior PUMPING IRON rival who was directed by John Milius in the popular <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2015/12/more-howard-in-CONAN.html">CONAN THE BARBARIAN</a>, which, of course, is more legitimate but somehow, HERCULES is way more fun to watch, not saturated with an overlong, morbid vengeance tale that can turn an otherwise pulpy adventure into a searing epic melodrama. And one scene where Zeus turns his son into a growing giant version of himself, thus separating the continents of Europe and Africa, actually looks... well... not too shabby.<br />
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<u>THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULES</u>: With new producers tricking Lou Ferrigno into <i>not</i> thinking this was a sequel to the original, manned by CANNON FILM moguls Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, whom he, and nearly everyone involved in the documentary <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2015/12/blasting-cannon.html">ELECTRIC BOOGALOO</a>, obviously thoroughly detested (although this is often known as THE ADVENTURES OF HERCULES II), we begin with the plot right up front... a group of rogue gods, mostly gorgeous vixens, are gathered in an outer space mountainous "island" of sorts, having already stolen seven lightning bolts belonging to Zeus, which must be returned: Yet before this unfolds, during the opening credits, scenes from the previous movie, including those metallic stop-motion beasts, are shown in-between a kind of SUPERMAN THE MOVIE style credit sequence as the actor's names unfold in space while the world's creation story is repeated from the original: as if this vehicle were the first episode following a pilot that miraculously became a series, and there's an even cheaper misuse of effects in colorful, laser-like animation.<br />
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The original bearded villain (a wannabe Shakespeare style actor) returns with the teleported lifeforce of a dead god and, wielding an important sword, gains more power than the renegade goddesses who reanimated him to exterminate their despised muscular foe, for good. Meanwhile, below on Earth, Hercules traipses around with two beautiful, helpful and scantily clad young ladies he saved from being sacrificed: the gals providing exposition about what's supposed to happen and what's about to happen and why it's going to happen before each and every battle, deleting the spontaneity while a perpetual blanket of animation, from flying balls of light to cartoon monsters, consisting mostly of outlined shapes (that become important later on, as you'll soon read), is the main result of post-production.<br />
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Effects aside, for the true cult flick enthusiast, there are a few scenes using actual costumed beasts, included an army of rudimentary foes referred to as Slime Monsters that, resembling Wookies with Komondor "mop dog" fur combined with a SWAMP THING aestetic and hissing like <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2010/03/kathy-coleman-land-of-lost.html">LAND OF THE LOST</a> Sleestakes, use resilient Ninja skills and give Hercules some good old blood and sweat fights against palpable villainy. And the process of stop-motion makes a slight return as the former film's clunky metal is replaced with old school clay wherein Medusa, starting out as yet another sensual temptress, turns into a surprisingly cool, nightmarish version of Ray Harryhausen's CLASH OF THE TITANS Medusa, whose body is half scorpion and, alas, hardly lasts a minute of screen time.<br />
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So as the story moves along, the plot-informed audience easily keeping count on how many stolen lightning bolts are recovered after Hercules defeats an eclectic barrage of wicked monstrous gods hiding them, the conclusion occurs underwater, the animation process returning in spades as Hercules actually turns into what looks like a line-drawn/outlined cartoon that morphs his own figure into a giant ape, battling a likewise T-Rex that quickly changes into a serpent, an obvious nod to both the 1933 and 1976 KING KONG films and, overall, is far more bizarre and dreamlike than the original that attempted to, like already mentioned, compete with CONAN THE BARBARIAN using muscular brutality occurring in spontaneous, testosterone driven, ultra-violent battles compared to this somewhat youth-friendly science-fiction vehicle with more sorcery than swordplay, while each conflict seems like the result of a short paragraph following continuous cliffhanger endings of longer, dialogue driven chapters, ultimately more anticipated than actually experienced.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bizarre homage to 1933 KING KONG</td></tr>
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And according to sources, Ferrigno despised the first movie's script so much that he threw it across the room. Perhaps, this time around, seeing tons of dialogue on each page made him feel a bit more "covered" with plot over violence and exploitation, which this has its fair share amount of, too, and, whether or not Lou agrees, ADVENTURES falls short of its maligned yet far more grounded predecessor.<br />
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<u>OVERALL RATINGS:</u><br />
<u>HERCULES: ***1/2</u><br />
<u>ADVENTURES OF HERCULES: ***</u><br />
<u>TRIVIA</u>: Like Ferrigno's voice was replaced in both films; years earlier, in HERCULES IN NEW YORK, the original version had a voice-over change for the Austrian-born Arnold Schwarzenegger, with a similar sounding monotone American actor speaking each word clear and precisely... And as a fan of that movie since childhood when it played repeatedly on Channel 13, the fact they switched it back to Arnold's real voice on the official DVD actually hinders what was one of the greatest things about it. Which also includes a man-in-bear-suit that makes the 1983 HERCULES bear seem legitimate.

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CANNON'S LOU FERRIGNO HERCULES DOUBLE FEATURE

year: 1983 HERCULES : If you don't fully enjoy a scene where, after Hercules' human (though not at all related) father gets ma...

Written by James M. Tate / 9/10/2015 / No comments / adolfo quinones , cannon , christopher mcdonald , cult , dance , eighties , lucinda dickey , michael chambers , musical , sabrina garcia

REVIEWS OF BREAKIN' & BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Alternate Title Poster YEAR: 1984</u></td></tr>
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<u>BREAKIN'</u><b>: </b>It makes sense that Break Dancing was a pop culture phenomenon during the early to middle era 1980's being so damn cool to watch such dedicated and talented performers... And yet it’s completely understandable that as a fad, it faded out rather quickly... <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sabrina García as Lucia in Breakin' 2</u></td></tr>
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Imagine if, in order to use a Hula Hoop, you had to jump in and out of the ring doing cartwheels while bobbing your hips at the same time…<br />
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Simply put, Break Dancing wasn’t something just anyone could do, on a whim or a dare or a gimmick or hobby, or even imagine they could ever possibly accomplish without years upon years of practice – and on top of that, in real life, kids were literally <i>breakin'</i> their skulls, backs and necks to acquire such unique, niche, otherwise pointlessly impossible skills...<br />
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Well obviously, the two main male stars know their trade, and both BREAKIN’ the film and the story raises the same question... If there’s a fad to be had, better bank on it... Although Adolfo "Shabba-Do" Quinones as a stubborn, idealistic Ozone doesn’t want anything to do with money unlike the leading lady Lucinda Dickey aka Special K who, not getting where she wants as a low-rent dancer, constantly hit on and threatened by her nefarious coach (Ben Lokey as Franco) while stuck in a hopeless waitress gig, joins the street ranks, trying desperately to get the guys (with the help of best friend Phineas Newborn III) "to move on up" to where she, not they, want to be…<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lucinda Dickey's <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2015/12/dickey-N3.html">other</a> Cannon film</u></td></tr>
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As a film, BREAKIN’ has all the makings of a cult classic, including taking itself extremely serious. And although Ozone is the film’s leader, moping around about our lovely starlet and not letting anyone see behind his wall of steely reverse...<br />
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<i>And</i> while Lucinda Dickey's training moves the story along and provides a perspective-glimpse into a strange new world, the scene-stealer is loyal, trusting, open-minded yet still apprehensive  Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers as the really short, multi-talented mascot named Turbo (Arnold to Ozone's Willis), partaking in one dance with a broom that brings the movie to a Classic Musical ala Fred Astaire fantasy element. A study in pure escapism mixed with your typical "underdogs reigning over cultural adversity" tale, and without getting too preachy...<br />
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Thus, BREAKIN' truly balances all the best campy virtues of a “What Were We Thinking?” pop culture nostalgia while being completely entertaining. And future HAPPY GILMORE villain Christopher McDonald, as the group's agent, actually plays it warm and friendly... But he (supposedly) wanted nothing to do with the now infamous followup...<br />
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<u>BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO</u>  was churnned out the very same year after the original's box office success, and is more of a “Musical Based on The Film” (or a failed attempt at the first episode of a TV-series based on the film) than a necessary followup on its own: Instead of just one whimsical (broom) dance, the fantasy sequences replace the former urban, realistic street grooves and back-room competitions. In fact, within the first five minutes the entire downtown is dancing… including mailmen, cops, everyone... And the same thing happens in a hospital where the film’s endearing puppy, and whose actual nickname "Boogaloo" morphs into the title... that being Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers as Turbo... mends his wounds after trying to thwart construction workers from tearing down the local Youth Center that could be replaced with a shopping mall unless, like THE BLUES BROTHERS, they get enough money to save the day…<br />
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This idealistic plot-line mostly rears up within scenes involving the corporate villains: a billion dollar goon and his shifty lawyer (paling to the original's seedy dance czar). Although, some of the more noticeable Class Envy returns from the original: for example, while the first film had our two heroes visiting an uptown party, here they go to our leading lady's mansion, owned by a close-minded father (her abundant wealth was never mentioned before; in fact, she was struggling as a grease spoon waitress to make ends meet)...<br />
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Ozone and Turbo's more caustic reaction to this filthy rich millionaire sums up the lightweight social aspect of the unfairly maligned and infamous ELECTRIC BOOGALOO, also featuring <a href="http://cinemastarlets.com/2015/06/25/sabrina-garcia-breaks-in-boogaloo/">Sabrina Garcia</a>, a Spanish speaking (and possibly voice-dubbed) dream-girl for Turbo...<br />
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And in the wise old mentor role, Harry Caesar plays the Youth Center’s leader, and a young ICE-T returns as the "Greek Chorus" DJ in bigger form, progressed from the grungy warehouse competitions of the original to an immense outdoor telethon showcase, where, unless enough money is raised, it’s all or nothing for the shelter and, of the production numbers, one in particular… where Ozone and Turbo dance with a dummy for a lesson in picking up chicks... is the most effective, actually moving the story along: The rest is pure eye-candy and, well, BREAKIN' 2 really doesn’t try to be anything but fun and banal... so this rushed, frivolous and infamous venture can and should be forgiven despite the severely maligned reputation.

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KATHLEEN WILHOITE ABSOLUTELY SWEARS BY 'MURPHY'S LAW'

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<i>Kathleen Wilhoite is a talented, energetic, versatile character actress. She's played a wide variety of roles including teenage delinquent Arabella McGee in the underrated 1980's Charles Bronson crime vehicle MURPHY'S LAW, where she's not just a side-character but is teamed up with the iconic tough guy throughout the entire film...</i><br>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">No other actress can claim they were handcuffed to Charles Bronson in a film… How was it working so close with the iconic Charles Bronson in MURPHY'S LAW?</span></span><br>
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Unbelievably fantastic. Charles Bronson is a brilliant actor. The real deal. I think whatever you might imagine working with him would be like; you probably wouldn't be far off... He was funny and kind, and brutally honest in a good way, smart, worked hard to get a scene just right, valued his family above all else. He became protective of me. He told me that my boyfriend had a head like a chicken. “How come you're dating a guy who's got a head like a chicken?" he'd ask. I had to laugh... Again, the guy was brutally honest. I had no answer for him.<br>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Charles Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson had made several films together before MURPHY'S LAW… Did the production flow smoothly?</span></span><br>
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Oh, yes. I remember the day before I went to work, J. Lee had a meeting with me and told me not to expect too much from Charlie, that he was a quiet man and just because he didn't say much, didn't mean he was thinking there was anything wrong.<br>
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He said a lot of the actresses Charlie had worked with in the past would get progressively more paranoid as the filming went along.<br>
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He told me that it was important I was made aware of that. My father's a lot like that, so when Charles and I had a long car scene, or when we were handcuffed together for long period of time, I just sat there quietly and let him steer the chitchat.<br>
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He couldn't have been kinder and more interesting. When he was finished with his story, he'd say, "Let's shoooooooooot!" and the film would be rolling again.<br>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MURPHY'S LAW was very physical – lots of action and fighting and your character was the brunt of most of it… Did you do any of your own stunts?</span></span><br>
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Sure. I love that stuff. I'm a tomboy and an ex gymnast. In my last life, I might have been a stunt chick. I developed a fear of heights but it was long after MURPHY'S LAW. I remember the stories surrounding all the guns on the set and how careful the prop people were with them.<br>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Your character had an interesting vocabulary, phrases such as “Chism Breath”, “Scrotum Cheeks”, “Snot Rags”, "Camel Crotch", "Monkey Vomit", "Booger Bits", “Dinosaur Dork” and "Snot Lickin' Donkey Fart"… Were there any particular phrases that you were embarrassed to say aloud?</span></span><br>
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Oh, holy crap. All of them. Who talks like that? It was big part, but no potty mouth that I know of would ever "nail" someone by calling them a donkey dork. I was a student of Peggy Fruerry and Bill Traylor from the Loft Studio. We were all about "keeping it real," so to get a script like that, I had to just throw away my ideal about shaving my performances close to the bone. They didn't want me to swear too much.<br>
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Last time I checked, swearing is kind of central to being a "potty mouth." I had a blast though. No doubt, except afterwards when I was doing a play in New York and every time I went down to Times Square, someone would follow me and say, "Hey, hey, Scrotum Cheeks, Jizz Breath. . ."<br>
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