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![]() The Black Dragon. 1974. A Chinese farmhand expert in martial arts travels to the Philippines to make his fortune, uncovers a drug cartel in a factory where he works and tries to bring everyone down. On the cover it looks like this is a American produced film which it isn't and even thou Ron Van Clief who resembles Jim Kelly is on the front this isn't his movie and not in it a great deal but does pack a punch or two. Jason Pai Piao is the lead as the young man who ventures to the open world, meets a down and out who introduces him to his new place of employment and then it goes down hill for him. The fight scenes are decent enough and the finale was a bit rushed but there is plenty of bad dubbing to keep the unintentional laughs handy. images.jpeg
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![]() Kill Squad. 1981. A ex platoon leader is paralysed and his wife raped and killed, he gathers his former soldiers to seek revenge while someone is hunting them down. This was fun flick 80s fighting film, with each character bringing in their own fighting skills even with the muscular tough guy who knows how to throw a punch. The plot is simple, army vet needs help calls on his buddies who drop things at a hat and seek revenge while a masked sniper is picking them off one by one while the vets watch their comrade die there and then. This isn't a big budget film but does provide some good fights and action scenes. The acting isn't great but not terrible and in some parts looks like it has been dubbed over. It's on YT if anyone is interested. Kill_Squad_poster.jpg
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![]() House of Mortal Sin (1976) One of director Pete Walker's more underrated efforts. Starring Anthony Sharp in an extraordinary performance as a Catholic priest who gets off on his own desires by violating the trust of the confession booth and torturing those he is supposed to help across the other side of the curtain with guilt. Naturally anyone who decides his methods are less than ethical are murdered in a diverse series of kill sequences, be it poisoned holy water or battered and burned to death with an incense burner. Lovely Susan Penhaligon soon becomes Sharp's victim and Stephanie Beacham and Norman Eshley give good support. Walker stalwart Sheila Keith is of course on hand and gives another clever performance with a sting in the tail of this warped parable of morality. However after three Keith films on the trot i'm growing a bit tired of her seeing as she has become typecast playing 'psycho older woman'. House of Mortal Sin also known as The Confessional to international audiences thanks to it's end credits title, may not be as well known as other Walker efforts like Frightmare and House of Whipcord but in it's own way it's just as good and gives Walker a voice on the Catholic church in the same way he did crime and punishment in Whipcord. This may have been the best looking of all the films in the new 88 Films Pete Walker box set. |
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![]() Maniac Cop. 1988. A killer dressed as a New York policeman targets innocent people around the city. Hammered by what would be classed as low budget movie still stands strong today that would be a cheesey ass film yet still somehow entertains a audience. Robert Z'Dar plays the maniac who has a penchant for killing people and slowly uncovers that he was policeman presumed dead and is still alive and kicking. Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon and Tom Atkins become the trio coppers trying to figure out who the killer is and why. Richard Roundtree is the chief of police along with the mayor Ken Lerner who know a thing or two about cover up and corruption within the city offices. Larry Cohen and William Lustig did put something decent together back in the day. Maniac+Cop+Quad+Poster+650.jpg
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![]() A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) An welcome addition to the franchise thanks to the hiring of Finland's Renny Harlin as director. He brings a genuine European aesthetic to proceedings with several scenes feeling Argento like due to use of vivid bold colours and some genuinely great camera work which makes even the most mundane scene visually interesting and the horror action the best in the series. The film also lacks the glossy eighties sheen that often hampered films of this ilk in the eighties. It's easy to see why mainstream Hollywood snapped up Harlin who went on to make action classics Die Hard 2 (1990), Cliffhanger (1993) and 1996's The Long Kiss Goodnight. |
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![]() The Man Who Finally Died. (1962) Intriguing mystery thriller finely acted by a stalwart British cast - Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing, Niall MacGinnis, Eric Portman, Nigel Green, about a German born Englishman (Baker) who receives a call to return to his Bavarian ancestral home because his father had died. But he died twenty years ago... didn't he? The Man Who Finally Died has a great initial premise but becomes far too convoluted for it's own good. Although the final acts bring everything into place this could or indeed should have been more exciting. That said it's still a very entertaining film with the performances over shadowing most of the nonsensical parts of the story. |
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