![]() It's one of the finer examples of junk cinema. It has no lofty ambitions or artistic pretensions, it just wants to cram as many outrageous scenes as it can on its under two hour running time. In conclusion, the movie is a great form of disposable entertainment. In spite of this, the film still tries to come up with a few gold nuggets, specifically in the colorful dialogue which is surprisingly devoid of expletives. He collects his memory and shares again the story of old to his grandson. He pulls out a different pallet of paints, and earth bends the pigments, sprinkling the essence into the oils. Grandpa Bo, as he is now revealed, turned back to his canvas, and replaces it with a new one. It has the same melodramatic structure as an afternoon drama for housewives but with construction workers and laborers as its target audience. Bato rolled his eyes and inwardly apologized. Taken as a whole, the film is basically a soap opera with an action facade. At least, there's no nauseating Mon Del Rosario type music to ruin the film's tone and vibe. The stock riff serving as counterpoint to the gun fights is also kind of good. The music though is sort of annoying though still tolerable it's mostly pompous stock music lifted from several hollywood films which adds to the movie's camp quality. The blood effects are generous and a glory to behold they really maxed out on the blood and never held back. On the technical aspects of the film, the cinematography is pretty good everything looks crisp and sharp. In the latter scenes, Perez tries to summon his inner thespian by attempting to act out the behavior of a junkie, resulting in a somewhat decent performance. ![]() He is particularly commendable in the film's various fight and gunfight sequences, even lifting a car and using it to crush a goon (A modification of Dolph Lundgren's own stunt from Showdown In Little Tokyo). For his part, Perez accomplished the job of playing the eponymous hero with judicious and tasteful restraint, banking on his strengths as a performer and downplaying his acting limitations. Big Daddy on the other hand is a classic evil crime boss who has the hots for his stepdaughter played by Cristina Gonzales. Gordon is always missing important drug deals because of lengthy sexventures with his nympho f-ck buddy. ![]() Israel is especially in his element, revelling in his portrayal of Gordon, a sleazy henchman of top villain, Big Daddy (Bonnin). Alien Animal Cyborg God/Eternal Human Infection Mutant Other Radiation Robot. Bernard Bonnin and the late Dick Israel steal every scene and almost upstage the main star, Chuck Perez. Surprisingly, among the cast of characters, it is the bad guys who turn out to be the more interesting. As such, it avoids being dull and drab unlike other overly grim action drama films from this same period. Goldman's movie wins a few brownie points as it doesn't take itself too seriously and knows when to crank up the cheese meter. It's a dumb, fun and over the top project by b-movie auteur Jim Goldman who in this film goes by the pseudonym "Tedmund".
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