Strip nude for your killer.
Taking the 70's Italian approach to gender politics, Andreas Bianchi delivers a brutal Giallo where most of the women are easy lays, gullible to the extreme and all desperate for the attention of sleazy photographers or obese man-child's (there's hope for me yet!
) Its sometimes easy to forget how sleazy this film is when you consider it's also well paced and rather stylish. I think modern audiences may baulk at some of the material. The woman who decides to consent when threatened with violence in a "oh what the hell" kind of way is one scene that would not play well today. For those of us seasoned in 70's euro-sleaze its more a time capsule of attitudes of a different era but I doubt its one that would play well at parties.
Since its the Governors birthday....
Red Heat.
Arnie plays a Russian policeman who heads west to apprehend a drug dealer who killed his partner and ends up paired with wise-ass Jim Belushi. Its run of the mill mis-matched buddy cop fare enlivened by direction from Walter Hill and spotting the people who ended up famous in the 90's like Gina Gershon and Lawrence Fishburne. It's still an entertaining picture that passes the time nicely though not one of my favorite films from either Walter Hill or Arnie.
Running man.
Nicking the title (and little else) from a short story by Richard Bachman (Stephen Kings Pseudonym) Arnie plays a cop who refuses to kill innocent civilians and ends up on the wrong side of the law and ultimately a participant in a game-show that makes up the Circus of the bread and circuses of a fascist dystopia. He's joined in the casting by Maria Conchita Alonso star of every film of the 80's as well as Jim Brown, Yaphet Koto, Jesse Ventura, Eddie bunker and a shit-ton of other quality stars. Essentially Arnie has to beat a bunch of themed gladiators, beat the game and overthrow the facist regime.
Bits of the film seem oddly prophetic rewatching it after so many years. There's plenty of violence, a decent setting and lots of action so the film remains pretty kicjk-ass.
30th July 2015, 03:22 PM
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