"The Corleone Family (a la "The Addams Family") - (video)

 

They're creepy and they're kooky...

Mysterious and spooky...

They're altogether ooky...

The Corleone Family.

 

Video by Porfle Popnecker. Music by Vic Mizzy. I neither own nor claim any rights to this material. Just having some fun with it. Thanks for watching!

 

"The Corleone Family (a la "The Addams Family") - (video)

World Trade Center Blooper In "The Valachi Papers" (1972) (video)

Much of "The Valachi Papers" takes place in 1930s-era New York...

...where we can spot a 1960s-era car or two.

In one scene, Charles Bronson is pulling a robbery...

...with some modern-looking buildings in the background.

And although it wouldn't exist for another 40 years or so...

...there's the World Trade Center.


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World Trade Center Blooper In "The Valachi Papers" (1972) (video)

FORCE OF EXECUTION -- Blu-ray/DVD Review by Porfle

 

Originally posted on 12/7/13

 

Steven Seagal continues to keep one big foot planted firmly in the action sub-genre that he himself created--namely, the "Steven Seagal movie"--but in the case of the mildly entertaining FORCE OF EXECUTION (2013) his participation is noticeably limited to little more than "guest star" status.

Just as the titles of these movies are now mostly random combinations of the same group of words, the plot of this latest Seagal foot-fest is a simple mix of action and gangster movie tropes upon which to hang fight sequences like Christmas ornaments. 

But let's face it--that's just what we want, as long as it's put together with skill and a little pizzazz, as this minor but watchable effort is.  This time, Seagal plays his usual ex-military badass who now uses his training to advance himself to kingpin status in the world of crime.  When he sends his most trusted man, Roman Hurst (Bren Foster, MAXIMUM CONVICTION, "Days of Our Lives") on an important hit, it's deliberately botched by Ice Man (Ving Rhames), an up-and-coming gang boss who wants to move up in Steve's crime family before taking it over himself.  Roman gets the blame, is punished by having his hands broken, and is sent into exile as a street bum.  

While drinking his way through his new life, Roman befriends an ex-con named Oso (Danny Trejo) who runs a diner along with Roman's heartthrob, the lovely Karen (Jenny Gabrielle, SEAL TEAM SIX: THE RAID ON OSAMA BIN LADEN).  When Oso and Karen get drawn into the escalating war between Steve and Ice Man, Roman realizes he must knock himself back into some kind of fighting shape in order to protect both them and his former boss, to whom he is still loyal for some damn reason I couldn't quite figure out. 

It's the same tired old plot about warring crime lords vying for top-dog spot in a particular hood, but you really don't have to worry too much about the details as long as you keep track of who the good bad guys are as opposed to the really bad, evil, nasty bad guys.  The violence-enriched story by Richard Beattie (MAXIMUM CONVICTION) and first-timer Michael Black doesn't quite flow but instead jerks forward from one cliched situation to the next, coming to life when these trash-talking bastards threaten, torture, or physically attack each other.

Seagal, thank goodness, seems to have managed to keep his weight down lately and wears something that looks more like a regular suit than a muu-muu.  In fact, he seems to be in the same relatively spry shape as in the recent MAXIMUM CONVICTION, another film by director Keoni Waxman (HUNT TO KILL, THE KEEPER) which really scored a home run while giving stars Seagal and Steve Austin plenty to do. 

But even though he's more sedentary these days, Steve's strengths lie in how he uses his still considerable presence, talking trash and being the baddest mofo in whatever room he happens to saunter into.  And by now, director Waxman knows how to work his movie magic in order to make it look as though the big guy is doing more than just flailing his arms and letting a stand-in do all the heavy lifting.  Steve's fans are well aware that he does a minimum of the agile stuff himself these days, so just getting the illusion right is pretty much all we can ask. 

Waxman does well with a decent script and knows how to put together a terse, coherent action scene in which quick cutting adds to the excitement rather than the confusion. In fact, you can almost sense his own cinematic excitement  gearing up when the talking's done and it's time to get down to business. 

With the young and athletic Bren Foster, whose character is actually FORCE OF EXECUTION's main attraction, Waxman has someone he can work with to create some wildly furious fight scenes in which guns and knives come into play as well as fists and feet.  As an actor, Foster reminds me of a perpetually nonplussed Colin Farrell, which is either good or bad according to your own tastes.  Action-wise, he's got the kind of moves (including a very good spin-kick) that make fans of this kind of flick happy. 

Ving Rhames has some fun chomping on the scenery as a more jovial version of PULP FICTION's Marcellus Wallace, delivering lines like "It's lucky for you I promised my mama I wouldn't kill anybody today" and shooting off two guns at a time with both eyes shut tight.  The ever-reliable Danny Trejo, who should be well on his way to "national treasure" status by now, also seems to be having a good time, especially when using his witch doctor skills to apply deadly scorpions to an unwilling patient in order to "heal" his wounds.  As Karen, Jenny Gabrielle makes an appealing love interest/damsel-in-distress for Foster's hero to rescue from her dastardly captors.

The 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo from Anchor Bay is in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen with Dolby  5.1 sound and subtitles in English and Spanish.  The sole extra is a behind-the-scenes featurette.

By the final reel, Steven Seagal has geared up into commando mode to fight off Ving and his men in his own fortress of crime, which leads to a highly eventful (but seemingly rushed) finale.  While nowhere near the rollicking success of MAXIMUM CONVICTION,  and lacking anything resembling URBAN JUSTICE's cool-as-hell ending, FORCE OF EXECUTION still manages to provide more than the minimum requirement of entertainment that we've come to expect from the latter-day Seagal.

FORCE OF EXECUTION -- Blu-ray/DVD Review by Porfle

DOLEMITE -- Blu-ray/DVD Review by Porfle

 

Originally posted on 4/26/16

 

If the 70s were heroin, DOLEMITE (1975) would be an O.D.  This is one of the quintessential Blaxploitation flicks of the decade, and it revels in the era's day-glo tackiness with an avalanche of pure kitsch.

Rudy Ray Moore takes his popular comedy act to the screen with the character of super bad-ass pimp Dolemite, serving a bum rap in prison but released in order to redeem himself by bringing the real criminals terrorizing his neighborhood to justice.

This includes current pimp lord Willie Green (D'Urville Martin, ROSEMARY'S BABY, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, SHEBA BABY, BLACK CAESAR), who framed Dolemite and took over his nightclub, The Total Experience.  When Dolemite and Willie go at it head to head, the whole hood erupts in intermittent bursts of shooting, pummeling, extreme profanity ("You rat-soup-eatin' mutha****er!"), and really unconvincing martial arts choreography.

The film is chockful of gloriously bad acting, with the occasional good performance (Hy Pyke, who played "Taffey Lewis" in 1982's BLADE RUNNER is a crooked mayor) standing out like a sore thumb.  Moore and his co-star Lady Reed as madam Queen Bee are unpolished to say the least, but thoroughly earnest and into their roles. 

Along with the standard black crime boss come the requisite bad honkeys, who are, unsurprisingly, crooked cops representing The Man.  They're led by another capable actor, John Kerry (no, not THAT John Kerry), as the vile Detective Mitchell.  Scripter Jerry Jones is good black cop Blakely, while Vainus Rackstraw steals his scenes as a drug-addled informant known as "The Hamburger Pimp."

The script veers easily from drama to comedy and back.  After we hear the tragic story of how Dolemite's nephew was gunned down in the street and the whole neighborhood's going to hell, Dolemite's "ladies" bring him his colorful pimp clothes at the prison gate and he changes into them while the guards and inmates look on with mouths agape.

Minutes later he cheerfully ventilates some bad guys who were tailing his car with a machine gun, making the last one dance ("Girls, this muthaf***er's got rhythm, hasn't he!") before blowing him away.

Of course, Moore gets to perform some of his rhyming comedy routines during the film, as when he reopens his nightclub with a big event that quickly degenerates into all-out war with Dolemite and his kung-fu ho's (they've been studying martial arts while he was away) taking on Willie Green's pistol-packing thugs.

The film is loaded with vulgar sexuality and plenty of violence, although we're spared the sight of what appears to be Dolemite plunging his hand into someone's chest by a crude edit.  Production values are conspicuously low.  First-time director D'Urville Martin reportedly didn't take the project very seriously and it shows.  The overall look of the film is delightfully garish, with Moore himself credited as set designer.

The Blu-ray/DVD set from Vinegar Syndrome offers the feature film, which is restored from a newly-discovered 35mm negative, in both 1.85:1 matted widescreen and unmatted full screen (called the "Boom Mike" version for obvious reasons). An informative commentary by Rudy Ray Moore biographer Mark Jason Murray also includes comments from Moore and actor-writer Jerry Jones. 

Extras also include the making-of doc "I, Dolemite", raw footage from an interview with Lady Reed, a "Locations: Then & Now" featurette, and trailers for this and the sequel, "The Human Tornado." The DVD's cover artwork is reversible.

Back before home video and cable made such things commonplace even for kids, an "R" rating before a movie made us feel like we were really going to see something.  In achingly, blazingly 70s style, the unabashedly irreverent DOLEMITE delivers on that promise.

DOLEMITE -- Blu-ray/DVD Review by Porfle

The Amazing Tumbling Salad Bowl From "The Godfather" (1972) (video)

 

Of all the great performances in "The Godfather" (1972)...

 

...perhaps the least appreciated is that of Connie's incredible acrobatic salad bowl.

 

A tumbling run such as this would surely rate a "ten" at any dinner-table-related Olympics.

 

 

Video by Porfle Popnecker. Music from the TV series "CHiPs."  I neither own nor claim any rights to this material. Just having some fun with it. Thanks for watching!

 

 

 

 

The Amazing Tumbling Salad Bowl From "The Godfather" (1972) (video)

FEEL THE NOISE -- Movie Review by Porfle

 (NOTE: This review originally appeared online at Bumscorner.com in 2007.)

Rob Vega (Omarion Grandberry, YOU GOT SERVED) is a Harlem teen who dreams of being a big-time rapper. After financing his entry into a rap contest by stealing some rims off a local gangster who then tries to shoot him while he's onstage, his mom (Kellita Smith, THREE CAN PLAY THAT GAME, ROLL BOUNCE) ships him off to Puerto Rico to stay with the father he's never met until things cool off.

All of this occurs during the opening credits of FEEL THE NOISE (2007), which then becomes the story of how Rob meets his father, Roberto (Giancarlo Esposito), his stepmother Marivi (Rosa Arredondo), and his stepbrother Javi (Victor Rasuk), and how Rob and Javi combine their musical talents to create a hybrid of hiphop and Reggaeton (a combination of reggae and Latino rhythms) to produce a demo they hope will take them places.

Along the way Rob hooks up with a beautiful dance teacher named C.C. (Zulay Henao), who has her own artistic aspirations. When a sleazy record producer in a white leisure suit (James McCaffrey) comes on to C.C. with a request for "private" dance lessons, she introduces him to the guys and before long they're all on their way back to New York with the lure of a recording contract.

But not only do Mr. Record Producer's promises prove shaky at best, but Rob has to deal with the fact that there's still a P.O.'d gangster running around who wants to give him a one-gun salute.

The direction and cinematography by Alejandro Chomski and Zoran Popovic are as good as they need to be in a film that isn't trying to dazzle us with fancy imagery or camera moves, even in the strobe-lit club settings where another director might be tempted to show off.

Some nice Puerto Rican locations are an asset, as is footage shot during the Puerto Rican Day celebration in New York (in which co-producer Jennifer Lopez makes a fleeting parade appearance).

The songs are good but not particularly memorable, the best being the catchy centerpiece tune "Coqui" which was co-written by Wyclef Jean and features Reggaeton star Julio 'Voltio' Ramos, who plays himself in the film.

As for former B2K member Omarion, he isn't a great actor but he wisely underplays his part and comes off okay. Giancarlo Esposito (DO THE RIGHT THING and "Homicide: Life on the Street") as Rob's estranged father brings a quiet dignity to the role, while Rosa Arredondo, who recently played a small part in the brutal action flick ROCKAWAY, does a good job as Rob's caring stepmother.

Victor Rasuk and Zulay Henao as Javi and C.C. round out the ensemble with likable performances. And then, of course, there's Kellita Smith, who is one of the top contenders for my "MILF of the Year" Award for 2008. Thankfully, Albert Leon's script doesn't require any of them to emote their way through a bunch of artificially contrived situations.

Funny that in a movie called FEEL THE NOISE, the quiet moments are the best. The cast makes us care about their characters and the relationships between them. Their interplay is a lot more subtle and realistic than in most modern music movies, which often tend to be loud, flashy, and superficial. Here, the musical sequences serve the story, with no overproduced song-and-dance setpieces to compete for our attention save for a couple of forays into the club scene.

I guess the biggest debit of this movie is that it comes and goes without leaving much of an impression, failing to really follow through on what it's started. Subplots such as Rob helping an important neighborhood figure evade the police or Mimi's crazy ex-boyfriend Nodde (Charles Duckworth) declaring war on Rob and his family don't go anywhere.

Even the "Rocky goes the distance" ending fades out as soon as it has served its purpose to the story, leaving us to finally get to hear Rob and Javi's song in its entirety during the closing credits. While FEEL THE NOISE manages to engage the viewer to a certain extent during its running time, the dramatic and emotional potential of its various elements are never fully realized and the resolution is much too convenient. But it's a pleasant diversion that I enjoyed more than I thought I would.

FEEL THE NOISE -- Movie Review by Porfle

APPOINTMENT WITH CRIME -- DVD Review by Porfle

Originally posted on 6/18/16

 

If you like those lean, tough gangster pics that guys like James Cagney and George Raft used to churn out in the 30s and 40s, then APPOINTMENT WITH CRIME (1946) should be right up your dark alley.

The scrappy, bantamweight main character Leo Martin (William Hartnell, THE MOUSE THAT ROARED) even reminds me of a cross between the two actors only with a rough veneer of British street smarts. 

The plot is a foretaste of such later films as POINT BLANK and its remake PAYBACK, with its story of a wronged criminal returning to exact merciless revenge against the underworld organization that betrayed him and using a "fast" woman as his accomplice.

Here, Leo gets double-crossed by low-level crime boss Loman (Raymond Lovell) and ends up with crushed wrists and a stiff prison sentence.  Upon his release, he goes after not only Loman but the real brains behind the outfit, a smugly sophisticated art dealer played by the young Herbert Lom (later to gain fame as Chief Inspector Dreyfus in the "Pink Panther" series among other distingished roles). 

Leo's sort of an anti-protagonist here, being that he's still a mean, ruthless little bastard even though we're pulling for him to get the best of the even badder bad guys.  The film's real hero is a Canadian detective on loan to the British police, played by Robert Beatty (who would go on to roles in such high profile films as WHERE EAGLES DARE and 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY).

Beatty's Detective Inspector Rogers is stalwart without being full of himself, and in fact has a wry sense of humor which makes his scenes with Leo punchy and rife with stinging dialogue.  Where some stories such as this make the main cop unlikable, here we're conflicted about who to root for since we're so invested in both his and Leo's concerns. 

 

Also making the most of her scenes with Hartnell is Joyce Howard as melancholy dancehall girl Carol Dane (nicknamed "Chastity Anne"), whose performance as the girl Leo uses as his alibi in murder by stringing her along with romantic promises and playing on her sympathies just gets better as the story goes along.

Two interesting things I noted while watching are (1) British films could pretty much say "damn" and "hell" to their hearts' content back in 1946, and (2) the fact that characters Gregory Lang (Herbert Lom) and his criminal associate Noel Penn (Alan Wheatley) are unabashedly gay is wonderfully obvious.

Writer-director John Harlow keeps his script zinging along with cracking dialogue and lots of hardboiled conflict between rival thugs and the short-fused Leo--who's equally tough whether slapping someone around or getting tortured for information.

 

Harlow's directing style brings all this to life with creative camera angles, editing, and montages which keep the film visually interesting.  The production itself has a lovely vintage appeal enhanced by a singularly British flavor and the no-nonsense economy of film noir.

The DVD from Olive Films is in the original 1.37:1 aspect ratio (full screen) with mono sound.  Subtitles are in English.  No extras.

Those who appreciate the beauty of old black-and-white cinema should find themselves easily drawn into this visually compelling film.  For modern audiences in general,  APPOINTMENT WITH CRIME offers good performances in a sharply-written crime story that never lets up until the end. 

Release date: June 21, 2016

APPOINTMENT WITH CRIME -- DVD Review by Porfle

GANGSTER'S PARADISE: JERUSALEMA -- DVD Review by Porfle

 

Originally posted on 9/30/10

 

With Rapulana Seiphemo giving a deftly controlled performance in the lead role of South African crime lord Lucky Kunene, the fact-based GANGSTER'S PARADISE: JERUSALEMA (2008) isn't the sadistically violent crime thriller I was expecting.  Instead of killing his way to success, university dropout Lucky gets there by using his keen business acumen against South Africa's crooked slumlords.

Not to say that the film isn't violent, because everyday life in Lucky's world can be deadly.  We join him and his best friend Zakes as kids under the unsavory influence of their hood-hero Nazareth (Jeffrey Zekele), who teaches them, among other things, how to carjack for a living.  These early scenes--some of which, unlike the rest of the film, are quite funny--reveal Lucky as a sensitive boy who cares for his family and wants to better himself by earning his way through college.  But the lure of easy money is too strong, and before long he and Zakes buy guns and are stealing cars and robbing stores. 

When Nazareth watches Michael Mann's HEAT on television one day, he gets the idea to duplicate that film's armored car robbery in the first overtly violent sequence, with the two shocked boys witnessing senseless death firsthand.  Later, their criminal mentor stages a "smash-and-grab" store robbery that results in a bullet-riddled bloodbath when scores of cops and security guards show up with guns blazing.  As in later action scenes, this shootout isn't designed as a flamboyantly cinematic setpiece like the ones in HEAT or SCARFACE, but is staged in a matter-of-fact style that makes it seem more realistic.

 
Lucky flees Soweto to crime-infested "Jo'burg" as a hunted fugitive, where we rejoin him ten years later driving a cab.  When he's almost killed by rival cabbies whose territory he's encroached on, Lucky decides to use his brains to get ahead.  That's when he hatches a scheme to force local slumlords out of their own buildings along with the drug dealers and hookers infesting them, and start collecting all that rent money himself.  Pretending to side with the tenants, he's hailed as a Robin Hood by the public while the police, led by Detective Swart (Robert Hobbs), make it their business to bring him down in any way necessary.  Lucky also makes an enemy in local drug kingpin Ngu, who turns one of Lucky's inside men against him and sets him up for the kill. 

The narrative style is lean and uncluttered as is the direction by Ralph Ziman (HEARTS AND MINDS, THE ZOOKEEPER), who also scripted.  When death comes, it's messy but quick--Ziman doesn't linger over scenes of sadism for its own sake.  Lucky himself would rather scheme his way out of dicey situations and rarely takes the violent route, trying instead to bend the law to his own uses while flaunting his saintly image in the eyes of his tenants.  Still, his ongoing clash with drug dealer Ngu inevitably leads to all-out warfare with a blazing shootout in a nightclub coming as one of the film's action highlights.
 

Seiphemo is impressive as Lucky Kunene, whom we tend to side with since he lacks the cold-hearted cruelty of the usual screen criminal.  Jeffrey Zekele's Nazareth exudes cool efficiency as a killer who does Lucky's dirty work, whether pushing unwanted tenants through windows when they refuse to leave by the door, or impulsively executing an ousted slumlord and his lawyer for mouthing off to Lucky.  Other performances of note include Ronnie Nyakale as loyal friend Zakes, Robert Hobbs as the dogged Detective Swart, and the lovely Shelley Meskin as Leah, a wealthy white woman who becomes Lucky's lover after he helps her out of a jam. 

The DVD from Anchor Bay is in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound with English subtitles.  Extras include a commentary track with director Ziman, composer Alan Lazar, and actor Jaffa Mamabolo (young Lucky), plus deleted scenes and a trailer. 

While containing much of the same visceral excitement of other crime flicks, GANGSTER'S PARADISE: JERUSALEMA is more interesting as a solid and suspenseful character piece than a lurid bullet ballet--somehow, it manages to avoid being anywhere near as sordid and downbeat as it could've turned out.  But even if you demand your gangster films dripping with gooey GOODFELLAS goodness, you should find plenty to like here.

GANGSTER'S PARADISE: JERUSALEMA -- DVD Review by Porfle

BONNIE & CLYDE VS. DRACULA -- DVD Review by Porfle

Originally posted on 3/13/11

 

It's fun to see filmmakers take a low budget, apply hefty amounts of talent and imagination, and totally ace it.  It's also fun to see a movie called BONNIE & CLYDE VS. DRACULA (2009) in which the infamous outlaws actually do go up against the King of the Undead.  And it certainly doesn't hurt if Tiffany Shepis gives a stunning performance as Bonnie and happens to get nekkid along the way, too.

The film opens with Bonnie Parker (Shepis) and Clyde Barrow (Trent Haaga, who wrote the incredible DEADGIRL) driving the backroads of the deep South, looking for a place to hide out.  Meeting up with old crony Henry (F. Martin Glynn) at a roadside whorehouse run by crotchety old Jake (T. Max Graham), they embark on a scheme to make fast money by swindling some moonshiners.  Bullets fly and a doctor's aid is needed, so Bonnie is sent to the spooky mansion of Dr. Loveless (Allen Lowman), who, as it turns out, is harboring none other than Count Dracula himself. 

Writer-director Timothy Friend doesn't use this outrageous subject matter as an excuse to make a stupid movie.  Indeed, much of BONNIE & CLYDE VS. DRACULA could be a pretty nifty low-rent gangster flick on its own if not for the horrific cutaways to Loveless' mansion along the way.  When the outlaw pair finally do meet the ghouls, we get to see them react in realistic style (shock and outrage, followed by lots and lots of bullets) with the humor coming mostly from the incongruity of the situation.  Russell Friend's impressive-looking Dracula also strikes a good balance between dry wit and genuine supernatural menace, as do his hordes of fanged, blood-craving minions.



Thanks to Friend's deft direction and some superior cinematography, the film looks great.  Artistic lighting and rich colors combine with good costuming and sets to give everything an authentic period feel.  Some shots, in fact, have a pictorial splendor that is suitable for framing.  The synthesizer score by Joseph Allen enhances the off-kilter aura of the story nicely.

Trent Haaga makes a fine Clyde, alternately goodnatured and ruthless, but Shepis steals the show as a sassy, sexy, and bloodthirsty Bonnie.  Her performance is stellar and she milks every line of tough-gal dialogue for all it's worth--I don't think Warren Beatty could've handled her.  She's a joy to look at too, as when she gets the last word in an argument with Clyde simply by standing up in the bathtub.  (I found myself speechless as well.)  In addition to pulling off a more than passable Southern accent, Shepis also handles a Tommy gun or pump shotgun with gleeful abandon and don't take no guff from nobody, alive or undead.



Another standout in the cast is co-producer Jennifer Friend (writer-producer of CADAVERELLA) as Dr. Loveless' simpleminded sister, Annabel.  With an electric restraint collar locked around her neck, the childlike Annabel is forced to help Dr. Loveless in his dastardly scientific endeavors although she'd rather dance and sing and play her harmonica, and put on "The Annabel Show" in her bedroom.  Well, I just fell in love with her and think she's adorable.  I could watch "The Annabel Show" anytime.  Her final scenes during the gangsters vs. vampires melee raise the film to a totally unexpected level that had me glowing with admiration for both the actress and the filmmakers.

The DVD from Indican Pictures is in 2.35:1 widescreen with Dolby Digital 2.0 sound.  No subtitles.  The screener I reviewed didn't have extras, but the DVD should include two trailers, a behind-the-scenes featurette, "Loveless Viral Video", and a cast-and-crew commentary track.

Hardly the intentionally-bad, "it sucks, so it's fun" type of yuckfest the title suggests, BONNIE & CLYDE VS. DRACULA distills solid acting, a sharp screenplay, hardboiled action, Gothic horror, and a delightfully wicked sense of humor into something that adventurous genre fans should lap up like moonshine out of a Mason jar. 

BONNIE & CLYDE VS. DRACULA -- DVD Review by Porfle

OUTRAGE CODA -- DVD Review by Porfle

 

Originally posted on 11/24/18

 

Here's another intense, violent, and utterly no-nonsense Yakuza thriller from writer-director-star Beat Takeshi (HANA-BI, BOILING POINT, VIOLENT COP), who makes these films with the skill and determination of a fine artist wielding a sledgehammer.

OUTRAGE CODA (Film Movement, 2017) takes us into the heart of the Yakuza organization once again, and it's a really scary place to be.

When they aren't sitting around bleak, joyless offices intimidating each other with their power and position, maneuvering themselves up the ladder while always keeping an eye out for treachery and deception from all sides, they're in constant fear of making a wrong move that some boss or rival group will perceive as a capital offense.

Takeshi (who you may also know from BATTLE ROYALE, MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE, and the TV series MXC) knows his way around this kind of filmmaking like a master, but he also knows when to break through all these complicated plot machinations with the occasional burst of blood-curdling violence, which is also a way of life with the Yakuza.

To this end, he stars as Otomo, a former big shot in the organization (whom we met back in OUTRAGE: WAY OF THE YAKUZA) now spending his mellower years working in South Korea for the Chang family.

Otomo is the kind of guy you don't mess with, even when you're his friend and you go fishing together. If he gets mad, he just might pull out his gun and shoot up the fish that you're reeling in.

Otomo is also the kind of guy that the scary guys in the organization are afraid of--with good reason--and when a blustery young would-be underboss of the Hanabishi family offends both Otomo and the Chang family on their own turf, killing one of Otomo's men in the bargain, Otomo takes it personally.  Very personally.

That's the set-up of OUTRAGE CODA, and despite how intricate and plot-heavy the story may seem at times, it's all just an excuse for Otomo's growing outrage to channel itself into those bursts of action and violence which make Kitano's crime dramas so exhilarating and even frightening to watch.

Until that happens, though, the dramatic interactions between rivals within and without the two warring factions grow increasingly absorbing as relationships gel between various characters, all of whom are expertly played by an outstanding cast.

There are no good guys here--as in the original OUTRAGE: WAY OF THE YAKUZA, there are only varying degrees of bad guys, some of whom we begin to root for over the others if they show even a hint of loyalty or integrity.

Somehow, Otomo earns our respect and support because he's (a) a straight dealer, and (b) is the baddest of the bad despite an almost placid demeanor.  Once he goes into action, though, he has no qualms about laying waste to an entire roomful of the opposition's most well-armed and well-heeled assassins.

The DVD from Film Movement is in 2.40:1 widescreen with 5.1 and 2.0 sound. Japanese with English subtitles.  Bonuses consist of an interesting making-of featurette and trailers for other Takeshi films.

I missed the middle entry in the trilogy, but I can only assume that OUTRAGE CODA is a fitting end to it because the finality comes as a shock.  It sends this gritty and uncompromising crime thriller off on a haunting, melancholy note, and serves as another feather in the cap of the fascinating filmmaker known as Beat Takeshi.

OUTRAGE CODA -- DVD Review by Porfle

THE UNTOUCHABLES: SEASON 3, VOLUME 1 -- DVD review by porfle

 

Originally posted on 8/19/09

 

If you've only seen the nostalgia-hued, touchy-feely DePalma film, you might be surprised to find that the classic TV series on which it was based was way more powerful and dark. As THE UNTOUCHABLES: SEASON 3, VOLUME 1 demonstrates, it was one of the most hardboiled, violent, adult crime series that ever hit the airwaves.

Robert Stack is perfectly cast as the four-square lawman Eliot Ness and seems to revel in playing one of TV's toughest and most incorruptible characters. As much as I like Kevin Costner's interpretation, the physically-imposing Stack looks much more hardcore and intimidating to the typical cowardly underworld figure.

We don't get to find out much if anything about his personal life or those of his crew--their job is to take down the bad guys, and their lives revolve around that job. It's as though they exist only to tirelessly battle organized crime in Chicago. As for comedy relief or lighthearted banter, the dead-serious nature of the show leaves precious little room for such things. This is further emphasized by famed radio newscaster Walter Winchell's distinctively straight-faced narration and a somber musical score (some of the same cues were used in George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD).

The Desilu backlot is the perfect backdrop for the show's self-contained film noir fantasy world populated by hardbitten cops (both honest and dirty), cowering civilians, and an endlessly fascinating rogue's gallery of ruthless crime bosses and their trigger-happy gunsels. Bruce Gordon glowers and growls as the imprisoned Al Capone's surly surrogate, Frank Nitti, who rules Chicago's underworld with an iron hand. Several episodes involve Nitti's attempts to import and distribute illegal booze and narcotics while Ness and his men work to cut off his supply or nab his top capos. Gambling in various forms is another major crime enterprise infesting the city.

Gordon seems to relish playing the role of a gangland kingpin, as do most of the guest stars who portray underbosses, upstart competitors, or soldiers. In "The Death Tree", Charles Bronson takes control of a gypsy ruling council through assassination and terror. Peter Falk is "The Troubleshooter", rising quickly in the crime ranks by eliminating problems and targeting Ness for a frame-up. "The Matt Bass Scheme" features a grinning Telly Savalas as an enterprising thug who plans to transport whiskey into the city via a sewer pipeline.

Ruth Roman is outstanding as a homicidal female criminal in "Man Killer." Herschel Bernardi, Don Gordon, and Robert Emhardt are a trio of crime specialists who decide to combine their talents while hasbeen ex-boss Jay C. Flippen is duped into serving as their "Fall Guy." In "Power Play", Albert Salmi gives one of his best-ever performances as a fugitive harbored by a lonely spinster (Mary Fickett) who has deadly designs on him.

"The Gang War" is an exciting tale of rival crime boss Victor Buono's airborne smuggling racket which draws the ire of both Nitti and Ness, with lethal results. And in the suspenseful "The Whitey Steele Story", Ness himself goes undercover as a surly thug in order to expose a gambling racket, while Henry Silva and Murray Hamilton threaten to expose his true identity.

Other noteworthy guest stars appearing in this collection include James Gregory, Cloris Leachman, Vincent Gardenia, Carroll O'Connor, Bing Russell, Marc Lawrence, Antony Carbone (CREATURE FROM THE HAUNTED SEA), Arlene (Sax) Martel, Wendell Corey, Milt Seltzer, Michael Constantine, Joe Turkel, Paul Richards, Mike Kellin, Theodore Marcuse, Vic Perrin, Harold J. Stone, Joan Staley (THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN), John Larch, Barbara Luna, Vaughn Taylor, George Tobias, Dabbs Greer, Arthur Hill, Simon Oakland, Gavin MacLeod, Ed Nelson, Paul Birch, Herbie Faye, Frank Cady, Phillip Pine, Ed Asner, Bert Convy, and Dyan Cannon. Peter Coe of such films as THE MUMMY'S CURSE and HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN even turns up as a two-bit thug named "Flipper."

More than just showing up to collect a paycheck, these guest stars give solid performances that reflect the feature-film quality of the writing and production values of the show. Each episode has the look and feel of a classic-era Warner Bros. gangster picture, with exquisite black-and-white cinematography and stylish direction by the likes of Paul Wendkos, Bernard L. Kowalski, and Abner Biberman.

This is one of the most violent shows of its era. The body count mounts quickly as characters are brutally rubbed out in various nasty ways, usually after crossing Frank Nitti or squealing to the cops, and the lethal action is always well-staged. Nowhere is this more evident than in the episode entitled "Loophole", in which crooked lawyer Jack Klugman flaunts the law to keep vicious criminal Martin Landau out of jail. A drive-by hit on a potential witness outside the courtroom explodes into a chaotic, bullet-riddled street battle filled with blazing Tommy guns and crashing cars. The sequence is beautifully directed and thrilling, rivaling similar scenes in the GODFATHER films.

The four discs in this DVD set contain 16 episodes which originally aired 1961-1962. Picture is 4:3 full-screen and looks great. Sound is Dolby Digital English and Spanish mono. Subtitles are available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. No bonus features.

If you get a bang out of vintage gangster flicks, THE UNTOUCHABLES: SEASON 3, VOLUME 1 is a great collection of hard-hitting, action-packed entertainment from one of the best crime shows ever produced. This noirish and violent show doesn't pull any punches.

THE UNTOUCHABLES: SEASON 3, VOLUME 1 -- DVD review by porfle

GET SHORTY: COLLECTOR'S EDITION -- Blu-ray Review by Porfle

Originally posted on 10/13/18

 

I haven't seen any of his more recent movies, but there was a time when John Travolta could play "Mr. Cool" better than just about anybody. That time spanned at least from GREASE to PULP FICTION, and it most definitely includes the making of Barry Sonnenfeld's 1995 Elmore Leonard adaptation GET SHORTY: COLLECTOR'S EDITION (Shout! Factory).

Travolta plays "Chili" Palmer, a Miami loanshark who loves movies and ends up getting involved in the business when he goes to Hollywood to help a Las Vegas casino owner collect on a delinquent debt.  The delinquent in question is B-movie mogul Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), who sidesteps the debt by offering Chili a chance to co-produce his upcoming dream project.  Tired of the loansharking business, this offer is right up the fanatical film buff's alley.

Trouble is, Harry has other debtors wanting a big chunk of his future movie profits, including tough-guy enterpreneur Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo) and his strong-arm thugs Ronnie (Jon Gries) and Bear (James Gandolfini in a decidedly non-"Sopranos"-type role).  When Chili's murderous mob nemesis from Miami, Ray "Bones" Barboni (Dennis Farina), shows up to settle old scores and runs afoul of both Harry and Chili, things get wonderfully complicated.

GET SHORTY isn't really all that complicated, but the constant twists and turns of this Hollywood crime comedy make keeping up with it a giddy delight from start to finish.  Fans of both gangster pictures and self-referential satires on Tinsel Town should thoroughly enjoy watching Travolta's cool-as-a-cucumber protagonist--he isn't really a bad guy even though he worked for the mob--push people and situations to the edge and come out on top every time.

There's the delightful subplot about the weaselly dry cleaner named Leo (David Paymer) who collected his own life insurance after everyone thought he died in a plane crash and then skipped off to Vegas with the money (he's the one Chili was originally sent by Ray Bones to track down).  And I love the way Hackman's Zimm clumsily steps all over Chili's efforts to handle things for him and then tries to play tough with Ray, which ends really badly for him.

Travolta looks like he just stepped out of GQ magazine the whole time and totally sells the character like nobody else could.  He's tough and shrewd, but his love for movies is endearingly childlike (there's a great scene of him excitedly watching TOUCH OF EVIL in a dark theater and reciting all the dialogue himself) and he only gets violent in self-defense or to prove a point.

Hackman is a hoot as Zimm, the typical junk filmmaker aspiring to make his one great movie but forever getting in trouble trying to finance it.  As his actress girlfriend Karen who's tired of being in cheap horror films, Rene Russo proves she can keep up with the guys just as she did in LETHAL WEAPON 4.  Danny DeVito is a scream as her ex-husband Martin Weir, now a superstar actor with a colossal ego whom Chili and Harry covet as their lead.

The film itself reflects Chili's sense of savoir faire with a cool score (consisting mainly of Booker T. & the MGs songs) and a slick, easygoing visual style.  The story is richly satirical and filled with scintillating dialogue and situations that evoke a sense of giddiness at times, it's just so right on the money.

The Blu-ray from Shout! Factory looks and sounds great, remastered from a new 4K transfer. The fully-stocked bonus menu includes:

Audio Commentary with Director Barry Sonnenfeld
Featurettes: "Get Shorty - Look at Me," " Get Shorty - Wise Guys + Dolls," "Going Again"
Get Shorty Party Reel
Page to Screen of Get Shorty
Vignettes
The Graveyard Scene
Trailer
Reversible Box Art 

There's action, suspense, and some violence at times, but it's all in service of the overall good vibes the film radiates.  The delightufully unexpected ending alone is worth the price of admission.  And once you've seen it, you'll know just what I mean when I say that GET SHORTY is truly "the Cadillac of minivans." 

GET SHORTY: COLLECTOR'S EDITION -- Blu-ray Review by Porfle

KILL THE IRISHMAN -- DVD review by porfle

 Originally posted on 5/27/11

 

It's not every day you get a mob movie as raw and violent as one of Martin Scorcese's gangster epics, but the fact-based KILL THE IRISHMAN (2010) will do until the next one of those comes along.  It's like GOODFELLAS Lite, but with its own vigorous, roughhouse charm. 

The first half of the story recounts burly Irish dock worker Danny Greene's "come-up", beginning with his brash, decisive handling of a sadistic Union boss (SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION'S Bob Gunton), whose position he usurps until corruption lands him in hot water with the Feds.  Danny goes free after agreeing to become an informant, then he and his gang of hardy Irish chums go into business as enforcers for a Jewish loan shark named Shondor Birns (Christopher Walken as his usual creepy-cool self) who has Mafia connections.

A meeting with current mob boss Jack Licavoli (gang-movie legend Tony Lo Bianco) lands him an even more lucrative deal that begins his ill-fated association with the Italians.  Eventually, he rebels against the greedy, controlling mobsters while also clashing with Birns over money, leading to a feud with none other than "Fat Tony" Salerno (an inevitable Paul Sorvino) of New York's Gambino family.  They put out a $25,000 contract on him and for the rest of the film Danny is forced to evade bullets and car bombs at every turn.



Unlike the typical cutthroat Mafia hood embodied by the likes of Joe Pesci or Robert DeNiro, Danny Greene comes off as a guy you could hang out with and not worry about getting whacked for looking at him wrong.  He's admirable (relatively speaking, anyway) because he goes after what he wants and doesn't back down to anybody while remaining loyal to his friends and gaining their undying loyalty in return.

I have to hand it to someone who can tell self-important Mafia kingpins to stuff it to their astonished faces.  In fact, it's pretty exhilarating to watch this two-fisted Irish galoot bustle his way through life and fearlessly take on anyone who wants to "dance", including a Union big shot's hulking bodyguard and a scary Hell's Angel whose rowdy gang is disrupting Danny's backyard barbecue (he thrashes them both within an inch of their lives). 

Director and co-scripter Jonathan Hensleigh has a lean, straightforward storytelling style unhampered by a lot of visual fluff.  He has assembled a hell of a cast here, with Ray Stevenson taking on the role of Danny as though born to it.  In addition to Walken, Lo Bianco, and Sorvino, Val Kilmer plays a Cleveland detective who has a love-hate relationship with Danny and Vinnie Jones appears as one of Danny's tough Irish cohorts.  Familiar faces such as Mike Starr (ED WOOD) and THE SOPRANOS' Steve Schirripa are on hand as well.

The female side of the cast is strong, with Linda Cardellini as Danny's long-suffering wife Joan, Laura Ramsey as his hot young girlfriend Ellie, and the venerable Fionnula Flanagan as a tough old Irishwoman who embodies Danny's Celtic roots and helps bring out his more human side.  Robert Davi (LICENSE TO KILL) plays the cold-blooded hitman hired to kill the Irishman once and for all.  FULL METAL JACKET's Vincent D'Onofrio is great as John Nardi, an Italian mob boss who partners with Danny after being screwed over by the Mafia.
 


While KILL THE IRISHMAN doesn't revel in violence, things get rough at times and some of the killings are pretty graphic.  The serial bombings that plagued Cleveland in the 70s are excitingly portrayed here--guys on both sides took their lives in their hands every time they started their cars as, in the words of a real-life news report, "the heirarchy of organized crime in Cleveland continues to violently realign."  The attempts on Danny's life keep things hopping in the second half, especially when a bundle of lit dynamite crashes through the window of his house while he's on the phone, building suspense until the film's inevitable conclusion. 

The DVD from Anchor Bay is in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.  Subtitles are in English and Spanish.  In addition to a trailer, the disc features an hour-long documentary, "Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman", which I found fascinating after viewing the fictionalized account.  Some of the images are quite graphic--car bombings tend to make for messy autopsy photographs.

More than just a succession of violent and depraved setpieces, KILL THE IRISHMAN is involving because its lead character is such a dynamic and complicated figure with enough humanity to make him sympathetic.  Danny Greene must've been a real force of nature, something that this solid film version of his life makes the most of.

KILL THE IRISHMAN -- DVD review by porfle

Hulu Original "MARVEL'S HIT MONKEY" Premieres 11/17/21 With All 10 Episodes -- Watch Teaser HERE!

 

"MARVEL'S HIT-MONKEY"

A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES

Hulu Original "Marvel's Hit-Monkey" premieres on November 17th, 2021 with all ten episodes

 

SYNOPSIS: After a Japanese snow monkey’s tribe is slaughtered, he joins forces with the ghost of an American assassin and together, they begin killing their way through the Yakuza underworld.

CAST: George Takei, Jason Sudeikis, Olivia Munn, Ally Maki, Nobi Nakanishi and Fred Tatasciore.

CREDITS: Co-created and executive produced by Josh Gordon & Will Speck. Executive produced by Joe Quesada. 

WATCH THE TEASER TRAILER:

 

CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS:

Shinji (voiced by George Takei)

A lifelong public servant who has been the man behind the political career of Ken Takahara, his friend and political mentor. But when tragedy strikes, it falls to Shinji to pick up the baton and carry their political dreams forward. A good and honest man who raised his niece Akiko all by himself after the death of her parents. Shinji is the kind of politician everyone wishes they could have.

Bryce (voiced by Jason Sudeikis)

A world-weary Assassin who’s made some unbelievably poor life choices. He drowns his sorrows in work, travel, and gambling but when it comes to doing hits, there’s no one better. After he’s killed in the Japanese Alps, the ghost of Bryce and Monkey are tied together on a revenge quest. A terrible mentor with a sarcastic, cynical view of the world, Bryce must ultimately dig deep within himself in order to complete his final mission and help Monkey become who he was meant to be.

Akiko (voiced by Olivia Munn)

Smart, ambitious and powerful, Akiko is the niece of Shinji Yokohama the future Prime Minister of Japan. Having spent time in the west for College and Law School, she has returned with strong opinions about the future of her Uncle’s campaign. Her inherently good nature however masks a darker side, one that will emerge as the season progresses.

Haruka (voiced by Ally Maki)

An honest cop from a small town in the north, Haruka comes to Tokyo with dreams of reforming a corrupt city. But can she hold on to her values in the face of so much vice? Her new partner Ito will test her sense of right and wrong and ultimately prove to be the mentor she has always looked for. But when it falls to her to complete their case, will she have what it takes to become the cop she has always felt she could be?
 
Ito (voiced by Nobi Nakanishi)

The laughing stock of the Tokyo Police Department, and struggling with a drinking problem, Ito is the only one in Tokyo who suspects that Hit Monkey may actually be one of the good guys. But no one, not even his new partner Haruka believes him. He will have to dig deep into his past, and face his demons in order to finally restore his honor.

Monkey (voiced by Fred Tatasciore)

Monkey’s peaceful existence in the Japanese alps is shattered by the tragic loss of his tribe—setting him on a course of revenge and violence in the very world of humans that are responsible for his plight. He’s a killer of killers with a bit of a rage problem. Throughout the series, he must learn to navigate the struggle between his inherently sweet nature and the evil acts he must commit. It’s through his complicated friendship with the Ghost of Bryce (a former assassin and now, Monkey’s unwanted conscience), that will determine whether Monkey will be consumed by his rage or channel it for good. This is the story of Hit Monkey. 

 

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Hulu Original "MARVEL'S HIT MONKEY" Premieres 11/17/21 With All 10 Episodes -- Watch Teaser HERE!

Amazing New "Tornado Siren" Ending To "THE GODFATHER PART III" (video)

 

They've recently re-edited "The Godfather Part III" in an attempt to improve it.

But in my opinion they seriously missed the boat when they failed...

...to edit Michael's climactic silent cry of anguish to sound like a tornado siren.

It is a failure that we, in our own humble way, have now rectified.



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Amazing New "Tornado Siren" Ending To "THE GODFATHER PART III" (video)

Netflix's "FEAR CITY: NEW YORK VS. THE MAFIA" Trailer Debut -- Watch It HERE!

NETFLIX'S

"FEAR CITY: NEW YORK VS. THE MAFIA"

OFFICIAL TRAILER DEBUT



Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, the “Five Families” of the New York mafia—Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Luccese—held a powerful, and seemingly insurmountable, grip on the city.

In this three-part docuseries from RAW (Don’t F**K With Cats) and Brillstein Entertainment, award-winning documentarian Sam Hobkinson details the incredible story of the history-making organized crime investigation and prosecution case brought against New York’s most formidable mob bosses.

WATCH THE TRAILER:



Through interviews with dozens of law enforcement officials, ex-mafia associates and others, FEAR CITY: NEW YORK vs. THE MAFIA sheds light on how the mafia’s control of unions, high-rise construction and other industries netted billions for organized crime.

Previously unheard surveillance recordings, news footage and archival material alongside new interviews and reenactments paint a shocking and captivating portrait of this “Golden Era of the Mob.”

Release Date:
Wednesday, July 22nd

Format:
A Netflix Original Documentary Series

Director:
Sam Hobkinson

Executive Producers:
Dimitri Doganis, Bart Layton, Adam Hawkins, Jon Liebman

Netflix's "FEAR CITY: NEW YORK VS. THE MAFIA" Trailer Debut -- Watch It HERE!

Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "THE GODFATHER" (1972) (video)

Many consider "The Godfather" to be Francis Ford Coppola's best film...

...and one of the greatest gangster movies of all time.

It won Oscars for Best Picture and Best Actor (Marlon Brando).

But how much do you remember about it?


Question: What is Don Corleone holding in the opening scene?

A. Dog
B. Cat
C. Grandchild
D. Orange
E. Gun

Question: In the restaurant, Sollozzo tells McCluskey to try the...what?

A. Gnocchi
B. Rigatoni
C. Veal
D. Pesto
E. Lasagne

Question: Who betrays Michael in Sicily?

A. Vitelli
B. Calo
C. Don Tommasino
D. Fabrizio
E. Fredo

Question: Don Corleone laments, "Look how they ______ my boy."

A. Executed
B. Massacred
C. Annihilated
D. Murdered
E. Brutalized

Question: Moe Green tells Michael, "I made my bones when you were going out with..." What?

A. Beach bunnies
B. Cheerleaders
C. Homecoming Queen
D. Suzy Homemaker
E. Debutantes

Question: Carlo tells Michael that he was approached by...who?

A. Tattaglia
B. Barzini
C. Cuneo
D. Stracci
E. Zaluchi

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Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "THE GODFATHER" (1972) (video)

Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "SCARFACE" (1983) (video)

Brian De Palma's SCARFACE was a remake of the 1932 Howard Hawks classic.

Al Pacino gives a tour de force performance in the title role...

...and this version has become tremendously popular over the years.

But how much do you remember about it?


Question: What is the Colombian woman's name?

A. Santina
B. Maria
C. Arabel
D. Marta
E. Docita

Question: When Omar tells Tony "you're here to watch my back", Tony says...?

A. "I watch what I want"
B. "You're not my boss"
C. "Better than your front"
D. "You can watch my back"
E. "Sosa's watching it"

Question: What does Tony do to Frank's bodyguard, Ernie?

A. Shoots him
B. Leaves him alone
C. Offers him a job
D. Takes him hostage
E. Tells him to run

Question: What does Tony see on TV that amuses him?

A. Monkeys
B. Pelicans
C. Square dancers
D. Jackrabbits
E. Toucans

Question: What finally kills Tony?

A. Machine gun fire
B. Strangled by wire
C. Grenade launcher
D. Shotgun blast
E. He doesn't die


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Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "SCARFACE" (1983) (video)

Brendan Fraser In "LINE OF DESCENT" In Theaters and On Demand 12/13 From Gravitas Ventures -- See Trailer HERE!

Gravitas Ventures Presents

Brendan Fraser In

"LINE OF DESCENT"

IN THEATERS AND AVAILABLE ON VOD AND DIGITAL HD: December 13, 2019
 
'Line of Descent' follows a dysfunctional mafia family of three brothers as they fight over their fathers estate, while a cop (Abhay Deol) carries them to their tragic ending.

Meanwhile, a boisterous arms dealer (Brendan Fraser) is thrust in the family war, though a mole in his criminal enterprise, and all worlds fuse into one.

WATCH THE TRAILER:

 
DIRECTED BY: Rohit Karn Batra

WRITTEN BY:  Rohit Karn Batra

CAST:  Brendan Fraser, Abhay Deol, Ronit Roy, Neeraj Kabi, Prem Chopra, Ali Haji, Max Beesley, Charlotte Poutrel, Shamata Anchan, Ekavali Khanna, Priyanka Sethia

GENRE: Drama, Independent

DISTRIBUTOR: Gravitas Ventures

iTUNES PREORDER LINK:   https://apple.co/2C39J1P

Brendan Fraser In "LINE OF DESCENT" In Theaters and On Demand 12/13 From Gravitas Ventures -- See Trailer HERE!

Porfle's Trivia Quiz #17: "BONNIE AND CLYDE" (1967) (video)

"Bonnie and Clyde" is one of the best films of the 60s.

Directed by Arthur Penn, it was acclaimed as a new and exciting kind of filmmaking...

...which is still just as fresh today as it was then.
 

Question: What Is Bonnie's occupation when she meets Clyde?

A. Secretary
B. Waitress
C. Librarian
D. Grocery clerk
E. Unemployed

Question: What auto trouble does C.W. Moss (Michael J. Pollard) fix?

A. Busted water pump
B. Sugar in the gas tank
C. Dirt in the fuel line
D. Battery corrosion
E. Leaky radiator

Question: What is the occupation of Eugene Grizzard (Gene Wilder)?

A. Butcher
B. Policeman
C. Undertaker
D. Lawyer
E. Prison guard

Question: What are Bonnie and Clyde eating in the last scene?

A. Pear
B. Apple
C. Peanuts
D. Grapes
E. Mango

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Porfle's Trivia Quiz #17: "BONNIE AND CLYDE" (1967) (video)