ARROW BLU RAY RELEASE: The Executioner Collection: The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974)
This sequel came out the same year as The Executioner and brings back Takeshi Hayato (Makoto Sato), Ichiro Sakura (Eiji Gō), Arashiyama (Ryô Ikebe), Emi (Yutaka Nakajima) and ninja bad guy working on the side of good Ryuichi Koga (Sonny Chiba) for another mission. First, they have to find Koga, who is now a paratrooper — or […]
ARROW BLU RAY RELEASE: The Executioner Collection: The Executioner (1974)
Three men have come together to destroy a drug cartel: Hayabusa (Makoto Sato), Aikido master and pervert Sakura (Eiji Gō) and Koga Ninja school descendent Ryuichi Koga (Sonny Chiba), the master of the Hell Fist. Guided by disgraced cop Arashiyama (Ryo Ikebe) and Emi (Yutaka Nakajima), they have to stay together long enough to stop druglord Mario […]
ARROW BLU RAY RELEASE: .com for Murder (2002)
.com for Murder hits everything I’m looking for in a movie: Nico Mastorakis (Death Has Blue Eyes, Sky High, The Wind, Nightmare At Noon, Bloodtide, Ninja Academy, Island of Death) makes entertaining junk and I use the word junk with the highest possible esteem. I mean, the dude was a muckraking reporter and co-wrote some songs with Vangelis before he even […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Fury In the Tropics (1986)
You know, most women in prison directors made one, sometimes two movies about jail and how it impacts the lives of ladies. Not Jess Franco, who just kept coming back, like Greg Dulli once sang, “I wanna go away, but honey, I just can’t stay. I keep coming back for a little more of your love.” […]
JESS FRANCO MONTH: Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves (1972)
Mr. Robinson (I just had a mental breakdown because I reconized Yehuda Barkan, the Israeli-born comedian and director of a Cannon film that never came to America, The Big Tease, is in the movie!) is tired of the married life with kids. He thinks that he’s a descendent of that book character and not just a […]
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