EDITOR’S NOTE: As the journey through Cannon continues, this week we’re exploring the films of 21st Century Film Corporation, which would be the company that Menahem Golan would take over after Cannon. Formed by Tom Ward and Art Schweitzer in 1971 (or 1976, there are some disputed expert opinions), 21st Century had a great logo and released some wild stuff.

Tyrone (Malc Panday) and his fiancee were just trying to walk through the park when three drugged-out maniacs read some tarot cards and saw that they should attack them. They beat him into oblivion and then assaulted and murdered her. When the police arrived, they locked him up for her rape and murder. I have no idea how this happened, as they stabbed her right in the chest and no one seemed to check for prints or defense wounds or any of the many things we’ve learned from Forensic Files.

Instead of waiting for the establishment to let him down again, Tyrone escapes from jail, ready for his own revenge.

I learned from Mondo Digital that this movie was made in Suriname, the South American Dutch-established state adjoining Guyana. That means that it doesn’t look like anywhere or anything else. It’s way scummier than most revengamatics — which is saying so much — and I’m amazed that the bad guys have a tarot roulette wheel, which seems like a good — well, bad — idea.

This was made in 1974 as Operation Makonaima and released in the U.S. seven years later by 21st Century. The dialogue sounds weird, the action is wild, some moments feel very goofy and when you add that together, it’s one tasty bowl of moksi-ales. That’s a native Suriname dish made with mixed boiled rice; salted meat, shrimp or fish; and vegetables, including cassava, which is a key ingredient in their cooking. What a cool country, one that has produced a cuisine that’s combines many cultures, including Indian, Javanese, Chinese, Dutch, Jewish, Portuguese and Native Amerindian. This movie feels the same way.

You can watch this on YouTube.