Death Collector

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This Movie just is just not believable in anyway! The Cast isn't believable and it doesn't seem like an authentic Western throughout most of it! The blonde actress is one of the worst I've seen, in fact every single movie I've seen her in her acting is horrible! So unbelievably fake! It's embarrassing for her, I'm embarrassed for her! I don't know if she watches her own movies but if she does, I hope she can see her mistakes! Maybe acting classes are warranted here! I would certainly think so in her case because she is the reason this film flops and the storyline is just ridiculous anyway! Don't bother with this one!

Once in awhile you hear about movies being so bad that they're actually good well this is one of them. The randomness of the entire movie is hilarious. A gay man playing the straight hunky hero and awkwardly kissing girls. Trying to sing like Elvis and pretending to play guitar. The continuous epic guitar riff that plays time and time again during the movie. The scenes where it seems like the actors have no clue as to what they are doing or the scenes where no lines are spoken. Street fights with chains and wipes. Attempts at cheesy one liners. Bubbling henchman this flick literally has it all. It is a very fun watch.

The time: The bleak near future. The place: The desolate town of Hartford City. Noble lawman Jack Holt (the solid Frank Stewart) gets killed by several goons who work for Hawk (a perfectly sinister Loren Blackwell), an evil insurance company mogul who governs over the burg with an iron fist. Jack's easygoing musician brother Wade (excellently played by the amiable Daniel Chapman) tries to avenge his death, but gets arrested and spends five years in jail. After he gets sprung from prison, Wade returns to Hardford City to settle the score with Hawk. He's assisted by gutsy gal pal Annie Northbride (a nice'n'sexy turn by fetching blonde looker Ruth Collins) and loyal former cellmate Bunky (a wonderfully engaging portrayal by John Scott). Director Tom Garrett, working from a clever and inspired script by John McLaughlin (said script mixes elements from the action, Western, and science fiction genres into a pretty tasty and imaginative synthesis), makes the most out of a limited budget: he stages the thrilling action set pieces with considerable flair, maintains a steady pace throughout, and, most of all, does an expert job of crafting a funky, hazy, impressively hip style which oozes 50's type rockabilly cool from every snazzy frame. This film further benefits from fine acting by an appealing cast: Chapman does well as the supremely likable reluctant hero, British novelist and former "Fangoria" magazine film journalist Philip Nutman almost steals the whole show with his spot-on performance as Hawk's mean, gum-chewing right-hand man Tough, and Karen Rizzo makes a favorable impression as friendly bar owner Star. Adam Goldfine's crisp cinematography gives the picture an attractively polished look. Chapman's twangy, harmonic countryish score also hits the tuneful spot (Chapman even wrote and sings a few tuneful songs that are featured on the soundtrack). 80's splatterpunk horror writers John Skipp and Craig Spector briefly pop up as a couple of -- what else? -- splatterpunks. Offbeat and original, this quirky little number sizes up as a highly worthwhile and unjustly neglected sleeper.

source: Death Collector

This Movie just is just not believable in anyway! The Cast isn't believable and it doesn't seem like an authentic Western throughout most of it! The blonde actress is one of the worst I've seen, in fact every single movie I've seen her in her acting is horrible! So unbelievably fake! It's embarrassing for her, I'm embarrassed for her! I don't know if she watches her own movies but if she does, I hope she can see her mistakes! Maybe acting classes are warranted here! I would certainly think so in her case because she is the reason this film flops and the storyline is just ridiculous anyway! Don't bother with this one!

The movie is bad on a lot of levels. It is not really a western. While it takes places in a futuristic western society, it is not really sci-fi. It is more of an action flick that spins its wheels. There is a town sheriff and his singing cowboy brother who cares more about women than making a living. There first encounter with the mob is when they are harassing a woman dressed in undergarments. At times one of her dress/slip straps are down, then they are both up, and then she has one down again. The scene apparently had multiple takes and she wasn't dressed the same for each one. There are more continuity goofs in the film. The cowboy was making love to the wrong girl when the mobsters break in to take him out. Through it all, he survives and his sheriff brother gets killed. The cowboy ends up in jail, then out in 5 years and now seeks revenge against "Hawk" who owns the town and also runs an insurance scam. The movie is offbeat, original, but not well done. There are no real plot twists and the dialogue might put you to sleep. No f-bombs. No nudity. Grainy quality.

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Death Collector