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Showing posts with label 1986. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1986. Show all posts

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Umbango (1986)















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When Kay Kay, a powerful, ruthless businessman sets out on a mission of revenge against two men accused of killing his brother, he strong-arms the local sheriff into forming a posse of thugs to aid in his vendetta. But when Jet and Owen, the two easy going friends, learn of the gang out for their blood, they prepare to stand their ground and fight back. It all comes to a head in a final gun-fight, a showdown in the small western town where blood will have to be spilled if the friends wish to come out of this alive.

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Fishy Stones (1986)















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After a well-executed jewelry store heist, two amateur thugs go on the run. But the police are not too far behind, and after a chase through the countryside, the thugs are apprehended - but only after they stash their loot in a clump of nearby bushes. When two best friends head off into the wilderness on a camping expedition together, luck seems to be on their side when they discover the hidden stash of diamonds. But life is never that easy, and the two thugs, after a daring escape from prison, pick up the trail of the friends, hunting them down in order to reclaim their loot. In the end, the boys' parents come to their rescue, and the two dim-witted criminals are sent back to jail once more - hopefully for good this time! 

Saturday, November 19, 2016

One Way Out [a.k.a. Crazed Cop] (1986)















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Ivan Rogers (Ballbuster) stars in Crazed Cop as Detective Joe Weeks, a man who live by the law. When his beautiful wife is found savagely raped and murdered, he tracks down and systematically kills known drug dealers with an insane revenge. All his fury, pain and frustration explode as this Crazed Cop becomes the most wanted man on the list...by the Mob and the Police!

Sunday, July 17, 2016

As Summers Die (1986, TV Movie)




























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Forbidden passion and burning prejudice ignite in the heat of the deep south. Emotions are riding high in a small southern town. A lawyer, Willie Croft (Scott Glenn), is trying to defend an ageing black woman (Beach Richards) against the Holts clan, a powerful and greedy family. A family with a dark and sinister past, whose evil schemes and plots are safe in their incestuous past. That is until lawyer Willie Croft finds an unlikely ally in Whitsey (Jamie Lee Curtis), a wayward cousin of the Holts. The pressure's on and nothing's going to stop the Holts from winning, especially their own kin. As Summers Die is the sensational story of love and hate, power and passion.