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Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts

Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Muthers (1976)

















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This black-oriented women's prison film from Filipino director Cirio H. Santiago (T.N.T. Jackson) stars Playboy Playmates Rosanne Katon and Jeanne Bell as the leader of a pirate gang who goes undercover at a prison farm to save Bell's sister. As the wicked Serena, Jayne Kennedy cracks a whip and acts nasty until finally leading the obligatory insurrection. The prisoners pick coffee beans and the pirate women know kung-fu, making this one of the quirkier entries in the subgenre. Former Bond-girl Trina Parks (Diamonds Are Forever) and Santiago regular Ken Metcalfe co-star.

Ebony, Ivory & Jade [a.k.a. She Devils in Chains] (1976)


















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An American track team has just arrived in The Philippines for an international competition. Among the competitors are Ginger and Pam, nicknamed "Ivory" and "Ebony", who meet up with another friend, Jackie, nicknamed "Jade". After they arrive at their hotel, a gang of thugs kidnaps them, along with some other girls from the team. To getaway, the trio is going to have to use all their fighting skills.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Fighting Mad [a.k.a. Death Force] (1978)














































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Tossed out to sea and left for dead by two friends, Doug Russell (James Inglehart) washes ashore on a remote island where two Japanese World War II soldiers reside. While the soldiers nurse Russell back to health, they teach him the way of the samurai. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, his former friends Morelli (Carmen Argenziano), and McGee (Leon Isaac Kennedy) wreak havoc in the city on rival gang members to control territory and drugs. Russell's wife Maria (Jayne Kennedy), mourns the death of her husband, after being notified by McGee that Doug died in an accident on the way home. After spending several months on the island, Russell returns home to seek revenge on the men that left him for dead and is terrorizing his wife and city.