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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Crack House (1989)







Starring:

  • Jim Brown
  • Anthony Geary
  • Richard Roundtree
  • Cher Butler

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Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an end when Rick feels he must rejoin his old gang to avenge the killing of his brother by a rival gang. In the course of getting even, Rick is arrested, leaving Melissa without anyone to protect her. She falls in with a crack dealer and quickly becomes addicted to the drug. When she gets sold to a drug kingpin by a minor dealer to pay off a debt, only Rick can save her.

Death Promise (1977)


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When the tenants of rundown apartments band together to save their homes, the landlords resort to any means necessary to evict them... even the murder of an old man who had been their leader. His, so vowing revenge, makes a Death Promise!

Charles Bonet (The Black Dragon's Revenge) is the mean, ass-kicking martial arts master out for revenge in this 1977 cult classic! Speedy Leacock, Vincent Van Lynn, Tony Liu (Fists of Fury), Bill Louie (Fist of Fear, Touch of Death), and David Kirk (Putney Swope) co-star.

The Devil's Express [a.k.a. Gang Wars] (1976)























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New York Master Martial Artist Luke (Warhawk Tanzania, Force Four) goes to Hong Kong to earn his next level in the Martial Arts world. He convinces his student Rodan (Wilfredo Roldan) to accompany him. Once they arrive, they come across an ancient burial site and find an amulet that holds a horrific demon creature in its power. Not knowing what the amulet was for, Rodan steals it and takes it back to gang infested New York City, only for the demon to come to New York to find it! The demon travels through the New York city subway tunnels as it preys on it's victims, including Rodan himself! The police think all the killings are a result of gang wars, but Luke soon finds out the terrifying truth and seeks out to avenge the death of his student! Luke must confront the horrifying demon face to face and do battle in the underground subways, where the only train that runs that late is the Devil's Express