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Saturday, June 5, 2010

100 Rifles (1969)











































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When an American policeman named Lyedecker comes to Mexico to arrest Yaqui Joe for robbery, he finds himself detained by both an Indian revolution against the Mexican government... and the luscious figure of Joe's sidekick, Sarita! As the government steps up its plan for the Indians — total extermination — Joe's stolen money buys weapons for the battle, and Lyedecker joins the fray. But will it be enough to defeat the sadistic General Verdugo and his army?

Tom [a.k.a. The Bad Bunch] (1973)




















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Violence and racial tension punctuate this fast moving action film, that is a study of prejudice and discrimination. This is the story of a black gang who run the streets of Watts and of Jim, a white man, who tries to befriend them. Prejudice stands in the way of any friendship and turns black against white in a bloody act of vengeance. This film, set in the mid '70's, does much to show how society has progressed, but to some it may seem that "the more thing change, the more they stay the same."

Friday, June 4, 2010

The Thing With 2 Heads (1972)





























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Despite his deteriorating health, incredibly wealthy and profoundly racist brain surgeon Maxwell Kirshner (Ray Milland) plans to be around for a very long time. What better way to achieve his goal than to transplant his still cognitive noggin onto the body of a healthy human being? Having performed similar experimental surgeries on animals, Maxwell convinces his colleagues to achieve the groundbreaking and unsanctioned medical procedure on him – the first successful head-graft. With his body in rapid decline, Maxwell’s head gets transplanted onto the first available body. And that would be death row inmate Jack Moss (Rosey Grier). Did we forget to mention that Jack Moss is black?