Really Awful Movies: Ep 452 – The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

This week on the podcast, a trip back to arguably the greatest decade in cinema, the 70s, for the caper, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

A Tokyo transit delegation is visiting the Big Apple, getting a tour of the MTA headquarters, and learning how the city runs its transit.

Against this backdrop, Hijackers commandeer a New York City subway train near Central Park, and threaten to kill a passenger a minute if their demands aren’t met.

Rip-roaring stuff, starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw.

This one uses naming character conventions of Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, etc., which Quentin Tarantino paid homage to (err, ripped off) in Reservoir Dogs.

Accept no substitutes, and no crummy remakes with Travolta and Denzel.

The doors are now closing, stand clear of the doors!

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 441 – Enter the Ninja

On this episode of the podcast, Cannon time!

Enter the Ninja is a silly 80s exploitation/martial arts filmed in, where else? The Philippines! Because of course it is. That was a very cheap place to film back in the day, and is the geographical backdrop for many a cult classic.

And there’s a fun genre cast including Django’s Franco Nero, but also the Italian horror staple, Christopher George.

When a couple of plantation landowners are harassed by a wealthy developer, the male half enlists an old war buddy to help – a man trained in the deadly arts of the ninja!

Soon, the white ninja is beating the holy tar out of every village barfly, and even kicking the crap out of a man with a hook for a hand, a very Bond-esque villain.

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 425 – No Exit

This week on the podcast, one of the more obscure films ever covered on the program: No Exit, AKA, Fatal Combat.

This one is a 1995 Canadian action filmed lensed in the Greater Toronto Area and directed by Damian Lee. It stars the excellent Jeff Wincott, an actor/martial artist perhaps best known for his role in Night Heat.

In No Exit/Fatal Combat, the masses are entertained by…what else? A fight to the death TV show! The movie title refers to the title of the show, whose producer/creator brings death games to the airwaves, all from a remote Arctic studio.

The unlikely breakout (literally) star of the proceedings is of all things, a humble university professor, John Stoneman (Wincott).

But, he’s getting more than he bargained for, as this is one tough hombre.