This movie is extremely obscure and impossible to find. It was originally titled "Terrorist" (1976). It actually is not as bad as you would think. A marauding band of black terrorists hold the inhabitants of a tiny desert settlement hostage. They murder most of the settlers, but spare a beautiful white woman and her young son. She escapes in a hale of gunfire, then enlists the aid of a machine gun toting soldier of fortune to free her child. Lots of great campy music. Based on a true story.
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Psychotronic pro-apartheid propaganda
jds_revenge_redux23 October 2010
Warning: Spoilers
The reason this movie is so obscure is that it promotes a regime in South Africa that used drum-fed "street sweeper" shotguns to prop up minority rule. The original title, "Terrorist," assumes the "Black" qualifier.
It is as hateful as Nazi propaganda, but its comical, low-budget ineptness, pervasive surreality, and unapologetic wrong-headed stance makes it highly entertaining. Its like watching Ed Wood burn a cross. It makes my Psychotronic Top Ten without breaking a sweat.
The main character is an absurdly accented "American"* whose initial liberalism turns into maniacal blood-lust after witnessing outrageous atrocities committed by a tiny force of Outside Agitators. The anti-hero who oversees this transformation is an Afrikaner commando working undercover as a gas-station attendant. His decidedly incorrect political views provide the most eye-brow raising moments in the movie.
The icing on this cow pie is the "funky" musical score that bears an unmistakable resemblance to the later noodling of fellow countryman Dave Matthews.
*I had snarky comments on this movie posted on a local video store's website and it drew an angry, disdainful reply from a fan who seemed very knowledgeable about the movie. He said Robert Aberdeen ("August Rush[!]") was born and raised in America. All I can say is that they don't talk that way 'round here!
It is as hateful as Nazi propaganda, but its comical, low-budget ineptness, pervasive surreality, and unapologetic wrong-headed stance makes it highly entertaining. Its like watching Ed Wood burn a cross. It makes my Psychotronic Top Ten without breaking a sweat.
The main character is an absurdly accented "American"* whose initial liberalism turns into maniacal blood-lust after witnessing outrageous atrocities committed by a tiny force of Outside Agitators. The anti-hero who oversees this transformation is an Afrikaner commando working undercover as a gas-station attendant. His decidedly incorrect political views provide the most eye-brow raising moments in the movie.
The icing on this cow pie is the "funky" musical score that bears an unmistakable resemblance to the later noodling of fellow countryman Dave Matthews.
*I had snarky comments on this movie posted on a local video store's website and it drew an angry, disdainful reply from a fan who seemed very knowledgeable about the movie. He said Robert Aberdeen ("August Rush[!]") was born and raised in America. All I can say is that they don't talk that way 'round here!
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