Ventre

     This week- two films about men who live violently and do crime. 

      After a long absence from his native Sicily, Tony Aniante finally returns to settle some old debts. Soon the two families that control the area begin to compete for his services. Services rendered in brutal and bloody fashion. Will Tony get the closure he desires? Will the local families realize what really motivates Tony? How long can they keep the higher ups from discovering the tangled web they have made? The third feature from one of Italy's huge stable of 70s exploitation filmmakers, Cry of a Prostitute (original title Quelli che contano, lit. The One That Matters). 
     Tommy "Buns" Bundy and his lifelong friend Sincere move from robbery into drug transport after a nightclub robbery ends violently. As Buns is pulled deeper into a brutal world, Sincere tries to find a way to get his family out, and a betrayed associate plots revenge. Will Sincere be able to start the new life he dreams of? Will Buns go beyond the point of no return and lose his humanity to the hustle? Or will both men become just another data point in year end statistics? The only feature from music video auteur Hyper Williams that has become an urban crime drama cult classic, Belly.
     All that and Dave fights the Gregorian calendar, Tyler damages his vision with blacklights, and Kevin laments missing time with other film buffs of a higher quality. Join us, won't you?
   Episode 431- Ventre

Steven Seagal: Worse Than A Stroke

     This week we close the month with a four pack of Steve Seagal in the 21st Century. 

     When ICE arrest a pair of OTMs (Other Than Mexican) who are affiliated with both AQAP AND Daesh (which would never happen) blows open a conspiracy of the (long defunct) Sonora Cartel smuggling in terrorists. A collaboration for reasons that aren't made very clear. The federal government has only one man to turn to, former DEA/CIA/FBI/USASF asset John Harmon. Harmon once was in a Sonora compound and that's why he's the only man who can lead this mission, the why wasn't made very clear, but for some reason they gave him a... CONTRACT TO KILL!
     The world has fallen to an outbreak of viral vampirism. A band of former military, led by a mysterious man called Tao, roams the wastes killing the infected with bladed weapons and leather coats for... reasons... bad ass reasons you wouldn't understand. Meanwhile, poor deserves better than this Keith David and Linden Ashby clash heads as one wants to, rightly, flash fry the overwhelmed with infected building Tao's group is wondering through for reasons that aren't made very clear. Who can stand... AGAINST THE DARK!!
     Marshall Law, not the Tekken character.... yeah... I got excited too, leads an elite unit for the US Military in France. In theory anyway because his whole unit is murdered on their first night together. This brings Law into an elaborate conspiracy of French mobsters and super drugs... and maybe aliens... who plan on poisoning the Parisian water supply to turn everyone into an addicted murder machine. For reasons that aren't made very clear. Who will survive the... ATTACK FORCE!!!
     After single handedly saving the Vice President of the United States from a militant group's assassination attempt, Detroit detective Orin Boyd, is punished and sent to the city's worst precinct. Before long, Boyd accidentally disrupts a sting operation against drug dealer Latrell Walker and makes an enemy of the undercover officer involved. Soon everything will be made so explicitly clear. Everywhere Boyd goes he leaves a lot of... EXIT WOUNDS!!!!
     All that and Dave takes a boat trip, Craig's machinations finally spring their trap, Kevin reveals the extent of his emotional traumas, and Tyler does so much homework that we all worry for his safety. Join us, won't you?

    Episode 323- STEVEN SEAGAL: WORSE THAN A STROKE