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Jim Van Bebber (writer)
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14 May 1999 (UK)
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He quit the gangs. They killed his girl. He became...
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After one too many encounters with The Spiders (a rival gang), The Ravens' leader's girlfriend tells him to quit the gang or it's Splitsville...
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Jack Daniels and Bush Beer
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Paul Harper | ... | Danny |
| Jim Van Bebber | ... | Goose |
| Megan Murphy | ... | Christy |
| Ric Walker | ... | Keith |
| Marc Pitman | ... | Bone Crusher |
| Maureen Gentner | ||
| Tom Burns | ||
| Steve King | ||
| Dave Parker | ... | Drive-thru attendant |
| Bill Stover | ||
| Carol Lee | ||
| Mark Gillespie | ||
| Tom Harris | ||
| John Bradley | ||
| Lili Hendler |
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Referenced in The VanBebber Family (2005) (V)
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While watching Deadbeat @ Dawn I was having a pretty difficult time trying to put a finger on what my feelings were about this film until Keith from the Ravens (I think that's who it was) took a swig of Jack Daniels and chased it w/ a mouth full of Bush beer. I laughed gagging (not the first and definitely not the last time while watching) because that was exactly the taste that this movie was leaving in my mouth : bitter/sour and cheap but a pretty wicked buzz after awhile. Producer/writer/director/actor/editor/stunt choreographer/ special makeup effects artist Jim Van Bebber pulls off some fairly excessive stylized screen violence w/ a minuscule budget but the weakly scripted directionless performances stretches it thin. It's amateur shines through in many scenes containing dialogue and lose editing (especially in the first half) throwing off the pacing; making a fairly short film seem long in the tooth. In the end it feels like Troma w/out any zaniness…Well a little zaniness. Ninja stars and golf club beatings are pretty zany.