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26 October 1990 (USA)
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A small-town crime boss accepts delivery of a stolen car, only to find there's a baby in the back-seat...
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Rip David Carradine
(From Fangoria. 4 June 2009, 8:51 AM, PDT)
Review: Pieces DVD
(From Fangoria. 22 October 2008, 11:12 AM, PDT)
(From Fangoria. 4 June 2009, 8:51 AM, PDT)
Review: Pieces DVD
(From Fangoria. 22 October 2008, 11:12 AM, PDT)
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Awful Mess
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Carradine | ... | Pearl |
 | Paul L. Smith | ... | Slue |
 | Brad Dourif | ... | Weasel |
 | Conrad Janis | ... | Doc Bender |
| Sydney Lassick | ... | Charlie P. |
| Savina Gersak | ... | Sandy |
| Alexandra Powers | ... | Rose |
 | Michael Boston | ... | Sonny Boy (as Michael Griffin) |
| Steve Carlisle | ... | Sheriff |
| Steve Ingrassia | ... | Deputy |
| Stephen Lee Davis | ... | Bart |
| Robert Broyles | ... | Mayor |
| Jeff Bergquist | ... | Father Owen |
| Dalene Young | ... | Doc Wallace |
 | Christopher Bradley | ... | Husband |
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96 min | West Germany:93 min (video)
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The story was inspired to writer Graeme Whifler by a story that was told to him by some bikers that lived in his neighborhood. They told him the true account of a kidnapped child that was raised by an Indiana car thief who tortured the child and trained him to be a killer.
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Featured in "TCM Underground: Sonny Boy (1989) (#1.56)" (2009)
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Sonny Boy (1989)
1/2 (out of 4)
Sick, twisted, disturb, morally insensitive, vile, strange and repulsive are a few of the words that others have said when reviewing this film. All of them might fit but I'd also add horrid. A crackhead thief (Brad Dourif) kill a couple and steal their car not realizing that their infant son is in the back. The thief gives the kid to his angry boss (Paul L. Smith) and his wife (David Carradine in drag) who raise the kid in all the wrong ways, which leads him, known as Sonny Boy, to become a raging killer. No matter how you look at it, this is a crazy little film that one really does need to see in order to get its full impact. Yes, seeing Carradine in drag is the main draw and to me it was pretty much the only draw as I found the film to be boring from start to finish. There's no pacing, no style and nothing here to really be interested in. It seems as if the filmmakers sat down and thought about making strange stuff but they didn't do anything with it. I'm sure a more polished film could have been made with this subject matter or perhaps a more depraved John Waters like film. Either one of them might have worked but what we got is something in the middle and not nearly as effective. I'm really not sure if this film was meant to be taken serious, seen as a joke or some type of spoof on the whole serial killer genre. It doesn't really matter in the end as it fails on all levels. Seeing Carradine in drag is just plain weird but it's the main reason to watch the film. I somewhat liked the fact that they didn't try to hide his "man ness" and let him talk in his normal voice and didn't have him shave all his hair off. Dourif isn't too bad and neither is Smith but they're lost in a worthless movie. It's was mildly entertaining to see Sydney Lassick and Dourif working together as the two previously worked in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.