Charlie Davis owns an island in the Caribbean. There, he keeps a group of Hispanic people in virtual slavery--toiling on is marijuana plantation. On the island, he mostly beats the snot out of everyone with his whip and he has the personality of Attila the Hun with a very, very bad toothache! Why his armed guards don't just kill him, I don't understand--especially since he beats them, too!
Oddly, a blonde Yugoslavian bombshell gets stranded on the island (now THAT does not happen every day). At first, Charlie is pretty sweet. However, later, after having a few drinks, he becomes a crazed rapist and is only stopped when she belts him over the head with a statue. Only minutes later, he awakens and has a hilarious scene where he runs about having a giant temper tantrum--screaming, yelling, bounding about and acting like a jerk (you really have to see it to believe it--it was worse than Michael Richards during his comedy club rant or Courtney love just being Courtney Love). Into this mess comes David, who pounds Charlie to a pulp--but never stops to tie him up or kill him. This is a stupid cliché--I would have ended Charlie's reign of terror right there and then. Instead, David and his new allies spend most of the rest of the film keeping Charlie bottled up in his hut--shooting at but deliberately missing him when he tries to come out to play.
Watch it yourself to see the thrilling conclusion or just to watch Bruce Bennett overact in a manner that almost defies description--it's all good. Well, when I say "good", I don't necessarily mean well made--it is a cheap and silly film after all. I mean good in the sense that it's good for a laugh because of the histrionics and clever ways the director figured out how to "accidentally" show off Ms. Velia's breasts. As for Tania Velia (as the blonde), she really has only two purposes to be in the film--to provide sexual tension and to briefly expose her breasts. Why they put this Yugoslavian into the film is beyond me, but she sure must have needed the money!
Overall, it's bad but in a highly entertaining way. I knew it was crap but still found it all very watchable--a must for bad movie fans.
By the way, Bennett COULD act, as I just saw him in THE COSMIC MAN--where he was quite sane and a good bit calmer! If you get a chance, read Bennett's biography on IMDb--he was a fascinating man.
Oddly, a blonde Yugoslavian bombshell gets stranded on the island (now THAT does not happen every day). At first, Charlie is pretty sweet. However, later, after having a few drinks, he becomes a crazed rapist and is only stopped when she belts him over the head with a statue. Only minutes later, he awakens and has a hilarious scene where he runs about having a giant temper tantrum--screaming, yelling, bounding about and acting like a jerk (you really have to see it to believe it--it was worse than Michael Richards during his comedy club rant or Courtney love just being Courtney Love). Into this mess comes David, who pounds Charlie to a pulp--but never stops to tie him up or kill him. This is a stupid cliché--I would have ended Charlie's reign of terror right there and then. Instead, David and his new allies spend most of the rest of the film keeping Charlie bottled up in his hut--shooting at but deliberately missing him when he tries to come out to play.
Watch it yourself to see the thrilling conclusion or just to watch Bruce Bennett overact in a manner that almost defies description--it's all good. Well, when I say "good", I don't necessarily mean well made--it is a cheap and silly film after all. I mean good in the sense that it's good for a laugh because of the histrionics and clever ways the director figured out how to "accidentally" show off Ms. Velia's breasts. As for Tania Velia (as the blonde), she really has only two purposes to be in the film--to provide sexual tension and to briefly expose her breasts. Why they put this Yugoslavian into the film is beyond me, but she sure must have needed the money!
Overall, it's bad but in a highly entertaining way. I knew it was crap but still found it all very watchable--a must for bad movie fans.
By the way, Bennett COULD act, as I just saw him in THE COSMIC MAN--where he was quite sane and a good bit calmer! If you get a chance, read Bennett's biography on IMDb--he was a fascinating man.