In a world where, unbeknownst to the public, all famous pulp fiction heroes are real, one of them, Jake Speed, agrees to help desperate Margaret Winston save her sister from sadistic white slaver Sid, who's operating in Africa.
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Director:
Harley Cokeliss
Stars:
Tommy Lee Jones,
Linda Hamilton,
Robert Vaughn
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Director:
Fred Gallo
Stars:
Michael Nouri,
Robert Costanzo,
Shannon Whirry
A vampire Countess needs to drink the blood of a virgin in order to keep her eternal beauty. It seems that all is hopeless, until she bumps into Mark Kendall.
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When her sister is kidnapped by white slavers, only Grandpa knows what to do. He puts in a call to a fictional hero, Jake Speed. She is amazed to find that he actually exists, and that as flesh and blood, is much less formidable than his reputation.Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
The movie is both a tribute to, and satire of, pulp novels and their heroes. As a tribute to these stories, the movie is set in an alternate reality where, unknowingly to the general public, all of the famous pulp fiction heroes like Remo Williams, a.k.a. The Destroyer, Mack Bolan, a.k.a. The Executioner, and Doc Savage are real, and the novels about them are factual testimonies about their real-life adventures. In the movie, Jake Speed is just one of these real-life pulp heroes, and even talks about his famous colleagues once or twice. However, in real-life, unlike Remo Williams, Mack Bolan, and Doc Savage, Jake Speed is not an actual pulp fiction character, and was entirely made up for this movie, as satire on pulp archetypes and clichés. See more »
Quotes
[Margaret is captured by the white slavers]
Sid:
Yesss. You're a bit straight, but you've got potential.
Margaret Winston:
You scum sucking pig!
Sid:
How old are you, pussycat? How old!
Margaret Winston:
Twenty-seven.
Sid:
Sorry. This is a game for kids.
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Unlike most reviewers I feel Wayne Crawford was amazing. Karen was amazing Christopher filled the partner role awesomely .44's blazing!!! The cast was perfect for the story. But quite possibly the most overlooked role of all time was John Hurt who played a great bad guy in V for vendetta and for how great he was there (in my opinion) plays the greatest bad guy off all time.
The lines were written so perfectly and he delivered them in a way that should have won every best bad guy ever award. Pure evil
This movie never gets the respect it deserves. Why? Because people don't take the movie for what it is. A FUN action flick with ultimate good vs. Evil.
Great one liners. Great vehicles and chases. And the greatest shotgun of any movie ( even the Expendibels shotgun pales)
How many movies 20 years later try to show the horrors of civil war in Africa ( like 3 ?) There is more going on in this story than people see.
I really wish this movie, the cast, the acting, the plight of Africa and the helpless citizens.
Remember my words an amazing hero and the greatest bad guy ever portrayed on screen
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Unlike most reviewers I feel Wayne Crawford was amazing. Karen was amazing Christopher filled the partner role awesomely .44's blazing!!! The cast was perfect for the story. But quite possibly the most overlooked role of all time was John Hurt who played a great bad guy in V for vendetta and for how great he was there (in my opinion) plays the greatest bad guy off all time.
The lines were written so perfectly and he delivered them in a way that should have won every best bad guy ever award. Pure evil
This movie never gets the respect it deserves. Why? Because people don't take the movie for what it is. A FUN action flick with ultimate good vs. Evil.
Great one liners. Great vehicles and chases. And the greatest shotgun of any movie ( even the Expendibels shotgun pales)
How many movies 20 years later try to show the horrors of civil war in Africa ( like 3 ?) There is more going on in this story than people see.
I really wish this movie, the cast, the acting, the plight of Africa and the helpless citizens.
Remember my words an amazing hero and the greatest bad guy ever portrayed on screen