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Ghetto Blaster

  • 19891989
  • RR
  • 1h 21m
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4.1/10
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Ghetto Blaster (1989)
ActionDrama
When Travis, middle-aged, working class man, returns home to visit his parents, he quickly learns that his hood is rife with criminal activity and gang warfare. Quickly, Travis finds himself... Read allWhen Travis, middle-aged, working class man, returns home to visit his parents, he quickly learns that his hood is rife with criminal activity and gang warfare. Quickly, Travis finds himself thrust into a position to defend his family and neighbors from the punks who terrorize th... Read allWhen Travis, middle-aged, working class man, returns home to visit his parents, he quickly learns that his hood is rife with criminal activity and gang warfare. Quickly, Travis finds himself thrust into a position to defend his family and neighbors from the punks who terrorize them on a daily basis. Good thing he has a military training, enabling the man to become a o... Read all
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
331
YOUR RATING
    • Alan Stewart
    • Andres Carranza(co-writer)
    • Clay McBride
  • Stars
    • Richard Hatch
    • R.G. Armstrong
    • Richard Jaeckel
    • Alan Stewart
    • Andres Carranza(co-writer)
    • Clay McBride
  • Stars
    • Richard Hatch
    • R.G. Armstrong
    • Richard Jaeckel
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    • 8User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Richard Hatch
    Richard Hatch
    • Travis
    R.G. Armstrong
    R.G. Armstrong
    • Curtis
    Richard Jaeckel
    Richard Jaeckel
    • Mike Henry
    Harry Caesar
    Harry Caesar
    • Mr. Dobson
    Diane Moser
    • Gina
    Kamar de los Reyes
    Kamar de los Reyes
    • Chato
    Courtney Gebhart
    Courtney Gebhart
    • Lisa
    Rick L. Nahera
    • Juan
    • (as Rick Nahera)
    Rick Telles
    • Luis
    Tony Valentino
    Tony Valentino
    • Blade
    Rosemarie
    • Helen
    Nancy Ticotin
    Nancy Ticotin
    • Carla
    Humberto Ortiz
    • Mexican Boy
    Lance Roberts
    • Six Rounds
    Alex Ojeda
    Alex Ojeda
    • Beto
    Kathleen Kane
    • Blonde
    Joe Bramble
    • Paramedic
    Randolf Aquirre
    • Rico
      • Alan Stewart
      • Andres Carranza(co-writer)
      • Clay McBride
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      Featured on RedLetterMedia's "Best of the Worst" Episode 20 along with "Terror in Beverly Hills" and "Killing American Style".
    • Alternate versions
      Cut by 59 seconds for UK video.
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      Featured in Best of the Worst: Ghetto Blaster, Terror in Beverly Hills, and Killing American Style (2014)

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    This is what the DTV market was all about!!! A Gem from the video shelf days.
    This was a cool little urban action Thriller that obviously went straight-to-video but that doesn't mean it ain't good because it is good!!! Infact it's great fun like a distant cousin of the Death Wish franchise or 'The Exterminator' Ghettoblaster is a fun little B-movie of the vigilante genre about an ordinary guy standing up to the gang crime in his neighbourhood after coming back to his old neighbourhood to visit his mum & dad & it has some really cool & some funny scenes that makes for fun late night entertainment. A very good movie worth finding if you enjoy these types of low budget straight-to-video Thrillers? I love them.

    RICHARD HATCH was a video era actor who starred in some good direct-to-video movies like Dark Bar & Heated Vengeance & Party-Line, i liked his everyman look & likeable screen presence. Hatch looked the part of an 80's early 90's Low-budget B-movie star, the kind of guy who looked at home in those late-night erotic thriller's on t.v & would probably play a cop or an Vietnam vet. HATCH made his mark during the video era days & although not a big star or or a very recognisable actor he's worth checking out in the films of his I've mentioned. I've become a bit of a fan of his because of his urban vigilante thriller GHETTO BLASTER, made me search out other Richard Hatch movies.

    Hatch makes for a decent ordinary guy hero & i loved the very 80's era rap soundtrack & like i said, this little Gem came out of that Awesome time of B-movie heaven that could be found on the shelves of video stores everywhere back in the good old days!!!! I loved the video era & am so glad i grew up during those days & we will never get those times again.

    Robert Hatch (R. I. P) makes for a decent average joe type of Blue Collar hero & i like how he isn't intimidated by the gang known as "The Hammers" & he messes with them & plays tricks with them & it's so much fun to watch. Another great part to this flick is it's old school rap soundtrack that immediately transports you bk to those late 80's & early 90s times & films of that era.

    I liked the sunny Los Angeles setting & the suburbs & night-time streets scenes all give it that urban feel. I love films where someone turns vigilante & takes out the scum because the law is useless!!! I love heroes that make a stand & won't back down to street scum & Richard Hatch is that guy in this action flick.

    I liked the shop setting too where Hatch's dad works & to be honest although a low-budget production the film looks really good & the action sequences are decent & even the acting is Decent, although some of the gang members are typically corny but even that's adds to it's B-movie charm & it's an Exploitation flick too that has came from the success of older Vigilante action films such as "The Exterminator" & "Death Wish" & even the likes of "Rambo: First Blood" & "Above the Law aka: Nico" those types of action flicks.

    "Ghetto Blaster" really is a fun little urban Thriller in my opinion & it was nice to have a lead hero that was just an average guy instead of a ripped-up martial artist type. I like this flick alot.
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      • March 8, 1990 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Filmtrust
      • Promociones Catrinca
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