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Boricua's Bond (2000)
Authentic depiction of Nuyoraicans in South Bronx
I understand why sooo many people have written very negative comments about this film. It's because it totally puts a dirty mirror up to their faces. Coming from someone who's lived in the New York City area for most of his life I can tell you this is exactly what you see in the urban parts of the city and the people that inhabit them. And the folks trashing this film don't want you to see their dirty laundry. I understand Puerto Ricans are a very proud people and overreact when they suspect they may have been insulted. Remember the whole "Seinfeld" nonsense? But you can't hide the truth. Trust me. If you ever come to NYC and take a trip through their 'hoods you'll see what I'm talking about. This film keeps it real!!!
Zombi 2 (1979)
Shreik Show 2-DISC edition missing full frontal scene!
I just finished watching the supposedly uncut 2-disc 25th anniversary edition of "Zombi 2" that Shreik Show released and was annoyed to discover that footage is missing from this disc. I work at a movie theater and we played a print of this film that carried the title "Zombies 2", not "Zombies" like in this disc and it included a full frontal nude scene with Olga Karlotos who plays the professors wife. I know I'm not imagining it because we ran the "Zombies 2" print three nights in a row and I watched every showing. I'd like to know if any of you out there know if there is indeed a TRULY UNCUT version of this film available on DVD? Thanx
O Fantasma (2000)
Totally sick and gross
Seeing "O Fantasma" a couple of years ago at the Quad cinema in New York was one of the most depressing movie going experiences of my life. I really don't know how to begin this comment except to say if graphic depictions of gay male sex turn you off then stay far, far away from this truly depraved film. "O fantasma" is about this sexually repressed gay man who goes sicko and starts to take advantage of every opportunity he gets to have sex with some guy weather the man is a willing participant or not. For example, early on in the film he finds a police officer who's been brutally beaten by some thugs and instead of seeking help for the poor man, this sick monster decides to give him a "hand job", then leaving the officer for dead once he's done getting his rocks off. Then we're treated to an explicit oral sex scene between two men who have just urinated inside what looked to be the most disgusting public restroom I've ever seen. Later on the monster breaks into a straight man's home and rapes him in his own bed. The viewer is also subjected to scenes of this guy collecting filthy used soiled mens underwear from garbage bags and not only wearing them but masturbating into them as well. The scenes I've described were bad enough but what I really found disturbing was the overall tone of this film. You get the impression that what we're watching are the sick homo-erotic fantasies of it's writer/director. If they are, I sure hopes he never makes another film. Maybe it's because I'm a straight man but I just didn't get this film and how gay men think and what they find attractive in other men, sorry. Anyway, once this movie was over, I couldn't get home fast enough to take a long shower. By the way, I really wanted to give this film ZERO stars but one is the lowest I can go on IMDb.