Runtime: 97 minutes
Directed by: Gary Sherman
Starring: Season Hubley,
Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna, Beverly Todd
From: Embassy Pictures
I was baptized in the river of the Neon Slime.
Tuesday night I picked up this film, newly on Blu-ray from Shout Factory. Last night I gave it a spin as I hadn't seen this in many years. It is still as sleazy as I had remembered; sure there are some darkly comic moments but this is a rather dark tale where the villain is a psychopath who brutalizes women... and you see the women after they get brutalized.
The setting is Los Angeles and many seedy characters are seen; the opening credits even have a brief transaction where a LITTLE BOY is sold off to some pervert... the movie does not mess around. The titular vice squad (led by Gary Swanson) is after RAMROD, the pimp that brutalizes women. Swanson leans on Season Hubley-a prostitute-to help them nab Ramrod, as he just killed a woman after a savage attack.
This is a film which has increasingly bizarre and outlandish situations & cops who sometimes do questionable things; naturally it is not for all tastes but for me, it is an effective movie as it is an unflinching look at the seedier side of life, where various sundry characters are seen and is quite the ride. The acting as a whole is fine but it is Wings Hauser as Ramrod who is the true highlight. That is an outrageous and bold role which Hauser sinks his teeth into, a lunatic pimp who drives around in an awesome period Ford Bronco w/ loud paint graphics on the side and dresses like a stereotypical modern Texan cowboy. He even sings the unforgettable opening and closing credits song, Neon Slime. Somehow, the soundtrack (when it isn't dark synthesizer) includes both Johnny Winter and... Ann-Margaret!
Shout Factory wasn't able to get Wings for an interview, but the special features are probably still nice-one day I'll view those-and it does both look & sound better than I had seen it before; it helps make the John Alcott cinematography especially shine.
Tuesday night I picked up this film, newly on Blu-ray from Shout Factory. Last night I gave it a spin as I hadn't seen this in many years. It is still as sleazy as I had remembered; sure there are some darkly comic moments but this is a rather dark tale where the villain is a psychopath who brutalizes women... and you see the women after they get brutalized.
The setting is Los Angeles and many seedy characters are seen; the opening credits even have a brief transaction where a LITTLE BOY is sold off to some pervert... the movie does not mess around. The titular vice squad (led by Gary Swanson) is after RAMROD, the pimp that brutalizes women. Swanson leans on Season Hubley-a prostitute-to help them nab Ramrod, as he just killed a woman after a savage attack.
This is a film which has increasingly bizarre and outlandish situations & cops who sometimes do questionable things; naturally it is not for all tastes but for me, it is an effective movie as it is an unflinching look at the seedier side of life, where various sundry characters are seen and is quite the ride. The acting as a whole is fine but it is Wings Hauser as Ramrod who is the true highlight. That is an outrageous and bold role which Hauser sinks his teeth into, a lunatic pimp who drives around in an awesome period Ford Bronco w/ loud paint graphics on the side and dresses like a stereotypical modern Texan cowboy. He even sings the unforgettable opening and closing credits song, Neon Slime. Somehow, the soundtrack (when it isn't dark synthesizer) includes both Johnny Winter and... Ann-Margaret!
Shout Factory wasn't able to get Wings for an interview, but the special features are probably still nice-one day I'll view those-and it does both look & sound better than I had seen it before; it helps make the John Alcott cinematography especially shine.
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