B-Movie Review: TNT Jackson

TNT Jackson

Synopsis:

When her brother is killed by ruthless drug dealers, Diana "TNT" Jackson travels to Hong Kong to avenge his death.

Tim's Opinion:

Brawls, boobs, and big afros... what's not to like about this movie. TNT Jackson is a mid-70's cross between blaxploitation and chop-socky movies. The plot is typical of the b-movies of the time, the dialog is cheesy, and the fight scenes are badly choreographed. The editing of some of the fight scenes is pretty badly done as well, with some of the cuts being obvious. But aren't those some of the things that make b-movies so enjoyable? I certainly wouldn't say that this is a b-movie masterpiece, but it does have it's charm. One of the fight scenes features Playboy Playmate Jeanne Bell fighting topless against the drug gang's hired goons.

If you're in the mood for a good, low-budget, mid-70's action film, then you should definitely see this one.

Lisa's Opinion:


When one thinks of movies from the 1970s, they might think of Dirty Harry, Star Wars and the Godfather. However, there were other genres that also defined the 70's that stayed in the 70s. Among those were kung fu and blaxploitation.

TNT Jackson is a film that pretty much covers both. It showed Diana (aka TNT) avenging her brother's death while kicking some major butt (possibly a nod to the feminist movement at the time). However, the films fight scenes are pretty leave a lot to be desired, even though it did show some pretty cool moves. That and it seemed to me that the guy who killed TNT's brother somehow forgot to wear a shirt until the end of the film. One of the fight scenes was quite impressive though, TNT, while defending herself, somehow changed her underwear in the middle of it all; from  brownish colored underwear, to white for a brief second and back to the brown underwear.

B-Movie Review: Horrors Of Spider Island

Horrors Of Spider Island, a.k.a. Body In The Web

 Synopsis: 

 A group of dancers and their manager crash into the Pacific Ocean on their way to Singapore. They find their way to an island inhabited by giant spiders. When the manager, Gary, gets bitten by a spider, he begins to turn into a spider.

 Tim’s Opinion:

 There have been some cinematic masterpieces from Germany… Nosferatu, Metropolis, etc. Horrors Of Spider Island is certainly not one of them. The dialog is clearly dubbed in English, and pretty badly dubbed at that. The dialog is extremely cheesy, and the special effects are certainly low budget. I have to admit though, that this is a fun movie to watch, and to joke along with. This is certainly not a movie for arachniphobes… on the other hand, the spiders are very few, and don’t even look like spiders, so maybe arachniphobes will be fine.

Supposedly, when Gary is bitten by the spider, he starts turning into one. But the makeup, looks more like a werewolf than a spider. And they find a “revolver” in the cabin on the island. But later on, Joe inserts a magazine into this “revolver”, then later, when he is about to shoot it, he cocks the “revolver” by pulling back the slide. And I have a question… the plane that took off was a two engine plane, and the plane that crashed had 4 engines. Where did the plane get the extra two engines? I know that planes can be refueled in flight, but I didn’t know that they could have engines installed in mid-flight.

 Anyhow, this is not a great movie by any means, but if you’re the kind of person who likes to insert jokes into a movie (like me), you’ll have fun with this one.

Lisa’s Opinon:

 Oh, the horrors!! The horrors!!

 This movies is about a group pf dancers who get on a plane heading to Singapore for a performance. Along the way, the plane somehow changes in mid air and crashes into the ocean. The ladies and their manager, Gary, end up in the middle of the ocean and eventually find and island: which appears somewhat flat in the beginning, but ends up having cliffs. They paddle toward the island and end up on the island. Unfortunately, there is a resident "spider" that doesn't seem to be happy about sharing his island with anyone else. Upon seeing the new inhabitants, I think this spider flipped them the bird. He also displays several other talents before he gets killed such as: making steel or plastic like webs in the lone cabin (sleeping person included), choking the manager after getting some serious air time and of course biting before meeting his fate. He was killed by Gary with a revolver that looked more like a semi automatic pistol. Soon after, Gary, who was bitten by the spider, turns into a Wolfman like being that kills a couple of the girls while spying on the rest on them.

 In the meantime, the girls try their best to survive on the island while the music in the background resembled something more like an empty urban street in the middle of the night. Which I think is was meant to be be sexy. I guessed that's why they used it. Well, it did feature sultry alto saxophone solos throughout the entire film.

 I could say more, but I think you should see this for yourself.
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