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: Deadly Weapons

Synopsis:
A trio of mobsters kills a man to find a blackmail list. When one of the mobsters keeps the list for himself, he is killed by the other two. His girlfriend, Crystal finds them to take her revenge.

Tim's Opinion:
Deadly Weapons is certainly early 70's exploitation at it's best... or worst depending on your opinion. Everything about this movie screams 70's, the hair, the clothes, the decor. Nothing in this movie leaves any doubt when it's made. The acting, as you would expect, is pretty bad. This is especially true with Chesty Morgan, whose expression is pretty much the same throughout the movie, no matter what her mood. It is also pretty obvious that her lines were dubbed.

The plot of the movie is nothing special, just a typical revenge movie. Really the only reason this movie is made is to show off Chesty Morgan's huge breasts. In most of her scenes she is nude, and in most of the rest, she's showing a considerable amount of cleavage. When she catches up with her boyfriends killers, she dispatches them by smothering them between her giant knockers. At least they died happy, especially Tony, played by Bill The Butcher from Gangs Of New York... never mind, my mistake. That was Harry Reems. Well, he certainly looks like Bill The Butcher.

I noticed in the credits, the name Saul Meth. I don't know if they were on meth when making this movie, but it certainly looked like Chesty Morgan may have been on Valium, or at least a strong sedative.

Obviously, this is not a movie to be taken seriously. Deadly Weapons is totally campy 1970's. In the final scene, Crystal pulls a semiautomatic pistol out of a drawer, yet the closeup of the gun being fired is a revolver. Continuity obviously wasn't high on their priority list. If you're offended by nudity, then you certainly want to steer clear of this one. If you're into camp, and into exploitation movies, then you will want to add this one to your collection. This was overall a bad movie, yet definitely worth seeing, at least to laugh at the ridiculousness of the whole thing.

Lisa's Opinion:

From the fine people of Something Weird Video is a 1974 cheap mafia film called Deadly Weapons. As someone who is a big fan of the 1970s, I find this film quite......well...ummm.......interesting from the credits on. It stars Zsa Zsa, but it is not the Zsa Zsa that we know of and she has certain assets that those who wish to have ridiculously large breast implants can aspire to; only Zsa Zsa's are real. Another name that caught my eye was Seth Meth and Nick/talent agent. I am not sure sure of back then, but with this day and age, the name Meth itself might have some thinking about the movie itself.

Deadly Weapons combines all the tackiness of 70s fashion, all the chintziness of a certain place of the time as well as some strangeness. One such strangeness is the wide vocal variety of what seems like dubbing of the actors and the deadpan expressions of the actors themselves. There was even a scene where the main character, with the large assets, takes a job as a stripper in Vagas and the crowd goes wild. Only it shows a polite audience in a theater in what it looks like, a polite "golf clap". It is not hard to figure out what they were refering to when they named the film as she also uses these assets to smother her boyfriend's killers to death. Deadly Weapons is definitely one of those movies that one has to see to believe.