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Written by James M. Tate / 7/16/2021 / No comments / camilla sparv , charles bronson , denny miller , dominique sanda , eighties , fernando rey , j. lee thompson , jason robards , mystery , nazi , neo noir , simon maccorkindale , thriller , time period , treasure

CHARLES BRONSON & JASON ROBARDS REUNITE IN 'CABOBLANCO'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKdkxza0msZrmAXd1bM6jghFtmd_PLhqicu2IN9go4w5E1GMQAaiP-ocy_Mr7gyMWaZ5er9vbEDj1SYEQ8uSCheclWb0zZgEEWikyR2kXXgMk5A-s_NDycdkYZxWc1uCbUJf7jbBRpPw4/s921/Screen+Shot+2021-07-18+at+11.43.11+PM.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="921" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwKdkxza0msZrmAXd1bM6jghFtmd_PLhqicu2IN9go4w5E1GMQAaiP-ocy_Mr7gyMWaZ5er9vbEDj1SYEQ8uSCheclWb0zZgEEWikyR2kXXgMk5A-s_NDycdkYZxWc1uCbUJf7jbBRpPw4/w400-h304/Screen+Shot+2021-07-18+at+11.43.11+PM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: Cabo Blanco Year: 1980 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This spiritual remake of CASABANCA about an American who runs a Peruvian hotel/nightclub harboring a French woman who knows about a local sunken ship's treasure is also similar to future blockbuster TITANIC; and for some reason the cache-seeking ship's captain, played by youthful surrogate hero <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2013/10/jaws-3-sucks-greatly.html">Simon MacCorkindale</a> sending a mini-sub to investigate, also narrates, eventually injured since this <i>is</i> a <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/charles%20bronson">Charles Bronson</a> vehicle: But unlike the Bogart classic, Dominique Sanda and Bronson's Giff Hoyt didn't have a previous affair... </p><p>And yet she <i>did</i> have a former French lover (his friend) who provided details about that treasure which... sadly, since <i>fortune hunting neo noirs</i> are usually pretty good... is quickly <i>buried</i> in a limited plot concerning pressure from the second/third of ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, Jason Robards as the Nazi main villain (hooked with blonde moll <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2019/07/downhill-racer.html">Carmilla Sparv</a> who should have replaced the wooden Sanda).... even less threatening than his native law-leg Fernando Rey or Aryan assassin <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2020/04/theparty.html">Denny Miller</a>. Meanwhile the biggest shame is that CABO has fantastically manned camera-direction by <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2021/06/ClockworkPassage.html">J. Lee Thompson</a>, seeming more in-tune with a modern (1980) thriller that the wardrobe and certain technological aspects also resemble. And while primed to beat a lot of people up, Bronson's hardly in any <i>real</i> danger throughout — so why even bother?<br><span></span></p>

camilla sparv, charles bronson, denny miller, dominique sanda, eighties, fernando rey, j. lee thompson, jason robards, mystery, nazi, neo noir, simon maccorkindale, thriller, time period, treasure

CHARLES BRONSON & JASON ROBARDS REUNITE IN 'CABOBLANCO'

Title: Cabo Blanco Year: 1980 Rating: **1/2 This spiritual remake of CASABANCA about an American who runs a Peruvian hotel/nightclub harbori...

EDGE OF GREATNESS ABOUT JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT REVIEWED

book review, dominique sanda, jan-michael vincent

EDGE OF GREATNESS ABOUT JAN-MICHAEL VINCENT REVIEWED

From VIGILANTE FORCE, one of many so-called forgotten films "This is not a life," David Grove writes in the final page of his ...

DAMNATION ALLEY

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>year: </b>1977 <b>cast:</b> Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Jackie Earle Haley<b> rating: </b>****</td></tr>
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DAMNATION ALLEY has regarded by some critics as a horrible science-fiction post-nuclear film... it isn't: An adventurous and creative plot centers on a group of military survivors in and outside of a large all-terrain desert vehicle called "The Landmaster" battling killer cockroaches, giant crabs, and mutated hillbillies: a terrific ride that keeps you interested in the fate of the military men played by Jan-Michael Vincent (the dirt bike riding rogue), George Peppard (the leader), Paul Winfield (the artist), and the civilians they pick up on the way: Dominique Sanda (the babe) and Jackie Earle Haley (a rock throwing kid).<br />
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Scenes involving the shark-shaped vehicle plundering across the barren desert avoiding lighting storms, tornadoes and floods are riveting and intense, as are the frequent stops at seemingly deserted gas stations and towns where various antagonists, man and beast alike, try killing them.<br />
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It's a post-nuke RAT PATROL that kicks ass from beginning to end. But on the other side of the coin, and why the film’s quality is often maligned, are the dated special effects: but that's okay. It's a character-driven piece so the visual flaws don't matter.

action, dominique sanda, george peppard, jackie earle haley, jan-michael vincent, post-apocalyptic, science-fiction, seventies

DAMNATION ALLEY

year: 1977 cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Jackie Earle Haley rating: **** DAMNATION ALLEY has regarded by some critics as ...

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