THE DIRTY SEVEN

a.k.a La Belva dalle Calda Pelle (original title); Emanuelle, Queen of the Desert (USA); Farligt Uppdrag (Sweden video title)

ITALY, 1982

Starring Laura Gemser, Angela Infanti, Gabriele Tinti & Vassili Karis

Directed by Bruno Fontana

Breien (Sweden); Letterboxed; English with swedish subtitles

BLIND RAGE

a.k.a Det Blinda Gänget (Sweden video title)

PHILLIPINES, 1978

Starring Tony Ferrer, D'Urville Martin, Leo Fong & Fred Williamson

Directed by Efren C. Piñon

Transworld (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles

Really silly, but fun, fillipino action/heist/comedy about a bunch of blind robbers (the... ahem... perfect plan: who would suspect a blind guy?). In the last five minutes Fred Williamson arrives to save the day! (even semi-stars needs to pay the rent)
It's sometimes hard to see where the intentional and unintentional comedy ends and begins, but who cares, really?

BLASTFIGHTER

a.k.a Force of Vengeance

ITALY, 1984

Starring Michael Sopkiw, Valentina Forte, George Eastman & Michele Soavi

Directed by Lamberto Bava

VTC (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles; A little bit cut (I think)

DIAMOND CONNECTION

Switzerland / Turkey, 1982

Starring Ben Lawrence, William Berger, Gordon Mitchell & Barbara Bouchet

Directed by Sergio Bergonzelli

Atlantic Video (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles

This mess of a acion-adventure-espionage movie is the essance of eurotrash! Also included on the tape is the very funny trailer.

KARATE WARRIOR

a.k.a Il Ragazzo dal Kimono D'oro (original title); The Boy in the Golden Kimono (USA); Fist of Power (international)

Italy, 1987

Starring Kim Rossi Stuart, Ken Watanabe, Jared Martin & Janet Agren

Directed by Fabrizio De Angelis

Exiting (Japan); Widescreen; English with japanese subtitles

LIGHTBLAST

a.k.a Colpi di Luce (original title)

Italy, 1985

Starring Erik Estrada, Peggy Rowe & Ennio Girolami

Directed by Enzo G. Castellari

Transworld (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish sutitles

NEVER TOO YOUNG TO DIE

USA, 1986

Starring John Stamos, Vanity, Gene Simmons, George Lazenby, Tara Buckman & Robert Englund

Directed by Gil Bettman

Transworld (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles
Unbelievable, embarrasing 1980s action-martial arts-espionage turkey with Gene Simmons as the dragqueen, anarchist supervillian Velvet von Ragnar (!) who shouts stuff like: "I'm gonna poison their water supply! For gold! For ransom! For jewels! For money!". It's Gymkata meets James Bond on bad drugs. Yikes.

RAIDERS OF THE MAGIC IVORY

a.k.a I Predatori della Pietra Magica (original title); Predators of the Magic Stone (international)

Italy, 1988

Starring Chris Ahrens, Clarissa Mendez & James Mitchum

Directed by Tonino Ricci

HMV Movies (Japan); Widescreen; English with japanese subtitles

Bizarre mixture of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rambo and some sci-fi. It's not particulary "good" as in well-made but arguably one of the more entertaining films in the deadly dull genre of italian Indiana Jones-copies. At least it's action-packed, offbeat and never gets boring. By hack director Tonino Ricci, of all people.

ROBOWAR

a.k.a Robowar - Robot da Guerra (original title)

Italy, 1988

Starring Reb Brown, Catharine Hickland, Mel Davidson & Jim Gaines

Directed by Bruno Mattei

Columbia (Japan); Letterboxed; English with japanese subtitles

STRIKE COMMANDO 2

a.k.a Trappola Diabolica (original title); Utan Återvändo (Sweden video title)

Italy, 1988

Starring Brent Huff, Richard Harris, Mary Stavin & Vic Diaz

Directed by Bruno Mattei (with help from Claudio Fragasso)

TCC Video (Japan); Letterboxed; English with japanese subtitles

This sequel is even more fun than the original Strike Commando.

SWITCHBLADE SISTERS

a.k.a Playgirl Gang; The Jezebels

USA, 1975

Starring Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail & Monica Gayle

Directed by Jack Hill

Iver Film Services (UK); Fullscreen; English language

THE INTRUDER

a.k.a Pembalasan Rambu (original title); Rambu

Indonesia, 1986

Starring Peter O'Brian, Craig Gavin & Lia Warokka

Directed by Jopi Burnama

Columbus/Hollywood Home Video (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish sbtitles

WARBUS

Italy / Phillipines, 1986

Starring Daniel Stephen, Romano Kristoff & Urs Althaus

Directed by Ferdinando Baldi

MDC Video (Sweden); Fullscreen; English with swedish subtitles

CROSS MISSION

a.k.a Fuoco Incrociato (original title)

Italy, 1988

Starring Richard Randall, Nelson de la Rosa & Brigitte Porsche

Directed by Alfonso Brescia

Columbia (Japan); Widescreen; English with japanese subtitles

OK italo action, a little better than average (which is not saying much). What makes it a keeper is the warped scenes with the world's shortest actor Nelson de la Rosa, from Ratman, as the magic midget mascot (!) of the evil drug baron.

CURSE OF THE RED BUTTERFLY

a.k.a ???

Turkey, 197?

Starring Gordon Mitchell, Yilmaz Köksal & Bulut Aras

Directed by ???

Tohokunshinsa (Japan); Fullscreen; English with japanese subtitles

This mysterious movie is often confused with the italian/turkish movie Quando i Califfi Avevano le Corna, also with Mitchell, but it appears to be a competely different movie. It's clearly a turkish action-adventure from the 70s, but the (bad) synth music screams 1980s. I have no idea... Anyway, it's pretty entertaining if you don't expect too much and the japanese release has norweigan (!!) text on the cover!

FINAL SCORE

Indonesia, 1986

Starring Christopher Mitchum, Mike Abbott & Ida Asha

Directed by Arizal

Columbia (Japan); Fullscreen; English with japanese subtitles

Amazing indonesian "B" (or even "C") actioner with Chrisopher Mitchum blowing stuff up for 90 minutes straight. Another Arizal classic, it's almost up there with The Intruder and The Stablizer.

COP GAME

Italy, 1988

Starring Brent Huff, Max Laurel, Werner Pochath & Alex McBride

Directed by Bruno Mattei

Toshiba (JAP); Letterboxed; English with japanese subtitles

SPYDER

Phillipines, 1988

Starring Blake Bahner, Ronald William Lawrence & Gary Rooney

Directed by Joe Mari Avellana

RCA/Columbia Pictures (Japan); Fullscreen; English with japanese subtitles

WILD TEAM

a.k.a I Cirque del Condor (original title); Thunder Squad (International)

Italy, 1985

Starring Antonio Sabata, Ivan Rassimov, Werner Pochath, Sal Borgese & Andrea Aureli

Directed by Umberto Lenzi

Columbia Video (Japan); Widescreen; English with japanese subtitles

The fun cast and the all the absurd action & hard-to-believe plot-twists makes this more fun than most italian Rambo type films. Depending on how you view these films you may also think it's another stinker in a stinker genre...

AMERICAN HUNTER

a.k.a Perawan di Sarang Sindikat (Indonesia); Lethal Hunter

Indonesia, 1988

Starring Chrisopher Mitchum, Bill Wallace, Peter O'Brian & Mike Abbott

Directed by Arizal

Euro Screen (Holland); Fullscreen, English with dutch subtitles