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| ACTORS: | Michael J. Nelson, Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy (II) |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Michael J. Nelson, Joel Hodgson, Vince Rodriguez, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy (II), Jim Mallon |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 24 November, 1988 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Wea Corp |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Color |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 603497233427 |
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Customer Reviews of Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Red Zone Cuba
"You want the paint in your face? That's optional, ya know" Here is yet another example of an excellent non-science fiction MST3K episode.
Here's the deal:
After an opening credit sequence featuring John Carradine belching out the theme song, Coleman Francis stars as Griffin, an escaped felon who teams up with two illegal tire-changers named Cook and Landis. After they bond over beans and coffee, the trio decide to join up with the local army to invade Cuba. They hire a rather uncharismatic fellow named Cherokee Jack ("I'm Cherokee Jack") to fly them to the military base. After the absolute worst training session in history, which consisted of wrestling, climbing a rope and jumping off a cliff, the impressive force leave for Cuba. The riveting beach landing scene is a close second to Saving Private Ryan's as far as intensity goes (uhhh...not really). As the invasion force of 8 guys gets picked off one by one by the Cubans, led by a faux-Castro in the worst fake beard of all time, Griffin, Cook and Landis are captured along with their injured "friend" Sergeant Justine (Chastain, actually). They have to spend time in a little shack with "Viva Cuba" scrawled on the wall (so you know it's really Cuba), and all the while watch their fellow soldiers get paint thrown in their faces. After an ingenius plan to strangle the guard that gives them a bowl full of water, the guys escape and fly in a plane back to good ole US of A, leaving Justine behind. When they get back home, they track down Justine's wife, who rather naively gives them directions to and offers to help them with the plunder of the family's tungsten mine. Cook and Landis are captured by the cops, Griffin and Mrs. Justine are shot, and Justine himself makes a triumphant return, only to find his dead wife in the back of a pick-up truck. A dark, dark movie, is this one.
I really love Mike and Bots treatment of this one. It is so disjointed and mistake-riddled, that it must be hard to sit through, but somehow they manage it, and make it my favorite episode in the process. Much like Mitchell, I think the fact that the main characters are so loathsome, that the writers cruelty was unfettered. A true classic.
Bay of Pigs is right!!
This is the perfect starting place for those of you who are new to MST3K. The movie is putrid,and Mike and the 'bots do their usual brilliant riff.Coleman Frances is the really,really,really,really,really,destitute man's Orson Welles.
Yes,he has a deep,gravelly voice,but the fact that he looks like Curly doesn't help his credibility at all. Imagine: Seven guys invade Cuba.Seven. Not one of them is magnificent,either.
I absolutely love this Mistied movie,and you can't go wrong if you are just starting out collecting the shows that are available from Rhino.After you choke laughing at this one,check out:"Skydivers," my personal favorite.Another Coleman Frances extravaganza!!
Film-making with blunt instruments
Devotees of Coleman Francis (we know who you are -- we have the names) will know that not all of his films benefitted from "synched" sound. Watch "Beast from Yucca Flat" carefully, and you'll see that all the dialgue is "looped", or recorded after the fact.
Sync sound brings a new dimension of awfullness to this work. Coleman and the cast mumble and stumble through their lines; if you turn your TV up to the threshold of pain, you might pick up some extra nuances from the soundtrack, but I doubt it.
The skill of the sound department is more than matched by the cinematography. The film appears to have been run through an airport x-ray machine several dozen times (no doubt looking for WMD.) Black and white is pretty forgiving, but not of gross incompetence.
Anyhow, as with "Wild World of Batwoman", don't try to figure out -- just open the wine, and let the waves wash over you as you laugh out loud. Rest assured that Mike and the 'bots give it the full treatment, each insult richly deserved.