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Switchblade Sisters [1975]


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A. Sengupta "GO YAKUZA"
Review date: 2007-05-29 Rating: 10 out of 10

This film is without a doubt an absolute gem. I mean it's amazing. One of the best girl gang movies I've ever seen. And the special features on it are equally good. When you get a Rolling Thunder Pistures release like this you expect there to be lots of special features about the movie and it's characters and here, Tarantino delivers in spades. When you watch him in the special features you really do get the sense that he genuinely loves this film and gives it the care and attention it rightfully deserves, whether you agree with him or not. I just can't believe that he didn't do the same with all his other Rolling Thunder Pictures releases! Why? Anyway, this film is a blast. When you watch it, I urge patience. It gets better and better, the story, the character plots, the action, everything. At first you typically laugh at the movie, because it's just one of those movies. The type of movie that makes you say "It's so funny that I like it". But at some point in the film you're no longer dancing to that tune. All of a sudden you start to care for the characters involved and you root for them and start to laugh with them, as oppose to laughing at them. It's a fun type movie, the kind you can watch with a bunch of friends at midnight with a bunch of beer, or by yourself and just have a blast. Upon watching this film, among other Jack Hill movies, you do get a sense that he is almost poking fun at mainstream cinema at the way it was back in those days. All his films are essentially B movies/exploitation films but at the high end of exploitation cinema. I mean we're talking about the guy who discovered Pam Grier for crying out loud. To me this film is Jack Hill's masterpiece work. It has the feel of being a cross genre movie and by that I mean when you watch it, you can find Blaxploitation cinema in there, Women In Prison films in there, Girl Gang movies, Drama and humour. This to me is like watching Quentin Tarantino's KILL Bill, in that that film is a cross genre movie - you can find different types of genres within it. And that is what makes Switchbalde Sisters so cool. It was done way before Tarantino came on the scene and not many people, since Jack Hill made this film, followed in his footsteps. And that to me just makes him and his whole body of work all the more unique and outstanding. This film didn't get the kind of praise that other films like Coffy and Pit Stop and The Big Bird Cage did but thank God that it was released the way it was through Rolling Thunder otherwise it probably would've been lost in the annals of film history and nobody would've known a thing about it. It's a gem, It's a blast, go see it. I urge you. Thanks for reading. Adios amigos

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Actor(s):
Joanne Nail
Robbie Lee
Asher Brauner
Chase Newhart
Monica Gayle

Creators:
Robbie Lee (Primary Contributor)
Joanne Nail (Primary Contributor)
Jack Hill (Producer)
Jack Hill (Writer)
Frank Moreno (Producer)
Jeff Begun (Producer)
John Prizer (Producer)
John Prizer (Writer)
F.X. Maier (Writer)

Director(s):

Recording label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
EAN: 9786305268802
Binding: DVD
ISBN: 6305268800
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2000-05-23
Universal product code (UPC): 717951001597
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
DVD layers: 1
DVD sides: 1
Picture format: Letterbox
Region code: 2
Running time: 90 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1975-05
Language: English (Original Language)

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