In celebration of Wuxai week, all of my peripheral posts will be about this genre as well. With that in mind, I bring you a classic and forgotten moment of how people of different races can get a long. The film in question is a very obscure, which I only own as part of one of those 'let's throw ten films in a set and hope they sell' sets that litter Wal-Marts and Best Buys. Almost none of the films in this group are consistently good, although a few have their moments. Even today's subject has a couple, but they are overwhelmed by the sheer awfulness of others. This is...
Shaolin Quick Draw
The movie has a really weird plot that is barely fleshed out in any way. Basically, one guy dressed as a priest and with a 'Jesus beard.' He comes off a train- which looks like the world's smallest freight train- with a giant cross. A little bit later, a Chinese man comes off on a different train. There is something to do with a gang in a Western-esque ghost town. Beyond that, I cannot really say anymore. Where's the horror though?
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A scene about midway through the movie has our two leads in a hotel/saloon. They both go upstairs, but our white priest-man wants more. In a scene of real tastelessness, the man suddenly leaps at the lady waitress with ill intent. That was sudden and dramatic! They don't show the actual act of, you know, but cut to just after it. What does it accomplish? Nothing. Other than giving you the line 'raped by Jesus' in your head for all the wrong reasons, it does nothing. I don't care if the 'Jesus' guy does use a chainsaw to mow down people, I'm done, movie.
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Up next, the actual update I had planned. A film that emulates its source material in one way that is a bit too close for comfort. Stay tuned...
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