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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 437498" data-attributes="member: 8">Champagne And Bullets (1993) - a.k.a. Geteven or Road To Revenge[ATTACH=full]58576[/ATTACH]Wow, the nerve!It perfectly highlights John De Hart&#039;s complete lack of self-awareness, which is usually the very reason why these films are being made.To say that this film is amateurish would be an insult to amateurs so I&#039;d rather describe it as Bad Taste on every level of film making.I think it&#039;s been unavailable for many years (only VHS copies, perhaps?) and recently released on R1 bluray by Vinegar Syndrome.I was over the moon to find an upload on you-know-what site and I watched it immediately. After all, you never know if it&#039;s still there the next day.Described as an action fick, but it&#039;s mostly a porn without the most graphic bits, which is not to say the sex action is purely simulated.The info on wiki suggests that this latest version also had some stuff edited out so...who knows.Perhaps the most hilarious part is the inappropriate and self-indulgent soundtrack. There were several moments when I had to cover my mouth to stop myself from screaming out loud.It&#039;s hard to pick a worst scene, but at champagne point I&#039;d say the flashback scene of the satanic ritual peformed by William Smith&#039;s character.When I checked his filmography I was surprised to see that he actually has some pedigree. Maybe not on Marlon Brando level but he was Falconetti in Rich Man Poor Man, the mini-series and&nbsp;&nbsp; the regular series. Gosh!Wings Hauser is allowed to do his own thing and I suspect they gave him a six-pack instead of a script.Nevertheless, drunk or not, he&#039;s the only one who&#039;s lively enough to be convincing as an actor.In one particular scene he&#039;s visited by one of the playboy models dressed like a nun, and he just laughs at her face. See, that&#039;s self-awareness!Overall, the notorious vanity project Champagne And Bullets delivers in spades, but Samurai Cop is the one that I love because it fails more spectacularly.A low rating is for bad films that have enough potential to be good, and obviously that doesn&#039;t apply to this film. Therefore I&#039;ll rate it as something that is meant to be enjoyed as hilarious trash.[ATTACH=full]58577[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]58578[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]58579[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]58580[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]58581[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 437498, member: 8"] Champagne And Bullets (1993) - a.k.a. Geteven or Road To Revenge [ATTACH type="full"]58576[/ATTACH] Wow, the nerve! It perfectly highlights John De Hart's complete lack of self-awareness, which is usually the very reason why these films are being made. To say that this film is amateurish would be an insult to amateurs so I'd rather describe it as Bad Taste on every level of film making. I think it's been unavailable for many years (only VHS copies, perhaps?) and recently released on R1 bluray by Vinegar Syndrome. I was over the moon to find an upload on you-know-what site and I watched it immediately. After all, you never know if it's still there the next day. Described as an action fick, but it's mostly a porn without the most graphic bits, which is not to say the sex action is purely simulated. The info on wiki suggests that this latest version also had some stuff edited out so...who knows. Perhaps the most hilarious part is the inappropriate and self-indulgent soundtrack. There were several moments when I had to cover my mouth to stop myself from screaming out loud. It's hard to pick a worst scene, but at champagne point I'd say the flashback scene of the satanic ritual peformed by William Smith's character. When I checked his filmography I was surprised to see that he actually has some pedigree. Maybe not on Marlon Brando level but he was Falconetti in [I]Rich Man Poor Man[/I], the mini-series [I]and[/I] the regular series. Gosh! Wings Hauser is allowed to do his own thing and I suspect they gave him a six-pack instead of a script. Nevertheless, drunk or not, he's the only one who's lively enough to be convincing as an actor. In one particular scene he's visited by one of the playboy models dressed like a nun, and he just [U]laughs at her face[/U]. See, that's self-awareness! Overall, the notorious vanity project [I]Champagne And Bullets [/I] delivers in spades, but [I]Samurai Cop[/I] is the one that I love because it fails more spectacularly. A low rating is for bad films that have enough potential to be good, and obviously that doesn't apply to this film. Therefore I'll rate it as something that is meant to be enjoyed as hilarious trash. [ATTACH type="full"]58577[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]58578[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]58579[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]58580[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]58581[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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