Tuesday 10 September 2013

Off The Island








In a change to our normal domestic flight path, we now take a 2,391.16 mile diversion to Hong Kong, and celebrate the arresting visual imagery and sheer bonkers brio of their television and film. 'Sexy Killer' is a 1976 take on the old 'comely lady takes brutal revenge on nasty criminals' sub-genre perhaps best typified by the fantastic Pam Grier. The credit sequence is just about the best thing in the film, but there is an awful lot more on offer: sex, violence, drugs, groovy music, larger than life performances - and some eye watering outfits.      

2 comments:

  1. (Um... I hate to assume the role of pedantic embarrassing-mistake-pointer-outer, but I'm pretty sure "Sexy Killer" is a Shaw Bros production, from Hong Kong: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074435/ )

    Anyway, regardless of where it was made, it still looks really good (those credits sequence graphics are jaw-dropping!); I'm looking forward to watching the dodgy downloaded avi I've got of it, and also looking forward to seeing some Asian content on the Island (so to speak).

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  2. You're quite right, of course, schoolboy error. I have amended it so that future generations will have no idea what you're going on about. Thanks, Ben.

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