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A Lust to Kill (1958)
Offbeat, violent six-shooter melodrama
Although this B-movie western covers all the cliches you would expect, there are a few unusual elements. The villain, played by Don Megowan, starts as a somewhat sympathetic character but gradually becomes more sadistic and violent. The supposed good guy, played by Jim Davis, kills a man with his bare hards by drowning him in a shallow pool of pig excrement and water! Allison Hayes has almost nothing to do here except she is very small compared to the hulking leading men (who are at least six foot tall). And there is a surprising bit of nudity by Toni Turner during a scene of the gang of thieves gamboling in a muddy pond and eating melon! Imagine going to see this twisted, low budget six-shooter revenge melodrama at the bijou in 1959! Directed by the man who later made MUMMY AND THE CURSE OF THE JACKAL.
September Song (2001)
No one asked for this depressing American Nazi drama
The film makers have here referred to the tragedy of September 11, 2001 in the movie's title, to construct a depressing drama about a German compser who goes to America when finding out that his teenage son has joined a Nazi group. Since when does 9-11 have anything to do with Nazis???? The film is so boring but we are asked to care. We are told this Nazi group, whose leader (unbelievably) is an American judge, are dangerous and deadly, but all we see are a few non-violent scenes of black-masked thugs who paint swastikas on the walls of Jewish homes, but otherwise this "dangerous" bunch sit around and look stoned. The German composer, who is a sort of Elie Wiesel character who with zero charm or charisma spends the whole, miserable movie walking among these creeps and they do not act against him! **SPOILERS** The intentional surprise of revealing the American Nazi leaders have Jewish heritage is supposed to be a shock, but to build 90 minutes of non-events around this one dramatic moment is misery to watch. A sad, sad movie made by people who thought they had something original to say but only we, the audience, get fooled. This is a "film festival movie" that is amateurish.