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American Rampage (1989)
Directed by David DeCoteau
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Ex-San Francisco vice cop Samantha Roarke and Hollywood homicide detective Ryan Hayes team up to investigate an international drug cartel in Los Angeles, leading them to an ex-CIA operative turned drug kingpin who’s organizing a heroin distribution center in the city.
Rated NR | Length 86 minutes
Actors
Kary Jane | Thomas Elliott | Sam Hill | Otis T. Longhorn | Allen First | Rodger Burt | Troy Donahue | Linnea Quigley | Robert Axelrod | Mike Jacobs Jr. | Bob Ivy | Anet Anatelle | Lenny Rose | Karen Russell | Michelle Bauer | Jasae | Ross A. Perron
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/04/2020 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
This movie is one of those things you might’ve stumbled across in the video store in the ‘80s, rented, and then shared over and over again with your friends because you just couldn’t believe what you’d seen!
This is the very definition of a movie night movie! The fact that this exists on Blu-ray is proof that we’re all spoiled in this era of boutique labels.
This is just one of FIVE movies DeCoteau released in 1989. He is the Eric Roberts of directors!
So the plot is barely stitched together, there’s tons of gratuitously pointless nudity, the color is washed out (which is actually pretty appropriate for a movie set in L.A. if we’re being honest), the action is high school drama play cartoonish and the dialogue is hilariously bad at times. In short this is movie manages to transcend it’s objectively bad qualities to still be highly entertaining. Lots of fun to watch, just wish I could watch with friends!
4 years ago
I look forward to watching this at one of your movie nights! Love that you compare DeCoteau to Eric Roberts given that they’ve many several movies together. That made me smile.