
Robert, a singer-songwriter who has been traveling the country, makes a mistake when he goes to visit his brother, Edward who is in drug smuggling, and gets involved with his bored sister-in-law, Joanna who is about to divorce Edward and spending some time with her parent-in-laws. Robert and his brother's mistress, Deborah, try to help him get away from working in smuggling. It may or may not be a mistake, which turns out deadly.... (Full plot summary below)
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Robert, a singer-songwriter who has been traveling the country, makes a mistake when he goes to visit his brother, Edward who is in drug smuggling, and gets involved with his bored sister-in-law, Joanna who is about to divorce Edward and spending some time with her parent-in-laws. Robert and his brother's mistress, Deborah, try to help him get away from working in smuggling. It may or may not be a mistake, which turns out deadly.
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| User ReviewFilmGrinder Sprobably one of the only actually *real* movies from the Drive-in Collection 8-movie set. It's in no way a very good movie, but there are some very good things about it, like John Savage, and the cinematography and other technical aspects (including, oddly enough, Savage's score) are not the shoddy kind one would expect with exploitation fare. The writer/director, Joseph Ruben, kind of got me to care about the plight of both brothers in the shit of things, one having affairs with the brother's wife and mistress and the other brother in debt to gangsters, and while it's conventionally tragic it's got one or two actually gripping bits. |
| User ReviewJason MThis has a few great parts and a wonderfully bleak dark ending. Too bad there's alot of boring parts that drag the movie down. The main actor John Savage (who later did Deerhunter) does a great job and so does his female counterparts. The main culprit of shitty acting is the guy who plays the main characters older balding brother. The word overacting should have that guys picture next to it. Overall this is a good late night watch maybe with a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Something to watch as background noise. |
| User ReviewJason HI was very suprised with this movie. It was very clearly an exploitation film and low budget at it's core but a better than average script and a decent case lift this movie about others of it's kind. I enjoyed the story for the most part...because their actually was one. Ruben also directed the Stepfather which was a really good movie from what I remember. While not without it's flaws this movie still works rather well. |
| User ReviewBruce BAnother Movie frm the Drive In Cult Classic 8 Moive Collection from BCI. The sister in law is one of those little known movies from the 1970's that slipped below the radar.the big star in this film is John Savage,who went on to star in; hair(78)the onion field(80)and the recent low budget horror flick;Christina's house(1999)this is about two brothers,one good one rotten,savage plays the good one.there's a love triangle,mafia dealings,and some drama.I'm not giving any spoilers away on this but i do recommend this movie as it is pretty good.the title makes it sound like an exploitation film,but it is'nt.its rated r so there's some violent scenes and nudity.the sister in law is a selection from the 8 movie boxed set called;drive in classics from;crown inter- national.i was very disappointed out by the ending. 2 Stars 2-19-13 |