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      Vendetta

      R 1986 1h 28m Crime Drama List
      Reviews 27% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A stuntwoman gets herself imprisoned in order to take revenge on the inmates who killed her incarcerated sister. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Today I opened the vault of trash for a morning of VHS incarceration with the 1986 women in prison flick, Vendetta. "They killed my sister" shouts our buxom badass beauty, Laurie, played by Karen Chase, as she hatches a plot to get arrested and seek revenge on her sibling's killers. Laurie's sister was wrongly sent to prison and on her first day in the slammer makes enemies with head baddie, Kay, played by bit-part mavin Sandy Martin. Kay takes revenge and kills the sister which gives us the plot to the movie. Vendetta is such an 80's cliche you can smell the Aquanet and cheap eye shadow before the action even starts. True to classic women in prison films there is a thinly held together plot that is mostly supported by gratuitous nudity. While Kay is certainly a butch badass she doesn't sell her dominance quite as hard as Wendy O. Williams in Reform School Girls, another great woman in prison flick. Despite strong lesbian overtones, the film goes out of its way to show all the inmates as heterosexual and happy. Yup, even leather-clad Kay has it hard for "10 inches of Italian stallion," sure Kay, sure. Most of the action seems accidental as Laurie almost always feels remorse after each of her revenge kills. I guess this is to remind us that deep down she is a good person and not a crazy woman who gets thrown into prison to go on a murderous rampage. Chase is a fine lead but she lacks the aggregation of contemporaries like Cynthia Rothrock and Mimi Lesseos, but I guess her freshly crimped hair and hastily applied blue eye shadow does give her a quasi-menacing appearance. Will Laurie be able to thwart Kay and her gang of henchwomen? Is there a mall in the prison where the ladies get all the fresh 80's punk-inspired fashions? Watch Vendetta (1986) and find out! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member A stuntwoman purposely commits a crime so she can investigate and deliver "honourable justice" to the inmates who killed her little sister in prison. Pretty bland WIP film although the air band performance of Prince pleased inmates. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Stuntwoman makes way to prison to avenge her sister's death at the hands of ruthless gang of inmates. Arcade section of the women's pen looked better than my hometown's arcade. Contains a surprising tribute to Prince. Girls appearing in standard WIP shower scene are actually credited. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A stuntwoman purposely commits a crime so she can investigate and deliver "honourable justice" to the inmates who killed her little sister in prison. Pretty bland WIP film although the air band performance of Prince pleased inmates. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member For an 80s b.s. action flic, about a stuntwoman who's sister is wrongfully imprisoned and murdered, it wasn't half bad. the revenge element is there and the pace, never slows down. i wouldn't recommend it but i dug it alot. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A stuntwoman gets herself imprisoned in order to take revenge on the inmates who killed her incarcerated sister.
      Director
      Bruce Logan
      Producer
      Sidney D. Balkin, Joseph Medawar, Roger Corman
      Screenwriter
      Emil Farkas
      Production Co
      Vestron Pictures, International Cinevision Productions, Chroma III Productions
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Crime, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 1, 2019
      Runtime
      1h 28m
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