Wolff rating: EYE-WRENCHING
Plot summary: Wacky mismatched rich white gal, two street-though black women, one spacey woman, and this woman who looks like a true Filipino Chinese/Indian/white mix are all kidnapped by Filipino^H^H^H^H^HChinese thugs.
Biased, pithy comments: In ``And God Spoke'' there is one moment where the DoC brandishes a light meter and says, ``...He said there wasn't anyone he knew who needed it more,'' and they cut to the darkest, worst-exposed footage ever. They were apparently parodying the DoC on this film, who couldn't be troubled to set up a few lights or open his aperture up before shooting. This means you're treated to multiple extremely dark fistfights between anonymous ethnic thugs. The story is not actually the weakest link---although nothing much happens, it would be an acceptable vehicle for hard-charging exploitation action. No, instead it's the usual suspects who kill this film---terrible sound engineering (you could hear them switch sources from boom to ADR), terrible cinematography (one fight scene has the camera lingering on a blank concrete wall while the fighters filled the bottom quarter of the screen like little ants), awful editing (It's night, it's day, it's night, it's day), wooden dialog (``Man...it's...so awful...to be missing........my girl''), and leaden pacing. While other exploitation/blaxploitation films from this ear are goofy retro fun, this lacks edge, zing, and fun.
Other Notes: It's rated PG. This means no nudity, no sex, although somehow the MPAA figured it was OK to show children a helpless woman being graphically shotgunned in the back. The MPAA makes no sense. This is a significantly worse exploitation film than ``Big Doll House'' or ``Switchblade Sisters.'' I actually felt ripped off, and I knew what I was getting into. Not fun.
How many times I have seen it: x1
Starring: Coleen Camp, and a few others.
Directed by: Cirio H. Santiago