take 33: 24.3.2013

Under the Radar

A double feature of unknown flicks.

Doors open: 20h 

 

20h15: Mexico 1991, 100 min. english subs    

 

The undervalued Alex Cox directs this underrated gem. El Patrullero follows Pedro Rojas, an initially idealistic Mexican national highway patrolman, from cadet training to his rookie assignment. Things go south south of the border as a quick courtship becomes a stormy marriage, and steady resolve gives way to moral disintegration and corruption as Pedro and his partner Anibal navigate desert highways flooded with drugs, opportunity and temptation. Abuse of power, strung out whores, routine traffic stops, the human condition, intense shootouts and public service all slam and bang on broken axles to a bloody climax of revenge and redemption. 

 

 

 

 

22h: USA 1973, 95min.

A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique used in parts of Brian De Palma's "Sisters" that same year. As a handyman at a seacoast hotel, Randolph Roberts wears a monster mask while he kills and dismembers women with blond hair. Tiffany Bolling is a singer, Scott Brady is a detective and Edd "Kookie" Burns is a lifeguard. The music is the original organ score for the silent film "Phantom of the Opera."