The buff gym buddy of Sylvester Stallone was discovered at a screening of Rambo: First Blood Part II and quickly signed to star in this film, the first of five collaborations with Martino also including The Opponent, American Tiger, After the Condor, and Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood, as well as Enzo G. This film turned out to be a rousing star vehicle of sorts forGreene, who had been toiling in various one-shot TV roles and appearances in a couple of cable-ready indie comedies. However, that pesky remaining human percentage causes Paco to ignore his orders and spare his ethical target, which sends Turner's goons in hot pursuit as Paco contends with aerial and automotive chases and an arm wrestling challenge from local tough guy Raul ( Anthropophagus' Eastman). We soon find out he's a scientifically engineered cyborg who's 70% biomechatronic with a mission to take out a scientist whose biological work is mucking up the profits of Turner (Saxon), an evil millionaire industrialist. Through the windy streets of Arizona roams muscular man of few words Paco Queruak (Greene), who's on a mission that involves boxing people over the head. In the far-off dystopia of 1997, the America is a wasteland controlled by a totalitarian government with propaganda proclaiming "You Have No Future" everywhere in sight. The end product, Hands of Steel, turned out to be something of a surprise, a raucous action film and one of the great Italian "guy movies" that lifts openly from The Terminator but throws in more than enough unique twists of its own. In 1982 he scored a sizable international hit with the futuristic sci-film After the Fall of New York, so it was only natural that he would return to the realm of an action-packed United States dystopia once again. ![]() Though best known today for his classic run of gialli in the 1970s, director Sergio Martino also specialized in long runs of other cinematic strains like silly sex comedies. Lawrence Crowley and William F.Starring Daniel Greene, Janet Agren, Claudio Cassinelli, John Saxon, George Eastman, Roberto Bisacco, Donald O'BrienĬode Red (Blu-ray) (US RA HD), 88 Films (Blu-ray & DVD) (UK R0 HD/PAL) / WS (1.66:1) (16:9), Njuta Films (DVD) (Sweden R2 PAL) / WS (1.66:1) The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio / A Clockwork BlueĮrotic Adventures of Candy / Candy Goes to Hollywood Hanson and George Meadows / Bobby O'Donald Sergei Goncharoff and Ron Nicholas / Al Viola / Marty RackumĮvil Come, Evil Go / Oh! You Beautiful "Doll" / Widow Blue!Ībduction of an American Playgirl / Winter Heatĭavid W. The Blue Hour / One Naked Night / Three in a Towel Jay Schlossberg-Cohen, John Carr, Phillip Marshak, Tom McGowan, and Gregg C. The Dungeon of Harrow / Death by Invitation Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Limited edition release with a slipcover and numbers ending in "LENT" denote a limited edition release DVD and Blu-ray releases LegendĪ DVD, Blu-ray, or 4K Ultra HD release that has been announced but has not yet been released.Ĭategory numbers ending in "LTD" denote a limited edition release numbers ending in "SLIP" denote a Vinegar Syndrome has been favorably compared to the Criterion Collection, another film restoration and distribution company, and has received praise for the selection and quality of their catalog. ![]() They have also released vinyl records of film soundtracks. Their catalog includes cult and exploitation films in a number of different genres, including pornographic films, horror films, and action films. Since 2013, Vinegar Syndrome has released more than 300 films on DVD and Blu-ray. ![]() Founded in 2012 in Bridgeport, Connecticut by Joe Rubin and Ryan Emerson, the company's first home video release-first made available in 2013-was The Lost Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis, a DVD and Blu-ray release containing three films directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis, each of which were previously thought to be lost. Vinegar Syndrome is a film restoration and distribution company that specializes in "protecting and preserving genre films" by licensing and releasing them on home video.
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