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Chopper Chicks in Zombietown
USA 1989
produced by Nancy Paloian, Maria Snyder, Arthur M. Sarkissian (executive) for Troma (Chelsea Partners)
directed by Dan Hoskins
starring Jamie Rose, Catherine Carlen, Lycia Naff, Kristina Loggia, Gretchen Palmer, Nina Sonja Peterson, Whitney Reis, Don Calfa, Ed Gale, Martha Quinn, Billy Bob Thornton, Dave Adams, Lewis Arquette, Hal Sparks, Rob King, Mel Castelo, Tyrone Bowman, Kea Katz, Martin Brumer, Catherine Craft, David Knell, Craig Stark
written by Dan Hoskins, music by Daniel May
review by Mike Haberfelner
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A gang of female bikers - the Cycle sluts - stops at a typical
American smalltown in order to get some food & some men. At the same
time, a bunch of flesheating zombies developed by mad scientist Willum
(Don Calfa), break out & a bus with blind orphans is stranded
nearby. The Sluts turn out to be real do-gooders, too, when they finally
meet the zombies, saving a baby from a fire, helping the blind orphans
& even agreeing to help the townsfolks who a mere minutes ago wanted
to lynch them. Only the gang's leader Rox (Catherine Carlen) does not
want to help out & rides off, but has a sudden change of heart when
Dede (Jamie Rose) saves her life nevertheless. So its the chicks vs. the
zombies with the chicks - with the help of the blind orphans & Bob
(Eric Gale), Willum's dwarf assistant who gives them some pointers -
having the upper hand until Willum provides the zombies with weapons.
But just in time, the chicks find some dynamite & come up with a
plan to lure all the zombies into the church & then blow it up. It
works, of course. Billy Bob Thornton has only a small role as Dede's
former fiance, soon falling victim to the zombies. Any
combination of female bikers, zombies, blind orphans, a mad scientist
& a church blown up should make a good movies, not to speak of a
combination of them all ... But directos Dan Hoskins relies solely on
the strengths of these premises & does nothing to make them work -
his direction is so soulless in fact you don't even know if you're in a
horror-film, a comedy, both of them or neither of them. & as for the
cycle sluts, they don't seem like wild bikers at all but mislead girls
all looking for men to finally make them proper housewives, & are
do-gooders to a point when yozu have to throw up. The operetta-style
theme-music of the zombies is pretty funny though.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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