Tomcats

Eighteen year old sister of Chris Mulkey is gang-raped and murdered by four drunken degenerates.Her brother takes a gun and kills them one by one in "Death Wish" fashion."Deadbeat" was released to theaters as "Tomcats" in 1977 and on video in the United States as "Avenged".In UK it was released on video under the title "Getting Even".There are two pretty nasty gang-rape scenes in "Deadbeat" as well as plenty of nudity and some misogynistic violence.The film looks cheap,but the plot is fast paced and interesting.Of course "Getting Even" plays like a low-key version of "Death Wish",so you know what to expect.I did like it.8 out of 10.

Though the premise of the movie is pretty simple, it still could have provided a lot of drive-in thrills. There is quite a bit of nudity and sex, the latter of which is occasionally presented in a way that's borders on the perverse (even in the non-rape scenes.) Despite this, the movie is pretty slow and not that exciting, though the climatic action scene has a few unintended laughs by the fact the passer-bys in the background can't seem to hear or see the ruckus going on in front of them. The movie also boasts what may be the cheapest and most hastily-built courtroom in cinematic history.

Chris Mulkey plays a law student whose sister was brutally raped and murdered by a group of drunks (led by Wayne Crawford, billed as another name). Mulkey quit school and kills them one by one DEATH WISH style. The film has some real brutal moments, and had to be cut to get a "R" rating. Mulkey wons some critical praises on the film LOOSE ENDS the same year, could've been a action star if this film was released wide. Dimention Pictures gave a platform release, making this a forgotten film.

This movie, like many low budget movies I've seen from the seventies, revolves around rape. Rape, rape, rape. I don't see how they find time to pack more rape in there, what with all the raping going on, but that Kerwin fellow manages to find room. I don't know about you, gentle reader, but personally I don't find movies drenched in rape to be my cup of tea (Rape Squad excluded of course). If you can look past the giant heaps of rape going on in this movie, you may find a couple funny, if not intentional, lines. At one point the cops are questioning some drunkard that they have picked up that claims to have witnessed one of the thirty-six HUNDRED rapes that goes on, but he won't talk until they give him booze. So finally the main cop gives him a drink, which the witness happily guzzles down. This makes one of the cops wonder out loud, "how can he drink that stuff?!" to which the main cop replies, "If you grow up eating shit, you think it's ice cream." I don't know about you, but I can tell when I hear good dialogue, and that was some GOOD DIALOGUE. There's also a funny part where Chris Mulkey, our "hero" of the movie, gets assaulted by the Rape Gang with an ice cream cone to the face! How savage! RAPE! It just occurred to me that there is some sort of ice cream theme running through this movie, but I refuse to even spend another second thinking about it.

Filmed in and around Miami, "Getting Even" gets right down to business with a nasty rape and murder of a diner waitress. What follows is the girl's law student brother in a relentless pursuit of street justice, after the four assailants are freed on a technicality. The movie has weak acting, but the "Death Wish" like revenge screenplay moves along fast enough to maintain interest. There is some girlfriend abuse, nudity, mostly off screen violence, and a small amount of "black humor" thrown into the mix. This is bare bones exploitation that actually surpasses expectations for such a low budget film. Not bad of it's type. - MERK