Skinheads

Chuck at his best. This is one of "The Rifleman's" last films. He plays a good guy who helps some kids being chased by skinheads. Chuck is by far the most believable character in this less than good film. It would be terrible if it didn't have Mr. Connors acting.

A must see for any Chuck Connors fan.

While it may be a stretch to call Skinheads: The Second Coming of Hate the greatest American film of all time, it's much of one. This film tackles the troubling questions that Neonazism posed to our culture in the late 1980s in an unblinking fashion that throws fear completely aside. Unlike later films that dealt had skinhead-related subject matters such as American History X, Skinheads: The Second Coming of Hate does not try to preach to its audience. It simply portrays Skinheads as the ruthless Hitler-loving killers they are. Skinheads: The Second Coming of Hate also features what is probably Chuck Connors' finest performance. Connors was an American treasure and without a doubt the greatest film actor this nation has ever produced. To say that this film contains his finest performance is to say that this film contains what may very well be the greatest acting tour de force ever caught upon film. It is a modern tragedy that Skinheads: The Second Coming of Hate is rarely, if ever, mentioned as one of the great films of the 1980s let alone one of the great American films of all times.

In the first couple of minutes of this trash, I was in shocked marvel. How the hell can they let, such appalling and laughable acting go to film. Skinheads is so bad, it makes Pariah look like a good quality film. I was truly disbelief at how bad this was. Again we have our tribe of brainwashed skins causing mischief, mayhem, and of course, senseless murder by a gang, with no sense, who feel they make sense in their Neo Nazi world. They even pick on a little back kid, in the film's innings, punching him in the stomach, or more correctly implying it, the guy's moron/bad actor's punching fist never hitting skin, which I've seen in other amateur theatrics. The head honcho, of the gang is fun to watch and listen to spout his own proses, belief's, stays with me. One of his gang, is the dumbest skinhead ever captured on film, in a movie, so dumb, it defies belief, and it really doesn't get better, even when it progresses, with a guy and girl, the only survivors is a shootout and shocking display of violence, perpetrated by the skins, who don't really take to blacks, and begins a dumb cat and mouse, with the skins and their pray in the big American wilderness. Our duo hardly act upset, or show their loss, almost as if they never saw their friends slayed, and everythings normal, The only saving grace, acting wise too, is legendary tough guy, Connors, and it's Chuckie to their rescue, a stubborn, war veteran, in a role tailor made for him, as like other roles, made for him. I rolled my eyes, shook my head, and my mouth drop many times during this schlock. I've seen some of Greydon Clark's other stuff and really liked it, and that's why I can't believe he would make something like this. Like many characters, he should of been taken out too, or better yet skinned. 1.5/10

In this lame thriller, a group of half-wit skinheads kill four people at a diner then chase a deeply uncharismatic couple into a forest. It's all really quite amateurish. The skinheads could be OK villains if only they weren't so moronic and the plight of the heroes would be a lot better if only they were in the least bit interesting. But alas, no. What we end up with is an extended and somewhat tedious pursuit through a forest. There are a couple of cameos courtesy of an old grizzled woodsman and an extremely tame grizzly bear. It's not really all that entertaining but sadly I have seen much worse.

The soundtrack is provided by someone called Elvis Hitler and given the neo-nazi subject matter here, I sincerely hope that this is an ironic name. But in a film where the supposed most stupid member of the skinhead gang, 'Brains', is clearly only the second most stupid, anything is possible.

I purchased this at a VHS sale in the video store for .99 cents and it was worth it. This movie cannot be liked on merits of good acting , scrip , and direction..it is indeed a terrible film , but hey I like bad films as long as they're funny and entertaining which is what Skinheads:The Second Coming Of Hate is. So it turns out some "skinheads" decided to go on a killing spree at a diner , and soon follows a long chase through the woods til good ole Chuck Conners of Roots fame comes to the rescue in a bravo hammy performance. Speaking of over the top performances..the golden ham award goes to Brian Bophy's who's insane performance will have pretty much anyone rolling on the floor laughing. This isn't your Romper Stomper or American History X type movie , this is basically just "lets put people in danger..ooh let's have skinheads go after them" obviously a lifestyle the writer and director knows nothing about..so therefor this movie is surely going to offend the anti-rascist SHARP skinheads..and even the neo nazi skinheads because it puts them in such a moronic light (which by the way they are anyway so i guess justice was done). See it if you like bad movies