Black Dawn - Alba nera

OK, ANYone going into this film expecting anywhere close to high art is a certified brain dead moron. I mean the director/writer was responsible for all 4 Killer Tomato films for god's sake. Nope, you're not here for Oscar caliber cinema (whatever THAT means), you're here to watch Lorenzo 'Renegade' Lamas kick copious amounts of ass. Lamas is Jake Kilkanin, a presumingly borderline mentally retarded ex-cop, who teams up with a stripper (Catherine Lazo, whom i look forward to seeing absolutely none of in the future) trying to find her abducted banker husband. This film is kinda sorta fun in that it's so atrociously bad, but it doesn't make the film that watchable even in the 'so bad' kinda way. It's OK for a few chuckles i guess

Eye Candy: Christine Kludjian gets topless (sadly Shauna Sand remains clothed)

My Grade: D

This movie was released in the US under the title Good Cop, Bad Cop. It should have been called Good Movie, Bad Movie.When it is good it is unbeatable when it is bad it is horrid. You start off with action scenes that you have no explanation of and characters that you don't recognize even after they explain who they are (until you've watched the movie at least three times). Then you stop the action completely to take the time to explain everything you didn't get before as well as the motivation for the main characters. I don't know who bought this script or WHY? Lamas shows off his comic flare-great timing and a natural acting style that makes you believe he IS every character he plays. Catherine Lazo is great! Tony Colitti is so real he literally leaps off the screen.Patrick StEsprit makes me believe that he is really hurt by Jakes(Lamas) defection and Jerry Hardin is the sidekick that really comes to life. I haven't been this taken with a character since the old cowboy movies,He reminded me of the guy who drove the jeep in the old Roy Rogers movies!

As a fan of bad movies, I must say that this cheesy action movie wasn't that great. I think this movie's greatest downfall is that it tries to take itself seriously, which can make a pleasantly bad movie unwatchable (i.e. Omega Doom). I tend to notice horrible budget cuts, like firing a gun once, playing a stock "machine gun" sound bite, and using shaky camera work to try to cover up the fact that the gun only fires once. Also, why don't any of the guns in this movie have any recoil? Are they magic? Also, it quite bothered me how characters in the movie kept referring to a "sawed off" shotgun, although the shotgun in question was a standard 20" length. The ex stripper chick wasn't that attractive, and the main cop appeared to have the IQ of a piece of string. There was a tiny bit of nudity to redeem the movie, but I recommend picking up a better cheesy action movie, like Karate Kid or Con Air.