Los violadores

Hal Walters (Jose Gras) is a garishly dressed lothario playboy, who cruises the streets and nightclubs in a loud, vulgar looking car. One night he runs afoul of Neo Nazi bikers, who wear codpieces and aviator goggles to go with their leather, and his squeeze is defiled. This means total war, and Hal vows revenge on the degenerates, who vow counter revenge, and it all gets waaay hilarious.

Mad Foxes really has to be seen to be believed. A hilariously bad film, that's completely ridiculous, with awful dubbing, laughable sex scenes (complete with misty camera) and shoddily choreographed fights, it should have any lover of tacky Eurotrash exploitation on the floor, with howls of laughter.

One of my favorite bad films of all time, it's completely craptastic and is probably only topped by either Raw Force or Gymkata in terms of sheer OTT random nuttiness.

Well recommended for any lover of bad cinema, it's the perfect beer or whatevs flick and should be sought out immediately by any right thinking person, as it's a nigh on masterpiece (or craptasterpiece if you like) of awesome cheese cinema.

If I can ever cite an achievement in life, it's that I saw this film. Viva Espana!

This film has earned its cult reputation due to the fact that it's ridiculous - and as you might expect, this reputation isn't exactly unfounded. Mad Foxes is just as ridiculous as it's meant to be and then some...however, while I enjoy a good silly flick, the inconstancies and illogical nature of the film don't help it as the plot doesn't move well at all, and the film gets confusing too often, which isn't good when the plot is as simple as the one here. The plot is pretty much routine for a rape/revenge flick, and focuses on a guy and his girl who end up getting on the wrong side of a neo-Nazi biker gang. The gang beat him up and rape his girl, so he vows revenge on them...blah blah. The way that the plot moves isn't very fluent, and usually just jumps from one scene to the next; which can be irritating. There are a few good sequences in the film, and these include things such as a man being blown up on the toilet and a Nazi-style bondage session towards the end. In fitting with the rest of the film, the acting and the dialogue are both terrible; but the film is very funny on numerous occasions, and while I can't say I overly enjoyed Mad Foxes; it might appeal to those who enjoy seeing movies at their worst.

Mad Foxes (1981)

*** (out of 4)

Hal (Robert O'Neal) is out with his girlfriend when they are violently attacked by a motorcycle gang. The girl is raped but Hal seeks revenge the next night when him and his kickboxing friends attack the gang. He thinks all is over but soon the gang comes back for revenge, which results in Hal seeking revenge yet again but guess what? The motorcycle gang comes back for revenge and then Hal has to go out for revenge again.

That's a lot of revenge for one movie, isn't it? Well, that's pretty much the entire plot to MAD FOXES, which has to be considered one of the most entertaining bad movies ever made. The film has some really awful acting, an awful plot, awful direction, really bad camerawork and pretty much everything else is awful. I mean, if you wanted to play film critic then there's no way this thing would get anything other than a BOMB rating.

With that being said, the movie is so downright bad on so many levels that you really can't help but just kick back and have some fun with it. I mean, take a look at the violence in the movie. There's no question that anything was able to happen including one man getting his penis cut off and forced into his own mouth! There's non-stop violence throughout the film and most of it is downright hilarious including a shooting rampage early on. Just look at some of the actor's attempt at pulling off a death scene. Oh yeah, there's a lot of sex and nudity thrown in as well.

As you can tell, there's really nothing going on in MAD FOXES except for sleaze. The movie has nothing in it that would make you respect the filmmakers but at the same time I think they accomplished what they set out to do. This is basically a wannabe DEATH WISH but of course it's pure trash and on that level it's entertaining.

One of the most vile exploitation movies ever made, MAD FOXES is often unduly compared to LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT in its mixture of gory violence and subversive social commentary.

The film details a violent rivalry between Hal Martin, a yuppie playboy who drives a fancy Stingray sports car, and a band of sociopath bikers. At a stop light, Hal kisses his 18-year-old date Babsy as the bikers roll up. Their homosexual leader taunts Hal and spits on him. When the light turns green, Hal forces one of the bikers into a fatal accident.

In an extended party scene, Hal gets Babsy drunk at a club, as a prelude to deflowering her. His plans are interrupted by the bikers, who are waiting for them outside the club. They beat him up and Babsy is brutally raped by Stiletto, the hulking psychopath of the group.

Hal's desire for revenge is answered by a friend who runs a kickboxing school. As the bikers get drunk at a makeshift funeral for their fallen compatriot, a dozen or so angry kick boxers show up. After they beat up the bikers and castrate the leader.

The bikers retaliate, visiting the kickboxing school with machine guns and killing everyone in sight. They storm Hal's apartment building and shoot a parking lot guard. A neighborhood boy warns Hal, who quickly flees the city.

At this point, the film digresses with an overlong sequence of two nude lovers gamboling on an ocean beach. They get dressed and start hitchhiking when along comes Hal in his Stingray. The woman, Lily, gets in the car with Hal and leaves her man stranded on the side of the road.

She and Hal end up at his wealthy parents' country estate. Dad is a wealthy patriarch type and Mom is stuck in a wheelchair. As Hal and Lily exercise their sexual rites in the forest and in a bathtub filled with dirty water, the bikers show up and massacre the rest of the family and servants. This pushes Hal over the edge and, armed with guns and grenades, he finishes off the bikers. The movie's nihilistic coda finds the surviving castrated biker leader holding Hal and Lily at bay with a bomb.

MAD FOXES is constructed as a fable, in which logic is subverted in order to make a statement. If its makers offer any message at all, it's an hysterical overreaction to upper caste fears of street punks and gun-toting anarchists. The coiffed, macho Hal is not portrayed as an action hero, and his methods and motivations are only a little less vicious than the bikers. But he is rich, drives a nice car and can easily seduce vapid women, whereas the bikers are greasy-haired, un-socialized rejects who are given a vaguely gay cast.

In published interviews the film's producer, Swiss sleaze-master Erwin C. Dietrich, has played down his involvement with the film and claims it was too excessive even for him. That says a lot.

"Los Violadores" (Mad Foxes) is a funny and entertaining film, but those seeking for a non-stop actioner will be disappointed, because "Mad Foxes" mixes rape, lots of killings (decapitations and so on) and blood, with scenes of idyllic family life that remind us old Hollywood movies, erotic scenes etc. On the erotic side - two girls: the lovely Andrea Albani, she is Babsy in the film. Babsy is the fiancée of the protagonist, she doesn't show much (but what she shows is good enough), except when she's raped. The other girl who will come later and show it all. As to the protagonist, he, in reality, is a philanderer. He has called the attention of a gang of nazi bikers. Rape is their first move, and the protagonist will strike back, the rivalry will grow more and more till… BLOOD!

The way I'm writing it almost seems that I'm speaking about a serious film, but no – the fight scenes are so bad that they are hilarious and the killings, together with the music, transform "Mad Foxes" into a Weird Slapstick Violent Comedy. The same goes for the scenes of idyllic family life, that are so cliché that is hard not to smile when you see them.

"Mad Foxes" is recommended for those who really love trash, because "Mad Foxes" is uneven and poorly done, but it's a lot of fun.