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Worthwhile as a drive-in theater relic only. You can also find "Fangs of the Living Dead" included on a horror/zombie compilation for about $9. I forget the name of the compilation, but I've seen it recently at several Sam Goody and SunCoast video stores in the New York metropolitan area. It's either in the bargain bin or the horror section. A clerk could probably find it for you. Of note to extreme trivia fans, the flick was included on a triple feature with "Revenge of the Living Dead" and "Curse of The Living Dead" that played mostly the drive-in theater circuit around August of 1973. During this period, you found many of these euro-trash horror pictures, i.e. She Beast, Terror Creatures from the Grave, Terror in the Wax Museum, Devil's Nightmare, etc. etc. either at the bottom of triple bills playing at drive-ins or packaged together on a triple-bill. The promoters likely acted on the thought that people would not pay to see a single bad movie with the usual badly-synchronized English dubbing. The media promotion for the triple zombie feature involved a man in a strait jacket who allegedly went insane upon sitting through the "triple avalanche of grisly horror!" "Can you survive this orgy of the living dead!" The television ad can be found on various Something Weird video compilations. I still have a fading yellow original Big Sky drive-in theater ad that appeared in a Madison, Wisconsin newspaper as part of my movie advertisement collection saved from childhood.

I feel like I do not need to see another fight or action scene in a movie ever again. Nothing could top this! Not the Matrix, not Star Wars, not Spielberg not even the most expensive Hollywood "block buster." But there's a BIG difference in the originality, creativity and subliminal nature of this action in a story with lots of heart and humanity at its center. I am amazed "Kung Fu Hustle" didn't do better on its opening weekend in wide syndication in the U.S. It took fifth place, even behind new Ashton Kutchner dribble. But I think word-of-mouth will build and this one will be around for awhile in theaters. People will eventually get over going to a subtitled Asian film to recognize they could not find a more entertaining movie -- anywhere. There are scenes, jaw-dropping and breathtaking in their sheer magnificence. They build and build and build until a majestic climax. I saw this in a theater in Queens, N.Y. where the crowd laughed throughout and stood up and applauded at the end. I am also shocked at the R-rating. Beyond a few bloody scenes, mostly at the beginning, there is nothing at all to offend the kids. Most of the violence is cartoonish, fun and with a few exceptions no one actually gets hurt. They could edit out the few lessor violent scenes in order to expose this to a wider audience, especially kids who should open their mind to the real potential of film beyond the stale, clichéd, forgettable Hollywood tripe sure to infiltrate the multiplexes this summer.

Saw "Million Dollar Baby" in Manhattan last night. Clint Eastwood, one of the all-time most famous actors -- and directors -- has more than enough money where he could choose to pull the strings on block-buster, mindless action pictures, ala Jerry Bruckheimer, or comic books. Or, hell, in his twilight years he could just lay back and enjoy his millions. But no. He has chosen instead to make quieter, lower-budget, heart-felt, character driven films like "The Unforgiven" "True Crime" "Mystic River" and now Million Dollar Baby. And the world is a better place for it. Eastwood uses his multiple talents to make films that have something valuable to say. In the emotionally powerful, Million Dollar Baby, he tells an allegorical tale of boxing to subtly express themes of hope, redemption, sacrifice, persistence, and belief in one's self. The movie emphasizes that failure is a more honorable and personally fulfilling trait than never having tried, while also frowning upon laziness and leeching off others. But see the movie and judge for yourself. I personally consider great films as the ones where I leave the theater with a better understanding of human nature, or a desire to improve the world by even a little bit. Eastwood's latest more than succeeds on those counts.