Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story Of Cannon Films (18)
four stars
Dir: Mark Hartley
Runtime: 106 minutes
"STRONG sex, nudity, strong violence, sexual violence," advises the British Board of Film Classification about this uproarious and revelatory documentary from Mark Hartley, which neatly sums up the output of the studio he profiles. Israeli producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus were responsible for some of the schlockiest films made (Hercules, Death Wish 3 anyone?) in the 1980s, but as Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood, Machete Maidens Unleashed) shows, they also changed the way the industry works. A blast.
Glasgow Film Theatre, June 5-11
The Dead Lands (15)
three stars
Dir: Toa Fraser
With: James Rolleston, Lawrence Makoare
Runtime: 105 minutes
WHEN chieftain's son Hongi (James Rolleston) finds his father and tribe murdered he resolves to have his revenge. Venturing into the lands of the title, the youngster seeks training at the feet of a legendary warrior (Lawrence Makoare), a man with deeply buried secrets of his own. A hit at the Glasgow Film Festival in February, Toa Fraser's drama set in pre-colonial New Zealand has echoes of Apocalypto and Shakespearean-style drama aplenty, but you will need a strong stomach to deal with the blood and guts-soaked action.
DCA, June 5-11; Glasgow Film Theatre, June 12-14
A Fuller Life (15)
four stars
Dir: Samantha Fuller
Runtime: 80 minutes
JOURNALIST, soldier, novelist, screenwriter, film director, Sam Fuller lived a life enough for ten men. Plenty of material for his daughter, Samantha, to mine for this riveting documentary look at the helmer of The Big Red One and Park Row. A series of well-kent admirers, including James Franco, Joe Dante and William Friedkin, read excerpts from Fuller's autobiography, A Third Face, while Samantha Fuller tops and tails matters with stills and footage. It would be hard to go wrong with source material like this, and Fuller duly does her father proud.
Belmont, Aberdeen, June 10; Glasgow Film Theatre, June 21-23
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