Directed by: Michael Ritchie
Actors: Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman and Sissy Spacek
Language: English
Country: USA
Also known as: Carnage, Die Professionals, Hakkedrenge, Arma da taglio, Carne viva
Description: A pretty good movie from the 70’s….with (a naked) Sissy Spacek looking her best and Lee Marvin and his eye brows of death…. A Chicago mob enforcer is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who not only grinds his enemies into sausage, but sells women as sex slaves.
Grindhouse Meets Hollywood What happens when you mix a plot so depraved and risky it could only be grindhouse, with Hollywood stars and production. You get this lost gem.
First off this film is surprisingly depraved in human suffering and contains a shocking amount of debauchery for 1972. The scene where drugged naked girls are being auctioned in cattle stalls is unforgettable. They also throw in lesbianism, Irish mom running a cathouse, Sissy Spacek nude, orphan girls being sold by their orphanage, and a gangbang. Again, shocking for 1972.
The plot: Yes there is one. The setup is strong. Nick (Lee Marvin) is in a Chicago bar when he is hired to collect a $500,000 debt from Kansas a given 4 “good Irish boys” to lend a hand “anyway it cuts.” The setup is strong because they never state their intentions and business are never stated. We just know they’re gangsters.
While the farms of Kansas don’t sound all that scary, Gene Hackman has made them his own private kingdom where he reigns supreme.
Prime Cut’ features plenty of great acting, action scenes, and production quality.
It does fall victim to a few Hollywood claques such as the hero falling in love with the hooker with a heart of gold and a hard luck story. The hero’s romance with the mobster’s wife that everyone fought over, and old tuff guy talk.
But these predictabilities can’t hold back ‘Prime Cut’ from being a lost gem of hardcore action.
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