Author Archive: Retro

When the New York City police disrupt a big cocaine deal, the TV news reporters find John Falcone, a local mobster, nearby. They ask some tough questions, and Falcone decides he needs a public relations man to help burnish his image. He hires Todd Barrett, and he keeps Barrett in line with generous helpings of cocaine. Meanwhile, Falcone’s unorthodox, violent, and sadistic methods get him cross-wise with Don Ricci, the boss. A mob war may break out. When Todd’s wife is endangered, can the flack attack back at the racketeers?

Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.

In ancient Greece, Pythias from Athens is on a trip to Syracuse. The tyrant Dionysius of Syracuse sees him as a dangerous follower of the philosopher Pythagoras and condemns him to death. Pythias begs Dionysus to allow him to visit his wife in Athens promising to return to Syracuse to be executed. Pythias’ friend Damon volunteers to be held hostage until Pythias returns. Dionysius sees this as the opportunity to demonstrate the falsity of Pythagoras’ philosophy. Dionysius allows Pythias to leave but doesn’t expect him to return. Dionysius prepares to execute Damon, but at the last minute, Pythias returns to take Damon’s place before the executioner. The tyrant’s son intervenes and Damon and Pythias are both spared.

Dir. Beau Davis. Government agent must seek and destroy a Soviet laser weapons operation, rescue a scientist, and retrieve a deadly formula. Martial arts action by Brandon Lee

A Union soldier returns from the dead to take revenge on three officers who betrayed his unit in battle.

Murdock inherits an estate in Africa, on which “Satan’s Harvest” (heroin and marijuana) is grown. The thugs growing the drugs want him out of the way, so things get messy.

Carrie, Mitzie, and Chicago get in trouble a lot in the women’s prison, but are offered early parolement if they agree to become subjects of a study on human aggression and antisocial behavior at a Kansas City college. Dr. Blalock, the professor in charge of the study, is accepting money under the table from a shady government contact to use an experimental drug on the women. The drug induces the same hostile behavior the doctor is supposedly trying to cure, and after a while the women have a hard time conducting themselves in a civil manner. Carrie begins figuring out the scam and must rely on Blalock’s son to help her.