Author Archive: Retro

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.

A sleazy, incompetent detective tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burglar.

A farmer and his friends must flee from Angolan rebels escaping through the savage jungle.

Life and times of Bruce Lee from his beginnings in Hong Kong, his days as a student at the University of Washington and his eventual move to Los Angeles and his involvements in the movies.