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Straight to Hell Returns, Directed by Alex Cox, is a new version of Cox's 1986 feature "Straight To Hell". Four hapless bank robbers bury their loot and attempt to hide out in a deserted desert town. But the town is not deserted. Feasting, song, sexual tension, and inevitable deaths ensue. Featuring digitally improved violence and cruelty, six missing scenes, A new 5.1 stereo soundtrack by Academy Awardr Winner Richard Beggs, and a new color design by cinematographer Tom Richmond. Norwood (Sy Richardson), Sims (Joe Strummer) and Willy (Dick Rude) are three black-suited killers-for-hire. Paid to murder one Mr Greenburg, they oversleep and miss their target. To escape the wrath of their employer, Mr Dade (Jim Jarmusch), they head for the desert, robbing a bank en route. When their car dies in a ravine, the robbers bury their money and head for a lonely town to hide out "till the heat blows down". A dead man in an overturned car greets them. Next morning, a horde of bandits, the McMahon clan (The Pogues), descends upon the town. A showdown between the hitmen and the outlaw gang is averted by the arrival of Rusty Zimmerman (Ed Tudor-Pole), who attempts to arrest Bruno McMahon (Shane MacGowan) and his brother Angel Eyes (Spider Stacey). The killers dispatch Rusty and his fellow bail-bondsmen, and are befriended by Frank (Biff Yeager), the leader of the McMahons. An uneasy truce lasts for a couple of nights. Sims and Willy fall in love with two of the local beauties, Fabienne (Jennifer Balgobin) and Louise (Michele Winstanley). But when Sabrina McMahon (Kathy Burke) murders the family patriarch (Jem Finer), a series of deadly events is set in train. Mr Farben (Dennis Hopper) and his lovely wife Sonia (Grace Jones) provide the killers with a suitcase full of high-tech weaponry. George, the hardware store owner (Miguel Sandoval) kills Angel Eyes. And Mr Dade arrives, offering a bounty for the heads of Norwood, Willy and Sims. Willy and Sims flee the ensuing gun battle, abandoning Norwood and Fabienne to certain death. Velma, teaming up with Frank, outsmarts all three and makes off with the money. But Frank, an amateur mechanic, has failed to properly maintain his clutch and brakes, and he and Velma meet a fiery demise. Norwood and Fabienne miraculously survive the destruction of the hardware store, and kill Mr Dade and his henchmen. Norwood leaves town with the women, bound for an uncertain but interesting future. Meanwhile, a skeletal hand emerges from the smoking ruins of the store...
Straight to Hell Returns Reviews
Straight to Hell Returns Reviews
| 8 of 12 people found the following review helpful  Still...the greatest work of art since the vagina., By This review is from: Straight to Hell Returns (DVD) Really, do I need to say more? My circle of friends from college adopted this as our movie long ago, and every couple of years, for about 20+ years, we have gotten together for our "Straight To Hell" parties. We watch the movie, sing the Weiner Kid's song, and generally frighten the newcomers by shouting out nearly every line of the movie. I'm so glad to see this has been done, but sad that there will not be the long-promised "Back To Hell." No Joe, no sequel. I raise a cup of coffee, fire my guns, and thank Mr. Cox for the effort. My best to the surviving cast and crew who have brought me and like-minded freaks a life-changing movie, whether they wanted to or not. 12 of 22 people found the following review helpful THANK GOD IT IS CHRISTMAS! A new director's cut of a GREAT cult movie!, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Straight to Hell Returns (DVD) Okay, so you get to see the late lamented Joe Strummer here, founding member of the Clash, as a kind of greaser bank robber on the lam with a few buddies, Dick Rude and the great Sy Richardson, lately of Searchers 2.0 Dick played the mean punk in Alex Cox's seminal and prophetic, groundbreaking, trendsetting film Repo Man (Collector's Edition) with Harry Dean Stanton, while Sy played the mentor Repo Man.This film is some of Joe Strummer's best work as an actor, and really shows his possibilities. See also please the rock documentary Let's Rock Again filmed by DIck Rude on one of Strummer's final tours. This movie, Straight to Hell, was made after... Read more |
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