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Bonnie's Kids (AM) Reviews
Bonnie's Kids (AM) Reviews
| 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful  "Please replace your speakers before exiting. Thanks...", By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Bonnie's Kids (Special Edition) (DVD) You can't get more 'drive-in' than this 70's chestnut fromGeneral Film Releasing. In fact, that's where I first saw it - and have not seen it since, until this fine dvd release from Dark Sky. I know the film's title doesn't exactly sound like promising exploitation fare, certainly not as attention grabbing as what-would-have-been more aptly titled 'Desert Dolls' or 'Shotgun Sisters'. ('Bonnie's Kids' just sounds like a bad sit-com) Anyway, this picture is extremely atypical of its genre. It's got the sex, violence, nudity, shady South- western characters of all types - and all of it handled as chastely as any made-for-TV movie. Nothing special to crow about, just good solid storytelling - and some decent acting. Tiffany Bolling has one of her better roles here, and young Robin Mattson sure was a cutie. Sharon Gless (later of TV's Cagney and Lacey) makes her film debut as a saucy waitress, and you get the... Read more 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful  Excellent transfer of '70's drive-in classic, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Bonnie's Kids (Special Edition) (DVD) About time a legit company put out this classic exploitation...this blows away the DVD-R I bought from Amazon (which wasn't a 'bad' copy). Can't imagine it looking any better (except blu-ray) but the tag on it claims 'special edition'...what is so special about it? There is a mini interview with the director and a couple of trailers-that's it! No commentary (would love to hear Tiffany Bolling's take on her cult status from the drive-in era), but at least we get a 1.85 anamorphic HD transfer! This classic to me is ALL about Tiffany!! She ranks up there with Claudia Jennings as the drive-in queen of the era's past. Man they don't make 'cheap' movies like this anymore...who needs a budget anyway? How about passion and the love of making a movie? That's what's so fun with Roger Corman films...cheap fun with sometimes a decent story. So I praise Dark Sky for FINALLY releasing this 'lost' drive in classic. They took the time, money, and effort to transfer this film wonderfully!! Enjoy this... Read more 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful Excellent example of 1970's drive-in cinema, By Jobla (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Bonnie's Kids (Special Edition) (DVD) For those who love 1970's drive-in flicks, this is a very good one. "Bonnie" never appears, but her nubile daughters wreak havoc in the Southwest. Aside from Tiffany Bolling as the older daughter, soap star Robin Mattson is also alluring as the younger sister. The girls get involved with gangsters and other sleazy characters. There's some nudity, but nothing heavy.Dark Sky Films provides an excellent letterboxed transfer of the film that is far superior to the old VHS version from the 1980's. There's also a fun video interview with writer/director Arthur Marks, who discusses this film and somes others (including THE ROOMMATES, which I hope that Dark Sky will release at a later date). This is unquestionably yet another drive-in flick that has "inspired" Quentin Tarantino. The two hit men, one black and one white, were probably the template for the two hit men in PULP FICTION. |
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