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Roger Corman's
Cult Classic's Lethal Ladies Collection
T.N.T. Jackson (1974)
Firecracker (1981) Too Hot To
Handle (1977)
They call me TNT, martial arts expert Diana Jackson (Jeanne Bell) announces upon her arrival in Hong Kong to look for her missing brother, heading into the city’s worst area, a no-man’s-land that is a haven for drug dealers, thieves and killers. TNT does not know that her brother has been brutally murdered by Charlie (Stan Shaw), an American who is bent on inching his way to the top of the city’s drug-smuggling trade. But he has no idea what he’s up against when he tangles with dynamite in TNT Jackson!
Female karate champion Susanne Carter (Jillian
Kesner) goes to the Philippines to look for her
sister who has disappeared. She stumbles upon a drug
cartel and a tournament of no-holds-barred fights to
the death in the action-packed Firecracker.
Directed by genre specialist Cirio H. Santiago (TNT
Jackson) and costarring Vic Diaz (The
Big Bird Cage) and Darby Hilton (Malibu
Express). |
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DVD Review
:Shout! Factory - Region 1 - NTSC
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Shout! Factory Region 1 - NTSC |
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Runtime | 1:11:48, 1:17:42, 1:25:42 | |
Video |
1.78:1 Aspect Ratio |
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono. | |
Subtitles | None | |
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Release
Information: Studio: Shout! Factory Aspect Ratio: - 1.78:1
Edition
Details: • Trailers
• Stills
Gallery Chapters: 20 for each movie |
Comments |
Like the Women In Cages Collection triple feature package available earlier this year Shout! Factory are continuing with more Roger Corman's Cult Classics (see The Ron Howard Action Pack, other 'Double Features': The Evil / Twice Dead, The Terror Within / Dead Space, Up From the Depths /Demon of Paradise etc.) and are keeping in the woman-sploitation genre. This Lethal Ladies Collection package has 2 discs. The first has T.N.T. Jackson (1974) sharing the dual-layered disc with Firecracker (1981) and the second, a single-layered DVD, has Too Hot To Handle (1977). The image quality, probably less consequential, is very acceptable. Each film is quite clean, no damage, detail is more than acceptable for the SD format. These are progressive and anamorphically transferred in the slightly bastardized 1.78 aspect ratio. The bottom line - these 'new transfers' are completely watchable without any major flaws - there are some speckles and frame specific damage on Too Hot To Handle. Fans of Corman and the genre won't be complaining about the image. For 30-25-year old 'kitsch' films these look better than I anticipated. Audio is flat and unremarkable - a bit of sync issue (not the fault of the transfer) which adds to the flavor. Dialogue is comprehensible and that is about all you can ask. There are no subtitles on the region 1 - NTSC discs. The supplements are meager - nothing but trailers on the first disc for T.N.T. Jackson and Firecracker . On disc two Shout! Factory includes an audio commentary with actress Cheri Caffaro on Too Hot To Handle. It is 'hosted by Elijah Drenner - director of American Grindhouse (2010) - they talk about Manila, other films in her career (the Don Schain-directed 'Ginger' movies) and more with some anecdotes about Too Hot Too Handle and low budget films as well as sexuality in the business. It's an open discussion and fairly interesting. There is also a trailer and stills gallery. I thought T.N.T. Jackson was the best of the three with huge camp value - the other two will certainly appeal to fans who like bad cinema. They are baaaad. Depending on your proclivities - there is definitely value here for the price offered and the commentary was educational. You know who you are who enjoy this schlock - go to it! |
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T.N.T. Jackson
directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Release date: June 8th, 1974
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