ROOTS OF EVIL aka Die Brut des Bí¶sen (Christian Anders & Antonio Tarruella, 1979). Schlager-slinger who looks like Gretzky and dresses like Skywalker runs a karate school threatened by evil dwarf drug lord Deep Roy's evil karate thug gang. Contains an opening song, graveyard beatdown, heroin hotshot murder, sexy lady dances, homoerotic training montage with leather bondage shorts, and a satisfyingly downbeat ending. Almost a TEUTONIC CONNECTION; lacking in ninjas. I watched an undubbed VHS rip; subs/dubs could not improve the greatness of this movie, but I would buy a DVD. I don't think one's available?
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There is a shrine here: http://rootsofevil79.freeunix.net
In addition to posters, pics, trivia (Von Bullock's gold Rolls was Anders' car), and other gold, it also provides the lyrics to the theme:
DEAD END (1979)
(M: Christian Anders/T: Lucy Neal/Arr.: W. Dies)
dead end!lonely is a man, who only got his hands
to show somebody who he iskarate is his life he loves it like a wife
nothing else for him existsbut it's a dead end,
that's going nowhere
just a dead end,
but he doesn't caretraining every day to learn his master's way
the fight was in his every breath,
but the heart of self-defense was turned into revenge
when he learned about the sensai's deathbut it's a dead end,
the road to revenge
just a dead end,
don't make any sensehe thought he was right whatever the price
ready to fight for the sensai
an eye for an eye he was willing to diea loser is a man, who doesn't understand
that voilence is the brother of death
his one and only plan was to get the man
who brought his master got injuredit's a dead end,
the road to revenge
just a dead end,
don't make any sensehe thought he was right whatever the price
ready to fight for the sensai
an eye for an eye he was willing to dielonely is a man with blood on his hands,
but death is even lonelier stillkarate was his life he loved it like a wife
but revenge is the fight that killsit's a dead end,
don't make any sense
just a dead end,
the road to revengedead end!dead end!
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Barry - I hope you don't mind but I split this off to its own special thread. I think more people, myself included, need to be exposed to this movie and I fear it might get lost in the big 'what are you watching' thread.
I guess this is the one sheet for it. He does kinda look like Gretzky. That's endearing to me.
Maybe we should merge this with the man crush thread.
Rock! Shock! Pop!
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