Street Trash
Original post date: 7 June 1987
Rating: ✭✰✰✰
Just when you thought that movies have pushed the bounds of good taste as far or farther than they could go, along comes Street Trash, which redefines what really bad taste means. I mean, really! A game of keep-away with a dismembered male member? Argh! Let me be clear here, I am giving one star because I think the people who made this movie would be crushed if they got more. The plot centers on a bunch of low-life street people in New York City who live for their next swig of booze. The main thing going on is that the local liquor store is selling a bunch of really old whiskey (called Viper) that someone found hidden away. But apparently this stuff is so old that it has changed chemically somehow. And it’s not good for you. It affects everybody a little differently, but the main thing it does is dissolve you from the inside. (Although one fat bum drinks it and expands and expands until he explodes in beautiful Technicolor and slow motion.) Most of the suspense is in seeing who actually drinks the stuff and what disgusting thing will happen to them when they do. There is also a homicidal maniac who, of course, went crazy in Vietnam. The most hilarious scene involves a Mafia don and a young subordinate who are interrogated together at the police station. The young kid spills his guts and his venom (figuratively this time) on his boss, mistakenly believing that he is going to be part of some witness protection program. There are some really twisted minds behind this flick. But I will say this: I didn’t fall asleep once through the whole thing.
Rating: ✭✰✰✰
Just when you thought that movies have pushed the bounds of good taste as far or farther than they could go, along comes Street Trash, which redefines what really bad taste means. I mean, really! A game of keep-away with a dismembered male member? Argh! Let me be clear here, I am giving one star because I think the people who made this movie would be crushed if they got more. The plot centers on a bunch of low-life street people in New York City who live for their next swig of booze. The main thing going on is that the local liquor store is selling a bunch of really old whiskey (called Viper) that someone found hidden away. But apparently this stuff is so old that it has changed chemically somehow. And it’s not good for you. It affects everybody a little differently, but the main thing it does is dissolve you from the inside. (Although one fat bum drinks it and expands and expands until he explodes in beautiful Technicolor and slow motion.) Most of the suspense is in seeing who actually drinks the stuff and what disgusting thing will happen to them when they do. There is also a homicidal maniac who, of course, went crazy in Vietnam. The most hilarious scene involves a Mafia don and a young subordinate who are interrogated together at the police station. The young kid spills his guts and his venom (figuratively this time) on his boss, mistakenly believing that he is going to be part of some witness protection program. There are some really twisted minds behind this flick. But I will say this: I didn’t fall asleep once through the whole thing.
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