Tolo em sua obviedade temática e narrativa, surge como uma submistura de Taxi Driver e Desejo de Matar, transformando uma ode feminista num exercício paradoxalmente misógino e pueril.
Ms. 45 (1981)
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Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 8
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: This early 1980s cult classic still stands as a potent and uniquely feminist entry in the urban revenge subgenre. Mute fashion seamstress Thana (Zoë Tamerlis) is raped on her way home from the... This early 1980s cult classic still stands as a potent and uniquely feminist entry in the urban revenge subgenre. Mute fashion seamstress Thana (Zoë Tamerlis) is raped on her way home from the grocery store and then raped by a second attacker who has broken into her apartment, all within the first 15 minutes of the film. She kills the second rapist with an iron and, after recovering from the shock, starts dismembering his body. Thana then wanders the New York streets at night in a sexy black dress with her attacker's gun strapped to her garter belt, blowing away any man who tries to pick her up. What begins as a revenge film gradually becomes a disturbing portrait of urban alienation and sexual fear. New York director Abel Ferrara (THE FUNERAL, BAD LIEUTENANT) directed this, his second film, from a religious-symbol-soaked script by longtime friend Nicholas St. John. Joe Delia composed the eerie EXORCIST-style score. Highly regarded by both audiences and critics, MS. 45 is that rare breed of exploitation film--intensely disturbing yet sexy, clever, intelligent, and even funny. Tamerlis delivers an astonishing performance as Thana, and Ferrara brilliantly captures her character's distorted perspective. [More]
Starring: Zoë Tamerlis, Steve Singer, Jack Thibeau, Peter Yellen
Starring: Zoë Tamerlis, Steve Singer, Jack Thibeau, Peter Yellen
Director: Abel Ferrara
Director: Abel Ferrara
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Apr 25, 2000
Reviews for Ms. 45
A clever and very morbid take on sexual violence on the cusp of the eighties, and the effects it can have on the quiet individuals we often deem as harmless...
Unrelenting horror stylishly realized in a feminist take on "Death Wish." You can't watch it just once.
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