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Sidewalk jurisprudence

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 01/08/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"When BCI's STREET JUSTICE 4 Movie Pack was released in 2004, it was touted as a celebration of the independent film maker. Being a "maverick" brings with it the freedom to create, unhampered by interference from above. On the other hand, a lack of polish in the finished product is all too common a result without studio guidance and money. It's up to the viewer to decide if in the end the trade-off was worth it.



CONTENTS:



FULL CIRCLE-- Prior to the Gulf War, a young Israeli travels to NYC to try and stop an illegal arms shipment, and to investigate his mother's violent rape and murder. What he discovers about the latter fuels his lust for revenge.



LETHAL JUSTICE-- After a high school teacher is raped by a student, her co-worker organizes a vigilante group against the boy rather than wait for the slow-turning wheels of the justice system. A war within the school ensues.



MIAMI BEACH COPS-- Poor acting and production doomed this story of two Florida rookie cops investigating the death of a female colleague during a convenience store heist. The apparent killing of a witness and what they discover in their pursuit of the men responsible leaves the officers wondering if there's corruption within the PD.



TOAST OF THE GODS-- Bizarre modern take on Homer's Odyssey. "Toast" is a pusher trying to return to wife Penelope until he gets snatched by the one-eyed Disco Sadist. In his struggles, Toast meets other characters reminiscent of those encountered by Homer (Hermes, Circe, Neptune, etc.) in the ancient Greek epic.





For more heart-pounding action check out LETHAL VENGEANCE 4 Movie Pack, also from BCI / Eclipse.



BRENTWOOD's 4-fers are nicely priced movie bundles. Video and sound quality of these digitally unrestored public domain films is generally fine. Discs are dual-side recorded.



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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.



(???) Full Circle (?) - (no data available on this title and plot)



(4.8) Lethal Justice (1995) - Michael Luceri/Michael Neeley/Deidre O'Neil/Stephanie Scaduto



(1.3) Miami Beach Cops (1992) - Frankie Maldonatti/Sal Rendino/William Childers/Deborah Daniels



(4.5) Toast with the Gods (1995) - Girt Bolo/Kristie Stoffel/Larry Steiner/George Georgiadis"