Weird Wednesday: THE DYNAMITE BROTHERS

Rated R; 90min; Director:Al Adamson (1974)

Location: Alamo Downtown

presents WEIRD WEDNESDAY!

DYNAMITE BROTHERS
JUNE 10, MIDNIGHT, $1, DIR. AL ADAMSON, 1974, 35MM, 90 MIN, R
Another cross-genre hybrid from economy conscious auteur Al Adamson. We've seen Adamson's fusions before: biker-horror (DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN), blaxploitation-Bond (FREEZE BOMB) and kiddie matinee-apesploitation (CARNIVAL MAGIC). With THE DYNAMITE BROTHERS he brings back his favorite black action hero Timothy (BLACK HEAT) Brown and adds Kung Fu to the mix. Like all of the late Adamson's films it's not only bad - it's hyperdimensionally bad. Al Adamson movies have a kind of ugly-dog charm that's hard to describe and harder to resist. Everything seems slightly greasy and unclean, the shots don't often match, action is ineptly handled, actors who have been good in other films look lost and scared - but when it's all over you'll have to admit you've been thoroughly entertained. Here hyper-macho Timothy "Stud" Brown teams up with unknown highkicker Alan Tang as they flee cops, gangsters and the Immigration and Naturalization Service and try to avenge Tang's brother's death. With gravel-voiced tough guy Aldo Ray and the great James Hong, wearing game show host hand-me-downs. (Lars Nilsen)