Faster, Pusscat! Kill! Kill! (1965), Russ Meyer
1/5
I was really looking forward to this classic exploitation film, and was sadly disappointed. The thin plot is uninteresting, and the characters are flat and generally unattractive in quality. The film is also humourless making it's sexism and undertones of violence frustrating as the film isn't in fact sexually or violently explicit. This creates a conundrum with no compensation for the gratuitous violence and sexism. The car chases aren't that exciting and the plot just seems to derail further and further. Unfortunately the female characters are flat sadistic archetypes of women. There seems to be little that redeems this feature. The real reason that this film falls under the Grindhouse category is it's amorality, lust for greed, the seemingly compassionless and motiveless sadism of the characters while at the same time it isn't visually explicit. Rather the film hints at darker violence and also lesbian themes between the characters. The soft violence are poorly and obviously choreographed with fight scenes that look more "rough and tumble" with the classic sound effects with the intention of being "erotic" but instead are just unrealistic. Unfortunately these aren't quite over-the-top to be comical, they're just terrible. I think the faults of the film could be forgiven if the film had been more fittingly melodramatic and over the top. Instead the sub par performances (atrocious acting), terrible script, lack of humour and bland cinematography make this an arduous watch. One interesting thing of note is the dinner table scene eating chicken reminded me of a similar scene in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). Overall this film would be better explored as a study rather than a casual viewing experience, as it is quite dull to watch.
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