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Twenty Dollar Star (1990)
I bought it for .25 and I can sell it for more so cut me some slack
Like a lot of people around here I can get into "bad" movies for ish and giggles but this movie is just bad. I DARE you to watch it. There are several scenes of the star singing I had to fast forward. The only redeeming thing about this movie is the fact that it is older and yet has a positive primary character who is gay and not super-stereotyped. He was the only likable character in the whole movie. I had a hard time ever feeling sympathy for the main character despite the fact that she is beaten and later gang raped. She is just annoying and rather unattractive considering she is supposed to be a movie star/pop singer. There's no eroticness to be found except for a topless dancer at a party. The writer is male and I think that that is where a lot of the trouble started.
Framed (1975)
since nobody else has commented
I haven't seen either the original Walking Tall or the new one but I found this movie to be a great revenge type picture. It has a good lead up to the incident that leaves the protagonist to be framed, it then shows his suffering for that and moves on to payback. There are all sorts of great supporting actors that really looked the part. There is plenty of brutal violence that will have you cheering because it is the protagonist who is dishing it out. Look out for a Tarantinoesque scene. You'll know when you see it. I think Tarantino mentioned he liked the original Walking Tall somewhere so hes probably seen Framed too. I wouldn't watch this movie again but I would check out the director's work especially Walking Tall.