Cat Murkil and the Silks

Okay....I suppose there was never a time when CAT MURKIL AND THE SILKS would have been called a good movie. It has become a camp-value mini-classic with its 30-year vintage, yet the subject matter at hand, although presented in a way we might see as naive today, retains significance in modern times.

No-good, scrawny little punk "Cat" Murkil is the unlikely leader of a honky high school gang who wreak terror on anyone standing in the way of their juvenile-delinquent hijinks. Pitted against gangs of other races from various parts of town, they find themselves in a revolving door of violent paybacks in a blood-soaked kiddie gang war.

With performances ranging from awful to adequate, and rather poorly paced, this low-budget curiosity piece is best viewed by patient bad movie fans. While far from the worst film I have ever seen(with a few pretty good moments), this ranks a meager 4/10, offered with hesitant charity.