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5.6/10
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A martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.A martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.A martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.
Joseph Diamand
- Jack
- (as Joseph Diamond)
Woo-sang Park
- Uncle Song
- (as Richard Park)
William P. Young
- Club Owner
- (as Willliam Young)
William Whitacre
- Music Store Owner
- (scenes deleted)
Sue Jacotta
- Professor #2
- (credit only)
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- TriviaAfter opening to poor box-office showings and scathing reviews, the film was largely forgotten. In June 2009, Zack Carlson, a programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas, happened upon a 35 mm print on eBay. Carlson had never heard of the film, but bought it for $35. In April 2010, Carlson screened the film at the Drafthouse, and it became wildly popular with cult film fans. More screenings took place in packed theaters. Drafthouse phoned Y.K. Kim about distributing the film. At first, Kim thought that the call was a cruel prank. Eventually, Kim realized that his film had become a popular midnight movie 25 years after its initial failure.
- GoofsIn the Dragon Sound performances, Mark's finger movements do not match the sound or tempo of the songs at all.
- ConnectionsEdited into Robot Bride of Manos (2022)
- SoundtracksEscape from Miami
Lyrics by William P. Young
Music by Lloyd C. Sharpe (as Lloyd Sharpe) & Rick Hartzog
Vocals, Guitar, Lead Guitar by Lloyd C. Sharpe (as Lloyd Sharpe)
Keyboards by Rick Hartzog
Drums and Percussion by Terry Lamb
Bass by Jeff Pratt
Produced by William P. Young
Performed by The Lloyds Richards Band
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Okay let's get something outa the way right here and now. This film critically... sucks. Hell it does more than merely suck. It's shoddy, the acting is woeful, the plot is nonsensical and it has a hilariously bad subplot involving one band member's quest to find his father. The soundtrack is dire. So, for those of you who expect some form of quality in their cinema, then I recommend The Exorcist or if you don't like horror, then I dunno. The Lives of Others maybe. I haven't seen it but lots of critics really seem to like it so knock yourselves out. However... for those of you who are less discerning... well.
Every so often a film transcends its mere badness via its sheer unintentional hilarity. It becomes a different beast entirely and strays from the realm of crap to the magical plane of craptastic. Some have boldy come before it such as Mad Foxes, Raw Force, White Fire and Gymkata, leaving trash fans with their jaws slightly agape afterward and also pretty big shoes to fill. These films are passed along via word of mouth, so a select few people- those who are willing to overlook such niceties as "quality" and "technical prowess", or "pleasing cinematography"- can appreciate their crappy goodness and for you select fans who know what I'm talking about then have no fear... The Miami Connection is one of those films. And any fan of tacky 80s crap will thank me for this recommendation, trust me on this.
Oh yeah the plot. I dunno, a really bad syntho pop group go up against a drug cartel for some reason. I was too busy laughing to pay close attention.
Anyway, a strong solid 7/10 on the craptastic level, a perfect beer or whatevs flick or just a great flick to cheer you up if you're having a crappy day.
But critically, it's really really bad.
Every so often a film transcends its mere badness via its sheer unintentional hilarity. It becomes a different beast entirely and strays from the realm of crap to the magical plane of craptastic. Some have boldy come before it such as Mad Foxes, Raw Force, White Fire and Gymkata, leaving trash fans with their jaws slightly agape afterward and also pretty big shoes to fill. These films are passed along via word of mouth, so a select few people- those who are willing to overlook such niceties as "quality" and "technical prowess", or "pleasing cinematography"- can appreciate their crappy goodness and for you select fans who know what I'm talking about then have no fear... The Miami Connection is one of those films. And any fan of tacky 80s crap will thank me for this recommendation, trust me on this.
Oh yeah the plot. I dunno, a really bad syntho pop group go up against a drug cartel for some reason. I was too busy laughing to pay close attention.
Anyway, a strong solid 7/10 on the craptastic level, a perfect beer or whatevs flick or just a great flick to cheer you up if you're having a crappy day.
But critically, it's really really bad.
- Corpus_Vile
- Feb 9, 2013
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $2,199
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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