Tuesday, February 22, 2022

SOUTH BEACH 1992 (TUBI)

I've read some bad things about this film, but I found it to be very good.

Mind you, this is not original, but it's well done. Fred Williamson stars as Mack Derringer, a former pro football star and police officer turned private detective. He hasn't had too much luck lately finding good paying cases and he and his buddy Lenny (Gary Busey) spend their time playing golf.

Soon Mack is contacted by his gorgeous ex-wife Jennifer (Vanity) who is now working a phone sex hotline. A madman is stalking her and claiming that she belongs to him, and she wants Mack to find the psycho.

He reluctantly decides to help her and the dead bodies keep piling up. Mack's former boss on the police force, Ted Coleman (Robert Forster) offers to help, but warns Mack not to break the law in any way.

The film slowly builds to a great twist ending that I really didn't see coming. Vanity is simply sexy as hell in this film, and to me she steals the show. There is quite a cast of genre greats including Stella Stevens, Sam J. Jones, Peter Fonda, Henry Silva (in a great small role), Isabel Sanford and Sheree Devereaux.

Again, this is nothing new, but it does hold your attention and with this cast there is no reason to miss it. Watch it just to see Vanity in all of her gorgeous glory.

1 comment:

  1. In her prime, Vanity was some kind of fine. Drop dead gorgeous. Loved her in The Last Dragon.

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