Fear City (Abel Ferrara, 1984) (lemmy.ca)

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Exploring free-gratis channels on my Roku, I came across this "neo-noir erotic thriller", with a martial arts serial killer going after strippers managed by a "mob-adjacent" ex-boxer. Just seeing Tom Berenger and Billy Dee Williams in the cast list was enough to get me to start watching.

Then the opening theme starts... "hey, isn't that David Johansen singing?" Sure enough, it was. The theme is even titled "New York Doll".

And the cast kept coming: Melanie Griffith, B-movie stalwart Jack Scalia, Rossano Brazzi (from South Pacific!), Rae Dawn Chong, María Conchita Alonso (as just Maria Conchita), Joe Santos (Rockford FIles), Michael V. Gazzo (Last Action Hero), Daniel Faraldo (Above the Law), Juan Fernández (slick Latino bad guy in lots of 80s & 90s stuff), Robert Miano (Donnie Brasco) and then "Directed by Abel Ferrara". Awesome!

And really starring... NYC at its seediest.

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[-] Sergio@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

Abel Ferrara! I was just re-watching Bad Lieutenant yesterday...

Looks like Fear City's on Tubi! (where uBlock Origin adblocker still works.) Can't wait to see Rae Dawn Chong and Maria Conchita Alonso again.

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