Vice Squad
1982 Directed by Gary Sherman
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...The Real Story.
A Los Angeles businesswoman, known only by her street name of Princess, turns to prostitution to support herself and her young daughter when she's forced by Detective Tom Walsh and his vice squad to help them arrest a brutal pimp named Ramrod for the murder of a prostitute named Ginger. But when Ramrod learns that he was set up, he escapes from police custody and begins a long night of tracking down Princess while Walsh and his vice squad are always one step behind him.
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What a confusing, hilarious and sometimes disturbing film. A prostitute who models herself on Princess Diana leaves her kid behind to find her sister or something. Wings Hauser is a greasy motherfucker who gets double crossed and hunts her down.
Oh there is also a hipster pimp club that clearly wishes it was in Harlem in the early 70's. Added to this there is some pretty nasty violence.
Seek it out, pretty not bad at all.
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Oozes cinema, and fluids galore. Brilliant compositions and camera movement. Wings Hauser is a force of nature.
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Droops into conventional thriller territory a bit too many times for my liking, but this is still something a little special. The special elements are the unsparing sense of 80s LA sleaze and the performance of Wings Hauser as Ramrod, a kind of cowboy/pimp/Terminator.
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Surprisingly good performance by Wings Hauser as sadistic pimp Ram Rod.
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What a confusing, hilarious and sometimes disturbing film. A prostitute who models herself on Princess Diana leaves her kid behind to find her sister or something. Wings Hauser is a greasy motherfucker who gets double crossed and hunts her down.
Oh there is also a hipster pimp club that clearly wishes it was in Harlem in the early 70's. Added to this there is some pretty nasty violence.
Seek it out, pretty not bad at all.
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Phew, what a night.
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Gritty, well made sleaze-fest. Carnage from start to finish and all events seem to occur over the course of just one night! Wings Hauser is fantastic as 'Ramrod' the psycho pimp. An unstoppable nightmare in turquoise polyester.
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Reminds me of Bronson classics such as Ten to Midnight and Death Wish 2. But a lot sleazier. Wings Hauser is excellent as the obnoxious, sadistic pimp Ramrod. Hell of a theme song too, written by the almighty Simon Stokes and performed by Hauser himself. Top notch entertainment.
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Lurid & ludicrous. No wonder I thought it was a laugh riot the 1st time I saw it — when I was 6.
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Because when you're tired of Wings Hauser, you're tired of life...
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Oozes cinema, and fluids galore. Brilliant compositions and camera movement. Wings Hauser is a force of nature.
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Plays grimmer in a theater. Seems like the audience wasn't expecting anything this skanky.
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wings hauser, i have a massive crush on you sir, and your son isnt too bad either :)