As inexplicable of a motion picture as you are likely to find these days.

Michelle Rodriguez (as gender-reassigned gun-for-hire Frank Kitchen) is trying to pull off a miracle. Nobody, no matter how sincere the approach, can act their way through a beard as fake as the one we're introduced to here. But that gentle wisecrack aside, how is it that Walter Hill came to make an almost totally tone deaf action film about the - incidental - transgender experience?

I…

Forget PUNISHER: WAR ZONE. Goldblatt made an 80s action masterpiece.

10 reasons why you should stop everything and watch THE PUNISHER now:

1. Dolph Lundgren (!) as Frank Castle / The Punisher.
2. Jeroen Krabbe (!) as the new don of the Italian mafia.
3. Explosions. Lots of 'em. Explosions within explosions.
4. Scuba-Ninjas. Stop. Read it again. Fucking scuba-ninjas!
5. A deadly woman who crucifies a man with her earrings.
6. A vision of Castle as a broken, fragile,…

"If something excites you, be brave. And go! Try to do it good, but do it." - Menahem Golan

Two cousins, their sincere love of cinema, and the collapse of their empire.

Hartley's previous doc (MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED!) fell victim to a sad tragedy in that it spent ninety agonizing minutes making fun of and shaming its subject matter. ELECTRIC BOOGALOO begins with the same regrettable tone, calling the films "silly," "stupid," and "low budget," but after 15 minutes, the…